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Denbighshire / Re: Edward Bowen And Family
« on: Friday 11 November 16 16:15 GMT (UK)  »
William,

The lead that Carole offered you in her first post looks like a good one - albeit somewhat compromised by the (perhaps understandable) online mis-transcriptions involved.

Edward's 1901 family (including Joseph) can be found in the 1911 census living in Normanton, Wakefield, Yorks - which is where he and his wife Rebecca still are in 1939.

Intriguingly, there are no less than 7 children born of Bowen & Jones and registered in Wakefield between 1912 & 1922 - but none of them are named George Sydney.

Hope this helps.

Willyam

164
Carmarthenshire / Re: Help interpreting burial entry
« on: Monday 07 November 16 17:52 GMT (UK)  »
In The Cambrian issue of 24 March 1821 (in Welsh Newspapers Online) there is a (family) death notice that simply states:

"Aged 29, at Trawsdre-Fach, in the parish of Llanarthaney, Mr Evan Madocks, late student at the Presbyterian College, in Carmarthen."

Also, see this link:

http://dissacad.english.qmul.ac.uk/sample1.php?parameter=personretrieve&alpha=9234

Willyam

165
Lancashire / Re: School Master.Harry Newton Dawson 1899-1982 lancashire
« on: Sunday 25 September 16 10:13 BST (UK)  »
Margaret,

The Probate index for 1982 at:
https://probatesearch.service.gov.uk/#wills
on page/folio no. 2415 should get you off to a flying start.
Subject, of course, to your willingness to pay £10 for a digital copy of the Will & Probate documents.

Willyam

166
Lancashire / Baxenden school admission records for 1894/1895
« on: Monday 12 September 16 21:46 BST (UK)  »
As I am a newcomer to researching in Lancashire, I am hoping that someone will be able to help me with regard to the following family mystery.

The (Shrewsbury) Trinity Girls school register [in FindMyPast] shows that my grandmother, Frances (Fanny) Bliss (born 3 January 1887), left the school on 30 November 1894 - but without also noting her onward (educational) destination.

Then a subsequent register shows that she was readmitted to the same school on 2 September 1895 - when "The last school attended before entering this school" is noted simply as: Baxenden.

When I first found this (second) entry a few years ago I thought that the reference to Baxenden related to a local, Shropshire, school but an exhaustive search of the whole register did not reveal any other mention of Baxenden. This then suggested to me that my grandmother had temporarily gone to school in Baxenden but, as this had no direct bearing at the time in respect of my research into her adult life, I left it at that.

However, subsequent recent developments have now created a fresh perspective with regard to a possible Baxenden connection and I am now seeking assistance to establish whether or not any Baxenden school admission records embracing the years 1894 & 1895 have survived. My particular interest in this context is to possibly glean the name(s) of her guardian(s) - as I know that her mother remained in Shrewsbury during this period.

Willyam

167
Carmarthenshire / Re: William THOMAS - living in Ffynonddrain in 1911
« on: Tuesday 21 June 16 19:48 BST (UK)  »
Annette,

Thank you for causing me to focus my mind on the basic detail that I should have absorbed from the outset.

I say this because, in the process of identifying the relevant census record for your consideration, I have now looked carefully at the full transcript rather than simply at the respective names on the image.

In doing so it is quite plain that the address that William THOMAS (a Farmer, born in Llanegwad  c1866) was living at is in Ffynonnberwin and not Ffynnondrain!

Having got myself into such a pickle I feel that, with apologies all round, it is probably best to abandon this line of research for the time being.

Willyam

168
Carmarthenshire / Re: William THOMAS - living in Ffynonddrain in 1911
« on: Tuesday 21 June 16 00:28 BST (UK)  »
Hello Mar,

Regrettably I do not yet have the marriage certificate.

My great-grandmother's maiden name of DAVIES comes only from my grandmother's birth certificate.

At the moment, the only information that I have regarding the marriage derives from the 1911 census where my (widowed) great-grandfather has inadvertently recorded that the marriage had lasted for 38 years. As I do not know whether he was reckoning up to 1909 or 1911 the best I can do is to assume that the marriage took place sometime between 1870 & 1873.

Using these parameters, and assuming that they married in Wales, I have identified 9 potential marriage records.

However, were I to splash out and obtain all of these certificates, without previously knowing (one or both of) the respective fathers names I would still not be certain which of the marriage partners are my great-grandparents.

Equally frustrating is that I also do not have any parental information for my great-grandfather - Daniel DAVIES, who was born in Dowlais in about 1848.

Willyam

169
Carmarthenshire / William THOMAS - living in Ffynonddrain in 1911
« on: Sunday 19 June 16 23:13 BST (UK)  »
Please can anyone help with regard to the following?

I am hoping that someone may have previously researched William THOMAS, who is listed as a mourner at my great-grandmother's funeral in Carmarthen in March 1909.

In the LLGC extract of the report of her funeral http://newspapers.library.wales/view/3795870/3795873/34/ he is mentioned as a cousin.

From this reference I have connected to a William THOMAS in the 1911 census who is living in Ffynonddrain and I believe that this is the same person - because his place of birth is recorded as Llanegwad and the birthplace of my great-grandmother, Mary DAVIES (nee Davies), was also recorded as Llanegwad in the 1881/1891/1901 censuses.

My interest in William is to hopefully identify his ancestry and to thus thereby identify which of the (4?) Llanegwad Mary DAVIES's (born about 1848/49) is my great-grandmother.

Willyam

170
Shropshire / Re: Samuel Gough - Born c1818 - Looking for death
« on: Wednesday 27 January 16 16:21 GMT (UK)  »
Tess,

The Samuel Gough in Minsterley in the 1891 census is described as a Roadman.

The 1900 GRO indexed death for Samuel Gough cross-matches to a Probate record for a Samuel Gough of Minsterley, a Roadman who died on 25 April 1900.

You can view this record (free) by searching via this link: https://www.gov.uk/wills-probate-inheritance/searching-for-probate-records (or otherwise it is in Ancestry & Findmypast).

Willyam

171
Glamorganshire / Re: Needlework/Basketry/ Males
« on: Sunday 18 October 15 13:48 BST (UK)  »
A useful source of information that may be helpful to you is the Welsh Newspapers Online site. If you search using "basket-making" it will throw up almost 900 search results spanning the period from 1813 to 1919.

My reason for having an interest in this is that my great-grandfather was involved in basket making.

The Bath Chronicle newspaper issue of 28 April 1904 (image from FindMyPast) reported that my great-grandfather, Daniel Davies of Carmarthen (although born in Dowlais), was awarded a blue star for his entry in the basket work section of the Somerset Arts & Crafts Association's annual exhibition.

In the 1911 census his occupation is in basket making at the Welsh Industries Depot in Carmarthen where he was the manager of that section. Lodging with him at that time was a 20-year old Alfred Pearl from London, who was also working locally in basket making.

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