I have been searching for information for my great grandmother Mary Johns. I have her marriage and death certificates and the information I have from these two certs. are - born about 1846 in Pembroke, Wales; father William Johns occupation farmer/farm bailiff; mother Martha James; married Walter William Prime at St Mary of Lambeth, Surrey, London, on 27/8/1867 at age 21. A year later Mary and Walter immigrated to Christchurch, NZ.
I have a lot of Walter William Prime's family but nothing of Mary Johns.
I have been searching records in Wales for Mary and her parents and siblings and came across a census for 1851 for Mary age 5, father William (born about 1805 in Wiston, Pembrokeshire) and age 45 and his occupation farmer; Martha age 43 (born Puncheston, Wales) and siblings Thomas, Alfred, Anne and Margaret.
Have found no other census for Mary Johns and I also looked in the England census for her but couldn't find any that matched.
While searching for census for Mary's parents and have saved a 1841 and a 1861 census. In the 1841 census William and Martha are residing at Ambleston and William is age 36 and occ: Ag Lab, wife Martha is age 33 and their children - Elizabeth 10, Martha 6, John 5, William 4, Liza 2 and Anne 1. Their surname is John not Johns.
1861 census William and Martha are residing at Steynton and William is age 54 and occ: farmer, wife Martha is age 51 and sons Thomas 17 and Alfred 11. Their surname is also John.
That is about all I have - no death records for both William and Martha and there are so many William and Martha Johns/John I am not sure if I have the right family. The 3 census I saved all have Martha born in Puncheston but for William it is either born in Ruxbaxton, Wiston or Pembrokeshire.
Going by what I have for Mary Johns on both her marriage and death records, does anyone think maybe I have the correct parents and siblings for Mary?
Would also love to know where she lived when she got older and where was she when they did the 1861 census. Walter William Prime was living at 55 High St, Ware, England and was an apprentice butcher. I went through loads of pages from that census to see if I could see a Mary Johns but no.
Thanking you and Regards,
Judy