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Title: Sydney Davies - Birth circa 1850 Llanrwst
Post by: ejones4765 on Tuesday 17 July 18 12:33 BST (UK)
My name is Dewi Wyn Jones, I am interested in any information you have on Sydney and her family please.

Sydney Davies, BIRTH ABT 1850 • Llanrwst, Denbighshire, Wales
DEATH Unknown
My 2nd cousin 3x removed

Here is my lineage:

Sydney Davies (1850 - ) My 2nd cousin 3x removed
John Davies (1814 - 1886)father of Sydney Davies
Dorothy Owen (1786 - 1842) mother of John Davies
Jane Verch Howell (1747 - 1820)mother of Dorothy Owen
Owen Owen (1784 - 1849) son of Jane Verch Howell
Elizabeth Owens (1838 - 1924) daughter of Owen Owen
Gaenor Jones (1873 - 1962) daughter of Elizabeth Owens
Marion Spencer Parry (1911 - 1992)daughter of Gaenor Jones
Elma Gaynor Moore (1940 - )daughter of Marion Spencer Parry
Dewi Wyn Jones - You are the son of Elma Gaynor Moore

I look forward to hearing from you if possible.

Dewi
Title: Re: Sydney Davies - Birth circa 1850 Llanrwst
Post by: keyboard86 on Tuesday 17 July 18 14:11 BST (UK)
Hi looks like this one:-

1861 census

John Davies 47
Margaret 47
Henry 13
SYDNA 11
Ann 13
John 3
RG09/4303/56/7

But then in 1851:-

John DAVIS 37
Margaret 36
Jane 8
Margaret 6
Henry 3
Ann 1
Census ref HO107/2508/196/8
Keyboard86
Title: Re: Sydney Davies - Birth circa 1850 Llanrwst
Post by: ejones4765 on Tuesday 17 July 18 14:24 BST (UK)
Diolch / Thank you Keyboard. I have this census record plus 1871.

Can any more info be gotten as to her death, marriage and / or children I wander? I want to bring my tree that I have on Ancestry up to 2018, that is the objective.
Here is another member of the family, from Bodesi.
Dorothy Owen
1786–1842
BIRTH ABT 1786 • Bodesi Farm, Bethesda, Caernarvonshire, Wales
DEATH APRIL 1842 • Llanrwst, Denbighshire, United Kingdom
my 4th great-aunt
Title: Re: Sydney Davies - Birth circa 1850 Llanrwst
Post by: Gadget on Tuesday 17 July 18 15:00 BST (UK)
A marriage registration that looks possible :

Q2, 1878, Llanrwst, 11b, 597

Sydney Davies  with Robert Roberts, John Evans and Ellen Davies on the same page.

It might be that you could follow up a Sydney Roberts or Evans  on the 1881.


Gadget
Title: Re: Sydney Davies - Birth circa 1850 Llanrwst
Post by: ejones4765 on Tuesday 17 July 18 15:07 BST (UK)
Diolch / Thank you Gadget. I have that info too. They had two children Elinor and Henry.
Title: Re: Sydney Davies - Birth circa 1850 Llanrwst
Post by: Gadget on Tuesday 17 July 18 15:09 BST (UK)
1881

Possibly living with in laws at Eglwys Fach as Sydney Evans

RG11/5535/36/6

but I see you have this info -

bit puzzled at this then:

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Can any more info be gotten as to her death, marriage and / or children I wander? I want to bring my tree that I have on Ancestry up to 2018, that is the objective.

Gadget
Title: Re: Sydney Davies - Birth circa 1850 Llanrwst
Post by: Gadget on Tuesday 17 July 18 15:15 BST (UK)
I think it was Edith rather than Elinor  on the 1881 1891. They also had a son, John, b.c. 1892.

