I have returned to the list after a while and I am hoping someone can help me demolish a brick wall. I am trying to discover why my great great grandmother, born Jane ROACH in Luxulyan in 1823 and married firstly to Matthew THOMAS in 1849 in Luxulyan (died in a mining accident in 1857 in Linkinhorne ) and secondly to my great great grandfather William COCK (in 1860 in Luxulyan) should move her two children by William to Plymouth and change her name back to THOMAS. In 1881 she is calling herself a widoe even though William COCK is still alive in the Bodmn workhouse. She stays in Plymouth until at least 1911 , always using the name THOMAS. If anyone can help me unravel this puzzle I will be SO grateful. Carol