Griffith Jones

[rosie99]

The transcription of Eliza and William's birthplace on the 1861 as 'Coven' is written as Cavan on the page image. I would think that this is really Cefn  (Cefn Mawr) a township in Ruabon parish.
It is pronounced as Cevan or Cevin or even Cavan. Most locals would pronounce it as Cevan (I do  ). This would tie in with the 1851 census that Ellenmai found.

Thank you Gadget - I did wonder where it was

Rosie

[Gadget]

I was born and brought up in the area, Rosie - other locals are WRJones and Wilcoxon and maybe others.

[rosie99]

Local knowledge always helps and it is educational for the likes of me 

[Gadget]

 

Think this might be Griffith's baptism - father William, blacksmith  corresponding to marriage entry~

Hope, Flintshire
Oct 6 1830 Griffith Jones, son of William (blacksmith)  and Hannah of Caergwrley(Caergwrle)

Most of this info from booklets produced by Clwyd FHS and online.


Gadget

PS - local saying 'live in Hope die in Caergwrle'   

[Gadget]

 

Found Eliza's baptism - in my non-conformist files:

Llangollen Wesleyan Circuit:

Bpt 23 May 1823 Elisa Williams.
Parents - John Williams (butcher) and Sarah
Abode - Cefn Mawr, Ruabon parish

Gadget

Added - I notice that the twins were names John and Sarah 

[wilcoxon]

I was born and brought up in the area, Rosie - other locals are WRJones and Wilcoxon and maybe others.

I tried to find the 1861 census to have a look , but couldn't find it.

[Gadget]

I tried to find the 1861 census to have a look , but couldn't find it.

Rosie found it a few pages ago : 1861  is Monks Coppenhall,Nantwich/Crewe RG09/2616/24/42

[wilcoxon]

 I must be missing something, I searched for all the names a found zilch.
I never have success with using the ref details, but this seems to be the  right pages but there is no 42.

 

[rosie99]

1861 -He has been transcribed as Griffith Jokes  (It does look something like that on the original  )