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Roy

Roy Report 23 Jun 2010 20:53

I am trying to find any info on Lily Davies b1886 to William Davies (seaman) and Sarah. Brother Ernest Davies(1883). According to the 1891 census ,all born Pontnewynydd. Can anyone help?
Roy

patchem

patchem Report 23 Jun 2010 21:04

For reference:
1891 Wales Census
Thomas Davies
Age: 34 Estimated birth year: abt 1857 Relation: Head Gender: Male Where born: Pontnewynydd, Monmouthshire, Wales
Civil parish: Trevethin Ecclesiastical parish: Pontnewynydd St Luke Town: Pontnewynydd County/Island: Monmouthshire
Country: Wales Registration district: Pontypool Sub-registration district: Pontypool ED, institution, or vessel: 13
Thomas Davies 34 single collier
Sarah Davies 36 widowed sister
Ernest Davies 8
Lily Davies 5
Source Citation: Class: RG12; Piece: 4362; Folio 84; Page 23; GSU roll: 6099472.

Pontnewynydd is near modern Pontypool, Gwent

Flick

Flick Report 23 Jun 2010 21:25

What info are you hoping for?

Mike *

Mike * Report 23 Jun 2010 21:26

If you go on the free site for birth deaths and marr
http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/cgi/search.pl

There are a few Lily Davies marriages in Pontypool. If she didn't have a middle name you can discount those which have.
One of the spouse's surnames may ring a bell

Roy

Roy Report 24 Jun 2010 23:15

hello Patricia,Flick and Michael,
To answer Flick's question,I am looking for my G/fathers(Ernest Frank Davies) DoB. In 1891. and 1911 he is said to be born in Pontnewynydd. I have been to Gwent Records Office and Pontypool Registry office....neither have any DoB for him. So I thought I would try to find any descendants of his sister, Lily! Hoping to find her (deceased) father.William,from there the marriage to Sarah, etc.
Roy

Mike *

Mike * Report 24 Jun 2010 23:21

Have you searched on the freebmd site ?

Roy

Roy Report 25 Jun 2010 21:19

Hello Michael,
Yes I have....there are so many Ernest Davies' listed , that I cannot afford to send off for every birth Certificate! So I was hoping that a descendant of Lily Davies may have been researching her tree and had the marriage of her parents, William Davies and Sarah! With other branches of my family ( mainly my mother's side),with help, I have been lucky enough to go back to the 18th C and in one case, to the 16c! But to hit a brick wall ,two generations back is frustrating!
But thanks for the replies
Roy

LadyKira

LadyKira Report 25 Jun 2010 23:49

1871 census -
Address: Ebenezar Road, Trevethin
DAVIES, Isaac Head M 54 1817 Monmouthshire VIEW
DAVIES, Ann Wife F 54 1817 Monmouthshire VIEW
DAVIES, Thos Son M 16 1855 Monmouthshire VIEW
DAVIES, Emily Elizth Daughter F 13 1858 Monmouthshire


Check out the address
Compare with

1891
Address: 19, Ebenezer Road, Trevethin With Pontypool, Pontnewynydd
DAVIES, Thomas Head Single M 34 1857 Collier
Pontnewynydd
Monmouthshire VIEW
DAVIES, Sarah Sister Widow F 36 1855
Pontnewynydd
Monmouthshire VIEW
DAVIES, Ernest Son M 8 1883 Scholar
Pontnewynydd
Monmouthshire
Chapel Road VIEW
DAVIES, Lily Daughter F 5 1886 Scholar
Pontnewynydd
Monmouthshire
Chapel Road

LadyKira

LadyKira Report 25 Jun 2010 23:56

1851 census -
Address: Club Houses, Snatchwood, Trevethin
DAVIES, Isaac Head Married M 33 1818 Coal Miner
Llanyddel
Monmouthshire VIEW
DAVIES, Ann Wife Married F 34 1817
Trevethin
Monmouthshire VIEW
DAVIES, Edwin Son Unmarried M 10 1841
Trevethin
Monmouthshire VIEW
DAVIES, George Son Unmarried M 8 1843 Scholar
Panteague
Monmouthshire VIEW
DAVIES, James Son Unmarried M 6 1845 Scholar
Trevethin
Monmouthshire VIEW
DAVIES, Mary Ann Daughter Unmarried F 1 1850
Trevethin
Monmouthshire

LadyKira

LadyKira Report 25 Jun 2010 23:59

1881 census -
Address: 12, Chapel Road, Trevethin With Pontypool
DAVIES, Isaac Head Married M 64 1817 Coal Miner
Trevethin
Monmouthshire VIEW
DAVIES, Ann Wife Married F 64 1817
Panteg
Monmouthshire VIEW
DAVIES, Thomas Son Single M 26 1855 Coal Miner
Trevethin
Monmouthshire

LadyKira

LadyKira Report 26 Jun 2010 00:06

Check

1891 Thomas is single

Sarah is sister(in law?)

