Two Gates, Tamworth

[tad]

Hi Indi,

On my grans' marriage she had him as having been a soldier and when he died in 1896 (ref: grans story she was 9 when he died and she was born mid 1888) she was put into a girls home for daughters of soldiers.  Which for a change bears out part of her story.  So now I will have to go and find him in that area if I can and it looks like he joined at that time.  Does anyone know if when the census was taken for the army if it was kept seperate?
Thanks so much Indi and Pinetree you have solved so much in such a short time I am amazed.  Pinetree I will look for your Mary as I go on my travels and will let you know if I find her.  Did you send me all her info before (not able to go back without losing my stuff here) if not can you get it to me and I will put it in my files.
Thanks again so appreciated
tad 

[Pinetree]

Hi Tad,

So sorry I seem to have missed coming back to you about Mary BIRD.  She married Charles JONES and the following thread has some more information:

http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,159213.0.html

This is the little I have on my BIRD line so far:

JOSEPH1 BIRD was born Abt. 1777 in Staffordshire (Source: Census 1851, Church Street, Tamworth, Staffordshire.).
   
Child of JOSEPH BIRD is:
2.   i.   MARY2 BIRD, b. Abt. 1809, Tamworth, Staffordshire.


Generation No. 2

2.  MARY2 BIRD (JOSEPH1) was born Abt. 1809 in Tamworth, Staffordshire (Source: Census 1851, Birmingham.).  She married CHARLES JONES 31 May 1830 in Tamworth, Staffordshire (Source: IGI.).  He was born Abt. 1811 in Fazeley, Staffordshire (Source: Census 1851, Birmingham.).

Children of MARY BIRD and CHARLES JONES are:
3.   i.   ELIZABETH3 JONES, b. Bef. 06 Feb 1831, Fazeley, Tamworth, Staffordshire; d. 1908.
   ii.   MARY JONES, b. Abt. 1835, Tamworth, Staffordshire.
   iii.   JOSEPH JONES, b. Bef. 04 Mar 1838, Tamworth, Staffordshire (Source: IGI.).

More About JOSEPH JONES:
Baptised: 04 Mar 1838, Tamworth, Staffordshire (Source: IGI.)

   iv.   CHARLES JONES, b. Abt. 1840, Birmingham.
   v.   ESTHER JONES, b. Abt. 1846, Birmingham; m. THOMAS ADEY, 16 Jul 1865, St Paul's Fazeley Staffordshire.

               vi.    HANNAH JONES, b. Abt. 1848, Birmingham.

All the best

Pinetree