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I am looking for information about the family of Hannah Prosser who married Stephen Jones in Weobley early 1800s. They had a large family.
Clarrie.
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Do you mean Hannah's parents/siblings, or her and Stephen's family? I've found Stephen and Hannah, + their children, in 1841 census if you need that?
Regards
Catherine :)
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Hi Catherine
I am looking for any information about them so a copy of the 1841 Census would be a great start.
Thanks
Clarrie.
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Here you go then :)
1841 HO107/426/24 Folio 5 Page 7
High Street, Weobley, Herefordshire
Stephen Jones 50 Blacksmith Not born in county
Hannah 45 Born in county
Thomas 25 Blacksmith
Thirza 15
John 12
Anna 6
Susan 4
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James Bundy 20 MS Born in county
Regards
Catherine :)
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and 1851 gives Stephens birthplace -
HO107/1979 Folio 132 Page 15
High Street, Weobley, Herefordshire
Stephen Jones 64? Blacksmith master empl 1 man Radnorshire? Cliso/Clero?
Hannah 60
Thomas 40 Blacksmith Journeyman
John 22 Farmer of 25 acres
Emma 20
Ann 18 Scholar
Amelia 15
John Phillips serv 16 Ag Lab
All others born Weobley
Regards
Catherine :)
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Hi Catherine
Thanks for that info. I know that there were about 15 in the family so some of them may not have been born at that time and others may have already married. I do know that Eliza married a Joseph Prosser but I'm not sure of the dates off hand.
Clarrie.
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Hi Catherine
Are you able to look for their son Stephen who married Ann Price in 1838 at Eign Brook Chapel, Hereford and Dore
I hadn't realised that he was married at the time of the 1841 Census. Would you be able to check the 1851 Census also?
Thanks
Clarrie.
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This must be the marriage you mentioned -
Eliza Jones and Joseph Prosser June 1840 Weobley Vol 26 Page 401
Heres Stephen Junior in 1841 -
HO107/426/25 Folio 4 Page 2
White Hill, Weobley, Herefordshire
Stephen Jones 25 Engineer All born in county
Anne 20
George 2
Martha 3mo
1851 HO107/1978 Folio 350 Page 25
Ross Road? Hereford St Martin, Herefordshire
Stephen Jones 28 Millwright Weobley
Ann 33 Weobley
George 12 Weobley
Martha 10 Weobley
Stephen 8 Kington?
Mary Ann 6 Kington?
Arthur 4 Kington?
Regards
Catherine :)
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Their children as baptised in Weobley were:
Hannah b 31/12/1809
Thomas b 7/4/1811
Betty b 22/3/1812
Stephen b 20/12 1812
William Charles b 25/9/1814
Thomas b 30/7/1815
Eliza b 21/7/1816
William b 26/7/1818
James b 11/9/1819
James b 10/6/1821
Mary Ann b 12/8/1821
Selina b 28/7/1823
John b 22/6/1828
Emma Victoria b 5/12/1830
2 Thomases and 2 Jameses indicate the first ones died. No idea why 2 baptisms were so close in 1821 - Could be a mistranscription for 1820 or a late baptism for James 2
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Woops I realised I had not searched long enough for the younger children and found :
Susan Amelia bapt 28/2/1836
Hannah Maria bapt 10/3/1833
Thirza bapt 1//8/1825.
Wonder if Ann/Anna is Hannah Maria - or this another Hannah named after first one b in 1809 died ?
Still a huge family - lucky to have agood job like a blacksmith
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I spotted an Eliza Jones marrying a Joseph Prosser at Webley in 1840 - is this a Prosser relative ?
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Thanks for all this wonderful information.
Yes Eliza Jones did marry Joseph Prosser. Do not have the dates with me at present but if you are interested, please let me know.
Clarrie.
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Stephen Jones Jr. came to Australia mid 1800s and settled in the Windsor area of NSW. We have never been able to establish under what circumstances. He and Ann had two more children but he died before the last one was born. Tragically Ann herself was drowned some years later and the family all moved to Queensland. Again we have never been able to establish a reason for the move but the family seems to have remained in Queensland ever since, around the Rockhampton and Townsville areas as pastoralists and farmers.
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Do you have a date when Stephen Jnr emigrated ?
Is he on the UK 1861 census ?
Do you have the details of the children born in Weobley and Kington ?
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Below are the names of his children as recorded on the 1841 and 1851 Census that someone has kindly found for me.
He migrated between 1847 and 1852 when his son Albert Price Jones was born. Later in 1857 Elizabeth Annie Jones was born. He died in July 1857 before she came into the world which is really sad.
This must be the marriage you mentioned -
Eliza Jones and Joseph Prosser June 1840 Weobley Vol 26 Page 401
Heres Stephen Junior in 1841 -
HO107/426/25 Folio 4 Page 2
White Hill, Weobley, Herefordshire
Stephen Jones 25 Engineer All born in county
Anne 20
George 2
Martha 3mo
1851 HO107/1978 Folio 350 Page 25
Ross Road? Hereford St Martin, Herefordshire
Stephen Jones 28 Millwright Weobley
Ann 33 Weobley
George 12 Weobley
Martha 10 Weobley
Stephen 8 Kington?
Mary Ann 6 Kington?
Arthur 4 Kington?
Regards
Catherine :)
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He is down variously as a millwright, and engineer and a machine maker so he was higly skilled by the sound of it. Perhaps he was tempted to take his skills to a new country where they would be appreciated instead of living in a rural economy where the weather and the price of corn and foodstuffs decided so much.