Hello
If anyone can please give me any pointers with this, I'd be so grateful! I've gone round in circles again and again.
My great-grandfather was Owen Hugh THOMAS from Llangefni.
I've found a potential birth record for 1885 but it doesn't give me any other info and I can't find a baptism record for him.
https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=8912&h=54900919&tid=&pid=&queryId=aafa8a3cf4242b53130eb36a6e4124d4&usePUB=true&_phsrc=9f51796628&_phstart=successSource&_gl=1*imzkjm*_ga*NDU1NDE5NDQ4LjE2NjY3MjM3NDU.*_ga_4QT8FMEX30*MTY3Mzc4NTk5OC4xNS4xLjE2NzM4MTY5OTQuMS4wLjA.
The next record I can find for him is the 1891 census.
https://www.ancestry.co.uk/discoveryui-content/view/988863:6897?ssrc=pt&tid=177541096&pid=422307935895 Not sure if the links will work?
Details below:
Ellen Thomas (Head) 59 Widow. b. Pwllheli
John H Thomas (Son) 28 Widower. Postman/Letter carrier. b. Llangefni
==> Owen Hugh Thomas (Nephew) 6 b. Llangefni
Confusingly though, Owen's marriage certificate in 1910 lists his father as being John Thomas, a postman.
By the 1901 census, Owen (aged 16) is living with Richard Thomas in West Derby (Liverpool) who is listed as being his brother. Richard appears to be one of Ellen's sons.
From looking at other census records, it looks like there were a great many branches of the Thomas family, with many of them all living around Church Street in Llangefni. The fact that Ellen was born in Pwllheli is helpful in pinpointing her in census records. However, I just can't tie Owen to a definite father or find any trace of his mother. I've looked for marriage records for John Thomas but drawn blanks.
I asked a relative who was Owen's granddaughter and she said he told her that his mother died when he was young, and his father remarried. He didn't get on with his stepmother so lived away from them. I'd assumed it referred to him living with his aunt aged 6 but I'm wondering if Owen was actually the grandson (not nephew) of Ellen and if he was referring instead to moving to Liverpool with his "brother".
I wondered if Owen is either John's son and Ellen's grandson, or if he's an illegitimate child of one of Ellen's daughters. I haven't looked at their ages/circumstances around the time of his birth yet.
My hunch is John as his father but I just can't any trace of baptisms, marriages (1st to Owen's mother, or 2nd to the step mother) or any death record for Owen's unknown mother.
Any help would be gratefully received
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