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Family History Beginners Board / How do I find the 19th century occupants of a particular farm?
« on: Sunday 08 March 15 07:45 GMT (UK) »
Hi all
Here it is: Thomas EDWARDS and his family emigrated to South Australia in 1850. I found them in the 1841 census listed as a farmer in the township of Llanforda*, near Oswestry, Shropshire. there the trail runs cold. The commonality of the EDWARDS name, and the unreliability of early 19th century parish records, makes further conclusive proof difficult. It seems to be an irony that the more recent the parish records are, the less useful information they contain.
(*sometimes rendered as Llanvorda)
The online indexes of the Oswestry Parish Registers of the 16th-18th centuries, as well as some Denbighshire and Shropshire county records, list an EDWARDS family as farmers of a property called "The Mountain" in Llanforda. While I have located no property of that name, there is a 'Llanforda Uchaf', a significant farm of appropriate vintage located on what appears to be one of the higher hills of Llanforda. (I base this on researching maps, I have not been there)
"Uchaf" translates from the Welsh as "Highest, Uppermost". My gut feeling is that this is the place, my ancestral home, however I have no proof.
Is there some authority I can correspond with in the UK that can confirm the previous residents of a particular address? Any advice greatly appreciated
Here it is: Thomas EDWARDS and his family emigrated to South Australia in 1850. I found them in the 1841 census listed as a farmer in the township of Llanforda*, near Oswestry, Shropshire. there the trail runs cold. The commonality of the EDWARDS name, and the unreliability of early 19th century parish records, makes further conclusive proof difficult. It seems to be an irony that the more recent the parish records are, the less useful information they contain.
(*sometimes rendered as Llanvorda)
The online indexes of the Oswestry Parish Registers of the 16th-18th centuries, as well as some Denbighshire and Shropshire county records, list an EDWARDS family as farmers of a property called "The Mountain" in Llanforda. While I have located no property of that name, there is a 'Llanforda Uchaf', a significant farm of appropriate vintage located on what appears to be one of the higher hills of Llanforda. (I base this on researching maps, I have not been there)
"Uchaf" translates from the Welsh as "Highest, Uppermost". My gut feeling is that this is the place, my ancestral home, however I have no proof.
Is there some authority I can correspond with in the UK that can confirm the previous residents of a particular address? Any advice greatly appreciated
