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Edwin Conyers appears 1861 with his parents tho he shows himself as married but no Matilda present
He died 1863 DEc Q Leeds 9b 297
I wonder if Matilda had gone home to Ireland to have her baby (James) and that is the reason his birth was not registered in Leeds -or it could just be they did not bother -registration was not compulsory till around 1875

1841 Matilda aged 7 is with what look like siblings Joseph 14 and Eliza 12 both born Yorks -she is shown again as b Ireland

1851 Matilda Ann Priestley b 1832 Belfast lodger in Leeds

When Matilda A Conyers married James Ranson 3/11/1868 she was a widow and her father was William Priestley (Overlooker)

Matilda Ann Priestley 24 married Edwin Conyers 27 Mechanic on 25/6/1859 Holbeck St matthew
His father John Conyers Cloth dresser

Matilda Ann Conyers married James Ranson 1868 Dec Q Leeds 9b 564

James Ranson b 1861 Leeds appears as such with James senior and Matilda in 1871 so he has taken the name of his stepfather at this stage

1881 James Ranson b 1861 Leeds Model Maker is a boarder with bro William in the home of the Dickson family

On marrriage and later censuses he has reverted to Conyers

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Type: Births First name(s): james robert
Start date: Mar 1860 End date: Dec 1862
District: Leeds (1837-1929)

only two James Roberts born in Leeds between 1860 and 1862:-

Births Dec 1860 (>99%)
WILSON James Robert Leeds 9b 290

EDIT:-
Births Dec 1860 (>99%)
WILSON Matilda Ann Leeds 9b 290

Births Sep 1861 (>99%)
THOMPSON James Robert Leeds 9b 35

............so maybe he wasn't born with the name Conyers??

could be his mother married someone with the name Conyers and he just took the name.


Possibility that the one born 1861 died:-
Deaths Dec 1863 (>99%)
THOMPSON JAMES ROBERT Leeds 9b 264


.......just in case there is a link, this is the 1860 James Robert in 1861:-

Robert Wilson Matilda Ann abt 1822 Leeds, Yorkshire, England Head Leeds, Yorkshire (Cabinet Maker)
Matilda Ann Wilson Robert abt 1834 Ireland Wife Leeds, Yorkshire (French Polisher)
James Robert Wilson Robert, Matilda Ann abt 1860 Leeds, Yorkshire, England Son Leeds, Yorkshire
Matilda Ann Wilson Robert, Matilda Ann abt 1860 Leeds, Yorkshire, England Daughter Leeds, Yorkshire
Jane Sharp abt 1833 Leeds, Yorkshire, England Visitor Leeds, Yorkshire
Sarah Jane Rivins abt 1841 Leeds, Yorkshire, England Visitor Leeds, Yorkshire

Name: James Robert Conyers
Date of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep 1883
Registration district: Leeds
Inferred County: Yorkshire West Riding
Volume Number: 9b
Page Number: 753

marriage cert. will give you his father's name!

Thanks very much for your help.

Regards

June

The marriage certificate will give his father's name:

Marriages Sep 1883 (>99%)
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Conyers James Robert Leeds 9b 753
PICKLES Eliza Leeds 9b 753

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National Probate Record

Name: James Robert Conyers
Probate Date: 8 Jan 1915
Death Date: 13 May 1914
Death Place: Leeds, West Yorkshire, England
Registry: Wakefield

1891 name change already done

Name: James R Compos
[James R Conyers]
Age: 30
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1861
Relation: Head
Spouse's Name: Eliza Compos
Gender: Male
Where born: Leeds, Yorkshire, England

Civil parish: Leeds
Ecclesiastical parish: St Saviour
Town: Leeds
County/Island: Yorkshire
Country: England

Street Address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Education:

Employment status: View image

Registration district: Leeds
Sub-registration district: South East Leeds
ED, institution, or vessel: 38
Neighbors: View others on page
Piece: 3686
Folio: 74
Page Number: 6
Household Members: Name Age
James R Compos 30
Eliza Compos 29
Harry Compos 7
Fred Compos 4
Arthur Compos 7/12
Emma Heald 17

Looking for James Robert Conyers in the 1891 Census ?
Born 1861 Leeds showing in 1901 Census at Knowsthorp Art Cottage,Leeds
aged 40 and 1911 Census 324 York Road, Leeds
Married Eliza Pickles in 1883
looking for Birth records and Parents names ?