Are Lily and Earnest are children of widowed Sarah and brother William?

No william or seaman in the censuses so far but address is same as the 1891 you posted.

Roy

Roy Report 27 Jun 2010 12:55

Hello Lady Kira,
I, too , wondered if Thomas and Sarah(1891)
were brother and sister in law! The various census' you gave
make interesting reading. I will dig deeper!
I have Ernest's marriage cert.and it states his father was William Davies,seaman,deceased.As normal,no details of his mother. I have found nothing at all on Lily.I was hoping that someone would have a Lily Davies in their tree and contact me.......not so much a long shot as a moon shot!
Many thanks for your help
Roy

LadyKira

LadyKira Report 27 Jun 2010 13:49

It would be extremely unlikely that a relative wouldspot this thread unless looking for it. What we do on here is try to help identify her and point you in the right direction. Where did you get the info about the seaman?

Roy

Roy Report 27 Jun 2010 18:16

Hi,
On Ernest Davies' marriage certificate. He married Rachel Williams in April 1904,at Pontypool. They were my paternal grandparents.
Roy

Flick

Flick Report 27 Jun 2010 21:36

To find out whether anyone on GR has any of these people in a tree - use search trees.

Info about fathers on marriage certs is not always the truth

LadyKira

LadyKira Report 27 Jun 2010 22:59

I am concerned that we are not following the right family here.Davies is a common name.
According to the censuses we have found Thomas at

19, Ebenezer Road, Trevethin With Pontypool, Pontnewynydd

But Thomas 's father is Isaac not William.

On your initial post you get your place of birth from 1891 census so something does noy add up.
"I am trying to find any info on Lily Davies b1886 to William Davies (seaman) and Sarah. Brother Ernest Davies(1883). According to the 1891 census ,all born Pontnewynydd"

LadyKira

LadyKira Report 27 Jun 2010 23:18

Could you copy out the marriage certificate including witnesss and addresses?

FannyByGaslight

FannyByGaslight Report 27 Jun 2010 23:31

Is this him in 1911?

DAVIES, Ernest Head Married M 28 1883 Stock Taker At Steel Sheet Works Cumfordare Mon
DAVIES, Rachel Wife Married
7 years F 26 1885 Pontypool Mon
DAVIES, Ernest Son M 6 1905 Pontypool Mon
DAVIES, Edith Daughter F 3 1908 Pontypool Mon
EVANS, George Lodger Single M 28 1883 Journeyman Baker Usk Mon
RG number:
RG14 Piece:
31898 Reference:
RG14PN31898 RG78PN1836 RD586 SD2 ED3 SN32

Registration District:
Pontypool Sub District:
Pontypool Enumeration District:
3 Parish:
Pontypool

Address:
2 Moreton St Pontypool Mon County:
Monmouthshire

But as LadyKira says we really need the details from Lilys marriage.

When and where did she marry and who as well please.


Do you have Ernests marriage cert?
Who and when did he marry?

Is this him?

Marriages Jun 1904
DAVIES Ernest Frank Pontypool 11a 303

To one of these
Taylor Emma Maud Pontypool 11a 303
Williams Rachel Pontypool 11a 303

Or this one.

Marriages Dec 1906
Davies Ernest Frank Pembroke 11a 2186

Griffiths Mary Ann Pembroke 11a 2186
PHILLIPS Gwendoline Sarah Pembroke 11a 2186

LadyKira

LadyKira Report 28 Jun 2010 00:51

Actually Fans it was Earnest's I want to see. If the place of birth is taken rom 1891 and I am thinking possibly the wrong one then we do not know where he was born.
Roy says he has Earnest's marriage certificate but has not yet given details. We need to know the bride before we look anywhere else.

FannyByGaslight

FannyByGaslight Report 28 Jun 2010 10:28

Totally agree Lk.

I would also like to know what the birth cert of Roys parent says.

If Ernest is his grandad then maybe he has his parents birth cert?

I think its best to start again at the beginning here,do you? ,Davies,Evans,Jones.....Ych Y fi...

Minefields all of them,my No 1 sons father has all those names in his line.