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Hi again, and yes,  Monkwearmouth where, the birth was registered  is what William Common gives as his birthplace on later census.
The Muirhead connection is looking more promising.  William Muirhead seems to disappear after the 1871 census, and William Common appears on the 1881, married and a glass worker.
I am interested to see that Robert Muirhead and Mary Ann also appear to be living apart - though still shown as married.
I am searching for more clues, and sifting through records.
I dont know whether there is anything more I can discover.
I am also looking fo a William Atkinson, Boilersmith (as given on William Commons marriage cert).

Yes Eileen I can merge your two accounts.

Thank you Sarah for merging my accounts and posts.
And thank you to all who have given me advice to help me uncover William’s origins.
I have ordered a birth certificate for William Atkinson, and will keep digging for information about the William Muirhead suggestion, with thanks also to jonw65 and kay99 for their help in my earlier enquiry.
Regarding this post, I have emailed GRO with a copy of the relevant page from the civil registration index to see whether they can shed any light on the matter.
Much appreciate the helpful spirit here.
Eileen

Thank you, its certainly a curly one. From all of your helpful hints, I have sent off a copy of the index to the GRO for advice. I had previously reported the omission to them, but was told their records were correct and no amendment necessary.
 I will also order the Atkinson birth certificate too.
The surname shown in all census from 1881 to 1911 is William Common, giving his age estimated to 1853, and his birth shown as Monkwearmouth or Sunderland County Durham.
I have not found him on any census before 1881 .
On his marriage to Jane Ann Wilson on 1st July 1876  he is shown as William Common aged 22 Glassman, and his father William Common, Boilersmith.
Perhaps the Atkinson mentioned may be his mother’s name.
Definitely a puzzle.
Thanks for all the helpful ideas.
Eileen

Hello all. I am stumped with this one. I have been seeking to distinguish “my” William Common(s) from another. This one says he was born in Bishopwearmouth, near Sunderland in County Durham, as was.
To get info of his father, I ordered his birth certificate.  However GRO have issued me a refund, and say they have no record of him at the reference given.
I have confirmed the details vis Ancestry search, and rechecked via Free BMD and Family Search websites. Where do I go from here? Anyone struck this before?
Will be happy for any assistance.
Eileen
Below is the copy from Family Search site.

Name: William Commons
Event Type: Birth Registration
Registration Quarter: Oct-Nov-Dec
Registration Year: 1853
Registration District: Sunderland
County: Durham
Event Place: Sunderland, Durham, England
Volume: 10A
Page: 311
Affiliate Line Number: 24


Citing this Record
"England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2NCW-LBR : 1 October 2014), William Commons, 1853; from "England & Wales Births, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Birth Registration, Sunderland, Durham, England, citing General Register Office, Southport, England.

Thank you for all of your help jamjar, yes, he does seem to have been a wanderer.
Not to forget the English lass who was trying to catch up with him after ww1.
He must have forgotten to mention his wife!

His daughter Isabella Rose Woods (mothers maiden name) was married as Isabella Rose Davis in 1928 in Wagga Wagga, to Alexander W M R Melville. The copy of her marriage cert shows her father to be alive. However when his son, Gordon Samuel Woods / Davis was married in 1937, he shows his father as deceased.
Isabella Rose married again  after her divorce. Her second marriage cert in 1947 showed her father as deceased pottery worker.
Letter from nephew Percival suggested his Uncle may have gone to New Zealand. All supposition, but it narrows the time window for his death.
Thanks for helping.
Eileen