See 1901 RG13/5242/88/4

Gadget
Title: Re: Sydney Davies - Birth circa 1850 Llanrwst
Post by: Gadget on Tuesday 17 July 18 15:26 BST (UK)
Wondering about Edith as she appears to be registered as mmn Evans. Only with them on the 1891

Added - later info suggests that they only had David and John  ???
Title: Re: Sydney Davies - Birth circa 1850 Llanrwst
Post by: keyboard86 on Tuesday 17 July 18 16:04 BST (UK)
Hi again, as you appear to have so much more information re the family, where was Sydney/Sydna in 1851 if correct family, who is the Ann in 1861 aged 13 and the Ann aged 1 on 1851?
Did John Davies marry Margaret Evans 20th June 1843 Llanrwst Father Henry Davies and Evan Evans?
Childrens births in Llanrwst suggest mmn Evans.
Keyboard86
Title: Re: Sydney Davies - Birth circa 1850 Llanrwst
Post by: ejones4765 on Tuesday 17 July 18 16:07 BST (UK)
Thank you All,

Any more info you find will be welcome.

Dewi
Title: Re: Sydney Davies - Birth circa 1850 Llanrwst
Post by: keyboard86 on Tuesday 17 July 18 16:15 BST (UK)
Thank you All,

Any more info you find will be welcome.

Dewi

 :) How can we help more, if you do not reply to who was eg Ann aged 13 in 1861 and Ann aged 1 in 1851 and the marriage is the correct one?!
Keyboard86
Title: Re: Sydney Davies - Birth circa 1850 Llanrwst
Post by: keyboard86 on Tuesday 17 July 18 17:54 BST (UK)
Hi again, as you state you have the 1871 census, you may have noticed that their is a Sidney Davies aged 18 b Llanwrst with John/Margaret
Census ref RG10/5676/80/5

A birth was registered in Llanwrst Dec qtr 1852 for a Sydney Davies mmn Evans.
Keyboard86
Title: Re: Sydney Davies - Birth circa 1850 Llanrwst
Post by: ejones4765 on Tuesday 17 July 18 18:02 BST (UK)
Hello, I don't have the 1851 census in my tree as yet. As to the 'Ann" I'll have to research that further.
Title: Re: Sydney Davies - Birth circa 1850 Llanrwst
Post by: keyboard86 on Tuesday 17 July 18 18:07 BST (UK)
Hello, I don't have the 1851 census in my tree as yet. As to the 'Ann" I'll have to research that further.

The birth places of both John/Margaret are the same as 1861 census.
Keyboard86
Title: Re: Sydney Davies - Birth circa 1850 Llanrwst
Post by: Gadget on Tuesday 17 July 18 18:17 BST (UK)
Thank you All,

Any more info you find will be welcome.

Dewi

 :) How can we help more, if you do not reply to who was eg Ann aged 13 in 1861 and Ann aged 1 in 1851 and the marriage is the correct one?!
Keyboard86

Also, I'd like to know where you found Sydney's were children were called Henry and Elinor?   

They had two children Elinor and Henry.
Title: Re: Sydney Davies - Birth circa 1850 Llanrwst
Post by: ejones4765 on Tuesday 17 July 18 18:21 BST (UK)
Hello, I've had a look at the 151 records, none of the birth dates fit 1850 at this time.

Dewi
Title: Re: Sydney Davies - Birth circa 1850 Llanrwst
Post by: keyboard86 on Tuesday 17 July 18 18:35 BST (UK)
Hi again, as you state you have the 1871 census, you may have noticed that their is a Sidney Davies aged 18 b Llanwrst with John/Margaret
Census ref RG10/5676/80/5

A birth was registered in Llanwrst Dec qtr 1852 for a Sydney Davies mmn Evans.
Keyboard86

Hi again, you may have missed this, plus the birth places of John/Margaret are the same as 1861 census with SYDNA in 1851?
Keyboard86
Title: Re: Sydney Davies - Birth circa 1850 Llanrwst
Post by: ejones4765 on Tuesday 17 July 18 18:39 BST (UK)
Diolch / Thank you, Keyboard. That is the main problem, her christian name spelling isn't it?

