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Unable to find children's births. Updated.

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Kuros

Kuros Report 20 May 2026 16:21

William, born in 1816 in Eardesley, Herefordshire and Elizabeth Davies had seven children. They were (probably) married in 1837 in Herefordshire or Radnorshire where Elizabeth came from originally and she was probably either Elizabeth Coney or Dance. I have looked into the Dance name and it seems she married a Stephen Butt. I have been unable to find the births of any of the children with either maiden name. I've tried Ancestry, Find My Past, Free BMD, Family Search and the GRO. According to the censuses, these were the children:

Alfred 1838 Clifford, Herefordshire
Thomas 1841 Breconshire
Elizabeth 1850 Bedwellty
James 1843 Blaina, Monmouthshire
William 1845 Bedwellty
Edward 1847 Bedwellty
Mary Ann 1851 Bedwellty

Bedwellty was an area, not a registration district until 1861 so they can't have that as a registration place. It's possible it was Monmouth or Abergavenny. Mary Ann was my husband's great-grandmother and we know her marriage, death and burial but have never managed to find her birth record. I even wondered if Elizabeth had been married more than once and Coney or Dance were previous married names but she was born in 1817 so that's very unlikely.

I'd be glad if someone with not much to do on another rainy day would take a look, please. Sometimes the more you look the less you see so apologies if I've missed something obvious.

Annie