Hi All.
I would really appreciate any views that you have on a mystery I have come across while researching for a friend.
Robert Iles married Mary Jane Hall in Bristol in 1884. They had their first child, Isaac, later that year, 1884 with mother given as Mary Jane Iles nee Hall.
Albert was born 1886 with mother given as Mary Jane Iles nee Hall.
Emma Mary was born December 1887 mother given as Mary Jane Iles nee Hall, but when she was baptised January 1888 the mother was named as Mary LOUISA Iles.
Then Elsie Eliza was born 1890 with mother given as Mary Louise Iles nee Lidgett and baptised 1892 mother Mary Louisa.
Gilbert Ernest was born 1893 with mother given as Mary Louise Iles nee Lidgett
Then Emma Louise was born 1899 and mother is back to Mary Jane Iles nee Hall.
My problem is understanding why the mother's name changes from Mary Jane Hall to Mary Louise Lidgett and then back again. The 1891 Census just shows her as Mary Iles, so is no help, and the 1901 shows her as Mary L. ( after she had gone back to Mary Jane for the 1899 birth of Emma).
I am convinced that this is the same woman every time, but does anybody have any idea as to what is going on here ? All the information comes from birth certificates, and the children are definitely siblings, so it's a mystery.
Incidentally, Lidgett is/was predominantly a Northern name, however there was a birth in Clifton Bristol in 1856 for a Mary Louisa Lidgett, however I can find no other reference to her after.
Any help or possible solutions to this would be most appreciated as the child of one of the siblings is totally mystified but eager to find out. Thankyou
Lidfam