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Wales (Counties as in 1851-1901) => Wales => Monmouthshire => Topic started by: hourihane on Wednesday 22 November 06 09:01 GMT (UK)
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Hi
I have a certificate of marriage of two ancestors of mine married in Blaina in 1864. The place of marriage is given as Old Blaina Chapel and underneath it says according to the rites of the Baptists . Does anyone know what chapel this would be please .
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Hi there,
I too have family married at Old Blaina Chapel in 1898.
The info you have seems to be the same as mine. The Minister on my cert. is T. Evans, Registrar Thomas Bevan. My family were living at Abertillery at this time. Don't know if this is in the same vicinity. If you find out any more I would appreciate any info.
thanks
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Hi there,
I have just received a marriage certificate for Old Blaina Chapel (rites and ceremonies of the Baptists) from march 1871, where the minister is John Lewis and the Registrar is Benjamin Lewis. The bride and groom were both resident at Garnfach (Nantyglo/Blaina) at the time. I'm not sure which chapel this is, but if you've got any further with your research on this, I'd love to hear what the answer is :)
Cheers
Helen
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Hi Helen
I haven’t a clue about Old Blaina Chapel, if I find anything I will let you know
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could it be Salem Baptist?
http://www.archivesnetworkwales.info/cgi-bin/anw/fulldesc_nofr?inst_id=36&coll_id=77780&expand=
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Hi osprey,
thanks for the link - I thought it might've been Salem Baptist, but the link says a new chapel was built in 1852, so would they be calling it "old" Blaina Chapel in 1871? Also there were probably lots of chapels of various denominations (Methodists etc), as I know there was in the town where I grew up, so possibly more than one Baptist chapel ??? Is Salem Baptist still there (the records in the link go up to 1959)?
Helen
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Hi check this site out
http://www.huwcole.com/nantCh6.html
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Hi check this site out
http://www.huwcole.com/nantCh6.html
http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/BlaenauGwent/2003-09/1064009683
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Hi Helen
I Finally managed to get a little bit of info on Old Blaina Chapel,
On the marriage certificate of my ancestor Old Blaina Chapel 16-04-1864,the name for the minister is given as a “John Lewis” .There seems to be a lot of confusion over “old Blaina Chapel“, with no documented evidence that I can find .However the link below takes you to a webpage that says that one of the minister’s of Salem Baptist Church was “John Lewis” .
So it’s quite possible that Old Blaina Chapel was Salem Baptist Church
http://www.huwcole.com/nantCh6.html
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Hi hourihane,
Thanks for the links - there is a good deal of very interesting info there about Nantyglo and Blaina, isn't there? I found the part where the minister John Lewis is mentioned, however, in the very next sentence it says "Then in 1845 the Reverend William Roberts received the call and laboured for 30 years". So doesn't that imply that William Roberts would've been the minister when both your ancestors (in 1864) and mine ( in 1871) were married?
What I was also drawn to was the third paragraph before John Lewis is mentioned, starting "1n 1837 the first Salem was built". It then mentions that this chapel is used by Blaina Band and then next paragraph mentions the "present" chapel being built in 1851 - is it possible that the "first" Salem chapel is what we are looking for?
I think I need to read the link in much more detail ???
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Hi Helen
Your right about the next sentence saying about the Reverend William Roberts laboured for 30 years .And “William Roberts” probably was the full time minister. But it’s also possible that on the days when our family were married ,that “Reverend John Lewis” etc had taken over for what ever reason. I’m assuming that these ministers were not like today’s vicars, assigned by the bishop to a specific church. Perhaps my family knew ministers “John Lewis” very well and preferred him to marry them who knows .
Mike
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Hi Mike,
I've read the link again, but I'm no clearer really. You are probably quite right that the family became close to one of the ministers more than the other and chose to have him conduct the marriage ceremony, or perhaps the Rev John Lewis preferred to do the marriage ceremonies while the other did the baptisms for example.
Anyway I'll assume it is Salem Baptist Church that we're looking for.
Happy researching!
Helen
:)
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This was a photo of Old Blaina Chapel taken four years ago. I was told by some locals that for years it had been used as a car repair workshop.
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The Western Mail Jun 1 1877 carried a report of Trigamy and referred to one of the marriages at "Herman Baptist Chapel, Blaina in 1867"
regards
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The old Blaina Chapel was still standing up to 10 - 15 years ago. I have a photo which I have tried to download but the file is to big.
regards Trish
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Have a look at Historical Directories (searchable on line) http://www.historicaldirectories.org/hd/
The two Directories closest to your 1871 date are -
Worrall's Directory of South Wales 1875
Slater's Directory of Glos, Herefs, Mon, Shrops and Wales 1868
Describes the churches, ministers etc in the Brynmawr area
regards
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Hi
Any information on Blaina, try contacting
BHAG- BLAINA HERITAGE ACTION GROUP
www.blaina.moonfuit.com
They have lots of info
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http://www.brunel.ac.uk/~simon/blaina/wfha/990227.htm
Nice picture of Salem, Blaina 1848
regards
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I too have ancestors who were married in Old Blaina Chapel - Catherine Mitchard to James Jones 04 Aug 1894