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I'm trying to understand an address on birth certificate first letter looks like a no 2 so looks like 2uarella its a road in Bridgend Wales Glamorgan,and the number is 1a. Any help please much appreciated.



Gloria

Hi Gloria

Just googled it, could be QUARELLA road in Bridgend, West Glamorgan.

Hope this helps

Gloria, if you want me to have a look send me your email addy via PM.
When was this birth? Is it worth having a look on a census for the family?
Jan

Thank you all will have to ask my Daughter to scan certificate for me so will try and PM you tomorrow brummiejan thank you.

I think MarilynB has nailed it though don't you! Good find.
Jan

I've received a birth certificate for an uncle of mine who was adopted at birth. His Mum was a Dinah Cockerell general servant of Ewenny road Maesteg Glamorgan, I've found that address and a stone mason and his family were living there on the 1911 Census. It was in 1912 she gave birth to my uncle no Father named on Birth certificate. The house she gave birth in was of the person who registered the baby's birth which was the address I gave above, but cant understand the first letter of the street name.


Gloria

Thank you MarilynB just off to have a look at street address on the census.

Gloria .

anyone know what 1 a would mean as in an address like 1a etc etc. Bridgend.

Gloria.

Presumably the same as it would mean nowadays: one house divided up eg 1 family upstairs, another downstairs.

Or a house built in a gap and they didn't want to re-number the whole road.

Who lived there and I'll take a look at the census?

Thanks Janice I'm looking for a Thomas Davies he's given his address as 1a think its Quarella road Bridgend Glamorgan.

thank you for taking the time to check this out for me.


Gloria

What does Thomas Davies give as his qualification for registering the birth?

Gwyn

Do you have a date of birth for him? The Thomas Davies I've found so far don't live in Quarella Road.

In Script, as opposed to Printing, a capital Q looks like a 2 with a looped bottom line.

People used to write a Q like a 2 - I happen to have a Quebec census open:
http://data2.collectionscanada.gc.ca/1871/pdf/4395442_00078.pdf

Read the header Province de 2uebec - obviously most people were born in Q=Quebec - check col 11 - their country or province of birth.

There is a Quarella Road in Bridgend so I don't think that's in doubt any more.

No 1 Quarella Road has a Burrett or Burnett family living there and it doesn't seem to be subdivided.

William and Jane are head and wife

Alfred and Minnie are son and dau in law

Baby Stephen Farrant Burnett
Visitor (child age 11) Lillie Chevers

No date of birth for Thomas Davies no qualification on the certificate I have Dinah was living at 1a Quarella road. she gave birth to a boy no Fathers name just informant Thomas Davies Occupier 1a Quarella road Bridgend.
Both had same address.
Gloria.

Thank you Andysmum and Mgnv I would never have tought that was a Q. thanks for your help.

I wonder if it was the address for the workhouse?
That was in Quarella Road, I believe.

Such births were often registered with a street address rather than put the word workhouse for all to see in the future.

Gwyn

AWW Gwyn How can I find this out please.

Gloria

I'm inclined to discount the workhouse due to the 1a addy - I can't see a workhouse being subdivided so the workhouse was upstairs and something else was downstairs @ # 1.

EDIT Well, I got that wrong - see my later post.