Emily Henrietta Emptage married in Hull in 1886, when she was supposedly 21. Her husband, William Edmonson Chafer jumped ship in Melbourne, Australia in 1887. Emily joined him in there in 1889. But a family myth disputes the facts.
Grimsby Woman Imprisoned For Stealing Clothes
Pawning lodgers clothes to alleviate poverty led to Betsy Emptage from Grimsby being sent to prison for nine months hard labour.