Hi Eric, Thank you so much for looking. I don't know if their parents were living in 1911 so I have searched for any Ida and Nora/Norah and even just JONES (of which there are many!!!) I also searched Cheshire Births on the Cheshire site with just JONES and mother MASON and found 7 other possible children born between 1901 and 1911 and searched for them as well. I didn't find Ida or Nora in any of the homes. The mother was Frances Jane MASON and the last I see of her is 1901 in Hove, Sussex, age 28, b Hawarden, Chester. No luck finding a marriage on FreeBMD. I know Ida did not die in infancy as she and her sister Nora came to Canada and crossed into the US. Ida married George H. PRITCHARD in Seattle, Washington and died there at age 99. My niece married her grandson so I am going to have to pick the PRITCHARD brains for more info. Thank you again for your time Eric. Much appreciated. Marg >From the Beautiful British Columbia Cariboo Region, Canada ----- Original Message ----- From: "Eric Millward" <bruckshaw1@tiscali.co.uk> To: "Margaret Cambridge" <talktomarg@shaw.ca>; "Cheshire List" <cheshire@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, September 29, 2013 2:17 AM Subject: Re: [CHS] Surname JONES Margaret, Yours is the first Cheshire post I have seen for a whole week. I thought my email system had collapsed. I have had a quick search but have not come up with a solution. I note that the mother was MASON and that there were 6 other births to a MASON mother in that area and time frame. It may be worth looking for them too. Jessie was born in 1911 in Birkenhead and if her birth month was later than April it would eliminate the possibility of emigration (assuming that this is the same mother). I also see that a Nora aged 0 died in 1906 in Birkenhead. Are you sure the mother was still alive in April 1911? Otherwise the children could be with another family(ies). There are a couple of Idas with grandparents or uncles. Sorry I cannot help more at the moment but I will look again later. Regards, Eric Millward