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Hi Guys have been really stressing about a couple of names related to my tree:

(1) Thomas Williams 1847 Duckton Somerset (cannot trace his parents) but my main concern is his wife Mary unknown she was born Pontlottyn Glamorgan 1839. I cannot trace a marriage to establish her surname.

(2) William Spencer born 1840 Worcester (I cannot trace his parents) he married Elizabeth Woods and died 1877

(3) James Davies born 1839 Blaenavon Wales married Martha unknown who was born Mardy Shropshire. Cant trace a marriage for James and Martha to establish her maiden name, she could well have been a Davies too. I know these are all different names but honestly they are all connected to the same tree..

Any help appreciated. I have tried Ancestry, freebmd, freecen but no luck.

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1881 for ref.

Name: Thomas Williams
Age: 34
Estimated birth year: abt 1847
Relation: Head
Spouse's Name: Mary Williams
Gender: Male
Where born: Duckton, Somerset, England
Civil Parish: Gelligaer
County/Island: Glamorgan
Country: Wales
Street address: 8 Queen St
Condition as to marriage: Married
Education: View image
Employment status: View image
Occupation: Coal Miner
Registration district: Merthyr Tydfil
Sub-registration district: Gelligaer
ED, institution, or vessel: 2
Neighbors: View others on page
Piece: 5307
Folio: 30
Page Number: 19
Household Members:
Name Age
Thomas Williams 34
Mary Williams 30
Margaret Williams 8
David J. Williams 6

Wonder if this is his birth?


Name: Thomas Williams
Registration Year: 1847
Registration Quarter: Jan-Feb-Mar
Registration district: Bath
Parishes for this Registration District: View Ecclesiastical Parishes associated with this Registration District
Inferred County: Somerset
Volume: 11
Page: 29


Bath includes the parish of Dunkerton

Mmm could be rootgatherer, wonder where Duckton fits in, I couldn't find it anywhere else :-0

Googling Duckton doesn't really show anything relevant so I wondered if if was mistranscribed.

"DUNKERTON, a parish in the hundred of Wellow, in the county of Somerset, 4 miles N.E. of Radstock, and 5 S.W. of Bath, its post town and nearest railway station. It is situated on the Kennet and Avon canal, and contains the hamlets of Carlingcott and Tunley. The surface is hilly, and the high ground commands some extensive and interesting views. Coal exists, and several mines are worked. The living is a rectory* in the diocese of Bath and Wells, value £420, in the patronage of the Rev. F. Sodden. The church, dedicated to All Saints, is a stone structure, with tower and antique porch. The register commences in 1728. The Baptists, Wesleyans, and Primitive Methodists have places of worship. There are a National and Sunday schools." From The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868) Transcribed by Colin Hinson © 2003

I am wondering if Duckton has been mistranscribed, yet I have seen the actual document and that is what it looks like :-(

1871

Name: Thomas Williams
Age: 25
Estimated birth year: abt 1846
Relation: Head
Spouse's Name: Mary Williams
Gender: Male
Where born: Bath, Somerset, England
Civil Parish: Gelligaer
Ecclesiastical parish: St Tyfaelog Pontlottyn
Town: Birthdir
County/Island: Glamorgan
Country: Wales
Registration district: Merthyr Tydfil
Sub-registration district: Gelligaer
ED, institution, or vessel: 4
Household schedule number: 263
Piece: 5387
Folio: 96
Page Number: 51
Household Members:
Name Age
Thomas Williams 25
Mary Williams 19

OOps rootsgatherer, geat minds think alike

That's him in 1871 well done you!! Just need to find out his wifes surname and his parents would be a bonus :-D

Wondering about this marriage

Name: Thomas Williams
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Single
Marriage Date: 6 Nov 1869
Marriage Place: Bedminster, St Luke, Somersetshire, England
Father: David Williams
Spouse: Mary Roper
FHL Film Number: 4204634

Their daughter Margaret Ann Williams was born Glamorgan in 1874 :-S

Their daughter Margaret Ann Williams was born Glamorgan in 1874 :-S

Margaret's birth certificate would give you Mary's maiden surname.

Ok thanks Rootsgatherer

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Baptism
County Somerset
Place Bath
Church Holy Trinity
RegisterNumber 989
DateOfBirth
BaptismDate 30 May 1847
Forename Thomas
FatherForename Stephen
MotherForename Charlotte
FatherSurname WILLIAMS
MotherSurname
Abode James Street
FatherOccupation Tailor

(if matching Birth posted above)

Chris :)

http://www.freereg.org.uk/cgi/Search.pl

Not so sure now about that 1847 birth Chris as his birth year is given as 1846 in the 1871 census. I also rather fancied that marriage to Mary Roper but only because that Thomas had a father David and Nancy's Thomas had a son David.