St Albans and St Thomas

[Claire-M]

Hi I'm trying to find out where my great great grandparents Thomas and Ellen Welsh are buried Ellen died in 1904 Pontypool and Thomas 1916 Pontypool. They were married in 1880 in St Albans Catholic Church but according to the 1901 census their church was listed as being St Thomas church. Someone told me this was an Anglican church. Is that right?

I've contacted both Blaenau Gwent and Torfaen Council who have done searches for their graves with no luck. Someone at Torfaen council said that it's possible they were buried in a church yard and councils don't hold those records. So I was wondering if it was possible they were buried in one of these churches.

Does St Albans have a churchyard? I think St Thomas does right? Anyone know where I could view the Parish records for these two churches? I believe St Thomas is closed now but not sure.

Thank you. 

[osprey]

the 1901 census shows them living in the parish of St Thomas in Abersychan. It doesn't mean that they attended that particular church. St Thomas was the parish church - C of E at that time in Wales.

Church isn't in use

http://www.decayingwales.com/?p=5532

but the records wouldn't be there anyway, they would at the archives in Ebbw Vale. According to Genuki, the burials go up to 1895

http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/MON/Trevethan/index.html

http://www.gwentarchives.gov.uk/

The website with loads of Monmouthshire records is being changed, the Catholic records were still on the old site recently, but now aren't. So keep an eye on the new site to see if they re-appear

http://www.monfh.org.uk/

[Claire-M]

Thank you very much that's a big help