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Really stumped! Looking for Edward Williams c1896

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EvieBeavie

EvieBeavie Report 10 Dec 2008 00:30

Henllys is in Aberystwith. Edward births there 1894-1897:


Births Mar 1894
Williams Edward Ivor Aberystwith 11b 39
Births Jun 1894
Williams Edward Lewis Aberystwith 11b 51
Births Sep 1895
Williams Edward Aberystwith 11b 54

No others in that district to the end of 1897.


How about if John and Louisa weren't married? ... No Kew or Shep* births there during that period ...

Cwmbran is in Newport district, Monmouthshire.


Births Mar 1900
Williams Doris May Newport M 11a 267

Births Mar 1895
Williams Eleanor Mary Newport, M. 11a 263
Births Mar 1896
Williams Eleanor Newport,M. 11a 260
Births Sep 1896
Williams Eleanor Newport, M. 11a 245

The one born 1895 would appear as 5 in the 1901 census.


I'm stumped ...

EvieBeavie

EvieBeavie Report 10 Dec 2008 00:42

But one guess would be that Edward's parents weren't married, and he was registered under his mother's surname. Not Sheppard, not Kew ...


Well now here's an interesting one.

Births Jun 1896
Richardes Edward Hughes Aberystwith 11b 48

Marriages Dec 1898
Hughes Martha Aberystwith 11b 108
JONES Jenkin Aberystwith 11b 108
* RICHARDS Mary Jane Aberystwith 11b 108
* Williams John Hughes Aberystwith 11b 108

EvieBeavie

EvieBeavie Report 10 Dec 2008 00:53

But for clarification --

"Edwards parents were John Williams (d. c'1940) and Louisa Shepherd (1863 - 1934)."

Are the parents' names from the parish baptism record?

esslw

esslw Report 10 Dec 2008 07:52

The names on the baptism record are John and Louisa Williams. The only other original documentation I have of Louisa is the record of her marriage to William Kew (in 17 Oct 1882) when she was 19 (Pontypool District). Her father is listed as William Shepherd (Collier) and at the time of the marriage she lived in Cwmbran (Llanfrechfa Upper).

All other information about her has been provided to me by a family member who researched another part of the tree about 10 years ago.

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