Very many thanks for your reply. I do have quite a lot of info about Emrys. It's really his grandfather, Moses, who is my brick wall. I spotted 'Amos Hill' and, knowing that that's where my grandfather, Emrys, was born (I think it was in number 8,) I wondered if there was anyone with knowledge of the family. I have info on Emrys inc. his birth certificate, marriage cert, also info on his mother, Mary Thomas (unmarried when she had Emrys in 1878). Mary was daughter of Moses and Margaret Thomas and it was they who more or less raised Emrys. Mary did eventually marry, but on census returns Emrys is sometimes shown as Moses' son, rather than grandson. I did track down Emrys' father (thanks to a full birth certificate, showing his father's name by mistake and neatly crossed through - also Emrys was given his father's surname as a second Christian name - quite common practice in those days, I understand.) The 1911 census, as you say, shows Emrys in Penrhiwfer, but the Margaret referred to is actually his mother's sister, so his Aunt. I do remember her well. (I was born in 41 Penrhiwfer Road, Tonyrefail, in 1947 - where Emrys was in 1939.) Back to Moses. I feel he was 'taken in' as a small boy by a Richards family who once lived in the Gwainadda and Graigddu, but can not confirm, nor can I get any further info on that Moses. He is with the family as a boarder, then as a stepson, in the 1861 and 1871 censuses. There was another Moses Thomas born in 1854, living with grandmother, Sarah, in Llantrisant but, again, I'm unable to trace more info. My brick wall has been around for at least ten years and I can only assume that Moses never was registered. He told the registrar when he married Margaret that his father was also a Moses, and a colliery overman. I suspect a flight of fancy! Again, I much appreciate your interest and thank you for your kind reply.
Dianne.
