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I am hoping someone can look up a Mary Ann Jones and family she was born about 1834 cardiff and her fathers name Thomas they moved to Staffordshire at some point thanks in advance

Hi Kazzie

It would be helpful to know who she married and when - to help find her in later cencus years and trace her back. Do you have an occupation for her father?

Thanks Kay

She married Thomas Highfield in 1855 have the marriage certificate which states her father as Thomas

Her father was what looks like a Roller

So for reference this is her in 1861 - although later years do list her birth as South Wales or Cardiff as well. Have to go to work know but will check back later - Does the marriage cert list her father's job or any Jones witnesses? Edit - sorry we crossed!

1861

Name: Mary Ann Highfield
Age: 25
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1836
Relation: Wife
Spouse's Name: Thomas Highfield
Gender: Female
Where born: Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England

Civil parish: Wolverhampton
Ecclesiastical parish: St Mary
Town: Wolverhampton
County/Island: Staffordshire
Country: England

Street Address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

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Registration district: Wolverhampton
Sub-registration district: Wolverhampton Eastern
ED, institution, or vessel: 15
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 240
Piece: 1993
Folio: 51
Page Number: 40
Household Members:
Name Age
Thomas Highfield 33
Mary Ann Highfield 25
Bate Highfield 1
William Highfield 16

1851 Possibility. But maybe at the wrong end of the Country.

National Archive Reference:
RG number: HO107
Piece: 2459
Folio: 496
Page: 8
Reg. District: Merthyr Tydfil
Sub District: Merthyr Tydfil Upper
Parish: Merthyr Tydfil
Enum. District: 1O
Ecclesiastical District:
City/Municipal Borough: Merthyr Tydfil
Address: Penydarren, Merthyr Tydfil
County: Glamorganshire
Name Relation Condition Sex Age Birth Year Occupation , Disability Where Born
JONES, Thomas Head Married M 42 1809 Roller
Talgarth, Brecknockshire
JONES, Cathrine Wife F 42 1809
Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorganshire
JONES, Mary Ann Daughter Unmarried F 18 1833 Semster
Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorganshire
JONES, Thomas Son Unmarried M 16 1835 Roller
Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorganshire
JONES, Elizabeth Daughter Unmarried F 13 1838 Pileing Iron
Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorganshire
JONES, Rees Son Unmarried M 8 1843
Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorganshire
JONES, John Son Unmarried M 1 1850
Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorganshire

Thanks this may be them

I think it is at the wrong end of the country to be correct Kazzie. If she gives her birth place as Cardiff then the chances are they lived in Monmouthshire and not Glamorgan.

The witnesses at her wedding were Joseph and Sarah Wright Thomas Highfield was also a Roller so may have worked for or with Thomas Jones

I dont know one part of Wales to another
just know Cardiff is south Wales as a friend lived there been doing tree for years yet never worked the Jones family out very frustrating

Just for interest, re rollers (from RootsChat):

"Topic: Occupations in Iron & Alkali works - Pudlers, Shinglers, Rollers, Furnacemen

Pudlers are men employed in the first process of making Iron, they bind boys to themselves.
Labourers in the Iron works have no regular occupation.
In the alkali works are the same -
Shinglers are employed at large hammers in beating iron
Furnacemen are employed in heating iron
Rollers are men employed in rolling iron for different purposes such as rails etc for rail ways
"