John Evans and Mary Jones_parents of Henry Robert Bennett Jones

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Possible

1871
RG10/3816/42/28
22 Nicholson Street, Everton
John Jones, 44, joiner, b. Anglesea (sic)
Cathrine, 42
Mary E, 12
Ada Emily, 8
Others b. Liverpool

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Nearest that I can get to John B at the moment:

1861
?. Caernarvon Road, Aberech,Pwllheli
RG9/4329/22/14
Richard Evans, 29, tailor
Rebechah, 32, b. Aberech
Jane, 9
Thomas, 7
John, 5
Richard, 3
Morris, 1
Others b. Pwllheli

I think the 1880 marriage cert might be the best route - unless someone has access to the St Michael's registers,

[miles_hagen_bown]

That possible looks good, but it offers a third choice.

It looks like on her marriage, her father, John, was from Elm Bank, Liverpool and some lodge, Alma Lodge, in Anglesey, which fits with my sister in law thinking they were from Anglesey Isle in Wales.

I have seen two trees, one gives the mother's name as Elizabeth Jones, info comes from a census, though the poster is a descendant. The other one has sourced the information from Griffith J.E. "Pedigrees of Anglesey and Caernarvonshire families" , if they have info right, they put Ann Elias. I am not sure how to verify one or the other. If Ann Elias, then there is a lot of ancestry.

[miles_hagen_bown]

I have only seen one mention of a father for John Bennett Evans, and it was a Griffith, sourced to some censuses, 1861, 1871,

we think John Bennett born about 1857, yours makes sense. I have not seen the others so cannot say, but am beginning to see some holes in that tree, perhaps.

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I have the Griffith Pedigrees book but it's very small print and you'd need to get what is called a 'gateway ancestor' to use it. I had to ge back to 1690 to trace one of my lines and link in - and it was an unusual surname, at that.  My guess, though I may be wrong,  is that it is likely to be wishful thinking, especially with Jones.

The marriage cert would be the best bet. It might be worth you looking for Mary Elizabeth's birth record as well.

Don't take any notice of the trees - verify all information. There are some real howlers in the Ancestry trees 

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Just found this

John JONES, Aug 24th, 5 Elm Bank, Walton Breck Rd, aged 87, formerly of Alma Lodge Anglesey, interred Anfield cemetery August 28, 1900

http://www.old-merseytimes.co.uk/anfieldinterments7.html

Will go back to the 1891 census and have a snoop at number 5 - they might have moved there after John died.

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Wonder if this is him on previous page - down as 1 Elm Bank
RG12 2957 110 23

John Jones, widower, 77, living on his own means, b. Anglesey, Hen-eglwys
2 servants

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Problem is that going back, there are at least 2 John Jones b. Anglesey, living in the Liverpool area 

I'll check the probate records

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Very interesting

Probate
John Jones of Elm-bank, Walton Breck road, Liverpool, builder, died 24 August 1900. Probate 23 October to Hugh Owen Jones, farmer and Ann Morgan widow. Effects £64272.17s.2d

(I did find a builder who fitted on the 1881)