Hi tulip65
Matilda Hughes Owens was my Great Great Great Aunt. I assume you are a descendant of William Henry Owens or one of the Bevans' children. I am only aware of two Bevans children, Lewis James and Maud. I believe William Henry Owens was illegitimate, although I believe I know who his father was, or at least I have narrowed it down to two people in the same family with the same name. I have never thought to look for William Henry Owens on the 1901 census. It is possible you have found him. I do have Matilda down as a domestic servant in 1901.
I will give you a brief summary of Matilda from what I know.
Her father was John Thomas Owens (App. 1840 - 1905) and her mother Jennet Owens (nee Rogers) (App. 1841 to 1882). Matilda had five brothers and five sisters that I am certain of. There may be another brother, who appears on the 1891 census, but he may only be a half brother or step brother, from her father's second marriage to an Ann Lloyd. There are other step brothers and sisters from this marriage.
Matilda was baptised on 18 January 1878 at the same time as her sister Margaret, although Margaret was around 3 years old at the time. Matilda I have down as born approx. 1877.
You are correct that Matilda married Williams Bevans in 1903. By this time she already had an illegitimate son in William Henry Owens, who was born around 1898 and whose father was a John Driver I believe. The father is sourced from an extract in the National Archives of Wales which indicates that a police warrant was issued for him in relation to William Henry Owens, I assume in respect of failure to pay maintenance. I have also established an earlier link to the Driver family before Matilda was born.
Matilda had two children with William Bevans as already mentioned above.
William Bevans died in 1922 and Matilda remarried on 2 August 1923 to Alexander Cattanach. No children resulted from this marriage that I am aware of.
I have Matilda as having died in 1942 and she is buried with first husband William at Honeyborough Cemetery.
