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Title: Station Master George Albert Hughes at Forden
Post by: JGDavies on Monday 27 April 15 22:07 BST (UK)
George Albert Hughes born 1902 'became a Station Master at Forden near Welshpool'.
Any railway channels of information? Married in Oswestry 1928, presumably lived at the Station House?
Title: Re: Station Master George Albert Hughes at Forden COMPLETED
Post by: JGDavies on Friday 10 July 15 12:01 BST (UK)
Put in some footwork and found a relative.
Title: Re: Station Master George Albert Hughes at Forden
Post by: Alberbury on Friday 16 October 15 16:24 BST (UK)
https://familysearch.org/search/record/results?count=20&query=%2Bgivenname%3A%22George%20Albert%22~%20%2Bsurname%3AHughes~%20%2Bbirth_place%3AForden~%20%2Bbirth_year%3A1890-1910~

   George Albert Hughes
England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008
birth registration:   1902   Llanfyllin, Montgomeryshire, Wales         

George Albert Hughes
England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007
birth:   13 February 1902   
death registration:   1981   Newtown, Montgomeryshire, Wales         

George Albert Hughes
Son
England and Wales Census, 1911
birth:      Llansantffraid, Montgomeryshire
residence:   1911   Llansantffraid Pool, , Montgomeryshire, Wales   

Title: Re: Station Master George Albert Hughes at Forden
Post by: JGDavies on Sunday 18 October 15 15:56 BST (UK)
Thanks for the links. They match with the parish registers that I was able to find. I did wonder if the 'railway' aspect and Albert being a Station-Master might mean there was some information out there other than the 'usual' parish registers?
Jon
Title: Re: Station Master George Albert Hughes at Forden
Post by: KGarrad on Sunday 18 October 15 18:04 BST (UK)
Forden was a station of the Oswestry and Newtown Railway.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oswestry_and_Newtown_Railway

In 1864 it merged with other railways to form The Cambrian Railway.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambrian_Railways

And became part of GWR in 1923.

Maybe Cambrian Heritage Railways can help?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambrian_Heritage_Railways


Or try Ancestry's Railway Employment Records; specifically the Great Western Railway records.
If you don't have access to Ancestry, your local library might?