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Thanks Heywood, yes Mary was the middle name of Hannah, she was Hannah Mary Lownds, in future Census she appears with Michael as Hannah. She also uses the name Mary on the birth certificate for Mark Usher Lownds.

Jamjar im really sorry, I should have provided some context/back story, my grandparents are a Mary Usher (granddaughter of Foster) and a Mark Lownds. However when I looked into Mark Lownds I discovered his dad was a Mark Usher Lownds, he had been born out of wedlock to a Michael Usher and a Hannah Lownds & it is the mothers maiden name that has passed down as the family name, so in theory my grandparents 'should' be a Mark Usher and a Mary Usher! I am just trying to establish whethere they had any common relations (would be a family bombshell!), im a bit of a novice, but they sites I have been pointed to seem useful, is familysearch expensive?

All thank you for this information, its excellent. Jamjar/Ratcliff, it is linked to my other post, I was trying to understand whether Michael was related to Foster in any way, as this would mean that my grandparents had the same ancestor!

Great info, thank you both, its fascinating watching your past unfold in front of you (and this has unfolded like a Dickens novel!), would I be right i  thinking that Mary Ann may have been a twin, I noted her & a brother have the same age. Mary Ann & William Warner had two children, William & Grace, and both pass away? Very odd that David Dowell married a Mary Harrison!

Thanks Radcliffe, appreciated.