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« on: Sunday 23 October 05 13:39 BST (UK) »
Hello, I am new to this list so please forgive me for any erros I might do, thank you. I have been trying for a very long time to find my fathers Grandfather but I am having no luck at all, him & his family are the only ones I am stuck on and would love to go further down the line.
This is the only real information that I have on him is, he was married to a Jannett Williams in Bedwellty, Monmouthshire, on the 28th Sept 1907 he was living with her and the family at 44, Church Street, Aberbargoed when he got married, he was age 26 and worked as a Collery Repairer, his fathers name was Arthur Maiden & he too was a Miner but was deceased at the time of marriage. Robert died in 1962 Penrhiwceiber near Mountain Ash age 81, so if my sums are correct I have got him being born about 1881.
The only Robert I can find with a father called Arthur is this family in the 1881 census, in Leicester, England Source FHL Film 1341748 PRO Ref RG11 Peice 3138 Folio 13 Page 20.
Arthur Maden age 31 from Dorchester, Clay Miner,
Elizabeth age 26 Wigan,
William age 7 York,
Elizabeth age 5 Ashby Z,
Robert age 3 Oakham, Rutland
Caroline age 2m Ashby Z.
In the 1891 census there is a family living in Coity, Bridgend, Wales with the surname Maiden & not Maden, there are a few changes more but I think it's the same family.
In 1901 I can not find any of the family but in 1907 Robert pops up in Monmouthshire on his marriage certificate.
What I am asking is, if anybody can help me find this ancestor & his family, I have tried & failed but I am hoping that someone may have new ideas of how to find this family, I will be so grateful and it will be lovely to tell my father that his Grandfather has been found. Thank you for your help.