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Radnorshire / Re: Powys Archives Catalogue offline?
« on: Tuesday 26 September 23 22:41 BST (UK)  »
Yes, it's been good for a while now, thanks sunflower. I think it was just a hiccup in their transition to the new website. The archives catalogue is a good place to search for names of past people and places in Radnorshire. Even if you can't get to the archives to see the actual documents, the index usually shows a date when an event happened.

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Armed Forces / Re: Casualties of Napoleonic wars -- named anywhere?
« on: Wednesday 31 May 23 13:22 BST (UK)  »
That's too bad. I think he couldn't have died much earlier than 1810-11, as you suggested, or his name would not have been in the will of the uncle who signed it in early 1812.
News might not have travelled very fast  then, especially over that distance.
Thanks again.

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Armed Forces / Re: Casualties of Napoleonic wars -- named anywhere?
« on: Wednesday 31 May 23 12:48 BST (UK)  »
Thanks, ShaunJ, the history of the regiment sure gives a lot of detail about where they were at different times. It looks very interesting. Any chance he was listed in the muster books as Palphrey? That alternate spelling appears from time to time.
Thanks for your help.

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Armed Forces / Re: Casualties of Napoleonic wars -- named anywhere?
« on: Wednesday 31 May 23 12:14 BST (UK)  »
Thanks, Tony. That should keep me busy for a while.
James Palfrey enlisted on 25 July 1799, according to Findmypast's Napoleonic War Records. He was a private in 1/4 regiment of foot. He was the son of Richard and Jane Palfrey, and was baptised in the parish of Llanfihangel Rhydithon, Radnorshire, in December 1779.
His father died in 1796, when James and his three siblings were all under 21. The siblings are each named in several relatives' wills, with James consistently described as a soldier. The last will with this pattern was dated 1812, but when their aunt died in 1827, the other three siblings were mentioned but not the soldier. This makes me think he probably died between 1812 and 1827.
His brother died in Essex in 1830. Both sisters were married before the aunt died in 1827, one in London and the other in Wales. I don't know what became of their widowed mother, Jane.
There is another James Palfrey, the son of another Richard, who was baptised in another parish in Radnorshire in 1786. He married Elizabeth Owens and had children, but his residence at the time of their baptism identifies him as part of a different branch. 
 

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Armed Forces / Casualties of Napoleonic wars -- named anywhere?
« on: Wednesday 31 May 23 05:46 BST (UK)  »
I know there were many, many deaths during the Napoleonic wars. Does anyone know if there are lists naming British army casualties for that period? I'm looking for a particular man who joined up in 1799, aged about 21, who is identified as being a soldier on family wills dated in the early 1800s. I haven't found a death for him in parish records, so wondered if he died on a battlefield somewhere.
Any suggestions?
Thanks

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Radnorshire / Re: Powys Archives Catalogue offline?
« on: Wednesday 03 May 23 09:02 BST (UK)  »
It's not just me then. That's too bad. I will try emailing them to see if they are aware it's an issue.
Thanks for confirming, Davedrave.

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Radnorshire / Powys Archives Catalogue offline?
« on: Wednesday 03 May 23 06:07 BST (UK)  »
I used to be able to search the Powys archives database online. Recently, they changed their website, which is now called StoriPowys. I have tried clicking on the links to the archives in the new website but haven't been able to get through.
Has anyone else had this problem?


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Deborah Phillips is easier to track through the records than her husband, as familysearch suggests other records for her.
In 1861 the residence is spelled Gwaelodygarth. By this time, only four of their children are in the household, but 2 nieces and a nephew (also called Phillips) have joined them.
The image of the census page might give more information about the name of the farm, but I don't have access to that, sorry.

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A link to the 1841 census comes up for Deborah Phillip (the wife), which names the residence as Gwailod Y Garth, at Pentyrch, Glamorganshire. There are 10 children altogether shown in the 1841 group, including the four I listed from 1851, and also a Morgan Phillip, aged 75, born Glamorganshire, who might be John's father or uncle.

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