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Topic: looking for family of Richard Davies b 1852/3 Llangadfan (Read 296 times)
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jasper1
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Hello I hope you can help. I am researching my dad's family tree and having a lot of difficulty on the paternal side. His surname is Lloyd-Davies. How it evolved from Davies to Lloyd-Davies in three generations is a mystery which I am trying to unravel. I have a copy of a Welsh bible with 'Richard Davies Glanmorfa Llangadfan July 25 1873 aged 20' written on the flyleaf. It has been in the family for years. I think he was my great grand-father's brother. This is all I know of my family from my dad (now aged 80):- His grandfather was David L Davies born about 1849 in Llangadfan. He married Adelaide Ellen Youngman a Suffolk miller's lass, goodness knows where they met, but from the late 1870s the family was living in Cheltenham where he worked as a tailor. His son was Edward Lloyd Davies, born in Cheltenham in 1886. My dad knows nothing about David L Davies other than he had a brother, the aforementioned Richard. There were two daughters whose father was ?Richard? or another brother? - these were Edward L-D's cousins although as a child I called them great-aunts. Margaret Davies or Lloyd Davies (aunty Maggie) born about 1891 lived in the hamlet of Minllyn near Mallwyd near Aberangell. She was a spinster and provided lodgings for the church minister. The other sister was Mary (aunty Polly). She was born in the 1890s and married Tom Rees who was a slate miner at Corris near Machynlleth. They lived at a house called Bryn Massarn in Aberangell and had no children. They are both buried in the church yard in Aberangell.
I would be really appreciative of any help in working out which is 'my' David Davies! As my grandfather Edward Lloyd-Davies was the only son of David Davies, my own father, as the only son of Edward, is the last of his line. It would be good to know if there are any Davies blood relatives still around.
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Ladyhawk
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David L Davies born about 1849 in Llangadfan married Adelaide Ellen Youngman Suffolk 1870s the family was living in Cheltenham where he worked as a tailor. His son was Edward Lloyd Davies, born in Cheltenham in 1886.
Hi Jasper1,
Hope I've got the order right starting with your father
Mr. DAVIES aged 80 only son of Edward Lloyd DAVIES b1886 Cheltenham only son of David L DAVIES b1849 Llangadfan occ. Tailor married Adelaide Ellen Youngman b1850 Suffolk.
As a starting point you could order David's marriage certificate, this would confirm David & Adelaide's fathers names.
www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates
Here is the marriage entry from BMD site for
David Lloyd DAVIES Adelaide Ellen YOUNGMAN
Dec. qtr. 1879 District Cheltenham Vol. 6a Page no. 831
As my grandfather Edward Lloyd-Davies was the only son of David Davies, my own father, as the only son of Edward, is the last of his line. It would be good to know if there are any Davies blood relatives still around.
It would seem that David & Adelaide had another son before your grandfather Edward Lloyd Davies b1886 Cheltenham see details from 1881 census below
2 Caledonian Cotts King St Cheltenham, Gloucester, England
David L DAVIS head age 32 Mongomery Tailor Adelaide E DAVIS wife age 31 Suffolk Dress maker John F DAVIS son age 3 Cheltenham
RG11 / 2571 / 96 / 15
I have a copy of a Welsh bible with 'Richard Davies Glanmorfa Llangadfan July 25 1873 aged 20' written on the flyleaf. It has been in the family for years. I think he was my great grand-father's brother.
I don't know whether this is a coincidence on the 1881 census there is a Richard Davies b1853 Llangadfan with father Edward Lloyd DAVIES - Could this be David L DAVIES brother & father (note the dwelling place name)
Edward DAVIES Head M 69 b1812 Llangadfan Turner Margared DAVIES Wife M 71 b1810 Llangadfan Dressmaker Margared DAVIES Daur U 30 b1851 Llangadfan Dressmaker Richard DAVIES Son U 28 b1853 Llangadfan Sawier Hugh DAVIES Son U 20 b1861 Llangadfan Setrcorier Thomas Edward DAVIES Grand Son 4 b1877 Manchester
(Grandson Thomas could be their daughers Margaret's son or did theyhave another son) 
Dwelling, Glanmorfa, Llangadfan, Montgomery, Wales RG11 5496 / 25 / 6
Unfortunately I don't have access at present to view censuses on line to see if Richard & David are together with father Edward DAVIES on 1851 or 1861c but I'm sure someone will take a look for you.
There's an entry on 1861c Edward Lloyd DAVIES b1812 married to Margret registration district Llanfyllin, sub-dist. Llanfair and 1851c Edward DAVIES b1812 married to Margret reg. dis. Llanfyllin
Hope this helps a little
DAVIES becoming LLOYD-DAVIES perhaps one of the son's took their mother's maiden name 
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jasper1
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Thank you that is so helpful. I asked dad about his father's older brother John F Davies. He was John Fitt Youngman, Adelaide Ellen's son by a former relationship but brought up as a Davies. Adelaide also had a daughter, Laura Youngman who was in service at the time of that census. My dad's aunty Laura was born in 1871 and died in Cheltenham aged 100. She remained a spinster, was in service all her life and is buried next to Edward Lloyd-Davies, her half brother and my grandfather, in Cheltenham. Many thanks for inspiring me. I am now intrigued about the 1881 census - Edward and Margred Davies' grandson Edward born in Manchester! And who was aunty Maggie and aunty Polly's dad I wonder?
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