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1939 population register
« on: Monday 26 September 22 10:32 BST (UK) »
I am looking for someone who was not where I'd expect at the time of the population register in 1939: John Rhosydd Williams. I have found a possible entry for him in Denbigh, with letter code ZJDE and in the final column the code PWC598/9864. The man I am looking for was a grocer, but became a minister of religion in 1924. The man listed as John R. Williams in Denbigh was a grocer's ledger clerk. They were both born in 1885. Can anyone, please, interpret the two codes to help me confirm or discard this possible identification?
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Re: 1939 population register
« Reply #1 on: Monday 26 September 22 10:55 BST (UK) »
If you search in 1939 for J Rhosydd Williams you will find him in Northumberland.

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Re: 1939 population register
« Reply #2 on: Monday 26 September 22 11:46 BST (UK) »
ZJD is the letter code for the registration district of Denbigh, Denbighshire (more details here: https://www.findmypast.co.uk/articles/1939-register-enumeration-districts). The same letters would have formed the first part of that person's NHS number when these were created in 1948/9.  This number was later replaced with the all-numeric NHS number we are familiar with today.

My guess is that PWC stands for Post War Credits. More details here: https://www.british-genealogy.com/forum/threads/75162-Post-War-Credit-Certificate.This code was discussed in an earlier thread: https://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=734530.0 The consensus in the thread seems to have been that it stands for Post War Credits.

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Re: 1939 population register
« Reply #3 on: Monday 26 September 22 11:50 BST (UK) »
I am looking for someone who was not where I'd expect at the time of the population register in 1939: John Rhosydd Williams. I have found a possible entry for him in Denbigh, with letter code ZJDE and in the final column the code PWC598/9864. The man I am looking for was a grocer, but became a minister of religion in 1924. The man listed as John R. Williams in Denbigh was a grocer's ledger clerk. They were both born in 1885. Can anyone, please, interpret the two codes to help me confirm or discard this possible identification?

The codes aren't going to help you - one's a location and IIRC the PWC is some kind of War Bond.

The information that can confirm it is the Date of Birth so get his Birth Certificate if it's important to match the entries.
Middlesex: KING,  MUMFORD, COOK, ROUSE, GOODALL, BROWN
Oxford: MATTHEWS, MOSS
Kent: SPOONER, THOMAS, KILLICK, COLLINS
Cambs: PRIGG, LEACH
Hants: FOSTER
Montgomery: BREES
Surrey: REEVE


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Re: 1939 population register
« Reply #4 on: Monday 26 September 22 19:28 BST (UK) »
Thank you. After maybe a dozen searches, with Ancestry, FindMyPast, and MyHeritage, I somehow eventually came across him in Northumberland as a 'minister of religion (travelling)'. Born in Rhosllanerchrugog and living there all his life, and dying there, yet not at home in Poplar Avenue for the population register, he created a problem for me. I asked myself, Was he in the forces, either as a soldier or as a chaplain? His middle name (Rhosydd) seldom appears in any of the records, but the Register has him as J. Rhosydd Williams - and try finding the right John Williams - even the right one born in 1885 in Denbighshire! Still, it kept me busy for 2-3 days. Thanks for your help.
Young, Gameson, Miles, Williamson, Cramond