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Greetings Nice People,
I've looked at the 1911 census for my Great grandparents (David and Anne (nee Davies) Davies) who lived at Camolwg, Cwmrheidol, Aberystwyth. It has that they had had 4 children together. At the time 2 were alive and 2 had died. The 2 alive were my Grandfather David (1878-1946) his brother Enoch (1882-1915) and I only know of 1 other who was Annie (1889-1905) . They married in 1878, Anne was his second wife. His first wife , Elinor (Eleanor)Evans died in 1877. So, Mary, Elizabeth, Edward and John were with Elinor ( there may have been more with Elinor as she may have had long-term health problems. The 2 other places I know David and Anne lived at that I also can't find are Abermaide Mill House and Craig y bwch . All in the Aberystwyth area.
      So, I would like to know:
           Who is the missing young child for David and Anne
            Did David and Elinor have any other children than the 4 I know about - My cousin thinks that David could have had as many as 13 kids in total.
             Where are the 3 places (I know of!) that David and Anne lived in.
              And also, David and Elinor lived in Perthygwenin and Waungron in Llanddeiniol and I haven't found them exactly. Any maps showing any these 5 places would help tremendously
            Thanks for looking - Take care and keep safe - Kind Regards - Keith Davies 

Greetings Nice People,
    When my grandparents ( David and Mary Davies first came to the big city in 1901 I think they leased a Welsh Dairy at:
  33, Central Street , ( in the parish of St.Luke's ) in Holborn, which may now come under the area
   of Clerkenwell. I understand that sometime, around 1905 there was a big fire and the Dairy was
   destroyed. I also understand that the family were given some money and told to keep it a when
   the Dairy was re-built if they gave the money back they could have the Dairy back.
               My Grandparents moved to Hackney (43 Palace Road ) and Granddad got a job " On the
   Omnibuses" and they didn't go back . In fact, he worked for them for the rest of his working life.
                My questions are :
       Is there any record about the fire ?  Are there any records of the staff working at Wells Street
     from then until 1944 when he retired and soon after died of a heart attack back home
     Aberystwyth. I bet he saw some changes over the years. Kind regards     Keith Davies

Greetings Nice People,
    It's a Family story that one of my Davies forebears was evicted from a farm he rented
     somewhere in Cardiganshire.
      The way it happened I was told was that his landowner that he rented the farm from
      wanted to be a  Tory M.P. and G/G/ grandfather or G.Grandfather voted Liberal and
      as it wasn't a secret ballot the landowner found out and evicted him.
      But, I have heard another possibility - That the landowner was a very religious spinster
      who was annoyed that some of her "flock" didn't go to her church and gave them the
      ultimatum that they must go to her church regularly within the next month or they will
      have their farms taken away and given farmers that would.
       I understand that 14 farmers and their families were evicted and my lot were amongst
        them.  Firstly, is either or both stories true and if so, how do I check if my Family were
       involved. If it helps, he was supposed to be the Gamekeeper as well.
       Also, does anyone know where they keep the list of people buried in Aberffrwd Cemetery
        or any of the other small cemeteries in the area. I'm hunting for David Davies
        born30/Nov/1878 died in Aberyswyth16/Aug/1944 supposed to be buried in Aberffrwd, 
        which has been closed for years, or the surrounding area.
        I have been trying to find him for 3 years with very little luck
        If you need more info about him I have posted some other things on my site.
         Thank you - Kind Regards - Keith
       
   



 

Greetings Nice People,
     I need to ask what might be a stupid question.
     I know my Grandad was born 30th November 1878 somewhere in Cardiganshire.
     His name was David Davies.
      Anybody got any ideas as to how I can narrow down where to look so it doesn't
      cost me fortune in birth certificates.
      Thank you - Keith 

Hi Nice People,  Having tried to find out about my grandfathers' past I have finally got his
death certificate. It tells me that he died on the 16th of August 1944 at ROCKLANDS, Queens Road,
Aberystwyth.
      As the fates would have it I happened to standing in Queens Road when I was told by the lovely
lady in the registrars office where it was . So, I walked up and down Queens Road but couldn't
find Rocklands. I've also found his date of birth, but I can't find out where so I could get his birth
certificate. His birthdate was 30th November 1878 and it was somewhere close to where he died.
      So, I'd like to know where Rocklands is and where David Davies was born on the 30th November
  1878, or directions where to look. Thank you - Keith