Hello all, I am hoping for some guidance and advice that may help me solve a family mystery.
I have been trying to discover more about my Great Uncle Griffith Anwyl. He was born on the 12th January 1885 in Llangelynin. His mother Catherine Anwyl, my Great grandmother, was unmarried when she registered his birth and no father is listed on the birth certificate. My grandmother Margaret Jane Anwyl was also registered with no father shown, she was born on the 1st November 1888 in Barmouth.
Catherine subsequently married a Robert Evans on 14th May 1889 and Griffith was with him and his mother Catherine in Barmouth at the 1891 Census.
I then found him in the 1911 Census in Oldham. He was with his wife Kate and a boarder called John Evans. His occupation was a general labourer. They had married in the Welsh Chapel in Oldham in 1910.
He subsequently emigrated to Canada. I found his death record which gives his birth date as 12th January 1885, which is correct, he died in 1946.
Where I need help is a possible clue to who his father could be. The death record states his father's surname was Anwyl, with christian name not listed. I took a closer look at the wedding certificate for Griffith when it arrived yesterday and it lists his father as a Griffith Anwyl (deceased). I cannot however read the father's occupation. It is something Journeyman. Please see the image attached.
I am wondering if he listed a Griffith Anwyl as the name of his father at the time of his wedding because he did not want to leave it blank (if he genuinely did not know the name of his father), or whether a Griffith Anwyl actually existed. But it seems a long shot that he had a child to a Catherine Anwyl, who was unmarried.
If I can find the trade it would give me options when searching for a Griffith Anwyl in Merionethshire. Any suggestions would be welcome. I would really like to find the father of Griffith and Margaret Jane.
Thank you all