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Plz can u help my grandmother elizabeth Jane Lewis had I think 4brothers and was born in the Rhondda valley (dinas) she married two brothers Tom and Sidney daw .
But I can't find anything about her family my mother one of her daughters said she was born in a big White House .
None of the family seem to know anything about my grandmothers past can anyone help me please :-)

When was she born

Have you got the marriage certs ?

Marriages Mar 1914 (>99%)
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Cooksley George H Jakeway Pontypridd 11a 912
DAW Thomas Lewis Pontypridd 11a 912
Jakeway Annie M Cooksley Pontypridd 11a 912
LEWIS Elizabeth J Daw Pontypridd 11a 912


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Name: Elizabeth Jane Daw
Birth Date: 22 Jan 1890
Date of Registration: Jun 1978
Age at Death: 88
Registration District: Pontypridd
Inferred County: Mid-Glamorgan
Volume: 27
Page: 1238

Here's one of the marriages:

Marriages Mar 1914 (>99%)

DAW Thomas Lewis Pontypridd 11a 912
LEWIS Elizabeth J Daw Pontypridd 11a 912

Marriages Jun 1922 (>99%)
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DAW Elizabeth J Daw Pontypridd 11a 1293
DAW Sidney Daw Pontypridd 11a 1293
MOODY Esther Richards Pontypridd 11a 1293
RICHARDS James I Moody Pontypridd 11a 1293

And the other one:

Marriages Jun 1922 (>99%)
DAW Elizabeth J Daw Pontypridd 11a 1293
DAW Sidney Daw Pontypridd 11a 1293

You need the marriage cert to confirm name and occupation of her father

1901 ??
Name: Elizabeth J Lewis
Age in 1901: 10
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1891
Relation: Daughter
Father's Name: Samuel Lewis
Mother's Name: Elizabeth Lewis
Gender: Female
Where born: Llantrisant, Glamorgan, Wales

Civil Parish: Ystradyfodwg
Ecclesiastical parish: Llwynypia St Andrew
County/Island: Glamorgan
Country: Wales

Street Address: View Image
Condition as to marriage: View Image
Education: View Image
Employment status: View Image
Occupation: View Image

Registration District: Pontypridd
Sub-registration District: Ystradyfodwg
ED, institution, or vessel: 52
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Schedule Number: 6
Piece: 5018
Folio: 80
Page Number: 1
Household Members: Name Age
Samuel Lewis 45 - Devon
Elizabeth Lewis 50 - Exeter

William Westlake 24 shown as step son - Llantrisant, Glamorgan
Thomas Lewis 19
John Lewis 18
Daniel Lewis 16
Samuel Lewis 14
Edward Lewis 12
Elizabeth J Lewis 10
James Lewis 5
Rosina E Lewis 5
Andrew Daw 18 - Exeter
William H Franklin 17


Class: RG13; Piece: 5018; Folio: 80; Page: 1

1911 looks interesting

Name: Elizabeth Lewis
Age in 1911: 21
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1890
Relation to Head: Daughter
Gender: Female
Birth Place: Dinas, Glamorgan, Wales
Civil Parish: Rhondda
County/Island: Glamorgan
Country: Wales
Street Address: 184 Rhys St Trealaw
Marital Status: Single
Registration District: Pontypridd
Registration District Number: 589
Sub-registration District: Rhondda
ED, institution, or vessel: 50
Household Schedule Number: 157
Piece: 32378
Household Members: Name Age
Samuel Lewis 58
Elizabeth Lewis 60
Daviel Lewis 27
Edward Lewis 23
Elizabeth Lewis 21
James Lewis 18
Rosina Emma Lewis 16
Thomas Daw 23
Sidney Daw 15

Thomas and Sidney are listed as nephews, born Exeter

Samuel and Elizabeth say 9 children born and 8 still alive

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Name: Thomas Daw
Birth Place: Exeter
Death Date: 10 Jul 1916
Death Location: France & Flanders
Enlistment Location: Tonypandy
Rank: Private
Regiment: Welsh Regiment
Battalion: 13th Battalion
Number: 22391
Type of Casualty: Killed in action
Theatre of War: Western European Theatre



