hi,oh dear! you appear to have the same problem as I had when trying to get
info on my maternal ancestors. My great gandfather is listed on the 1881
census as William Jennett,on his marriage certificate he is listed as
Frederic Jennett. On all the other censuses ,he is down as William .The
inscription on his gravestone is William .To add to the confusion ,on my
mother's birth certificate ,my gran is listed as being nee JEMMETT(not
Jennet),. As my grt grandfather gave his place of birth as Hambleden (small
village)in Bucks ,I have been most fortunate to receive info that, firstly
,there were no Jennett's there in the mid 1800's and to put the icing on the
cake I have made contact with a distant cousin in New Zealand who has given
me so much info on the Jemmett's .It appears that he was Frederic ,his
brother was William. As his brother William married in Bucks (Fred came and
married in Wales) I knew that he couldn't possibly be William .I have
actually come to the conclusion that he must have been Frederic Wiliam or
vice versa, or as they were such a big family he might have been confused as
to his name (joke).Another possibility could be that he didn't want to be
known as Frederic for some reason .To add to the confusion ,his age was
different on census/certificates .This I can understand ,quite normal for
people in those days not to know their exact age . The difference in surname
is quite understandable ,mis -spelling quite common too .
Hope you get to the bottom of it.
regards Buddug Hollett