Wear Gifford

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yes there is John BLIGHT and Betsey Hookway I havent got a sub so cant look any further  but is that a good clue I'll try Betsey 1839 next Yes she is there too now who can look for us to see how well the tree is sourced could be usefull

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So John Blight deaths
2 1841 Sep
1 Dec 1841
1 1842
So plenty to choose from it looks good

There are Betsey and John Arnold trees too I wonder how they have interpreted the situation

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There is a tree for John Jury Arnold don of John Arnold and Hannah Jury now have they married Hannah and John after our john was born he seems to use both names at will

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whee there is a tree in the public domain here
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=21c119&id=I1554
I'll contact the owner tonight he may have a bit more than shown He certainly shows the name change Gosh this is getting more and more interesting
They have John BLIGHTS marriage to Betsey and plenty on their children abd his background
Poor John Blight found drowned in the river Torridge 15 Apr 1839
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The mystery of why Jane BLIGHT married as HOOKWAY
Jane was baptism was 10 mar 1836
her parents however did not marry until 17 Apr 1812
so "Officially " she was a HOOKWAY  so perhaps poor girl thought she had to use that surname when she married shame as she was obviously known as BLIGHT from the censuses
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It is odd but both Jane and her Step father revert to their illegitimate surnames or surnames at birth when they marry its as if they have interpreted the marriage law that they must give their birth name not the name they are known as at marriage I suppose later the child would be "Officially" adopted by its own father or step father legalising the known surname and no confusion would be made
Oh dear The rootsweb tree has Jane married to some one else but the presence of Betsy on the 1861 census and that Betsey (her mum) is next door in 1881 gives our interpretation credence
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HELP
The other tree's data also checks out well for Jane BIGHT married Thomas FISHER in 1855 and they are also in PROVIDENCE ROW BIDEFORD in 1871
you have
John and Betsey Arnold at No 8
Joshua and Jane at No 11 and Jane FISHER at No 16

Now what is going on which Jane married Josh and which Jo why did they use different names when they Married???
In 1871 Jane Fisher is from WG 1837
Jane Mrs Joshuah Arnold is 1835 from WG so Jane Arnold looks like the older girl does that help?? Now Jane Arnold daughter of John Jury/Arnold and Ann  and Jane HOOKWAY/BLIGHTwere both 5 in 1841 so that isn't helping I cant think of any reason why Jane Arnold would revert to HOOKWAy for the marriage but neither can I see why Jane Arnold would become Blight for her marriage

What an awful mix up Too many Janes too many names yet not enough Janes on the 41 and 51 census to eliminate either of John's Janes

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Hooray found a Jane
Betsey had a sister Jane born 1834 on the 1841 census with her parents Samuel and Mary and Betsy with her Jane BLIGHT born 1837
So Jane Hookway who marries Joshuah was Betsey's sister and Jane Blight who married Thomas FISHER was her Daughter Goodness knows what has happene to jane Arnold daughter of John and Ann

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Oh MYYYYYYYYYYYYYY 

I need to wrap my brain around this ...I thought I had got it wrong when I saw that the tree had Jane married to FISHER. 

need coffee ..will be back

deb