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Maccaroo
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Hi
I am a newbie to this site and this is my first post 
Some names I am researching and their spouses!
Emily Chance born in Eardisley 1878 married James Jones in Feb 1907 in Brecon, my maternal great grandparents!
On the Wedding Certificate Emily is aged 25, making her born in 1882, but the only Emily I have ever come across is the one above, so am presuming she didn't want her husband to know she was almost 30 when she got married........ In the 1881 and 1891 census she lived with her parents and siblings in Hicks Hill Welson, does this place still exist?
Emily Chance's mother was Frances Griffiths, b Little Dewchurch 1840 d Kington 1918 married Thomas Chance b Eardisley 1833 d Infirmary Hereford 1895.
I moved to Australia with my husband and children 12 years ago and my hubby and I are coming back for a short visit in March and want to do some history resesarch whilst I am there, instead of doing everything online! 
I think what I am asking for if it makes sence is specific places that I could visit, church where their Christening records/marriages etc took place or perhaps where there gravestones (if any) are, or school records etc.
Any infor or help would be gratefully recieved, thanks in advance for any help!
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Chance/Griffiths Eardisley/Little Dewchurch/Kington - Hereford
Jones/Phillips/Rees Pontypridd - South Wales
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wendy47
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My Wonderful & Funny Father
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Hi Maccaroo
Welcome to Rootschat
Have you seen the following site, which has local register indexes and it is worth getting in touch via email as they are very helpful as to where you can find out more and they may have the information you seek.
We have just stayed near Kington on a familly history trip and the documents you seek could be in Worcester or Hereford. We found out a fair amount in Bromyard as my family came from around there and they do have some outlying district information.
http://www.bromyardhistorysociety.org.uk/
Welson is part of Eardisley [not sure about Hicks Hill as it doesn't come up on Google Earth] & Little Dewchurch is south east about 20 miles from Eardisley.
Wendy
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Puffcat
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Welson does indeed exist, and Kington History Society may have some information on them. They are based at the Kington Centre.
There are also recent 2 books about Eardisley houses and people in the past which are useful.
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Puffcat
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I can only see the Baptism of a couple of the children to Thomas and Fanny [sic] Chance at Eardisley.
Thomas and Frances were married in Hereford in June 1865, so I wonder if there were any older children than Thomas Jr who was 11 on the 1881 Census. Do you have Birth and Marriage Certificates for them all ?
The Marriage Certificate would identify which Church in Hereford they were married in as well as both their fathers names .
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Maccaroo
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Thanks Wendy for the Bromyard Site, had a quick glance it looks good, will save that for the weekend
Puffcat, I believe that Frances had a child out of wedlock, Henry Griffiths on the 1881 census he is Henry Grofolthe Chance, but on magnifiying the census am pretty sure it is Griffiths, on th IGI site have found a christening for a Henry Griffiths - no father mentioned and mother was Frances but don't know the church of the Christening, St Martins will definitley be worth a visit though, Kingston History Society, didn't know about that one, have just joined the Hereford Family History Society, looks like there is another one for me to join  Thanks for your help
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Puffcat
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Where is Henry on the 1881 Census, he does not seem to be at home with his family. ?
It was Thomas aged 11 I was not finding when I looked on the IGI and the Hugh Wallis Index.
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Maccaroo
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I too am missing Henry on the 1881 census, but I believe I may have found him in Wales in 1901 and 1911, everything seems to fit, so have put that against Henry on my family tree for now, pending further investigating. Thomas jnr is Frederick Thomas in the 1871 census and Thomas in the 1881 census, the only birth that seems to be around the same time is a Frederick Chance and not a Frederick T Chance or Frederick Thomas Chance, so not convinced that he is the right one so I am still looking! I would have thought he would be at least Frederick T on the listing, but Frederick Chance is the only one I can find on Free bmd and ancestry, but why would he be Thomas in the later census if he didn't have a middle name at birth unless he was Christened Frederick Thomas? But I can't find a christening for him either, so that is something else to go on my ever growing list for looking up when we come over in March!
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Puffcat
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The only Frederick born in Herefordshire that would fit is born in 1870 in Hereford.
To confirm him as part of your family you need his Birth Certificate from the Hereford Register Office, Town Hall, Hereford HR1 2PJ or 01432 260565 and order by phone.
There is also a Jane Chance born in 1866 who could be their child. If you ask for only Certificates where the Father is Thomas and the Mother Fanny or Frances you will be saved the expense of paying for one that is not relevant to your family.
As they were married in Hereford perhaps they spent a while there before moving to Eardisley and having the other 4 children.
What year was Henry Griffiths born in ? Do you have the family in 1871 and where were they living ?
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Puffcat
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Jane could certainly be their child as on the 1881 Census she is aged 15 and a Servant in the Home of Henry Davies, Calvinistic Methodist Minister and his family who were living at the Great Oak Chapel in Eardisley.
Great Oak is near to Welson, and there was a School there in the C19th, and I believe some School Records are in the Records Office in Hereford for Great Oak School.
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Puffcat
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OK can see him, born Dewchurch .
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Lydart
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I'm sure you would find a visit to the Hereford Record Office worthwhile ... its in Harold Street, Hereford ...
Herefordshire Archive Service
Herefordshire Record Office
Harold Street
Hereford
HR1 2QX
Office Tel No: 01432 260750
Email: archives@herefordshire.gov.uk
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