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Cyrus Jones was a shipping clerk, born in Lancashire in 1831, according to his entries in 1851 1861 censuses. His father, according to Cyrus' marriage certificate of 1862, was John Jones, of Everton, Liverpool, a gentleman.
I have found baptism records of Cyrus' elder brothers and sisters, and established his connection with the Braithwaite family. I have also established that John Jones was variously described as a shipbroker, merchant, and West Indies merchant. He was perhaps the John Jones of "John Jones & Co, shipping merchants"
But I cannot find Cyrus Jones' own baptism entry anywhere. I have widened the search to UK, Channel islands where the family had connections,and Antigua where John seems to have had interests in trade or plantations.
The only Cyrus Jones anywhere is a Cyrus Pierce Jones b. in Liverpool in 1831. Promising, except that his father was William, not John, and was a labourer not a gentleman merchant.
I have tried America too. The family seems to have had regular trade or other connections there, Cyrus Jones himself having at least twice crossed the Atlantic to New York.
John's wife's name was Elizabeth, at least for the eldest children, but he perhaps married Dorothy Conway in 1826. The name Conway was used by Cyrus' descendants.
But not knowing any more makes it hard to identify the particular John Jones. There are 3 Liverpool John Jones with slaving interests in Antigua, two of them both living in Everton Crescent, unless they are one and the same.
I'm a bit stuck now, and Cyrus' actual birth record seems a basic omission that might be a help.
Can anyone help?