Do these pieces fit together?

[Palomino]

Hello community,
does anyone have an idea?

It is about the parents of Caroline Watts

The birth register says:
Caroline Watts, b 23 Apr 1877
Father: Thomas Watts, sanitary pipe maker, 11 meadow work, Rawmarsh
Mother: Jane Watts, late Black, formerly Roebuck.

Bapt 1 Sep 1880, Rawmarsh, St Mary The Virgin, Yorkshire (West Riding) (parents: Thomas Watts (occup: burner), Sarah Jane Watts). Her siblings have been bapt the same day.

According to census 1861, Thomas (born 27 Mar 1842) (occup: brick maker) lives with his mother Ann and his stepfather in Chesterfield Maynards Row.
Acc. to census 1871, Thomas (occup: sanitary pipe maker) lives with his wife Sarah Jane (21yrs, b in Worsbro, Yorks)and their first daughter Annie at 98 Meadow work, Rawmarsh.
Acc. to census 1881, Thomas (occup: brick maker) lives with his wife Sarah Jane (31yrs, b in Worsbro, Yorks), Caroline and further children in Rawmarsh, 11 meadow work.
Acc. to census 1891, Thomas (occup: brick maker) lives with his wife Sarah Jane (41yrs, b in Barnsley, Yorks), Caroline and further children in Northowram, 64 Clive Street.
 
There is a register entry of a marriage in 3rd quarter 1866 Auckland, Durham for Henry Black and Sarah J Roebuck (certificate is ordered).
There is a register entry of a marriage on Apr 26, 1880 (Sheffield, Holy Trinity, Wicker, Yorkshire) Thomas Watts, 38 years old, Bachelor, Sarah Jane Black (father: George Roebuck), 29 years old, widow, Residence Wicker Parish (both).

There is a Sarah Jane Roebuck, b November 1849 in Worsbrough, Barnsley, Yorkshire. In 1861 she lives at St Wilfred's Place, Bishop Auckland, Durham.

I don't have any further information at the moment.

Do these pieces of the puzzle fit together?

Thank you for your kind support


I have just discovered this christening:
John Henry Black
Father's Name   Henry Black
Mother's Name   Sarah Jane
Event Date   30 Sep 1866
Event Place (Original)   Auckland Saint Andrew, Durham, England

[Millmoor]

Looking at the information about Sarah Jane Watts in the 1881 and 1891 census I wonder if this is her in the 1851 census in Rawmarsh.

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SP99-HW9.

And this family are in Bishop Auckland in the 1861 census with more children! The mother's maiden name should be straightforward to work out.

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M7CG-GJM


The geography certainly matches the information you already have.

William

[Palomino]

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M7CG-GJM

Thank you, William
This is "my Sarah Jane" up until now. Her MMN is Oldfield.

[Millmoor]

There is a Henry Black in the 1861 census b 1844 Darlington, recorded as 17 years old and a blacksmith living in Shildon who is a potential candidate for the first husband. I cannot see him in the 1871 census. It will be interesting to see what the marriage cert. says.

William

[Mabel Bagshawe]

I see Thomas and Sarah didn;t marry until 1880, although together on 1871. Also can't see any Black - Roebuck children. I wonder whether the marriage stood (Sarah was very young in 1866) or if Henry abandoned Sarah fairly promptly afterwards

[Palomino]

That's what I thought as well.

There is John Henry Black, born in 1866, I ve mentioned in my first posting. Couldn't find him in UK GRO, only in familysearch.
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N15Z-H38
No sign of both Henry and John Henry after 1866.

[Millmoor]

There is a birth registration for a John Henry Roebuck Jul -Sep 1866 Auckland RD.  No mmn is showing on GRO. I note the marriage was in the same quarter. So it could have been birth before the marriage and baptism as Black after marriage.

William

[Millmoor]

I think John Henry Black is with his grandmother in 1871 but is recorded as her son. Might his "brother" be his father?


https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VBZT-QYC.

The 1891 census is clearer. Living at Shotton Colliery:

John H Black 24 Coal Miner S b Shildon
Mary A Black Grandmother 71 Wid  b Darlington

William

[Palomino]

Perfect!

I'd say, in 1871 Mary is the grandmother, (John) Henry, 24yrs, her son, John Henry, 4 yrs, his son. Looks like they ve left his wife/his mum. Maybe Sarah Jane.