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Sometimes we don't see those boundaries that were set in the past in through the present eye, which may be how i was looking in the wrong areas etc.

Thanks all
Barbz x

It's OK Barbz - you did not upset me - I'm just a historian wanting to keep the identity alive

so it should be:-

John Jennings married Mary Parkinson in Ulverston, Lancashire

John Jennings and Mary had a son called John J Jennings

I understand the counties were all different back then, so apologies if I upset any Lancashians and Cumbrians.

Thanks
Barbz x

I have found John Jennings ancestors back to the 1700's in Cornwall.
John Jennings married Mary Parkinson in Ulverston, Cumbria.

this is a John J Jennings born in Dalton in Furness (which is a long way from Wigan and Skem)

Cumbria Birth indexes for the years: 1859
Surname Forename(s) Sub-District Registers At Mother's Maiden Name Reference
JENNINGS John Jone Dalton Barrow JONES D/10/425

mmn = Jones

from cumbriabmd.org.uk

also as a Lancastrian please can I make a plea that if you record that marriage in Ulverston you record it as Lancashire not Cumbria. Cumbria was not a county until 1971 All the Furness area which includes Barrow and Ulverston right up to Coniston was lancashire until then

After chatting with another person who was also looking into the same name John Jennings, we have good news:

Mary Edith Parkinson
B 1862
Lancashire England
Married in 1881 to John Jennings
Ulverston Cumbria, England
1881 census household
Robert Parkinson Head Male 74 York
Tamar Parkinson Wife Female 73 Lancashire
John Jennings Son 22 Dalton Lancashire
John Jones Jennings
B1859
Dalton in Furnes, Lancashire England

Father & Mother of John Jones is
Joshua Jennings 1812 Gwenapp Cornwall England
Mary Jones 1832 Dalton in furness Lancashire
Married 24 April 1852 Register Office Holywell, Flintshire, Wales

Mary Died 28 Mar 1871

Siblings:
David Jennings 1855, Holywell, Flintshire, Wales
Married Agnes Clement in 1875 Ulverston Cumbria
Thomas Jennings 1861, Bagillt Clwyd Wales
Benjamin Jennnings B1772 Gwennap Cornwall England
Married 21 Mar 1798 Gwennap Cornwall England
Mary Martin B1776 Gwennap Cornwall England

John Jennings b1725 Gwennap Cornwall England
Married 5 Sept 1747 Gwennap Cornwall England
Jane Tregilgas b1727 Gwennap Cornwall England

Nicholas Jennings b1700 Cornwall England
Married 5 Nov 1724 Gwennap Cornwall England
Elizabeth Morcom b

Francis Jennings b Cornwall England
Married 12 Feb 1699 Saint Hilary Cornwall England
Mary Taylor b

I posted it only a few minutes ago!!!!!

AFTER your C&P'd blurb about Dalton

I haven't had the chance to check out the 1891 census.
I was looking into that when i was interrupted yesterday and had to come away from the search

Thoughts on the 1891 census?

How the county lines in the UK, have changed and developed over the years is astounding!

Thanks
Barbz x

Dalton in Furness - and all of that area - was in Lancashire until 1974

1891

Name: Mary E Jones
Age: 30
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1861
Relation: Wife
Spouse's Name: John Jones
Gender: Female
Where born: Broughton, Lancashire, England

Civil parish: Wigan
Ecclesiastical parish: St Catherine
County/Island: Lancashire
Country: England


Registration district: Wigan
Sub-registration district: Wigan
ED, institution, or vessel: 13
Neighbors: View others on page
Piece: 3050
Folio: 127
Page Number: 24
Household Members: Name Age
John Jones 31 b. Dalton
Mary E Jones 30
Edith Jones 9 b. Dalton

I was also thinking of Wigan for searching his birth records as the nearest town is Dalton.

Thanks
Barbz x

Dalton Lancashire is near Skelmersdale.

As per Wikipedia:
Skelmersdale is a town in West Lancashire, England. It lies on high-ground on the River Tawd, 6 miles (10 km) to the west of Wigan, 13 miles (21 km) to the northeast of Liverpool, 15 miles (24 km) south-southwest of Preston. As of 2006, Skelmersdale had a population of 38,813,[1] down from 41,000 in 2004. The town is known locally as Skem. The first recorded use of the name Skelmersdale appears in the Domesday Book of 1086. It was under the rule of Uctred as part of the hundred of West Derby.

The urbanisation and development of Skelmersdale largely coincided with the Industrial Revolution. Industrial scale coal mining began in the early 19th century and continued to expand during that century to give rise to Skelmersdale as an important colliery village.

Broughton On Furness is now in Cumbria, even though it states on the 1901 census that it is Lancashire. Maybe it was back then.

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Lancashire Birth indexes for the years: 1856
Surname Forename(s) Sub-District Registers At Mother's Maiden Name Reference
JENNINGS John Wigan Wigan & Leigh JENNINGS WIG/45/415

This would fit with his birthplace as per 1881 and 1901

I think that stating in 1911 that his birth was in Dalton in Furness was a mistake.

Deaths Sep 1907 (>99%)
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Jennings Mary Edith 46 Tynemouth 10b 137
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Lancashire Birth indexes for the years: 1891
JENNINGS John Thomas Wigan Wigan & Leigh WIG/180/78

1901

Name: John Jennings
Age: 44
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1857
Relation: Head
Spouse's Name: Mary E Jennings
Gender: Male
Where born: Dalton, Lancashire, England

Civil parish: Weetslade
Ecclesiastical parish: Killingworth St John
Town: Dudley
County/Island: Northumberland
Country: England


Registration district: Tynemouth
Sub-registration district: Longbenton
ED, institution, or vessel: 19
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 33
Piece: 4807
Folio: 93
Page Number: 6
Household Members: Name Age
John Jennings 44
Mary E Jennings 42 b. Broughton in Furness
John T Jennings 10
Elizabeth J Jennings 5
Joshua Jennings 3
Sarah A Jennings 1

My grandmother Isabella Jennings was born on 24 April 1904, married to Thomas Newton Bewick in Tynemouth 1923, and died in 1992 in Walkergate Hospital in Newcastle upon Tyne.

Hope this information helps.

Barbz x

These ar the only births I can see on FreeBMD that could be your grandma. She must be the Tynemouth one?

Births Jun 1904 (>99%)
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JENNINGS Isabella Tynemouth 10b 301
JENNINGS Isabella Gateshead 10a 1037
JENNINGS Isabella Southwark 1d 82