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Catherine Agnes Phelps nee Richards

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Judith

Judith Report 20 Aug 2013 19:25

Possibly her marriage and death of her and her husband. Also any information about her parents. Anne her mother but cannot find any about her father and her mother remarried a William Maddocks. They were all from Maesteg, Mid.Glamorgan, Wales Any info would be gratefully received. Thanks ;-)

Catherine

Catherine Report 20 Aug 2013 20:22

When was she born?

Are you sure her mother was called Anne?

Did she have any siblings?

Possible?

1911 Wales Census about Catherine Agnes Richards
Name: Catherine Agnes Richards
Age in 1911: 9
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1902
Relation to Head: Daughter
Gender: Female
Birth Place: Ferndale, Glamorgan, Wales
Civil Parish: Merthyr Tydfil
County/Island: Glamorgan
Country: Wales
Street Address: 10 Hankey Terrace Merthyr
Occupation: School
Registration District: Merthyr Tydfil
Registration District Number: 590
Sub-registration District: Lower Merthyr Tydfil
ED, institution, or vessel: 07
Household Schedule Number: 383
Piece: 32431
Household Members:
Name Age
Rachel Richards 46
Lizzie Richards 22
Gwilym Richards 20
Florence Rachel Richards 11
Catherine Agnes Richards 9
Celia May Richards 5
Gwennie Richards 3

Could this be her?

Catherine

Catherine Report 20 Aug 2013 20:23

A tree on ancestry has this :-

Birth: 1868 - Glamorgan, Wales
Marriage: Oct 1886 - Glamorgan
Death: 9 Oct 1949 - Glamorgan, Wales
Parents: William Richards, Mary Richards
Spouse: Thomas Phelps

Is this more likely to be her?

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it Report 20 Aug 2013 22:01

Have you looked on FreeBMD for her marriage

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it Report 20 Aug 2013 22:06

?.

Births Sep 1901
RICHARDS Catherine Agnes Pontypridd 11a 657

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it Report 21 Aug 2013 15:53

PM received. Catherine was born 1867 mother Ann father William b1831 and died young

This looks like her on the 1881 census
Name: Catherine Richards
Age: 13
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1868
Relation: Daughter
Mother's Name: Ann Richards
Gender: Female
Where born: Pentyrch, Glamorgan, Wales
Civil Parish: Pentyrch
County/Island: Glamorgan
Country: Wales
Street Address: Pentyrch Works
Education: View Image
Employment status: View Image
Occupation: Scholar
Registration District: Cardiff
Sub-registration District: Whitchurch
ED, institution, or vessel: 6
Neighbors: View others on page
Piece: 5275
Folio: 64
Page Number: 28
Household Members:
Name Age
Ann Richards 44
John Richards 20
Fredrick Richards 18
Catherine Richards 13
Elizabeth Richards 9
Arthur Richards 2

Source Citation: Class: RG11; Piece: 5275; Folio: 64; Page: 28; GSU roll: 1342268.


Note the youngest's age


Ann is said to have married a William Maddocks. Not seeing that marriage

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it Report 21 Aug 2013 16:04

Are you sure she didn't marry a William Morgan not Maddocks


Name: Arthur Richards
Age: 12
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1879
Relation: Son
Father's Name: William Morgan
Mother's Name: Ann Morgan
Gender: Male
Where born: Taplow, Glamorgan, Wales
[Taffs Well, Glamorgan, Wales]
Civil Parish: Roath
Ecclesiastical parish: St Germans
Town: Cardiff
County/Island: Glamorgan
Country: Wales
Street Address: View Image
Condition as to marriage: View Image
Education: View Image
Employment status: View Image
Occupation: View Image
Registration District: Cardiff
Sub-registration District: Cardiff
ED, institution, or vessel: 14a
Neighbors: View others on page
Piece: 4389
Folio: 38
Page Number: 10
Household Members:
Name Age
William Morgan 64
Ann Morgan 51
Arthur Richards 12
William Davies 30 boarder


Source Citation: Class: RG12; Piece: 4389; Folio: 38; Page: 10; GSU Roll: 6099499.

Note The youngest son Arthur Richards is with them

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it Report 21 Aug 2013 16:07

Here is the marriage


Marriages Jun 1884
Morgan William Cardiff 11a 391
Richards Ann Cardiff 11a 391


The cert should name her father which will be her maiden name

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it Report 21 Aug 2013 16:36

Possible death for William. As he was born 1831 and the youngest son Arthur was born in c1879


Deaths Jun 1878
Richards William 47 Cardiff 11a 175

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it Report 21 Aug 2013 16:46

Marriage

Name: Catherine Agnes Richards
Date of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec 1886
Registration District: Bridgend
Inferred County: Glamorgan
Volume Number: 11a
Page Number: 881
Records on Page:
Name

