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Mary Ann RICHARDS born 1854 in Weston-super-Mare is my 1^st cousin twice removed.

Pat mentions Susannah NUTT. Susannah was the sister of Mary Ann. Susannah married Henry John NUTT in Bethnal Green, London 23^rd May 1870

Henry John NUTT was born in Oxford in 1850. He died in Derby in 1894

His widow, Susannah RICHARDS NUTT remarried in 1898 to a Thomas JONES in Prescott, Lancashire.

As did Pat, I also found a Susannah PRITCHARD niece of Susannah NUTT on the 1881 census. She is also on the 1891 census now named RICHARDS. In both census’s John NUTT is born in Oxford, wife Susannah born Weston-super-mare, niece Susannah born Derby. Both census’s give the nieces birth year as 1878.

I have a birth certificate for a Susannah RICHARDS, born 18^th October 1877 at No. 4 Corden Street, Litchurch, Derby. Mother is Mary Ann RICHARDS, her employment is domestic servant. No father is mentioned which points to a likely illegitimate birth. 

With thanks to all those who have assisted with this problem.

The situation now is that William Henry JERVIS was born in Ilkeston in 1881 and his parents William JERVIS and Mary Ann RICHARDS were married in 1879 at St Mary's Church Nottingham.  Stuart found a transcription of this marriage (SOG) which confirmed that Mary Ann's father was a Samuel RICHARDS (deceased) and had been a Baker.  But what brought William Henry JERVIS to Weston-super-mare?

• There was a Mary Ann RICHARDS born in Weston-super-Mare in about 1853 (christened at Emmanuel in 1854) s/o Samuel & Susannah RICHARDS nee SPERRIN and he was a Baker.
• Looking to see when Samuel RICHARDS was buried in Weston Cemetery (Nov 1878) I also found another Samuel RICHARDS who died in Dec 1875 aged 14 days but described as the illegitimate son of Mary Ann RICHARDS.
• A familytree on Ancestry gave me the next clue - Mary Ann RICHARDS had a daughter Susannah RICHARDS in Derby in 1877 who was brought up by her married sister Susannah NUTT who lived in Derby.  On the 1881 census the child is listed as Susannah PRITCHARD and niece of Susannah NUTT.

Are these just coincidences or do they show the same Mary Ann RICHARDS who married William JERVIS and the connection with Derby. Can anyone find out what happened to Mary Ann JERVIS nee RICHARDS after the 1881 census?  Where was William Henry JERVIS in 1891?

I'm 5th generation Australian but there's a Roynon in my ancestry.

A Joane Milkins married Roger Roynon on 16th Oct. 1623 in St Andrew's Chew Stoke.

Regards,

Brian Milkins

According to the 1851 census John was born c1784 in Chew Stoke. FreeReg has 2 baptisms in Chew Stoke around that time:

31 August 1783 to parents Benjamin and Mary

23 November 1783 to parents Thomas and Anne.

It looks like one of them died in 1788 because there is also a burial there of a John ROYNON on 24 February 1788, so some further research is required I'm afraid.

Dave Erasmus

When Karen asked this question before - see here for the replies then - Dave Erasmus also suggested these possible alias names for Jesse JAMES when he married Sarah NORRIS in 1844 in Cheddar.   Unfortunately this marriage certificate does not give names for fathers for either bride or groom.  Certainly seems to require a bit more research here.