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Hi again thank you for your input and views

William and Elizabeth were married August the 9th 1903 both aged 20,
witnesses Charles Thomas French who was Elizabeth's father and a Emily Jones
my friend as all the information on the French family but nothing on Williams family, with a surname like Jones it's like looking for needle in a hay stack. been going though most of the census looking for names George, Emily , William Jones in the London, Middlesex areas but nothing matches up

if he was 20 August in 1903, and 28 in the 1911 census what year was he born,

Elizabeth Maud French was born May 7th 1883


Thank you all Annabel

Checking the baptisms could this be him? this one was born Feb 1883 will do a bit more research later today.


London, England, Births and Baptisms, 1813-1906
Name: William John Jones
Record Type: Baptism
Baptism Date: 18 Mar 1883
Father's Name: George Jones
Mother's Name: Elizabeth Jones
Parish or Poor Law Union: Hoxton St John
Borough: Hackney

I think this is the William John that you found the christening for in 1891 and his parents in 1881. However his father was a boot seller in 1881 but he did die fairly young

1891

Name: William John Jones
Age: 8
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1883
Relation: Stepson
Mother's Name: Elizabeth Clatworthy
Gender: Male
Where born: Finsbury Park, London, England

Civil parish: Islington
Ecclesiastical parish: St Thomas
County/Island: London
Country: England

Street Address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Education:

Employment status:

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Registration district: Islington
Sub-registration district: Highbury
ED, institution, or vessel: 17
Neighbors: View others on page
Piece: 175
Folio: 107
Page Number: 3
Household Members:
Name Age
William Clatworthy 40
Elizabeth Clatworthy 41
George Arthur Jones 16
Emily Agnes Jones 12
Elizabeth Amy Jones 9
William John Jones 8
Beatrice Eliza Jones 5
Elizabeth Pinnick 28

1881

Name: George Jones
Age: 34
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1847
Relation: Head
Spouse's Name: Elizabeth Jones
Gender: Male
Where born: Bethnal Green, Middlesex, England

Civil parish: St Leonards Shoreditch
County/Island: London
Country: England

Street Address: 256 Hoxton Street
Condition as to marriage: Married
Education:

Employment status:

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Occupation: Boot Seller

Registration district: Shoreditch
Sub-registration district: Haggerston
ED, institution, or vessel: 6b
Neighbors: View others on page
Piece: 401
Folio: 113
Page Number: 36
Household Members:
Name Age
George Jones 34
Elizabeth Jones 31
George A. Jones 6
Walter Ed. Jones 4
Emily Agnes Jones 2

Annabel

If you wish to progress this enquiry, it would be worth investing in the birth cert.

You must take into account the location, and not just latch on to anyone with the name of roughly the right age.

I gave you info about the time-scale for his birth in an earlier post.

To reiterate, and elaborate..............he was born NO LATER than 31st March 1883.........and AFTER 31st March 1882

This assumes that he gave accurate age info on the census form

Thank you all will get back to further research in the New year , not feeling very well at the moment so going back to bed, good night Annabel