Looking for MMN

[Kenneal67]

I am looking at a family group in Rowley Regis 1851 ( Staffs at the time I think ) and am struggling to uncover the mothers maiden name. I wondered if anyone could help?


rst name(s)   Last name   Sex   Age   Birth year   Birth place
George   Jackson   Male   30   1811   Worcestershire, England
Sarah   Jackson   Female   28   1813   Worcestershire, England
Elizabeth   Jackson   Female   4   1837   Worcestershire, England
George   Jackson   Male   3   1838   Worcestershire, England
James   Jackson   Male   0   1841   Worcestershire, England

[Jebber]

I think you are looking at the 1841 census, there were three more children by 1851,

Father George born 1805 Halesowen and Sarah 1813 Dudley
Elizabeth 1836 and all other children born Oldbury
George 1837
James 1842
Richard  1844
Sarah 1845
David 1847

I do not have time now to look up Births, sorry.

[Milliepede]

You can look up the later births on the General Register Office website which gives mothers maiden names for births.

[Pheno]

https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/Login.asp

This is the website that Milliepede is referring to.  You have to register for an account but it is free to look up.  For births after Jul 1837 you can input the surname that you know and the date (and Reg Dist if you know it) and then look through the list returned for children you recognise.

Pheno

[QueenoftheWest]

I had some time, so I had a look for you. Jackson is a very common name, and it wasn't as easy as I anticipated, but I think I have found the right mmn:

JACKSON, JAMES       SKIDMORE 
GRO Reference: 1840  D Quarter in WEST BROMWICH  Volume 18  Page 555

JACKSONS, RICHARD       SKIDMORE 
GRO Reference: 1842  S Quarter in DUDLEY UNION  Volume 18  Page 251

JACKSONS, SARAH       SKIDMORE 
GRO Reference: 1844  M Quarter in DUDLEY UNION  Volume 18  Page 308

JACKSON, DAVID       SKIDMORE 
GRO Reference: 1846  J Quarter in WEST BROMWICH  Volume 18  Page 616

and also another son:

JACKSON, SAMUEL       SKIDMORE 
GRO Reference: 1847  D Quarter in DUDLEY UNION  Volume 18  Page 265

who sadly seems to have died young, which is why he doesn't appear with the family on the 1851 census:

JACKSON, SAMUEL       1 
GRO Reference: 1848  D Quarter in DUDLEY  Volume 18  Page 220

The ages are a few years out, but that wasn't uncommon at this time.

Queenie 

[QueenoftheWest]

Hmm...

The only marriage I can find is this:

George Jackson married Ann Skidmore on 14th July 1833 in Halesowen, Worcestershire.

George was born in Halesowen, so that makes sense, but Ann, not Sarah? Is this just a transcription error?

To make matters more confusing, there is another George & Ann Jackson in Halesowen at this time. In the 1841 census, they were living there with their children: Matilda, Edward, Ellen, George and Obedience.

Queenie