Thanks for putting up those N Wales BMD refs, Lorrae. Will help save anyone else from duplicating searches you have already made.
I am trespassing a little onto your request-prerogatives here; but pending a WO 22 lookup result -- and in response to this earlier kind offer from JL
Hi you two - Ms heavy lifter here
Could one of you summarise what is needed, please, as I might be able to twist someone's arm/ask nicely for some post-1812 lookups.
-- I hope that you agree that it would offer a good chance of progress if someone with access to the microfilms (held at Ruthin, Hawarden and Aberystwyth) were able to check out Gwyddelwern and Derwen PRs for us, in the hope of finding the baptisms of Thomas and Jane Davies's children between the years 1825 and 1845 (and especially your Robert's ca. 1832).
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I have had a spare library half-hour to dip into a couple of sources myself. No finds, but still best to record the results.
1. Meirionnydd Marriage Index 1813-37 -- fiches produced by Gwynedd FHS, listing marriages parish by parish:
Only had time to look at the sections for Gwyddelwern and Llandderfel. No pre-1830 marriages between a Thomas Davies and a bride forenamed Jane.
Of course the wedding could have occurred in another Merionethshire parish; but those two had seemed the most likely. So drawing a blank there perhaps strengthens the odds in favour of a Denbighshire wedding.
2. Derwen PR to 1812 (CFHS transcript):
Obviously too early for the children or marriage of Thomas Davies the future Llwyn y Brain miller. But I thought it worth checking the notion that the occupants of the mill might often have used Derwen church in preference to Gwyddelwern. Found these four examples in the period 1800-12 (reverse date order):
1811 BUR John Jones, Melin Llwyn y Brain, Gwyddelwern, 22 March
1810 BAPT Margt. da. John Jones & Eliz., Melin Llwyn, Gwyddelwern, 14 May
1809 BAPT Jane da. Hugh Edwards & Jane, Melin Llwyn y Brain, 22 July
1801 BUR Jane wife of John Humphreys, Melin Llwyn y Brain, 15 April
3. Baptism of Thomas Davies, 1780 ± 3 years:
No candidate events found in PRs for Derwen or Gwyddelwern (per CFHS transcripts).
Rol