It is all so interesting, my Mum is 102 years of age, and she told me today, that her Mother told her that the Haynes (Haines) family used to visit them in Salford, Lancashire. I am so keen to get all this family history together now, especially while Mum is so good with her memory.
So I'm thinking that when she says Haynes family, there maybe might have been a boy Haynes,
because otherwise why would she be using the Haynes surname, and this was in the 1890's back in Lancashire that the surname was talked about. Like at 102 years of age, to be saying all of this, is really making me get right into the research once again. It certainly appears that the spelling was changed to Haines by the 1850's.
I am looking at the William Haines who "maybe"
married a Mary, that you mentioned previously he was living at Much Birch at the Old Shop, Herefordshire in 1841, so am wondering whether his first wife Sarah died, and then he remarried, and maybe he had a son that would carry on the surname of Haines (Haynes) I will start my searching as well now, but any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
Certainly quite a few family members came from Monmouth, so need to look at both Counties for sure.
Regards
Jan
