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Hi,

Just wondered if anyone can help.

I have a DNA match with someone who is matched as my half fourth cousin but cannot find the connection.

My 4 x great grandfather was a man named Thomas Rees, a labourer, born in about 1769 in Steynton, Pembrokeshire and who died on 12/12/1846. He was possibly the Thomas Rees born on 27/07/1769, in Short Row, Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, Wales, to Thomas and Ann Rees. If correct was baptised 18/02/1776 at The Brethren's Chapel, St Thomas's Green, (Moravian), Haverfordwest. 

Thomas married Martha Williams on 15/11/1804 in Steynton.

Thomas and Martha went on to have my 3 x great grandfather, David Rees, who was born on 08/12/1805 in Steynton.

David married Mary Ann Cornish in about 1840, (I have been unable to trace a marriage). Their first child, Hannah, seems to have been born in 1842 in Steynton, (I have been unable to trace a registration of birth for Hannah), their second child, Martha, was born in 1844, (died in 1847), and then they had my 2 x great grandfather, Samuel Benjamin Rees, who was born on 17/09/1845. 

The person that I have the DNA match with has recorded that their great grandmother was a lady named Alice Maud Rees, (birth probably registered in Q3 1882 in the district of Pembroke, Wales, name just recorded as Alice Rees).

Alice's parents were James Rees, (born in Stainton, birth probably registered in Q4 1837), and Martha Thomas. James and Martha were married 13/12/1862 in the Parish Church of Dale, Pembrokeshire, Wales.   

The parents of James Rees were Erasmus Rees and Sarah Jenkins, who married 05/10/1820 at St Thomas, Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, Wales, (witnesses were William Thomas and Peter Hancock). Erasmus was born in about 1791, and wife, Sarah in about 1796.   Erasmus died in 1853.

Alice Maud Rees went on to marry John Albert Bevans in Q2 1905 in Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales. 

There must be a link because of the DNA evidence but I am struggling to find it.  On the DNA match James Rees, (born 1837), is recorded as a son of David Rees, (my 3 x great-grandfather, born 1805). This seems to be incorrect as I have traced James and his parentage seems to be as above. 

Perhaps Erasmus was a son of Thomas Rees, my 4 x great-grandfather, and a brother of David, maybe from an earlier marriage??.   

Any advice, as usual, gratefully received.

Kind regards,

Coreen

 

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I am trying to confirm if the William Jefferson who died 23/06/1961, address 4, Bay View Terrace, Laxey, Isle of Man, is my relation. I can't trace an age so unsure. He was born on 21/10/1895 in Elton, Lancashire. He married Christiana Nuttall in 1917 and the couple went on to have a daughter, Marjorie, in 1920. Christina died in 1924 and I think William married Alice McNeil in 1925 in Manchester. I can see from the probate records that the William Jefferson who died in 1961 left his assets to his widow, Alice, and wondered if this could be my relation.   Any advice or information gratefully received.

Kind regards,

Coreen

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I have found, what I think may be, the burial record for one of my ancestors, Mary Merrifield. She was buried on 22/04/1781 at St Edmund, Salisbury in Wiltshire. Next to her name is recorded: W.o S.T.P. Does anyone know what this means? I thought maybe the W.o may mean widowed??

Kind regards,

Coreen   

Hi,

Just wandered if anyone can confirm some information I have about James Thompson. His parents were John Thompson, (born in about 1848 in Hull, Yorkshire), and Emma Martin Hetherington, (birth registered Q3 1853 in Carlisle, Cumbria, England).  His birth was registered in Q1 1881 in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland.

 I am trying to confirm that he is the widowed James Thompson who, in 1939, is living in Tynemouth Rd, Newcastle. The DOB of that James Thompson is recorded as 27/12/1880. Via the registration of death in 1972, his DOB is recorded as 29/12/1880.   In the 1881 census James is recorded as being aged 3 months, which would be correct.

I have traced the Thompson family up to and including the 1901 census but then, after that, lose track of them. The only sibling of James that I can trace after 1901 is sister Emma Martin Thompson who married John Edward Courtney in 1910 and then John James Tweedy in 1919.   

Any help would be gratefully received.

Kind regards,

Coreen

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I am trying to confirm any children born to Edward Simpson and Margaret Emmerson who married 29/12/1801 in Saint Cuthbert, Carlisle, Cumbria, England. I have details of John, born 1802, George, born 1804 and Margaret, born 1807. I suspect that there was at least one more son, Edward, born in about 1815 and there were probably more in the interim. Any help would be gratefully received.

Kind regards,

Coreen