1881 First appearance as Michal's wife with, presumably, 2 sons of her previous marriage, John 8 & Thomas 6.
1891 Michael is 63 yrs, general labourer, with Mary Jane, Frederick son, 9 yrs, George, son, 8 yrs, Henry son, 6 yrs, Lily,daughter,4 yrs, all born Plympton. Then living at Brook St.
1901, they are at 3 Fountain Cottage, Higher Crabtree, Michael, 75 yrs, stonebreaker, wife, Mary J, Lily, daughter, 14 yrs, Joseph 12 yrs, Ernest 9 yrs, John Wm Henry Bowden, stepson, 27 yrs, PO. in Royal Navy, b Okehampton. John Bowden is found in 1891 census RG12/1743,a boy, aged 16 yrs, Royal Navy, Devon at Impregnable.