Dewi
Title: Re: Sydney Davies - Birth circa 1850 Llanrwst
Post by: keyboard86 on Tuesday 17 July 18 18:52 BST (UK)
 :) Hi again, you have another question to answer from Gadget re Elinor and Henry still?
Keyboard86
Title: Re: Sydney Davies - Birth circa 1850 Llanrwst
Post by: Gadget on Tuesday 17 July 18 19:13 BST (UK)
This could be her death

Sydney Evans,aged 75, Llanrwst, Q2 1928, 11b, 359
Title: Re: Sydney Davies - Birth circa 1850 Llanrwst
Post by: ejones4765 on Tuesday 17 July 18 19:19 BST (UK)
I got hints on Ancestry regarding the children.
Title: Re: Sydney Davies - Birth circa 1850 Llanrwst
Post by: ejones4765 on Tuesday 17 July 18 19:21 BST (UK)
Hello Gadget,

It could be. I know nothing about the family.

Dewi
Title: Re: Sydney Davies - Birth circa 1850 Llanrwst
Post by: Gadget on Tuesday 17 July 18 19:27 BST (UK)
I got hints on Ancestry regarding the children.

Most Ancestry hints are wrong or misleading. Her children were David and John - see my posts and look at the 1881, 1891, 1901 and 1911 censuses.

I have spent a lot of time this week trying to ascertain the ancestry of a direct ancestor. The Ancestry hints were 'rubbish'. The trees that are dna matches are poor or non-existent.

Gadget

Title: Re: Sydney Davies - Birth circa 1850 Llanrwst
Post by: ejones4765 on Tuesday 17 July 18 19:33 BST (UK)
Thank you Gadget. I will work on this now. By the way, what hints and info do you rely on please?

Dewi
Title: Re: Sydney Davies - Birth circa 1850 Llanrwst
Post by: Gadget on Tuesday 17 July 18 19:49 BST (UK)
Hi Dewi

I look at them but I tend to  rely, for accurate info, at BMDs, parish records, censuses, wills, etc.  Like you, many of my ancestors were from Denbighshire, Merionethshire and Montgomeryshire, so Welsh wills, tithes,  newspapers and other info from the National Library at Aberystwyth and the county archives and have been very useful. Also, the Clwyd FHS have a wide range of info. In the 'olden days', I used the Family History centres (when you could order various record sets)  and archives.

Gadget
Title: Re: Sydney Davies - Birth circa 1850 Llanrwst
Post by: keyboard86 on Tuesday 17 July 18 19:50 BST (UK)
Thank you Gadget. I will work on this now. By the way, what hints and info do you rely on please?

Dewi

No hints at all, my research, and purchase of certificates, who was your direct ancestor of Sydney?
Keyboard86

PS the Sydney who married John Evans  states b c 1853 Llanddoget in 1881 Llanwrst
Keyboard86
Title: Re: Sydney Davies - Birth circa 1850 Llanrwst
Post by: Gadget on Tuesday 17 July 18 20:00 BST (UK)
Here's a piece on hints:

https://www.familytreemagazine.com/articles/news-blogs/genealogy_insider/online-family-tree-hints/

I think you might have been taking them at face value. Hints are not a replacement for  available records and thorough checking and double checking of everything.

Gadget
Title: Re: Sydney Davies - Birth circa 1850 Llanrwst
Post by: ejones4765 on Tuesday 17 July 18 20:04 BST (UK)
Hi Keyboard,

This is my lineage:

Sydney Davies (1850 - ) 2nd cousin 3x removed
John Davies (1814 - 1886) father of Sydney Davies
Dorothy Owen (1786 - 1842) mother of John Davies
Jane Verch Howell (1747 - 1820) mother of Dorothy Owen
Owen Owen (1784 - 1849) son of Jane Verch Howell
Elizabeth Owens (1838 - 1924) daughter of Owen Owen
Gaenor Jones (1873 - 1962) daughter of Elizabeth Owens
Marion Spencer Parry (1911 - 1992) daughter of Gaenor Jones
Elma Gaynor Moore (1940 - ) daughter of Marion Spencer Parry
Dewi Wyn Jones - You are the son of Elma Gaynor Moore