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Pembrokeshire / Tracing family in Pembrokeshire -- 18th and 19th centuries
« on: Sunday 05 May 13 17:46 BST (UK)  »
Can anyone please help me find people and make connections / confirm connections?
Especially:
-- The Fort, Solva
-- Solva
-- W.H. JOHN (Guardian Newspaper, Solva)
-- Penycwm
-- coal minig area around Hookses (nr Trefran / Roch Gate)
-- Mathry / Rehoboth Chapel area

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Armed Forces / Trafalgar -- trying to establish relative
« on: Tuesday 15 November 11 10:31 GMT (UK)  »
I am new to this...please forgive if in the wrong post.
Family tradition says I have a relative who fought in the Battle of Trafalgar.   I even have a cutlass that has been handed down and claimed to have been there.   Until recently we only knew his family name -- HUGHES -- and who his children were:
James HUGHES:
born:   3 July 1809 (Swansea)
baptised:  7 July 1809 (St Marys Church, Swansea)
married:   date unknown,  first name = Jane (maiden name unknown -- do know b:  1809, d:  March 1891;  interred 13 March 1891);  Swansea
died:   December 1896 (Swansea);  interred: 2 January 1897 (Danygraig Cemetery)
John HUGHES:
born:  4 August 1810 (Swansea)
baptised:   16 August 1810 (St Marys Church, Swansea)
died:   unknown
No other information about him.
A response form the National Library for Wales (to my late-father in 197*) claimed the father was David HUGHES.   No other information is known about him.
I have found several David HUGHES on the Trafalgar Roll, but cannot link these to the children.
Can anyone please help to try and identify dates of BMD, places lived, more information on his naval service?
It is believed he could sign his name and was not an officer.
Any information would be gratefully received.

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