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Trying to find Samuel THOMAS from Bridgend Wales.

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Anthony

Anthony Report 30 Jun 2010 04:17

Thanks all very much for your time and valuable information, it has helped clearup gaps in my tree..thanks heaps...

brummiejan

brummiejan Report 29 Jun 2010 00:32

I was wrong by the way - there is a Quebec Durham!
jan

Researching:
Myatt, Hanks, Eccleston, Powell, Clungunford, Birmingham

brummiejan

brummiejan Report 29 Jun 2010 00:30

With that birthplace this has to be him:

1891 England Census

Name: Samuel Thomas
Age: 2
Estimated birth year: abt 1889
Relation: Son
Father's Name: Joshua
Mother's Name: Sarah Ann
Gender: Male
Where born: Quebee, Durham, England

Civil parish: Brandon
Ecclesiastical parish: St Pauls
County/Island: Durham

Registration district: Durham
Sub-registration district: St Oswald

Joshua Thomas 29 Where born: Blaenavon, Monmouthshire, Wales
Sarah Ann Thomas 25
Alice Thomas 7
Wm Thomas 5
Samuel Thomas 2
Margaret Thomas 8/12

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jan

Researching:
Myatt, Hanks, Eccleston, Powell, Clungunford, Birmingham

brummiejan

brummiejan Report 29 Jun 2010 00:18

1911 gives you his birthplace - Durham (not Quebec tho!!):

WHITTINGHAM, Mary Ann Head Widow F 29 1882 Maesteg Glam VIEW
WHITTINGHAM, Wilfred Ernest Son M 8 1903 School Maesteg Glam VIEW
WHITTINGHAM, Albert George Son M 5 1906 School Maesteg Glam VIEW
THOMAS, Samuel Boarder Single M 22 1889 Wesleyan Methodist Minester Quebec Durham VIEW
DANIEL, William G J Boarder Single M 25 1886 Shop Assistant Swansea Glam VIEW
RG number:
RG14 Piece:
32536 Reference:
RG14PN32536 RG78PN1858 RD591 SD1 ED11 SN246

Registration District:
Bridgend Sub District:
Maesteg Enumeration District:
11 Parish:
Cwmdu

Address:
62 St Michael's Road Maesteg County:
Glamorganshire

Researching:
Myatt, Hanks, Eccleston, Powell, Clungunford, Birmingham

Anthony

Anthony Report 29 Jun 2010 00:03

Hi, I'm trying to find any decendants of Samuel THOMAS DOB 1888 (place unknown), who resided in Bridgend, Wales around 1919 after WW1. He was a Wesleyan Minister and lived at Llwyn On Merthyrmawr Road. He was married to Elizabeth Jenkins/House DOB 1890. Can anybody help?