Fresh Eyes needed to find ROBERTS family in 1901 please

[Keziahemm]

Definitely G'son    I looked back at earlier census and noticed stepson.  Obviously an enumeration error!

Yep you need the birth certificate, going to be difficult    You know approximately when he was born, but not where.  Do you know where Jane Smith was born, obviously not the one in Westbury 

Susan 

[Keziahemm]

Joanne, have you got access to 1901?

Just supposing Smith was Jane's married name, she then became a widow and married a Robert's?  Maybe clutching at straws    Was there a connection with Westbury on Severn that you know of?

James Smith  Head  M  56  Fishmonger - Retailer   b Westbury on Severn
Jane Smith  Wife  M  40  b Westbury on Severn
Minnie Smith Daur  S   24  Shop Assistant - Fish  b  Staffs. Sedgeley
Lena A.  Daur   S   2     b  Glos.Cheltenham
James Henry Smith  -  3 months  b Glos. Cheltenham

210 High St., St.Pauls,  Cheltenham,

RG13/2460   folio 126   page 22


Susan 

Edited full details added

[Keziahemm]

Here's a death of a James Smith

James Smith  age 58  March qtr. Cheltenham Vol 6a  page 306

Susan

[BlackPearl]

oooh you've got me thinking now

I had never considered that and if it was never talked about when my nan, her sister and other siblings were young, how would they know if their dad went by his stepdads name instead of his natural dad ? I suppose people weren't quite so open about things like that back then huh?

Post the census details if you can please

My Nan's sister said that Westbury On Severn is where her dad's mum was from, all the my close family originate from the forest of Dean and I am currently just down the road in Lydney.

Joanne 

[Keziahemm]

Have posted details above save going to and fro 

I'm in Westbury 

Susan

[BlackPearl]

Hi Susan

I've been thinking about this problem family again.  Maybe she was just Jane Smith after all and not Ellen or Ellen Jane.  I have found a marriage for Jane Smith to JAMES ROBERTS registered in Pontypool, Monmouthshire which could be her.  I have tried to find them on the 1901 but have had no luck so far.  Would you be able to check them out on the 1901 and 1891 for me please?

Joanne 

[Keziahemm]

Hi Joanne,

What year was the marriage ?

Susan 

[BlackPearl]

The marriage was in 1888

Joanne 

[Keziahemm]

Hi Joanne,

Still can't find them, have looked in Wales too 

Have found a birth for a Jane Smith

Jane Smith  Westbury on Severn  March qtr 1873   Vol 6a  page 266

but this would mean she would be too young to be the one in the marriage you found 


Susan