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Morning everyone!  It's been about 5 years since I have been here on RootsChat, and I'm just as confused as ever. 

With your help, I was able to get a copy of my grandmother's birth certificate (Mary Elizabeth HUGHES, born 14 July 1880 at Birch Hill, to Jane HUGHES, Domestic Servant, no father listed). 

About 3 years after Gram was born, 'Nain' came to the USA and settled in the Chicago, IL area,and then Gram came over about 1897.  Now that I know 'Polly' was a HUGHES and not a BARRY (the name she used after she got to Chicago), I was able to find her immigration record.

BUT.... I have had no such luck with 'Nain'.  We believe she was born 1 April 1864 in Denbighshire area.  Her marriage certificate in 1902 to Richard John Jones, in PA, states that she was divorced in 1892 "due to drunkeness" and lists her name as JANE KENDRICK HUGHES.  SO WHERE do I find her birth certificate??  I find pages and pages of Jane Kendrick listed on the BMD BirthIndex, nor can I find where Jane Kendrick married a Hughes about 1878-1880.  At least she gave Gram what we believe a paternal last name MAYBE??? I need proof and I'm NOT having any luck.

Can you help??

Photo is Jane Kendrick Hughes Jones, gdaughter Jane Rosemary SHUMAN (dob: 21 Sep 1921), Richard John JONES, (second row) Mary Elizabeth 'Polly' Barry (nee: Hughes) SHUMAN and husband, Lewis Fredrick SHUMAN.

am looking for the birth certificate of one Mary Elizabeth Hughes, DOB 14 July 1881 in Llangollen to Jane,  father unknown.  'Polly' was my grandmother, shows up in 1891 Wales Census as ADOPTED by William Berry and wife, Sarah Ann Slawson Berry.  She emigrated to US, Chicago, IL in 1897.  Still had contact w/Barry's in my lifetime;but, of course, I was too young and stupid to ask questions then.  She died in 1967.

I seem to constantly hit a brick wall.  Her eldest daughter destroyed all of her records after her death, because it showed that her father was unknown.

So where do I look for the birth record??  The adoption??  And I'm not sure if she was adopted legally or not. She emigrated using the name Hughes, but by the 1900 census, she was using the name Barry and still w/her mother.  Until your help, I did not know of the Hughes name.  It shows her on the 1881 WalesCensus in Sarah Ann's parents (George & Catherine Jones Slawson) home.

Please help!!  ALL assisstance is greatly appreciated.