Genealogy Chat

Helen, Just to make it harder for us to find them!!!

will get marriage cert first and then the 2nd mary's birth. have to limit myself at the moment, this list of certs to get is at a silly length :(

Good luck with your hunting.

Re the same name being used - I heard on the radio recently of siblings being called:
Ann, Anna and Annie

WHY????? - LOL!

Good Luck :) I have Reuben who had 2 sons also Reuben !

Another thing to consider...
I have instances in my tree where I thought I had 2 children with teh same name... turns out that the seconmd one was in fact an ilegitimate child to one of the children and hence a grandchild.- named after a favourite sibling. Is that a possibility in your case? Syuggest getting the birth certs for your marys which will tell you for sure who teh mother was.

ooh thank you sooo much looks like you both could be right

Will have to get this marriage cert

Name: Mary Jane Woodhouse
Year of Registration: 1903
Quarter of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar
District: Walsall
County: Staffordshire
Volume: 6b
Page: 849

Thanks both, I've never come across 2 children with the same name before, Well not without the first one dying. Both Mary's had middle names so is a possibility.

Will see if I can find a marriage for her and get cert to check father. Thanks again

Possible Mary Woodhouse in 1901.Born 1880 Tipton,Staffs.As a servant in Walsall.Parish St.johns. ClassRG13 Folio 170 page 26.

Bear with me will put as much info as possible.

1881 census

Name: Mary Jane Woodhouse
Relation: Daughter
Father's Name: Willian
Mother's Name: Martha
Gender: Female
Where born: Tipton, Staffordshire, England
Civil Parish: Tipton
County/Island: Staffordshire
Country: England
Street address: 25 Hill Street
Education:
Registration district: Dudley
Sub-registration district: Tipton
ED, institution, or vessel: 7
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members:
Name Age
Joseph Woodhouse 3
Martha Woodhouse 23
Martha Woodhouse 1
Mary Jane Woodhouse
William Woodhouse 36

birth ref

Name: Mary Jane Woodhouse
Year of Registration: 1881
Quarter of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar
District: Dudley (To 1912)
County: Staffordshire, Worcestershire
Volume: 6c
Page: 50



1891 census

Name: Mary J Woodhouse
Age: 11
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1880
Relation: Daughter
Father's Name: William
Mother's Name: Martha
Gender: Female
Where born: Tipton, Staffordshire, England
Civil Parish: Walsall Foreign
Ecclesiastical parish: St Andrews
Town: Walsall
County/Island: Staffordshire
Country: England
Registration district: Walsall
Sub-registration district: Walsall
ED, institution, or vessel: 19
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members:
Name Age
Alfred Woodhouse 2/12
John Woodhouse 6
Lucy Woodhouse 2
Maria Woodhouse 13
Martha Woodhouse 33
Martha Woodhouse 9
Mary J Woodhouse 11
William Woodhouse 42
William Woodhouse 3


1901 census A "new" Mary

Name: Mary Woodhouse
Age: 6
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1895
Relation: Daughter
Father's Name: William
Mother's Name: Martha
Gender: Female
Where born: Walsall, Staffordshire, England
Civil Parish: Walsall
Ecclesiastical parish: St John
County/Island: Staffordshire
Country: England
Registration district: Walsall
Sub-registration district: Walsall
ED, institution, or vessel: 30
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 316
Household Members:
Name Age
William Woodham 56
Arthur Woodhouse 2
Gertrude Woodhouse 3 months
John Woodhouse 15
Joseph Woodhouse 4
Lucy Woodhouse 11
Martha Woodhouse 42
Mary Woodhouse 6
Selina Woodhouse 7
William Woodhouse 13

birth ref

Name: Mary Ann Woodhouse
Year of Registration: 1895
Quarter of Registration: Apr-May-Jun
District: Walsall
County: Staffordshire
Volume: 6b
Page: 769

when the the first Mary die? Have checked ancestry and can't find a death that matches.

Thanks
Linda