Genealogy Chat

Hi Nigel,

So pleased to read your update. I have several very old photos in an album, the majority were taken professionally but unfortunately I don't have a clue who most of them are. I am envious of you. I did manage to put a name to one after viewing another members tree. I had a photo of a great uncle of his only my photo was of when he was much younger, obviously the GR member was delighted.

Chris

Other people think we are mad when we get so excited about some old pictures!

I know how pleased I was to receive some old ones of my family from the 1800's earlier this year.

A lovely early Christmas present

Fantastic, Nigel. Isn't researching your family wonderful?!

Merry Christmas to you too.

Ozi

(Vine Tree Cottage is on Parc-y- Brain Lane, just west of Goytre and the A4042 Usk Road and close to the canal - this is several miles from 'your' Inn).
A GIANT ''WOW'' this week!.
Acquired never b4 seen photos. A photo of the above (my GG-GM) Eliza Waters (born Mamhilad 1830's) and her daughter Harriet posing together about 1880. Lovely clothes - did the photographers supply them?
Also Rees in police CADET uniform (1885 pic) before marriage to Harriet - also their three children including my GF (in skirt darling!) about 1897. THRILLING - descendants in Australia had them all!

Nadolig Llawen ;)

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~monfamilies/monprts.htm

I may have missed this but where was Vine Tree Cottage?

Just curious as my ancestors ran the Vine Tree Inn in Abergavenny and the LLanfoist Inn which I believe is now an Indian restaurant.

So pleased for you Nigel.

Chris

That's a great lead you have there, Nigel.

GR doesn't do any transcriptions, but refers you to other sites. I'm not sure where they get their census material from, probably Find My Past (FMP).

Ozi

Is there a process for correcting GR transcription errors please?
e.g. They have Matthias POB totally wrong, and Vine Tree as 'Vice Sree'!

More confirmatory evidence:
1891 Census Matt Phillips and Eliza (my newly found GGGran) are living in Vine Tree Cottage - which is still there and relevant to us well into my the 1960's - just yards from Rees' & my Mum's childhood home. I see a Waters family next door (Eliza nee Waters.). This is now progressing very sweetly xx.

monfamilies site?

thanks for the update Nigel. Pity about the Possers. Maybe I will find him one day. His daughter married into a Watkins family.

I assume you know about the monfamilies site for future reference

Hi Nigel,

So pleased for you that you got what you wanted and thanks for the update. Pleased to have been some help.

Chris

Lovely, Nigel. Thanks for letting us know.

Ozi

to lancashireann : I know all my Prossers (the only GP I ever knew) and there was no Issac in 'our' family EVER sorrry.
Hope u have/had success elsewhere.

I haven't forgotten you lovely peepel!
Received today - and a super match for your suggestions above.

30/04/1857 : High Street, Llanover Upper
Birth of Harriett Hustence - Dad is Thomas Hustence : agri-labr
Mum is Eliza Hustence (nee WATERS)
(who registered the birth with X her mark)

Thank-you ever so much - clearly back on track now and the issue caused by illiteracy. May I come again? :)

perhaps the most interesting one

11 Sept 1859 Alfred s/o Thos & Eliza Eustance otp labr
(NOTE: the name 'Eston' has been written above 'Eustance')


the above note is presumably from the transcriber

Llanover agian

9 Sept 1855

Jas (aged 2 yrs) s/o Thos & Elizth Eustance of Brynypant, labr

also brother William baptised same day

llanover baptism

1 Feb 1861 Thos Eustance s/o Thos Jasper, Cwmioy (presumably Cymyoy?) farm labr & Rebeka Eustance Cottage near Llanover church

baptism at Llanover

24 May 1857

Harriette d/o Thos & Elizth Eustance of Brynypant, labr

don't know if this site is any use to you - has census records and some MI's

http://history.govilon.com/default.asp

as an aside - if you know anything about an Isaac Prosser who married Harriet Ballard I would be v interested as I cannot find him anywhere

I will - promise!
Harriet and Rees (a policeman) had four children - I am from the third. We have cousins in Govilon, Abergavenny (just a couple of miles from the above events) - descended from their fourth child.
Ordering the Harriet birth.cert this morning. Hwyl - Nigel

Hi Nigel,

Will you please let us know how you get on.

Chris