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Hello folks.  Coming to this party a little late.  I'm Paul Howes, the founder of the One-Name Study into my name and those which sound similar, like Howse.  There is much in this thread that I can use to add to my study.  So thank you for your work.

You may like to know that on my study website I have recently published a letter from Henry to his parents, written in November 1855.  It's here:
https://www.howesfamilies.com/histories/HenryHowesCrimeaLetter.pdf

If there is a descendant of Henry reading this, please do get in touch.
Regards
Paul

Thanks Ian.  I briefly looked at the other members of that generation to see whether any of them had used the Ruby name too, but found none.  That did happen with the famous Jack Ruby's family and another group of Rubys who were Rubinovitz originally.

As you can see from our research (http://ruby.one-name.net/getperson.php?personID=I8982&tree=Ruby): even in his early days, Abraham/Albert was referred to twice using each alternative forename and, if my suspicions are correct, his sister, Rebecca from the early census records married as Florence.  So there was some fluidity in the family in naming!
Regards
Paul

Hello folks.  I stumbled upon your messages while searching the web for your grandfather.  Perhaps I should explain.  I'm leading a team of members of the Guild of One-Name Studies researching the Ruby surname in celebration of the Guild's 40th birthday next year.

We had come across an Isaac Ruby, with wife and child, in the 1911 census.  I won't bore you with all the details of how we tracked him down (I'm writing a blog post about it) but it is perfectly obvious that he was born Isaac Rottstein.  I've been trying to figure out where the family was from and whether he was the only one to have chosen that name.  I think he was.  Do you know whether there has been any contact from his descendants back to the rest of his family?  Just curious.   
Regards
Paul Howes

Hello Sue.  Thank you for telling us about Eleanor's parents.  Intriguing that it should be a Mary Anne, as Eleanor's father was married to an Emma by the 1841 census and we had assumed her to be mother of all John's children.

Are your parish transcriptions available online anywhere?  We have a number of puzzles about people named Howes  and variants from that area which they might solve.

If they aren't online, would it be cheeky of me to ask for you to look for marriages for John Howes/se and Mary Ann or Emma?  If you can help, thank you very much in advance.
Regards
Paul Howes