Ah, now that's odd, I can see much more of Slowhands post now than I could when I replied to it!

The 1891 and 1901 Charlotte Jones are definitely my Charlotte, but the one born 52/53 who died in 1871 definitely isn't - because mine had to be alive to give birth to my grandfather (her last child of anything between 11 and 17 - Dad remembers 17, I've found 11 so far) in 1906.

Roger - thanks for the extra info, but it doesn't look like we share the same Waite.

I wonder how many Charlotte Wait(e)s there actually were locally? There's mine, there's the one of the 1890 marriage and there's Roger's 1852-71, all living in very close proximity at the same time.

I shall keep digging. What would really help is if I could track down the wedding - it must have taken place between 1873 and 1878 or so. If they got married at all, that is, I think they were rumoured to be a bit of a wild bunch (my grandfather certainly was!).

Caroline