Hello
On the 1851 census Mary Davies, wife of Thomas Davies, is in Scotswood, Newcastle-upon-Tyne with their children Phoebe, Richard, Jane and Ann. Mary's place of birth is what I am struggling with. She died in 1854 so this is the only record of her birth place I can find and it is, to me at least, indecipherable. Thomas's birth place is given as Montgomery which together with the surname Davies suggests Montgomery, Wales. Phoebe was born in Sandbach, Cheshire which is near the Welsh border. So far so good.
Complications set in with the 1861 census which finds Thomas still in Newcastle with a new wife but with birth place recorded as Scotland. Newcastle of course is not far from the Scottish border.
Mary's birth place looks as though it begins Carr__ and possibly ending with ___tree and has a second word that at a pinch could be a squashed up Montgomery. Nothing fits that name in the Montgomery, Wales area.
Can anyone shed any light on this?