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Hi , I researched the Thrapston birth and unfortunately that William died quite young. I will be grateful if you are happy to contact the Canadian researchers on my behalf. I feel my lst year's subs to Ancestry were wasted but I have found loads of info before that. And I now help out with childcare for 2 grandchildren and have a large dog to walk!

Hello Lindsey , I was so pleased to receive your message and a possible link to the Romany Warners . My mum thought her dad was from Banbury Oxfordshire and my Cousin said his dad mentioned Witney in Oxfordshire but of course I have never found any connections with either. My grandfather's father's occupation on the wedding certificate was given as horse dealer and an elderly man we knew suggested that he moved around horse fairs selling his horses - and probably never registered his children or added his information to a census. I think I found him lodging in the village of Pontardduais near Swansea in 1911. his age doesn't tally with the marriage certificate but it states he worked on the railways as a labourer which tallies with what my mum said and it is the place where he married my gran in 1913. It says he was born in Oxfordshire. If you ever find any William james Warners in your family tree that disappear from the records I'll be really pleased to hear from you. Will was a lot older than his wife so may have had a previous family. He apparently was a cook in the Boer war. Please keep in touch. Chris ( Christine)

The main graveyard of Fforestfach is Cockett church.

Hi Geoff , I'll be happy to compare notes! Are you a member of GenesReunited or maybe you can find me on Ancestry.co.uk which is better. My tree is private but if you contact me ( Cymraes) I can give you access. I don't think you need to be a member of Ancestry to contact me. Or if you can figure out how to get your e-mail address to me without its appearing on a Genealogy site ( resulting in spam!) I'll be happy to contact you.