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Wales / Occupation query...
« on: Friday 07 January 22 13:50 GMT (UK)  »
Happy new year all!

I hope someone can help... trying to tie up a relavite's "Occupation" on the 1871 Census... Shows as "Farmer 43 2 10 A.R.P"...

So am very familiar with Farmer, but No ideas abotu the numbers or "A.R.P".... Any thoughts?

The main issue i'm having is confirming the marriage of Evan Jones 1844-1907 to Ann (Hughes?) Jones 1845-1923... I've a marriage record but this shows Evan as Quarryman and living in a different address, albeit not so far away... (Although not unusual for Farmers or Quarrymen to dabble in either trade).. my train of thoughts is he left home and took up residence closer to slate quarries for work but then returned to farming, taking up residence closer to his paternal home.

I just wanted to see if the "43 2 10 ARP" had any significance.... seems other farmers have similar Numbers and "ARP" as well...

Any help or suggestions very greatfully received  :)

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Caernarvonshire / Re: MIs for Botwnnog
« on: Thursday 16 August 18 21:27 BST (UK)  »
Noswaith Dda,

If it's any help by now, I was at Capel Ty'n Donnen earlier, and there was a grave or two in the very small graveyard which had Cellar on them, i'm afraid I took no pictures.

However, I do have a picture of the Chapel Gathering for 1906, (*) Moderator Comment: e-mail removed in accordance with RootsChat policy,to avoid spamming and other abuses. Please use the Personal Message (PM) system for exchanging personal data.

Meredydd.

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The only image i've found so far is an image of the James Conley's sister Tug, "Wave of life" i've attached a copy in case you havent seen it yet.

If you have any other details for your relatives let me know, most of my ancestry of the time was in Llanfrothen...

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Hi,

Not much help but this extract was on the following page 

http://tyneareasc.org.uk/2010/10/a-story-of-four-tyne-built-paddle-tugs/

The second steam tug was built 1864 at Willington Quay for T.A Dry & M.P. Martin of Willington Quay, and W.G Dry of Gateshead and named “James Conley”. O.N. 49743. Wood hull paddle tug. One 30nhp side lever engine (cylinder 30″ diameter) 72 gross tons. Dimensions 81.8 x 17.1 x 9.1 ft. In 1866 she was sold to TSavin of Oswestry,(a railway construction contractor) and registered at the Port of Aberystwyth in 1866.

In 1871 she was resold to the Porthmadog Steam Tug Co.Ltd, and re-registered at the Port of Caernarfon, and continued to work for this company until 1884, when she was re-sold to S.Young of North Shields and re-registered at the Port of North Shields. She was sold a further two times, and was broken up in 1890.

Note - Thomas Savin was one of the contractors for the Aberystwyth and Welch coast railway, later Cambrian Railways.


In terms of records, the baptism shows the parents as Jones, but your relative was Williams? does it show an address?

In a lot of cases of Welsh Census returns, you'll find the children often carried their fathers forename as their surname, eg, in my tree, my 3xG Grandfather was Edward Jones. his "correct" name would have been Edward ap John, as his father was John Evans. John Evan's father was Evan Edwards, His father was another Edward Jones and so forth... this often throws trails into confusion...

If you can shed some more light with any addresses or anything, I'll see what i can see as most of my ancestry is from the Llanfrothen area with some living in Porthmadog.....

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Caernarvonshire / Re: Edward Jones Llanfrothen 1820 - 1888
« on: Friday 17 March 17 20:46 GMT (UK)  »
Ah, Question.... Where did Jones come into the family if Edwards parents were John Evans and Mary Owen?

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Caernarvonshire / Re: Edward Jones Llanfrothen 1820 - 1888
« on: Friday 17 March 17 20:33 GMT (UK)  »
Thank you so much Mar, how did you gain this information? Something I'd like to have a bash at... but unfortunately I only have a basic account with Ancestry.... only just startting to collect me Index Numbers for different records so I can order the records most pertinent to me....

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Wales Resources / North Wales Ancestry handy link
« on: Friday 17 March 17 20:17 GMT (UK)  »
Hi,

I'm new to this so apologies if this is in the wrong place..... just thought id share a very useful page that's helped me work through my ancestry in North Wales.... never easy... apparently Jones is a very popular surname....

http://www.yffor.com/index.html

It's mostly based around the Lleyn Peninsula, Gwynedd, or Caernarvonshire previously....

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Caernarvonshire / Re: Edward Jones Llanfrothen 1820 - 1888
« on: Friday 17 March 17 08:31 GMT (UK)  »
Thats them! Looks like im gonna beed to order a certificate! Thank you so much for your help carol! Very much appreciated ;D

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Caernarvonshire / Edward Jones Llanfrothen 1820 - 1888
« on: Thursday 16 March 17 21:33 GMT (UK)  »
Help!

I'm trying to trace my 3xg grandfathers siblings and parents. All I know of him is he lived in Gatehouse Parc, Llanfrothen, and died in 1888 house named as Brondanw Uchaf on his Gravestone, which is at Ramoth Chapel Cemetery, Llanfrothen. He is buried there with his Wife Alice, and His Daughter Catherine, and son John Edward Jones.

Any advice? I live in Cardiff but often travel up, just not often enough to be able to use the archives etc...so far!!

Any help tips and advice is greatly appreciated in advance.

Dymuniadau Gorau,

Med.

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