So, deep breath....
It looks therefore like Edwin Hughes married Sarah Bond when they were both 16 years old in 1874 and then he did a runner, somewhere between 1890-1893, and somehow came into contact with Ida Reynolds, who he then set up with in Shropshire/Staffordshire. Ida was single in 1891 and as you said Ruskie, there is no mention of Edward b.1890 with her (I'll look for where he was in 1891 in a bit). I'm assuming for now that William Henry b.1892/3 was the son of Edwin/Ida (as he was registered as Reynolds in Worcestershire in 1893) and that Albert Victor Hughes, born in Darlaston, Staffs in 1895 was also their son (if only because the deserted wife must have been out of the picture by then).
The key revelation seems to be that Edwin and Ida may never have actually married, which is good in a way because I thought it saves me having to track down a non-existent marriage record.. In 1898, Rosina is then born and finds herself christened Werren, in a household where her older brothers are possibly still called Hughes or Reynolds!. At least the 4 children that they had after then were all given the same name.
