RIGHT!!! Some really interesting stuff here!!!
Okay so what do you think of this?
George is here in 1881, living with his mother, his father is dead. Also living with him is his son and he is there as married.
1881 census
Glass House Court, Bristol Temple, Bristol, Gloucestershire.
Sarah A Sollars Head. Widow. Female. 41. 1840. Laundress. Clifton, Gloucestershire.
George W Sollars. Son. Married. Male 18. 1863. Warehouseman. Bristol, Gloucestershire.
Henry Sollars. Son Single. Male 8. 1873. Scholar. Bristol, Gloucestershire.
Adelaide Sollars. Daughter. Single. Female 6. 1875. Scholar. Bristol, Gloucestershire.
Edith Sollars Daughter. Single. Female 4. 1877. Scholar. Bristol, Gloucestershire.
Sarah Jewson Boarder Single Female 64. 1817. Nurse (S M). Bristol, Gloucestershire.
Albert Ed Sollars. Grson. Single Male 0. 1881 - Bristol, Gloucestershire
1883 we have a marriage to Caroline Anne Smith
1st Marriage record:
GEORGE WILLIAM E SOLLARS
Q3, 1883
MarriageFinder™ GEORGE WILLIAM E SOLLARS married one of these people
Maria Hawker, Caroline Anne Smith
Bristol, Gloucestershire, England
Volume 6A, Page 113
1891, he is living as the head, with his son and 2 sisters from the previous census, and his wife, a step-son, 3 sons and 2 daughters.
1891 census
Corbett Street, St George, Barton Regis, Gloucestershire, England
George W E Sollars. Head. Married. Male 28. 1863. Railway Goods Guard Bedminster, Somerset.
Caroline A Sollars. Wife. Married. Female. 44 . 1847. Tailoress Bedminster, Somerset.
Albert E Sollars. Son. Male. 10. 1881 Scholar Bristol, Gloucestershire.
Ethel M Sollars Daughter. Female. 6. 1885. Scholar. Bristol.
Nellie Sollars Daughter. Female. 5. 1886. Scholar. Bristol.
Frances G Sollars. Son. Male. 3. 1888 Scholar Bedminster, Gloucestershire.
Frederick C Sollars. Son. Male . 1. 1890. Gloucestershire.
Adelaide C Sollars. Sister. Single. Female. 17. 1874 Haymaker Bedminster, Somerset.
Edith T Sollars Sister Female 13. 1878. Haymaker. Bedminster, Somerset.
William Smith. Stepson. Single Male. 18. 1873 . General Laborer Bedminster, Somerset.
By 1901, they had moved to Wales.
1901 census: (Here you can see his middle name is Edward, like on Reginald’s birth cert)
52, Cyfarthfa Street, Roath, Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales
Geo Wm Edw Sollars Head. Married Male. 38. 1863 Railway Goods Guard Bristol, Gloucestershire.
Caroline Annie Sollars. Wife. Married. Female. 53. 1848. Bristol, Gloucestershire
Clara Sollars Daughter. Single. Female. 18. 1883. Bristol, Gloucestershire.
Ethel May Sollars. Daughter. Single Female 17. 1884. Bristol, Gloucestershire.
Nellie Sollars Daughter. Single Female 15. 1886. Domestic Servant. Bristol, Gloucestershire.
Fredk James Sollars. Son. Single. Male. 11. 1890. Bath, Somerset.
Beatrice Sollars. Niece. Single. Female 4. 1897. Bristol, Gloucestershire.
I actually think this other 1901 census is ALSO him, now deciding he is George Jones, perhaps living with a friend who also gave him work? I think 1901 was perhaps the year he separated from his wife.
1901 census:
27, Quarella Street, Barry, Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales
George Cooper. Head. Married. Male. 39. 1862. General Labourer. Offord D'Arcy, Huntingdonshire.
Francis Cooper. Wife. Married. Female. 37. 1864. Southoe, Huntingdonshire.
Walter Cooper. Son. Single. Male. 12. 1889. Southoe, Huntingdonshire.
William Cooper. Son. Single. Male. 11. 1890. Buckden, Huntingdonshire.
Charles Cooper. Son. Single Male. 5. 1896. Lutterworth, Leicestershire.
Jesse Anson. Boarder. Single. Male. 54. 1847. General Labourer Hambleton, Yorkshire.
Frederick Watts. Boarder. Single. Male. 28. 1873. General Labourer. Wicklewood, Norfolk.
George Jones. Boarder. Single. Male. 38. 1863. General Labourer Bristol, Gloucestershire.
George M Lacey. Boarder. Married. Male. 23. 1878. Musical Director. Maidenhead, Berkshire.
Dorothy E Lacey. Boarder Married. Female. 20. 1881. Actress London, Middlesex.
I found THIS in 1906:
Marriage record:
CAROLINE ANNIE SOLLARS
Q2 1906
Registration month -
MarriageFinder™ CAROLINE ANNIE SOLLARS married one of these people
William Joseph Skinner, Albert Milford
Cardiff,Glamorganshire, Wales
Volume 11A, Page 755
Then I found the 1911 census for Caroline Skinner, with her youngest son only (Frederick) living with her.
1911 census:
4 Aberdovey St Splott Cardiff, Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales
William Joseph Skinner Head. Married Male. General Labourer. 54 1857. London Bermondsey.
Caroline Ann Skinner Wife. Married. Female. 64. 1847. Bristol Somerset.
Frederick James Sollars. Son. Single Male. Railway Porter. 21. 1890 Bath Somerset.
Michael Russell. Boarder. Single. Male. General Labourer. 6. 1885. Dublin Ireland
And of course, the 1911 census we knew about with George and Margaret Jones:
George Jones. Head. Married Male. Marine Stoker. 48. 1863. Bristol Glostershire.
Margaret. Jones. Wife. Married Female. 34. 1877. Macoy Crommer Moor (*Maesycwmmer, Mon(mouthshire)*) Wales.
William Jones, Son, Male. School. 7. 1904. Cardiff Glam
Wyndham Jones, Son, Male, School. 5, 1906, Hull Yorks
OKAY… , now for Margaret Smith:
**** Just editing this - to add that unfortunately I had got confused when looking for a previous marriage for Margaret. I had been looking for Margaret Smith and Arthur Lewis and stumbled upon a 1901 census where Arthur is her baby and her husband is William Lewis. Their was a death record for her baby and no more census of them in 1911. But I muddled it up as I had also seen a marriage record for Margaret Smith and William Lewis - which was actually in 1906, and therefore was after William and Reginald's birth:
I had been thinking this could have been George and Margaret's marriage:
MARGARET ANNE LEWIS, Q4 1901. MARGARET ANNE LEWIS married one of these people: George Jones, Benjamin John Daniel. Neath, Glamorganshire, Wales, Volume 11A, Page 1499
SO - I'm still clueless about a marriage for George and Margaret - but I do feel that those 1901 censuses for George Jones and George Sollars are the same person. ****