Hardings in Maestag

[alisonjogden]

Lilian Catherine Harding married Edwin Alfred Jones,1906 Registry Office, Pontypridd, aged 21. Her Father is Edward Harding, a hotel servant.  She married from the White Hart Hotel, Pontypridd.

In 1901 'Lily' can be found with her parents Edward & Ann Harding at the Red Lion Hotel, Commercial St. Cwm Du, and says born Maestag.
I believe her parents to be Edward Harding and Ann Richards who married 1874 in Bridgend but I need to find her birth to prove this.
I have checked several without success:
Name: Lily Catherine Harding. Reg:1885  Quarter: Jan-Feb-Mar : Bridgend : Glamorgan  Vol: 11a  P: 635
(the father was not Edward Harding).
&
Name: Lilian Harding. Reg: 1887. Quarter: Oct-Nov-Dec : Bridgend  County: Glamorgan  Vol: 11a  P:598
(Unfortunately the father of this girl is Thomas Harding and the mother Hannah Evans).

If anyone can help me in finding her birth would be appreciated. Thanks

[Tati]

Hi Alison,

Do you have the actual 1885 birth cert? It seemed such a perfect match! Don't the mother's name and address at birth coincide with what you know either?

[alisonjogden]

at the time I didn't have any clue about the mother's name, and I put a check on the Father's name - Edward Harding. I was told it was not a match and so the certificate was not issued. I suppose I ought to spend the money and get it just to have a look but it all mounts up and it is nice to keep the cost down if someone out there knows the answer.

[KGarrad]

In the 1891 census, there are 3 Lilian/Lily Harding's in Galmorgan - all in Bridgend district.

1. Lilian Harding, age 4, b Kenfig Hill
Parents: Thomas (39, b Kenfig Hill) and Ann (36, b Neath)
Living at Box Terrace, Lower Llangynwyd

2. Lilian Blanche Harding, age 4, b Coyty
Parents: John (27, b Newton Nottage) and Susannah (23, b Landore)
Living at Heolfawr, Colwinston, Cowbridge

3. Lily Harding, age 6, b Maesteg
Parents: Edward (38, b Maesteg) and Ann (40, b Maesteg)
Living at Church Street, Cwmdu, Maesteg

So you must be careful not to confuse the Lily's!

[Tati]

Precisely why the 1885 birth registrations looks so good - there are 3 Lilys and 3 birth registrations, the other 2 registrations matching the 2 other Lilys quite exactly...

Although your Lily marries as Lilian Catherine, in the latest available census she seems to be Lily Catherine (well, there's a Lily Catherine Jones born 1885 Maesteg anyway)



 

[alisonjogden]

That is helpful thanks. She does seem to use Lily mostly, and the family knew her as Lily. I wonder if she was baptized and if so what variation of the name.
I think I need to send for this certificate and hope for the best.
thanks