Brock family missing a few details

[Milliepede]

No luck at all with finding him in 1861.  Maybe he was lodging with wife to be and just wasn’t put down on the census. 

[overlandermatt]

Thanks Milliepede.

I've been looking all over for him but without luck to date... I've yet to search out his siblings so perhaps a clue will materialise in due course!

[overlandermatt]

I'm still trying to fill in a few gaps with the Brocks...

William Edward Brock was the only child that I could find for Edward and Mary Jane Brock... I have him in all the census returns except 1881. He did join the Royal Navy and was aboard HMS Belleisle - which spent a lot of time in Ireland. I didn't manage to find the ship in the 1881 census - not sure how to do that in FindMyPast... Just wondering if he is there?

Still searching for Mary Jane Brock after the death of Edward Brock in 1870. I have her in the 1871 census as innkeeper at the Tavistock Inn but nothing further. There are a couple of weddings in the area in 1875 and 1877 but it's not clear who the potential spouse is... Tutte, Full and Burn were three options. I might be missing how to find this information quickly from the Index...

Would be great to know what happened to her! Thank you in advance.

[Milliepede]

Not easy from an index to determine the correct spouse.  I look for the husbands on the next census to see what their wives are called.  If one is Mary Jane then cross check her age/place of birth with Mary Jane Brock. 

[Milliepede]

Re the 1877 marriage options

John Full has wife Melinda in 1881 so that rules him out. 

The other groom John Burn.  Can’t find him in 1881 yet. 

[Milliepede]

Re the 1875 marriage options

Charles Tutte has a wife Mary Jane.  In 1891 she is 35 born Plymouth. 

[Milliepede]

In 1911 there’s a Mary Jane Burns with husband John married 1877. 

She is born 1825 Landros Cornwall.  No children.

Could be a different couple. 

[overlandermatt]

Thanks Milliepede. Much appreciated.

Charles Tutte doesn't seem a good fit given the age and birth place.

1823 in Lanallos, Cornwall is ideally what we are looking for. The Burns in 1911 is close...

I suspect there won't be more children to help identify this. Presumably it will come down to the marriage certificate.

I've seen a number of trees that have Mary Jane ending up in various different scenarios... One included a death in Ontario.

Thanks again!

[Milliepede]

Will have a look for the 1911 couple but the no children is a clue she was an older bride.  Which we know anyway from her age. 

Her daughters didn’t have very long lives did they  .