The whole issue of my Jones ancestors has become more and more confusing.
Margaret Ann Jones was where I hit my long time brick wall. She was married a few months after the 1891 census and gave her age on marriage as 21 and her father's name as Thomas (deceased). Despite trying every possible permutation of hers, her husband and daughter's names, I have never succeeded in finding them in the 1901 census. Neither did the helpful lady in my local reference library. That meant that I had three Margaret Ann Jones in Middlesbrough to choose from in the 1891 census. I was putting my money on the 18 year old who was born in Bishop Auckland and was delighted when I recently found the family in the 1911 census, which confirmed my thoughts. In the meanwhile I had found a marriage, also in 1891, of the people who lived at the address she had given on her marriage (she wasn't listed there in the census). I'm pretty certain that that was her mother, also names Margaret. I sent for Margaret senior's marriage cert which said that she was Margaret Jones, a widow and her father's name was David Jacob. I have not been able to find a marriage of Margaret Jacob to Thomas Jones at the right time. Armed with my new info about Margaret Ann I sent for her birth cert - I had narrowed it down by finding what I thought was her family in the previous censuses. The cert came with her father Thomas Jones, Puddler - correct, and mother Margaret, previously Timothy!
The only marriage I can find at the right time of Margaret Timothy to Thomas Jones is the Bedwelty one in 1864. However, since posting this yesterday I have realised that if this is the correct marriage, Margaret senior would have only been age 15 when she married. Her age on her marriage cert and the censuses suggest that she was born around 1849 in Cwmavon.
Sorry if this sounds confusing but I am confused! I'm sure I'll use some logic andget my head around it eventually!