Medal Card
Name: Thomas Daw
Regiment or Corps: Welsh Regiment
Regimental Number: 22391

Assuming she lived all her life in the same area, there's this death, but it would mean she was born in 1863, which is far too early:

Deaths Mar 1932 (>99%)
Daw Elizabeth J 69 Pontypridd 11a 781

From CWGC

DAW, THOMAS
Rank:Private
Service No:22391
Date of Death:10/07/1916
Age:29
Regiment/Service:Welsh Regiment
13th Bn.
Panel ReferencePier and Face 7 A and 10 A.
MemorialTHIEPVAL MEMORIAL
Additional Information:
Husband of Elizabeth Jane Daw, of 184, Rhys St., Trealaw (Rhondda), Glam.

Assuming those census records are the right ones, which seems probable, here is her parents' marriage:

Marriages Sep 1880 (>99%)

LEWIS Samuel Pontypridd 11a 479
Westlake Elizabeth Pontypridd 11a 479

And her mother's first marriage:

Marriages Jun 1871 (>99%)
Daw Elizabeth Exeter 5b 198
Westlake Charles Exeter 5b 198

Deaths Sep 1879 (>99%)
Westlake Charles 28 Pontypridd 11a 169

????

Births Mar 1851 (>99%)
Dawe Elizabeth Exeter 10 99

Carol,

What research have you done and what certs do you have

GB

1861 England Census about Elizebeth Dawe
Name: Elizebeth Dawe
Age: 10
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1851
Relation: Daughter
Father's Name: Thomas Dawe
Mother's Name: Fanny Dawe
Gender: Female
Where born: Exeter, Devon, England

Civil Parish: Exeter Holy Trinity
County/Island: Devon
Country: England

Street Address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

View Image

Registration District: Exeter
Sub-registration District: St Sidwell
ED, institution, or vessel: 18
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Schedule Number: 260
Piece: 1396
Folio: 80
Page Number: 43
Household Members:
Name Age
Thomas Dawe 42
Fanny Dawe 42
Elizebeth Dawe 10
Roseanear Dawe 9
Thomas Dawe 7

1861 poss

Name: Elizebeth Dawe
Age: 10
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1851
Relation: Daughter
Father's Name: Thomas Dawe
Mother's Name: Fanny Dawe
Gender: Female
Where born: Exeter, Devon, England

Civil Parish: Exeter Holy Trinity
County/Island: Devon
Country: England

Street Address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage: View Image

Registration District: Exeter
Sub-registration District: St Sidwell
ED, institution, or vessel: 18
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Schedule Number: 260
Piece: 1396
Folio: 80
Page Number: 43
Household Members: Name Age
Thomas Dawe 42
Fanny Dawe 42
Elizebeth Dawe 10
Roseanear Dawe 9
Thomas Dawe 7

Class: RG 9; Piece: 1396; Folio: 80; Page: 43; GSU roll: 542806.

Elizabeth's brother Thomas and family, including sons Thomas and Sidney:


1901 England Census about Thomas Dawe
Name: Thomas Dawe
Age: 47
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1854
Relation: Head
Spouse's Name: Mary Jane Dawe
Gender: Male
Where born: Exeter, Devon, England

Civil Parish: Exeter
Ecclesiastical parish: St Mary Arches
County/Island: Devon
Country: England

Street Address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Education:

Employment status:

View Image

Registration District: Exeter
Sub-registration District: Exeter
ED, institution, or vessel: 24
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Schedule Number: 156
Piece: 2044
Folio: 141
Page Number: 22
Household Members:
Name Age
Thomas Dawe 47
Mary Jane Dawe 45
Andrew Dawe 19
Thomas Dawe 15
Edith Dawe 11
Maude Dawe 9
Rose Dawe 8
Sidney Dawe 5

Snap

We agree on the 1861