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Glamorganshire Lookup Requests / William and Martha Evans
« on: Sunday 19 March 23 01:36 GMT (UK) »
I am searching for more information about the parents of Margaret Evans. I only know their names.
The earliest known record of Margaret Evans shows her marriage to Henry Beddow/Beddoe in Aberdare in 1820. Parents are not named in the marriage record and Henry's family were witnesses. Records show five of their children were baptized at Pontmorlais English Wesleyan Methodist Church on High Street in Merthyr Tydfil. Baptism records from 1828, 1831, 1834, 1836 show her parents as William and Martha Evans. A baptism record from 1830 shows her parents as William and Martha Williams (a clerical mistake but maybe a clue). Margaret died of cholera in 1844 in Merthyr Tydfil at age 44. There is no indication of where William and Martha Evans might have lived.
Some background: Henry Beddow was born in Staffordshire and moved to Merthyr with his family as a child (his father worked as a brickmaker and must have come to Merthyr for work). The Beddow family might have come from Shropshire originally.
The earliest known record of Margaret Evans shows her marriage to Henry Beddow/Beddoe in Aberdare in 1820. Parents are not named in the marriage record and Henry's family were witnesses. Records show five of their children were baptized at Pontmorlais English Wesleyan Methodist Church on High Street in Merthyr Tydfil. Baptism records from 1828, 1831, 1834, 1836 show her parents as William and Martha Evans. A baptism record from 1830 shows her parents as William and Martha Williams (a clerical mistake but maybe a clue). Margaret died of cholera in 1844 in Merthyr Tydfil at age 44. There is no indication of where William and Martha Evans might have lived.
Some background: Henry Beddow was born in Staffordshire and moved to Merthyr with his family as a child (his father worked as a brickmaker and must have come to Merthyr for work). The Beddow family might have come from Shropshire originally.