Genealogy Chat

nell, you genius! i was thinking maybe porth neath, but census recorder would have spelt as he thought it sounded, so i think you've nailed the place. just had chat with old old aunt and she says ann had half sister jennie perkins born c.1899 . i half wish she had'nt told me that now. here we go again!

A possible for son View Record Thomas, Llewellyn Lewis 1900 September Births Merthyr Tydfil Breconshire Glamorgan Mid Glamorgan

B*****r! The IGI for baptisms in Cadoxton-juxta-Neath stops at 1872. {But it does have my husband's gt grandpa on it, so mustn't grumble!) nell

According to Genuki, this place is also known as CADOXTON, LLAN CATWG but I still can't find Rees Thomas in 1891 born in any of these places! nell

this is why i have problem with ann beynon, definately says login on census , possible mistake on her behalf? on same street as them i find esther ann beynon born login (beynon married name though), . as for ll i think he must have died in infancy as my grandmother was the oldest (mary gwen born 1907). merry found that ll was possibly llewelyn lewis born 1900, but dont find death record so feel i'm going round in circles!!

Jane I've never heard of Pontneathvaughan either - and not come across it in my Welsh research - husband's family are from Glamorgan and I have found ancestors in Aberdare. BUT I looked on Genuki's Glamorgan parishes list and found this Pontneddfechan (See Cadoxton-juxta-Neath) Now Nedd is how the Welsh write Neath, and in Welsh, the f in fechan would be pronounced v, so it would be said Pontneathvechan, which could be transcribed as Pontneathvaughan, what do you think? nell

jess, RG13/5034. nell, thats them, but where are they before that? never heard of pontneathvaughan and just found login does exist, thought it was spelling error but it is in carms. hirwaun is in aberdare sometimes hirwain, hirwann. thanks loads!!

I cant find a single Ann beynon born in the right county, although in 1881 there is one born in Aberdare!

1901 (if this is the right family) RG13/5034 6 p.3 15 High Street, Hirwaun Rees Thomas abt 1874 Glam, Pontneathvaughan Head Aberdare Glamorgan Ann Thomas abt 1876 Lergen, Carmarthenshire, Wales Wife Aberdare Glamorgan L L Thomas abt 1892 Glam, Hirwaen Son Aberdare Glamorgan Son's age is given as 9 months, so he would be born around June 1900 as the census was taken 31 March 1901. I have had a quick look for Rees and Ann Beynon on 1891 but its a bit of a needle/haystack job. Might be better to try to find son's birth (though initials LL aren't helpful!) and get Ann's maiden name from that and then a marriage, which would give both spouses' fathers' names and occupations, making earlier census searches easier. nell

do you have the RG number for 1901 census please - i cant even find the one you have!

info from 1901 census; rees thomas 1874 pontneathvaughan (neath?) electric engine driver, ann thomas 1878 login carmarthenshire, ll thomas 1900. living 15, high street, hirwaun. (lived there till ann died 1947). i was told ann was beynon before marriage and i know she lived in hirwaun from age 13.should be so easy but i have frazzled xmas brain!!

Put up the details you have from the 1901 census and see if anybody else can find them before that. Kate.

why can i not find my g.grands? i have them on 1901 census but nothing before,cant find marriage, looked on 1837online, familysearch, freebmd, ancestry. i have newspaper obituary for her also giving his death year.what can i do?