Rees family - Glamorgan

[Daisypetal]

Hi,

Welcome to RootsChat  


This could be her baptism,

Peterston-Super-Ely, Glamorganshire
31 Oct 1866

Margaretta

John WILLIAMS      Backway      labourer
Jane REES            Mae? sai?on

Charles Lewis,  Rector


She is transcribed as WILLIAMS at FindMyPast and Ancestry.


I think Jane's abode could be Maes-y-saeson, there is an old map here,

https://maps.nls.uk/view/102342616   

Maes-y-saeson is just under the S of the large Super Ely.


Regards,
Daisy

[Sian1984]

Thanks for this information everyone- definitely something to get my teeth into. I’ve written it all down so now I need to find the links!
Why did the Evans family take her on at age 4? How are they linked?
Need to confirm is John Williams and Jane Rees are her parents!

[osprey]

the census is just a snapshot, she may have been living with the Evans family since she was a small baby. The family was in Pentyrch in 1861 so they could have taken her in before their move to Llantrisant. It's possible that she was a nurse child and they were paid to look after her, at least at first.

You have her baptism, what is going to give you more detail of her parents? The name of her father probably isn't on her birth certificate. Father's name might not be on her marriage cert. You're lucky to have a father's name on the baptism.

Possible for Jane Rees in 1861 census
Maseason, Peterstone super Ely RG9/4042 folio 10 pg 2
John Rees head mar 56 farmer of 150 acres
Mary wife 54 b. Pendoylan
Evan son 31
William son 28
Ebenezer son 26
Jane dau 24
Edmund son 18
Catherine dau 13
all born Peterstone except Mary

[Sian1984]

Thank you Osprey, I'm New to all this so I apologise for my naivety. This info on 1861 is great thank you so much 

[osprey]

possible for John Williams in 1861

Backway, Peterstone super Ely RG9/4042 folio 12 pg 5
Thomas Williams head mar 60 farmer of 66 acres employing 2 labs
Catherine wife 56 b. Llancarvan
John son 21
Jane dau 19
Jennet dau 16
William son 9
William Kent 21 farm servant b. Newbridge
Mary Williams visitor 6 b. Cwmbach
all born Peterstone except where noted

In 1881 this family has a granddaughter born in Somerset called Rispah. 1871 census Rispah Maudlin Cays Williams is with father John and his wife Alice in Llantrisant RG10/5380 folio 66 pg 13.