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Denbighshire Lookup Requests / Re: Lydia Jones, canal boat worker
« on: Saturday 06 April 24 09:44 BST (UK) »
Many thanks for all the generous feedback everyone, I don't receive email notifications when a reply has been posted to the forum so apologies for slow response.
Thank you Gadget for reminding me of my previous thread on this line! My research here has been largely on hold with the problems of Jones name research, however DNA analysis is definitely helping to break down some brick walls, I'd recommend anyone with Welsh heritage to take a test!
DNA matching has confirmed my connection to Lydia through descendants of her line, so there's no mistake she is related to John Jones, but is she a niece as claimed in the 1871 census, or a granddaughter? I'm guessing, if she was born on a barge it's possible her birth may not be registered, but surely her marriage would be, somewhere?
If I can identify her father it might help understand what happened to the teenage John and Richard, sons of John Jones, or if her father is a brother of John, perhaps help to identify John's father in turn. Unfortunately DNA isn't helping much for generations that far back!
Point taken about possible connections to mining, it's possible there is a link with the Brymo household after all. John Jones seems to have spent most of his working life as a boat-owner on the Ellesmere canal, the earliest record stating occupation I've found is the 1841 Census.
Thank you Gadget for reminding me of my previous thread on this line! My research here has been largely on hold with the problems of Jones name research, however DNA analysis is definitely helping to break down some brick walls, I'd recommend anyone with Welsh heritage to take a test!
DNA matching has confirmed my connection to Lydia through descendants of her line, so there's no mistake she is related to John Jones, but is she a niece as claimed in the 1871 census, or a granddaughter? I'm guessing, if she was born on a barge it's possible her birth may not be registered, but surely her marriage would be, somewhere?
If I can identify her father it might help understand what happened to the teenage John and Richard, sons of John Jones, or if her father is a brother of John, perhaps help to identify John's father in turn. Unfortunately DNA isn't helping much for generations that far back!
Point taken about possible connections to mining, it's possible there is a link with the Brymo household after all. John Jones seems to have spent most of his working life as a boat-owner on the Ellesmere canal, the earliest record stating occupation I've found is the 1841 Census.