Thomas Phelps
Catherine Agnes Richards

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it Report 21 Aug 2013 16:54

1871 census

Name: William Richards
Age: 40
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1831
Relation: Head
Spouse's Name: Ann Richards
Gender: Male
Where born: Llandrillo, Carmarthenshire, Wales
Civil Parish: Pentyrch
Town: Garth
County/Island: Glamorgan
Country: Wales
Registration District: Cardiff
Sub-registration District: Whitchurch
ED, institution, or vessel: 6
Household Schedule Number: 76
Piece: 5354
Folio: 62
Page Number: 14
Household Members:
Name Age
William Richards 40 occ puddler in iron works
Ann Richards 36
Mary Richards 12
John Richards 10
Fredrick Richards 8
Catherine A Richards 3
Address 24 Forge Road

So they have another child Mary born c1859

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it Report 21 Aug 2013 17:07

1861 census

Name: Mary Richards
Age: 2
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1859
Relation: Daughter
Father's Name: William Richards
Mother's Name: Ann Richards
Gender: Female
Where born: Pembury, Carmarthenshire, Wales
Civil Parish or Township: Michaelston Super Avan
Ecclesiastical parish: Llandaff
County/Island: Glamorgan
Country: Wales
Street Address: View Image
Condition as to marriage: View Image
Education: View Image
Employment status: View Image
Occupation: View Image
Registration District: Neath
Sub-registration District: Margam
ED, institution, or vessel: 13
Household Schedule Number: 135
Neighbors: View others on page
Piece: 4082
Folio: 90
Page Number: 22
Household Members:
Name Age
William Richards 33 occ puddler
Ann Richards 24
Mary Richards 2
Samuel Smolley 18 boarder

Source Citation: Class: RG9; Piece: 4082; Folio: 90; Page: 22; GSU roll: 543231.

Catherine

Catherine Report 23 Aug 2013 08:39

England & Wales, Death Index, 1916-2007 about Catherine A Phelps
Name: Catherine A Phelps
Birth Date: abt 1867
Date of Registration: Dec 1949
Age at Death: 82
Registration District: Pontypridd
Inferred County: Glamorganshire
Volume: 8b
Page: 547


England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966 about Catherine Agnes Phelps
Name: Catherine Agnes Phelps
Probate Date: 7 Feb 1950
Death Date: 9 Oct 1949
Death Place: Glamorgan, Wales
Registry: Llandaff

of 1 St.Albans Terrace, widow, to James Morgan Phelps, builder.
Effects: £203 8s 7d

Catherine

Catherine Report 23 Aug 2013 08:49

1891 Wales Census about Catherine Agnes Philps
Name: Catherine Agnes Philps
Age: 23
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1868
Relation: Wife
Spouse's Name: Thomas Philps
Gender: Female
Where born: Marsteg, Glamorgan, Wales
Civil Parish: Ystradyfodwg
Ecclesiastical parish: Pontypridd St Catherine
Town: Middle
County/Island: Glamorgan
Country: Wales
Street Address: View Image
Condition as to marriage: View Image
Education: View Image
Employment status: View Image
Occupation: View Image
Registration District: Pontypridd
Sub-registration District: Ystradyfodwg
ED, institution, or vessel: 3
Neighbors: View others on page
Piece: 4421
Folio: 52
Page Number: 2
Household Members:
Name Age
Thomas Philps 24 born: Marsteg, Glamorgan, Wales
Catherine Agnes Philps 23
Annie Jane Philps 4
Stanley Thos Philps 1
William Edgar Philps 6/12

England & Wales, Death Index, 1916-2007 about Thomas Phelps
Name: Thomas Phelps
Birth Date: abt 1864
Date of Registration: Jun 1923
Age at Death: 59
Registration District: Pontypridd
Inferred County: Glamorganshire
Volume: 11a
Page: 623


England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966 about Thomas Phelps
Name: Thomas Phelps
Probate Date: 21 Jun 1923
Death Date: 29 Apr 1923
Death Place: Glamorgan, Wales
Registry: Llandaff

Of 1 St.Alban Terrace, to Catherine Agnes Phelps, widow.
Effects £290

Catherine

Catherine Report 23 Aug 2013 08:58

1901 Wales Census about Catherine A Phelps
Name: Catherine A Phelps
Age in 1901: 33
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1868
Relation: Wife
Spouse's Name: Thomas Phelps
Gender: Female
Where born: Maes Teg (Maestag), Glamorgan, Wales
Civil Parish: Ystradyfodwg
Ecclesiastical parish: Treherbert
County/Island: Glamorgan
Country: Wales
Street Address: View Image
Condition as to marriage: View Image
Education: View Image
Employment status: View Image
Occupation: View Image
Registration District: Pontypridd
Sub-registration District: Ystradyfodwg
ED, institution, or vessel: 3
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Schedule Number: 48
Piece: 5012
Folio: 50
Page Number: 8
Household Members:
Name Age
Thomas Phelps 37
Catherine A Phelps 33
Annie J Phelps 14
Stanley T Phelps 11
William E Phelps 9
James M Phelps 7


