 During the summer of 1886, Braham secretly married J. Duncan Young, previously a principal tenor with the company.In early 1887, shortly into the run of "Ruddigore", Braham informed Carte that she was pregnant with her second child, a daughter, who would be born on 6 May.Geraldine Ulmar, the Rose in the New York cast, was summoned to London to take over the role.