Yesterday, when I told Mum about the Isabella-and-baby in Chester connection I'd dug up, she immediately said: Yes, I remember something about them going to Chester! She thought that they had planned to emigrate, but that something had gone wrong and they were forced to delay or cancel their plans. Alas, Mum was very young when these old stories were being told and the details did not stick with her. So there was a Liverpool association, but it probably had nothing to do with Isabella going to the U.S. on a mission of mercy.
Here we have one of those clear moments from the past of which I can say: if they had gone on rather than turned back, none of us would be here now.
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