Jack Phillips from Wales to New Zealand COMPLETED

[cp]

That birth has to be the one 

I guess therefore that John Jnr went to New Zealand with his parents as he must have been 13 or younger when they went there.

This gives me hope that I have relatives in New Zealand.

[groom]

Oh dear, just found this. Hopefully it isn't him
    
JOHN PHILLIPS
Birth year   1913
Age   0
Death  Dec quarter 1913 District   LLANELLY
County   Carmarthenshire
Volume   11A  Page   1178

[cp]

Hi all,

We have found him for sure! Thank you all soooooo much.

I have to dash to work now so will give a proper update later but you would not believe it but the District Archavist in the area John Morris Phillips lived is his step great Grandson and he has emailed me!
(Janette, your initial lead proved to be invalable)

Sorry I am rushing will be back on later today

A very happy Claire

[groom]

That is absolutely brilliant, Claire, I'm so pleased for you. Doesn't it just prove what a small world it is? Even smaller if it turns out that it was you asking GS about him in Talgarth. 

[groom]

Frustrating indeed. Also that I cannot find him on the 1911 census return anywhere!

Found him, he is in Swansea, same occupation as 1901 - try born 1879. Let me know if you still can't find him - leave out the Morris when searching.

[Janette]

What good news (doing a happy dance  )

Cheers Janette

[Greensleeves]

I am reminded that someone from NZ was in our local Tourist Information Centre a few months ago asking for details of places in the area as their ancestor had been born in Talgarth, and had been  a butcher...    We'll never know whether it was the same family though but quite a coincidence.

[cp]

Sorry I have been away so long, I hate it when real life takes over 

I tried to share the photo that I have been sent of John Morris Phillips but it is too big and I do not know how to make it small (it is a tif photo if anyone knows what I can do).

He did emigrate to New Zealand in 1921. The reason he was hard to find was because he was listed on the passenger list as Jno Phillips and his wife was listed as Mrs Phillips

Do I now need to try and move this thread into completed?

I have another mystery as I can't find any record of his fathers birth but do I need to start a new thread for that?

Thanks again all.

[groom]

Great it was the right one - have you now found new relatives in New Zealand?

I think you might have to ask a Mod to mark this as completed as I dont think you can do that now ( you were able to at one time)  Just click on the report to mod and then ask them to do it.

If you start a new thread, make sure that you put in a link back to this one so that people dont repeat what we have already found.

I take it that we are looking for his father as John Phillips  born 1836 Llangose Breconshire, as given by Janette from the 1881 census?  Did the information you received from NZ confirm this? The problem is that if he was born then, you will have to search parish records and baptisms as it was before birth registrations were introduced in 1837.