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Member Since: July 2003 Posts: 20 Send Message	Jennifer	Report	20 Jan 2011 21:03
Member Since: July 2003 Posts: 20 Send Message	Help needed in finding James Jones who I think was born in Canarvanshire N Wales in approx 1880. He was apparently married to someone I do not have the name of and had 2 sons Harold and Jack , I do not know if she died or they were divorced but he went on to marry a Elizabeth Brown [ who had previously been married to a man called Macdonald but had no children.] In approx 1900 in possibly Ardwick Manchester and they had 4 children Annie, Bert ,Walter and Edith and lived in Heywood Lancashire were he was the crossing keeper at the railway station If anyone can help I would be most grateful Many thanks Jenny
Member Since: November 2003 Posts: 16,405 Send Message	patchem	Report	20 Jan 2011 21:06
	You can look for marriages for free here: http://www.freebmd.org.uk/ If she had been married to a Mr McDonald, that will show as her surname in your search (not her original birth name)
Member Since: September 2006 Posts: 34,375 Send Message	Mike *	Report	20 Jan 2011 21:07
	-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Marriages Mar 1906 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Harthill Richard Prestwich 8d 406 **************JONES James - Prestwich 8d 406 LOWEY Mary Margaret Prestwich 8d 406 ***************MACDONALD Elizabeth - Prestwich 8d 406
Member Since: November 2003 Posts: 16,405 Send Message	patchem	Report	20 Jan 2011 21:13
	Could you say how you got to this family, so we have a definite date to work from? Thanks
Member Since: November 2003 Posts: 16,405 Send Message	patchem	Report	20 Jan 2011 21:15
	This could be Walter: Births Sep 1912 Jones Walter S Brown Bury 8c 1041
Member Since: September 2005 Posts: 2,673 Send Message	tempest	Report	20 Jan 2011 21:16
	is this them in 1911 census - household transcription Person: JONES, James Address: 5 Railway Street Heywood Name Relation Condition/ Yrs married Sex Age Birth Year Occupation Where Born JONES, James Head Married M 34 1877 Signalman Pendlebury Lancashire JONES, Elizabeth Wife Married 5 years F 29 1882 Manchester Lancashire JONES, Jane Mother Widow F 71 1840 Holywell N Wales JONES, Alice Sister Single F 47 1864 Weaver Pendlebury Lancashire JONES, Harold Son M 10 1901 Manchester Lancashire JONES, Arthur Son M 8 1903 Manchester Lancashire JONES, John Son M 4 1907 Manchester Lancashire JONES, Annie Daughter F 2 1909 Manchester Lancashire
	Researching: desperately seeking great grandmothers
Member Since: November 2003 Posts: 16,405 Send Message	patchem	Report	20 Jan 2011 21:17
	1911 JONES, James Head Married M 34 1877 Signalman Pendlebury Lancashire JONES, Elizabeth Wife Married 5 years F 29 1882 Manchester Lancashire JONES, Jane Mother Widow F 71 1840 Holywell N Wales JONES, Alice Sister Single F 47 1864 Weaver Pendlebury Lancashire JONES, Harold Son M 10 1901 Manchester Lancashire JONES, Arthur Son M 8 1903 Manchester Lancashire JONES, John Son M 4 1907 Manchester Lancashire JONES, Annie Daughter F 2 1909 Manchester Lancashire RG number: RG14 Piece: 23505 Reference: RG14PN23505 RG78PN1370 RD462 SD4 ED15 SN186 Registration District: Bury Sub District: Heywood Enumeration District: 15 Parish: Heywood Address: 5 Railway Street Heywood County: Lancashire But born in Lancashire, not Wales.
Member Since: November 2003 Posts: 16,405 Send Message	patchem	Report	20 Jan 2011 21:22
	Appears to be a butcher in 1901: 1901 England Census James Jones Age: 24 Estimated birth year: abt 1877 Relation: Head Spouse's name: Mary A Jones Gender: Male Where born: Pendlebury, Lancashire, England Civil Parish: North Manchester Ecclesiastical parish: Newton Heath All Saints County/Island: Lancashire Country: England Registration district: Prestwich Sub-registration district: Newton ED, institution, or vessel: 7 Household schedule number: 178 James Jones 24 Mary A Jones 25 Harold Jones 8 Months Source Citation: Class: RG13; Piece: 3758; Folio: 21; Page: 33.
Member Since: September 2006 Posts: 34,375 Send Message	Mike *	Report	20 Jan 2011 21:35
	Harold 8 months old by April 1901(census date) so this is likely to be his birth certificate which would give you James 1st wife's name -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Births Sep 1900 Jones Harold - Prestwich 8d 343 EDIT : or maybe Births Dec 1900 Jones Harold - Salford 8d 67

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