thank you for your help
its one of those names that is easily mispelt , my father in laws father appears on the census of 1891 as john smith jeffreys - im also having to sift through jeffries, jaffery ,jeffary and even geffery
i got the transcription from findmypast -at a price

not 100% certain this is the right man as i have a second one that im looking into too - im trying to cross check the children and its looking like theres 2 wives

kath