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Title: Stone Family
Post by: paulmh on Sunday 10 January 21 18:49 GMT (UK)
Hi

I am searching for information on Muriel Fanny Stone, born 1905 in Bedwellty (she married William Watkins). The information I am trying to find is from the 1911 census.

At the moment a name and a year of birth are all I have.

thanks in advance.
Paul
Title: Re: Stone Family
Post by: osprey on Sunday 10 January 21 18:53 GMT (UK)
from FamilySearch

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XWX3-D96
Title: Re: Stone Family
Post by: osprey on Sunday 10 January 21 18:59 GMT (UK)
baptism 8 Nov 1905 in New Tredegar parish church
Muriel Fanny daughter of Leonard Alfred Stone, labourer, and Fanny Elizabeth of 31 Powell's Tce, New Tredegar

Marriage 5 Dec 1925 parish church of Bedwellty
Muriel's address was 20 Davalog Tce, Leonard Alfred noted as fitter, witnesses L A Stone, D M Stone
Title: Re: Stone Family
Post by: softly softly on Sunday 10 January 21 19:05 GMT (UK)
Muriel Fanny Watkins died 1987 Salford dob 8.10.1905, matches dob in 1939 war register.

John
Title: Re: Stone Family
Post by: softly softly on Sunday 10 January 21 19:07 GMT (UK)
William John Watkins died 1981 Salford dob 27.3.1899 same as 1939 war register.

John
Title: Re: Stone Family
Post by: softly softly on Sunday 10 January 21 19:18 GMT (UK)
4 persons redacted on 1939. At least 3 Watkins/Stone birth in Bedwelty with a further 2 in Chepstow. In 1939 Muriels father Leonard A is also in the household.

John
Title: Re: Stone Family
Post by: osprey on Sunday 10 January 21 19:26 GMT (UK)
Leonard's WW1 army records are online. He was discharged in 1917 because of defective vision.
Date of birth 22 June 1879 at Worcester, father Joseph (deceased by 1917), mother Elizabeth. He married Fanny Elizabeth Lewis at Gelligaer in 1903. Children in 1917 Muriel 12, Doris 10, Leonard John 2.
Title: Re: Stone Family
Post by: osprey on Sunday 10 January 21 19:35 GMT (UK)
parish entry for marriage 21 April 1903 parish church of Gelligaer
Leonard Alfred Stone 23 bach labourer Bargoed father Joseph Stone, painter
Fanny Elizabeth Lewis 24 spinster Bargoed father Thomas Lewis deceased
witnesses John Morgan & Winifred Morgan
Title: Re: Stone Family
Post by: paulmh on Sunday 10 January 21 19:45 GMT (UK)
4 persons redacted on 1939. At least 3 Watkins/Stone birth in Bedwelty with a further 2 in Chepstow. In 1939 Muriels father Leonard A is also in the household.

John

Do you have more information on this, please?
Title: Re: Stone Family
Post by: softly softly on Sunday 10 January 21 20:15 GMT (UK)
Paul, it's Rootschat policy not to name any possible living persons. I have attached a link to Freebmd (not sure if you have used this site before.

https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/search.pl

If you click on births, surname Watkins, mother's surname Stone and years between 1925-1939 you should get 6 results. I think the first might not be William & Muriels.

Any problems get to to us.

John
Title: Re: Stone Family
Post by: softly softly on Sunday 10 January 21 20:52 GMT (UK)
If these children are those you are looking for the first named L J died in 2020, C E died in 2020, & R L L  married in 1955.

John
Title: Re: Stone Family
Post by: softly softly on Sunday 10 January 21 21:06 GMT (UK)
T L married Sheila P Meadth in 1955, she died in 1997 and T L died in 2006 South Africa. Two daughters born to them in 1960 & 1962

John
Title: Re: Stone Family
Post by: paulmh on Monday 11 January 21 10:36 GMT (UK)
Paul, it's Rootschat policy not to name any possible living persons. I have attached a link to Freebmd (not sure if you have used this site before.

https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/search.pl

If you click on births, surname Watkins, mother's surname Stone and years between 1925-1939 you should get 6 results. I think the first might not be William & Muriels.

Any problems get to to us.

John

Now I understand. To be honest, when you mentioned 1939 I thought something different. I thought that you meant that there was some sort of accident (war maybe) where several people were killed.

I have researched Muriel and her husband's lineage but never the Stone family itself. It came from a conversation with a family member who believes that Muriel and Doris had a brother who later died in some sort of accident, either involving a motorbike or a bus and he died whilst trying to assist in rescuing people from the bus. There is allegedly a newspaper article, I'm trying to find said article but I have no names or dates so that is where I am starting.
Title: Re: Stone Family
Post by: osprey on Monday 11 January 21 15:14 GMT (UK)
I gave you the name of the brother in reply no. 6 yesterday. The name was on Leonard's army records.
There was an earlier child as well Fanny Stone jun qtr 1904 Bedwellty mmn Lewis death registered the same quarter.