Caroline Gertrude Gibson/Cork - HELP!!

[osprey]

wasn't that what I just posted?? 

1871 census
River Row, Ystradyfodwg RG10/5384 folio 9 pg 11
George Thomas head mar 28 brickmaker b. Glos, ?
Catherine wife 22 b. Tredegar
Elizabeth Ann dau 5 months? b. Glam, Treorchy

possible death reg
George John Thomas 28  dec qtr 1871 Pontypridd vol 11a pg 242

[osprey]

1901 Cwmshenkin, Llanwenarth Ultra RG13/4931 folio 10 pg 12
George Evans head mar 53 hay cutter b. Radnorshire, Presteigne
Catherine wife 53 b. Tredegar
George Cork grandson 2 b. Govilon

1891 Cwmshenkyn, Llanwenarth Ultra RG12/4349 folio 6 pg 6
Ann Ravenhill head widow 70 b. Herefordshire, Ploughfield
George Evans lodger 50 widower b. Knighton
Emily Evans lodger 9 b. Llanwenarth Ultra
Thomas Evans lodger 6 Llanwenarth Ultra

So Catherine married her mother's lodger!   

[Mabel Bagshawe]

So Catherine married her mother's lodger!   

Except I can;t find a marriage!

Looking for Catherine in 1881 and 1891 at the moment - and where does the Gibson come in, I wonder?

Hold on - looks like it's going to get more confusing!

1891 - havelock Place Cardiff

John Brooks    44 - general labourer b Kent
Catherine Brooks    42 - b Rhondda
Elizabeth A Brooks    69 [19] - married (??) daughter b Rhondda
Robert T Brooks    16 - son b Rhondda
Caroline G Brooks    14 - b Newport [ transcribed by Ancestry as Carolein

there's a marriage in 1899 in Abergavenny which includes George Evans and Catherine Brooks!

[Dundee]

1901 -  George Evans head mar 53 hay cutter b. Radnorshire, Presteigne

1891  -  George Evans lodger 50 widower b. [Herefordshire], Knighton

You seriously think this is the same person?

Debra 

[Mabel Bagshawe]

People lie about their age to narrow age gaps - looks like Caroline Gertrude did on her first marriage.

The info on censuses is only as good as the informant - on 1891 it may not have been George who gave his details and someone made an assumption/guess

george Evans and infant daughter Emily are on 1881 in the same area. George is listed as 35 and b Pembridge, Herefordshire

[Mabel Bagshawe]

1881 - possible? In Newport

Robert Shephard    48 - tin maker
Mary Shephard    53
Carry Thomas    3 - adopted daughter

RG11, 5253, 57, 19

[osprey]

George Evans is in Llanwenarth Ultra from 1871 to 1911 census entries, his age is consistently inconsistent. The Knighton, Herefordshire isn't reliable. The Herefordshire is dittoed from Ann's entry above and Knighton is in Radnorshire. George gives Pembridge as his place of birth on other entries, about 6 miles south east from Presteigne.

http://www.rootschat.com/links/01kj7/ 

Caroline's surname at birth was Thomas, so I don't think Catherine married Mr Gibson. Not sure she married Mr Brooks either.
Think the Newport birth cert for Caroline and Catherine's marriage cert to George Evans needed to be sure.

[osprey]

some more info in case it comes in useful

Robert Ravenhill 64 buried in Llanwenarth Ultra 16 Dec 1879, address Llanwenarth Ultra
Ann Ravenhill 73 buried in LLanwenarth Ultra 21 Jan 1899, address Cwm Shinkin, Govilon

On the birth registration of Catherine Ravenhill Abergavenny june qtr 1849 vol 26 pg 48, mother's maiden name is Exton. Also on that of Hiram Moroni Ravenhill in 1853.

On 3 May 1852 in Bedwellty parish church, Robert Ravehill 34, mason, married Ann Exton,27, servant. His father noted as Thomas Ravenhill, stone cutter and hers Joseph Exton, deceased, one of the witnesses was William Exton, the other may be a parish witness. Both living in Victoria, Bedwellty at the time.
Banns had been read in August 1851, but marriage didn't take place at that time and were read again in April 1852.

Robert Ravenhill was baptised 24 Oct 1815 in Glasbury, son of Thomas, mason, & Elizabeth of Velindre.
Elizabeth Ravenhill 74 of Velindre buried in Glasbury 9 May 1854
Thomas Ravenhill 78 of Velindre buried in Glasbury 17 July 1858

[Jomot]

I've been away a for a few days so am just catching up with this - the Caroline Gibson Thomas mmn Ravenhill certainly looks promising   

Interesting too that Caroline registered her daughter Doris May Webb using the mmn of Thomas but used Evans for Nellie (Ellen Jane), James Henry & Hiram, the latter apparently named for her mother's brother. 

I also found transcripts of these baptisms, which seem to fit with the names of Catherine's children in 1871 & 1891, but I don't know if it helps or simply adds to the confusion of Catherine & her 'husbands':

St Woolos, Newport
22 Oct 1877, Elizabeth Ann d/o John & Catherine Thomas of St Woolos, Rag Gatherer Collector
3 Dec 1877, Robert John s/o John & Catherine Thomas of St Woolos, Labourer
3 Dec 1877, Caroline d/o John & Catherine Thomas of St Woolos, Labourer