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Sharon

Sharon Report 27 Jan 2015 17:59

hi all..'ive got a dilemma. my family has been researching the jones family on and off for just over 30 years and we kept hitting brick walls ..mainly due to a lie on a marriage certificate. i'm wondering if i put the info i have on here whether people can make sense of it. The story behind this research is that my grandmother ruth ann james born 30th nov 1916 in bebbington was put into a childre4ns home in 1921 at the age of 5 and she always wondered whether she had any brothers or sisters. she is now deceased and i have carried on the search. her mother was ruth jones born 03/04/1895 and married ernest james in sep 1916 in birkenhead. on the marriage certificate she has put her name as ruth annie jones..but she was just ruth jones. also they put their address as 324 chester street birkenhead and it is a false address as chester street never went that high up in numbers ( i checked this out at liverpool libraray through the street directories. also she said her dads occupation had been a merchant sea captain but he wasn't he was a glass maker/blower. i've followed ernest and ruth on the census information .
as far as we knew that was her first marriage and we got the marriage certificate from birkenhead town hall..they helped us search to find it so it must be the right marriage
in 2002 my aunt asked liverpool council to help locate my grandmothers mum's birth certificate and they did so that is how i know her date of birth
now when i put her date of birth on ancestry and did death results it came up with ruth lyon death 1977 knowsley. so i looked at peoples trees and i came across a marriage for ruth jones in 1915 to henry latham lyon...now that sounds like my ruth..all info on it correct and the address was nutgrove which would be right as that was where henry lived in the 1911 census. it looks like they had a child called richard lyon in 1915 ..think his date of birth is 29/11/1915..
this would make him my nan's half brother so i am after locating his family.
but ruth married ernest james only a year later ..and also why would ruth die as ruth lyon and not ruth james...im feeling very confused.

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it Report 27 Jan 2015 18:13

Maybe the second marrige was bigamous if it's the same lady and she married in 1915 to Henry Lyon

Have you found what happened to Henry ??

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it Report 27 Jan 2015 18:18

Do you have their ages and fathers names


Spouse's first name(s) -
Spouse's last name -
First name(s) HENRY L
Last name LYON
Marriage quarter 2
Marriage year 1915
Registration month -
MarriageFinderâ„¢ HENRY L LYON married
RUTH JONES
Spouse's last name JONES
District PRESCOT
District number -
County Lancashire
Country England
Volume 8B
Page 1367

Maybe
First name(s) HENRY L
Last name LYON
Gender Male
Birth day -
Birth month -
Birth year 1893
Age 41
Death quarter 3
Death year 1934
District PRESCOT
County Lancashire
Volume 8B
Page 650
Country

HENRY LATHAM
Last name LYON
Birth year 1892
Birth quarter 4
Registration month -
Mother's last name -
District WIGAN
County Lancashire
Country England
Volume 8C
Page 76

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it Report 27 Jan 2015 18:24

This would tie more with the area they lived

Deaths Jun 1962
LYON Ruth 67 Prescot 10f 245

It looks like it's two different Ruth Jones 's

Sharon

Sharon Report 27 Jan 2015 18:54

The info on Henry above is correct to my knowledge . The death of Ruth Lyon was 1977 Knowsley which is in the right area as its part of Prescot . The Ruth Lyon that died in Prescot had the exact date off Birth as my Ruth Jones 03-04-1895.
The informant on the death certificate is their son Richard Lyon

Sharon

Sharon Report 27 Jan 2015 18:56

That should say the Ruth Lyon that died in Knowsley had the exact date . And her address at that time was in St helens, Prescot

Sharon

Sharon Report 27 Jan 2015 19:07

Also what I should Say is the death certificate of Ruth Lyon confirmed that she was the widow of Henry Latham Lyon . I just can't understand why she wasn't Ruth James . Could anyone find a possible marriage for richard Lyon born nov 1915 Prescot . I researched a marriage for him to lily mercer but seems it's the wrong one as that Richard was born 1919. I don't know where to search next

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it Report 27 Jan 2015 20:25

Wonder if this is him

First name(s) RICHARD
Last name LYON
Gender Male
Birth day -
Birth month -
Birth year 1915
Age 35
Death quarter 3
Death year 1950
District PRESCOT
County Lancashire
Volume 10F
Page 201
Country England
Record set England & Wales deaths 1837-2007
Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records

Sharon

Sharon Report 27 Jan 2015 21:17

I don't know how to copy and paste so I'll tell you what I have found for. him and it's purely a guess .. Richard Lyon ., birth 29.th nov 1915 . Age at death 81. Died nov 1996. Registration number b39c district and subdistrict number 0301B entry number 105. St. Helens, merseyside

malyon

malyon Report 27 Jan 2015 22:06

to copy and paste hold left side of mouse down then scroll mouse over item you want to copy it should turn blue then hold down right side of mouse and a box comes up with options to copy click copy then right click again and paste

Sharon

Sharon Report 27 Jan 2015 22:38

Thanks Yvonne

Jacqueline

Jacqueline Report 27 Jan 2015 22:53

Not a happy bunny!

http://www.genesreunited.co.uk/boards/board/living_relatives/thread/1348993

Jacqueline

Jacqueline Report 27 Jan 2015 22:58

The woman's maiden name should be on the 1974 cert

Sharon

Sharon Report 27 Jan 2015 23:57

Why aren't you happy . Have I done something wrong ? The woman's maiden name is on the 1977 death certificate for Ruth Lyon and her maiden name is Jones and says she's the widow of Henry Latham Lyon .

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Click ADD REPLY button - not this link! Report 28 Jan 2015 10:04

You have some very common surnames here. Sounds like they found the incorrect birth cert.

"in 2002 my aunt asked liverpool council to help locate my grandmothers mum's birth certificate and they did so that is how i know her date of birth"

Can you list the details and ages from the 1916 marriage? What was her father's name and who were the witnesses?

Rose

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Click ADD REPLY button - not this link! Report 28 Jan 2015 10:14

You also said this:

"we got the marriage certificate from birkenhead town hall..they helped us search to find it so it must be the right marriage"

What are the details on your grandmother's birth cert? Does it list Ruth and Ernest and what is Ernest's occupation?

Rose

Sharon

Sharon Report 28 Jan 2015 10:53

Says mother Annie Ruth James nee Jones and father Ernest james . His occupation said labourer and address was 32 new ferry rd birkenhead . That was on my grandmothers birth certificate
On the marriage certificate it says Ernest James age 25 . Father Edward James deceased occupation upholsterer .
Annie Ruth Jones 21 . Father john Jones deceased . Occupation merchant service captain and their address didn't exist .

Sharon

Sharon Report 28 Jan 2015 10:54

Sorry that first line should say Ruth Annie james nee Jones

Sharon

Sharon Report 28 Jan 2015 10:56

Also the witnesses were peter and Elizabeth briscoe . I don't know what connection these people were

Jacqueline

Jacqueline Report 28 Jan 2015 11:55

Why do you think that Ruth Jones who married LYON in Lancashire is the same person as Ruth A Jones who married in Cheshire only a year later?

I honestly can't see any logic in it at all, especially as there were probable births for Lyon/Jones in later years