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Here is a link to the Parish of Tonyrefail there are Marriages and Baptisms.
http://www.parishoftonyrefail.org/index.html Link updated Dec 2014

This is a link to a book about the American soldiers stationed in The Rhondda prior to the D-Day landing.
Its written by a local man in Penygraig, B Morse.

http://www.ylolfa.com/dangos.php?ISBN=9781847710192

Vicky.

Can someone help find my  Benjamin THOMAS born abt 1860 GLAMORGAN WHITCHURCH (CARDIFF)
in the 1881 census please.

His father is Azariah THOMAS born abt 1829 Glamorgan Pontypridd.
Mother Selina THOMAS abt 1829 Monmouthshire.

Brothers and sisters
Louisa abt 1855 Monmouthshire
James abt 1858 Whitchurch
William abt 1862 Whitchurch
Fanny abt 1869 Whitchurch
Hopkin abt 1871 Whitchurch
Sarah Ann abt 1873 Tongwynlais

He married Selina DAVIS in Oct 1887 @ Pontypridd.

I have in 1861 Glamorgan Whitchurch
1871 Glamorgan Tongwynlais
1891 Glamorgan Cardiff
1901 Glamorgan Cardiff

Any help will be much appreciated.

Hi

Can I ask you to look for the name RAYSON

Many thanks

Lacie

There are 30 RAYSON's listed in the register.
If you are interested in any of them, I am able to photograph the headstones on a weekend (weather permitting).
The names are grouped as per their plot reference:

Alfred 26 1899
Beatrice Caroline 1 1882
Mary Ann 7 1883

Evan 73 1963
Florence 80 1973
Ivor 22 1944

Edna Maud 70 1980

Thomas James 5m 1906

Raymond James 59 1974

Albert Henry 63 1977
Alfred Charles 69 1970

Ann 84 1956
Beatrice Caroline 4m 1897
Iris May 3m 1921
Thomas 73 1943

Thomas Samuel 7 1890

Maria 44 1913

Alfred Edgar 1 P323 1918
Lillian 80 1975
William Alfred 2m 1914

Amelia 71 1919
Ellen 53 1937
Philip 89 1932

Mary 49 1907

Isaac 53 1942
Margaret 74 1962

Beatrice May 77 1982
Graham 10m 1940
Thomas John 70 1968

Rosie 1d 1924

Looking for any help or information on my great grandparents John & Mary JONES.
According to my grandfather's (Joshua Penri JONES) birth certificate, John JONES was a Master Tailor in 1923.

Their address at the time of Joshua's birth was Mill Street, Cwmfelin, Llangynwyd, Maesteg.
Mary's maiden name was also JONES!

I have no idea on the birth dates or ages of John & Mary - other than making basic assumptions based on Joshua's birth date (1 Mar 1923).

I have been wondering if there is a trade directory or similar available for the area that may indicate if the premises in Mill St was a tailor's shop - perhaps he came from a line of tailors ?

I never knew my grandfather, and there is no living relative able to help.

This line is my BRICK WALL, and I would be grateful for any pointers on how to continue...