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Thanks Pat.  See my reply to Elizabeth.

Thanks Elizabeth.  I have seen those entries before but the 'alias Brooks' has thrown me off.  Have also seen 'Weeks' as an alias.  I'm completely perplexed as to the 'alias'.....a common occurence at that time, or something to do with being on the wrong side of the law...??  I have also discovered a notation through Shepton Mallet Gaol that a Jesse James B: 1812 was confined 18 Dec 1873 for assaulting his wife Sarah. Not sure if this is my Jesse James but I have his DOB anywhere from 1813 to 1817 from various documents.

Mary Ann RICHARDS born 1854 in Weston-super-Mare is my 1^st cousin twice removed.

Pat mentions Susannah NUTT. Susannah was the sister of Mary Ann. Susannah married Henry John NUTT in Bethnal Green, London 23^rd May 1870

Henry John NUTT was born in Oxford in 1850. He died in Derby in 1894

His widow, Susannah RICHARDS NUTT remarried in 1898 to a Thomas JONES in Prescott, Lancashire.

As did Pat, I also found a Susannah PRITCHARD niece of Susannah NUTT on the 1881 census. She is also on the 1891 census now named RICHARDS. In both census’s John NUTT is born in Oxford, wife Susannah born Weston-super-mare, niece Susannah born Derby. Both census’s give the nieces birth year as 1878.

I have a birth certificate for a Susannah RICHARDS, born 18^th October 1877 at No. 4 Corden Street, Litchurch, Derby. Mother is Mary Ann RICHARDS, her employment is domestic servant. No father is mentioned which points to a likely illegitimate birth. 

With thanks to all those who have assisted with this problem.

The situation now is that William Henry JERVIS was born in Ilkeston in 1881 and his parents William JERVIS and Mary Ann RICHARDS were married in 1879 at St Mary's Church Nottingham.  Stuart found a transcription of this marriage (SOG) which confirmed that Mary Ann's father was a Samuel RICHARDS (deceased) and had been a Baker.  But what brought William Henry JERVIS to Weston-super-mare?

• There was a Mary Ann RICHARDS born in Weston-super-Mare in about 1853 (christened at Emmanuel in 1854) s/o Samuel & Susannah RICHARDS nee SPERRIN and he was a Baker.
• Looking to see when Samuel RICHARDS was buried in Weston Cemetery (Nov 1878) I also found another Samuel RICHARDS who died in Dec 1875 aged 14 days but described as the illegitimate son of Mary Ann RICHARDS.
• A familytree on Ancestry gave me the next clue - Mary Ann RICHARDS had a daughter Susannah RICHARDS in Derby in 1877 who was brought up by her married sister Susannah NUTT who lived in Derby.  On the 1881 census the child is listed as Susannah PRITCHARD and niece of Susannah NUTT.

Are these just coincidences or do they show the same Mary Ann RICHARDS who married William JERVIS and the connection with Derby. Can anyone find out what happened to Mary Ann JERVIS nee RICHARDS after the 1881 census?  Where was William Henry JERVIS in 1891?

I'm 5th generation Australian but there's a Roynon in my ancestry.

A Joane Milkins married Roger Roynon on 16th Oct. 1623 in St Andrew's Chew Stoke.

Regards,

Brian Milkins