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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Re: Mum 17
« on: Wednesday 27 June 18 20:17 BST (UK)  »
Hello Pablo,

 Sorry for the delay in thanking you for your lovely restore and giving my Mum a new coat.

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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Re: Mum 17
« on: Monday 11 June 18 19:34 BST (UK)  »
To each one of you; Tony, Rami, MartynS, Handpandy, and John
 
 You've all done a marvellous job. First repairing all the wear and tear on the photograph and then adding colour.
 
 I am truly grateful - thank-you 

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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Mum 17
« on: Sunday 10 June 18 16:32 BST (UK)  »
Hello Restorers,
 
 Please would you repair and colour (if possible) this photograph of my Mum. Given to
my Dad just after they met, he carried it in his wallet for nearly 50 years until he
passed away.

 Mum had lovely blue eyes, dark brown almost black hair and aways looked suntanned -  even in winter. By the way that's not a mark on her cheek, she had dimples!

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Glamorganshire / Re: William and Letitia are missing in 1891 Census
« on: Monday 28 May 18 22:07 BST (UK)  »
Hello,
 
 Yes Letitia's parents were James and Ann, they lived in Briton Ferry. James had
died by the time the 1871 census  was taken; leaving Ann (who was actually 30ys) a widow and the three girls living with her in-laws. I haven't found what happened to Ann or the two sisters yet either. I think I'll have to leave them in 1871 for the
time being! 

 It also seems that it's almost impossible to find out what happened during William
and Letitia's 'missing years'. This is turning out to be a really difficult family! I was warned it wouldn't be easy and it's certainly proving to be the case!
 
 Thank-you all for having a look for them, also for the newspaper item Mabel. My
husband was rather shocked by it, he thought she had died of some childhood illness, and that would have been bad enough. The accident must have left the family totally devastated at the time.

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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Re: Double Exposure of Aunt May
« on: Monday 28 May 18 21:54 BST (UK)  »
Hello Peter and Terry,
 
 Thank-you for having a go at sorting out the images. You have both done extremely well, it certainly must take time and patience to get the results you have given me.

 I think the other lady could be Florence, who was my great aunt. Here is a photograph of her taken at a later date. Do you think it could be her?

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Glamorganshire / Re: William and Letitia are missing in 1891 Census
« on: Thursday 24 May 18 22:13 BST (UK)  »
Hello to you all, I can't keep up with you.  ;) You have the right family, it would seem that they had returned to Maesteg if Gwen was registered in Bridgend.

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Glamorganshire / Re: William and Letitia are missing in 1891 Census
« on: Thursday 24 May 18 22:02 BST (UK)  »
Hello Milliepede, the first daughter Mary was born in 1883 Maesteg, the next daughter on the 1891 census was born 1892 in Aberavon I think.

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Glamorganshire / Re: William and Letitia are missing in 1891 Census
« on: Thursday 24 May 18 21:53 BST (UK)  »
Thank-you crisane, I will have to look into signing up at the GRO. It will no doubt come in very handy

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Glamorganshire / William and Letitia are missing in 1891 Census
« on: Thursday 24 May 18 21:31 BST (UK)  »
Hello

 I'm researching my husband's side of the family at the moment and have this 20
year gap in the censuses.

 William Davies and Letitia Morgan Married 15th July 1882 in the parish church at Llangynwyd Glamorganshire. They were both on the 1881 census in the area. For
some reason Letitia's surname is down as Jones - same as the couple she is
working for. Incidentally David Jones is a witness at the marriage.

 They are on the 1901 and 1911 censuses living on Gwendolen/Gwendoline Terrace,
Maesteg. The same Terrace as William was living with his parents before
marriage.
 
 In the 1911 census (named as David) it states that out of 13 children born
alive only 6 are still living.

 With this huge gap of nearly twenty years, and the fact that mothers' maiden
names aren't given until after the last son was born - is it possible to find

 I've tried every way I can think of to find them in the census and drawn a complete
blank. I'm thinking they must have been missed some way or other.

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