Lost in America

Question

I have recieved information that Hannah Douglas who married Robert Richardson in 1877 Carlisle England and had a daughter also born in 1877 called Ann Bell Richardson that Bell married a Welsh gentleman by the name of John Pritchard there and had three children William, Matthew and Alice that John Died in 1908 this may have been around the Colorado area  but as the family shifted around a fair bit it could have been Denver Colorado or even Los Angeles where other members of the family lived she also married another Welsh gentleman in William John Jones and had a daughter Blodwyn M Jones in 1912 perhaps in the same area. It would really be a great help if someone knows of this family or is related as we have been looking for Ann Bell Richardson for a long time.

Answer 1

Try this family on for size:  4/5 first names, Wales/England/Colorado births, Colorado residence, different last name spelling.

"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQM2-15J : accessed 16 December 2018), Annia Pritchet in household of John Pritchet, Precincts 38-40 Lawrence town, Teller, Colorado, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 136, sheet 7B, family 173, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,130.

And apparently the Jones family moved to Michigan:

"United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZWS-72S : accessed 16 December 2018), Anna Jones in household of William Jones, Detroit Ward 4, Wayne, Michigan, United States; citing ED 125, sheet 4A, line 30, family 62, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 805; FHL microfilm 1,820,805.

Comments

Great detective work!

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Thank you, Kathy!

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1930, still in Michigan.  Blodwyn now married to Waldron Worthley:

"United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XQ1K-82K : accessed 16 December 2018), Matthew Pritchard in household of William J Jones, Ferndale, Oakland, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 20, sheet 22B, line 59, family 522, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1016; FHL microfilm 2,340,751.

Correction, Weldon R Worthley:

"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K4GB-GL8 : 13 March 2018), Weldon R Worthley, Tract 855, Berkley, Berkley City, Oakland, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 63-10, sheet 6A, line 4, family 102, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 1798.

There are also FindaGrave memorials for him and Blodwyn.  Both died in Michigan.

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William John Jones died in Michigan 6 Dec 1939.

"Michigan Death Certificates, 1921-1952," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KFQY-ML6 : 13 March 2018), William John Jones, 06 Dec 1939; citing Pontiac, Oakland, Michigan, United States, Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics, Lansing; FHL microfilm 1,973,057.

And here's Annie's FindaGrave.  She lived until 1966.

Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 15 December 2018), memorial page for Annie Richardson Jones (4 Feb 1877–16 Mar 1966), Find A Grave Memorial no. 25403680, citing Roseland Park Cemetery, Berkley, Oakland County, Michigan, USA ; Maintained by TRatican (contributor 46919239) .

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Thank you all you wonderful people out there I never expected such a lot of immediate interest and information. I am really happy and grateful, thank you so much, have a wonderful Christmas and a super New Year.

Cheers

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You're most welcome, Heather!  Merry Christmas to you as well. 

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Thanks for the star, Colleen!