1911 Wales Census about Catherine Agnes Phelps
Name: Catherine Agnes Phelps
Age in 1911: 43
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1868
Relation to Head: Wife
Gender: Female
Birth Place: Maesteg, Glamorgan, Wales
Civil Parish: Rhondda
County/Island: Glamorgan
Country: Wales
Street Address: 1 Saint Albans Terrace Treherbert
Marital Status: Married
Years Married: 25
Estimated Marriage Year: 1886
Registration District: Pontypridd
Registration District Number: 589
Sub-registration District: Rhondda
ED, institution, or vessel: 02
Household Schedule Number: 204
Piece: 32330
Household Members:
Name Age
Thomas Phelps 47
Catherine Agnes Phelps 43
James Morgan Phelps 17
William John Adams 21

Married 25yrs.
4 Children all living.

PricklyHolly

PricklyHolly Report 23 Aug 2013 10:18

England & Wales, Death Index, 1916-2007
about James M Phelps Name: James M Phelps
Birth Date: abt 1894
Date of Registration: Sep 1958
Age at Death: 64
Registration District: Pontypridd
Inferred County: Glamorganshire
Volume: 8b
Page: 454


England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966
about James Morgan Phelps Name: James Morgan Phelps
Probate Date: 10 Nov 1958
Death Date: 27 Sep 1958
Death Place: Glamorgan, Wales
Registry: Oxfordshire, England

Of 1 St Albans Terrace Treherbert Glamorgan.

To Dora Blanche Phelps widow.

Effects: £1375


England & Wales, FreeBMD Marriage Index, 1837-1915
about James M Phelps Name: James M Phelps
Spouse Surname: Milliner
Date of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec 1913
Registration District: Pontypridd
Inferred County: Glamorgan
Volume Number: 11a
Page Number: 1041
Records on Page: Name

Dora B Milliner
James M Phelps


England & Wales, Death Index, 1916-2007
about Dora Blanche Phelps Name: Dora Blanche Phelps
Birth Date: 24 Apr 1893
Date of Registration: Apr 1984
Age at Death: 91
Registration District: Pontypridd
Inferred County: Glamorgan
Volume: 27
Page: 1059




PricklyHolly

PricklyHolly Report 23 Aug 2013 10:36

England & Wales, FreeBMD Marriage Index, 1837-1915
about Annie Jane Phelps Name: Annie Jane Phelps
Date of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep 1907
Registration District: Pontypridd
Inferred County: Glamorgan
Volume Number: 11a
Page Number: 1175
Records on Page: Name

Caleb Harris
Annie Jane Phelps


England & Wales, Death Index, 1916-2007
about Annie J Harris Name: Annie J Harris
Birth Date: abt 1887
Date of Registration: Mar 1958
Age at Death: 71
Registration District: Pontypridd
Inferred County: Glamorganshire
Volume: 8b
Page: 636


England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966
about Annie Jane Harris Name: Annie Jane Harris
Probate Date: 24 Apr 1958
Death Date: 9 Mar 1958
Death Place: Glamorgan, Wales
Registry: Llandaff

Of 20 St Albans Road Treherbert Glamorgan....widow.

To Royden Phelps Harris builder and Wilfred Harris colliery fireman.

Effects: £197 17s 5d


Household transcription
1911 census

Person: HARRIS, Roydon
Address: 20 Saint Albans Road Treherbert

HARRIS, Caleb Head Married M 30 1881 Coal Miner Hewer Gloustershire Whitecroft
HARRIS, Annie Wife Married3 years F 24 1887 Glamorgan Treherbert
HARRIS, Roydon Son M 2 1909 Glamorgan Treherbert
HARRIS, Glyndwr Son M 0 (2 MONTHS) 1911 Glamorgan Treherbert
PEATS, Albert Boarder Single M 21 1890 Coal Miner Labourer Underground Worcestershire Littleton
RG number: RG14
Piece: 32330
Reference: RG14PN32330 RG78PN1853A RD589 SD4 ED2 SN194
Registration District: Pontypridd
Sub District: Rhondda
Enumeration District: 2
Parish: Rhondda
Address: 20 Saint Albans Road Treherbert
County: Glamorganshire


England & Wales, Death Index, 1916-2007
about Caleb I Harris Name: Caleb I Harris
Birth Date: abt 1880
Date of Registration: Dec 1940
Age at Death: 60
Registration District: Pontypridd
Inferred County: Glamorganshire
Volume: 11a
Page: 839





Judith

Judith Report 23 Aug 2013 22:30

Thank you for all your help