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Wales (Counties as in 1851-1901) => Wales => Montgomeryshire => Topic started by: JGDavies on Monday 27 April 15 22:07 BST (UK)
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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?
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Put in some footwork and found a relative.
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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
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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
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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?