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Janet

Janet Report 3 Sep 2012 17:09

This is a very old post. When I logged on today it sent me to this page.

I am sure by now you will have worked out that it it really BEDINOG and there is a web dedicated to it, if you haven't found it. It's close to Treharris and Nelson with Abervan being just over the mountain and not too far from Dowlais and Merthyr Tydfil to the north, and Pontypridd ( reputed birth place of Tom Jones) a bit further south.

Janice

Janice Report 2 Jan 2008 00:28

You're welcome - I love a challenge!!

Janice

Janice Report 2 Jan 2008 00:28

I'm off now. If you want the census image send me your e-mail addres tomorrow and I'll pass it on.

Nos da.

Sandra

Sandra Report 2 Jan 2008 00:27

this is just amazing that you have been able to find this while its taken me ages and havn't got anywhere i am so grateful for your help

Sandra

Sandra Report 2 Jan 2008 00:22

on the marriage cert it says benjamin live in hylton tce bedlinog but i dont know where they lived before that

Janice

Janice Report 2 Jan 2008 00:21

This may be just coincidence but there's a Daniel Adams in Merthyr on the 1901 who is a timberman below ground, and this is William Jones's occupation too.
I think we have the right one!!

Sandra

Sandra Report 2 Jan 2008 00:16

it says on the marriage certificate the it was in the presence john sherman ,who was esther ann shermans father and d adams

Janice

Janice Report 2 Jan 2008 00:15

The only other Benjamin with no middle name is in North Wales so I think this is our man!

Janice

Janice Report 2 Jan 2008 00:13

So were you assuming that Benjamin was the oldest child? If so, we could have found the right family with William being older than you think. Here's the 1901 census entry:

Benjamin Jones
Age in 1901: 3
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1898
Relation: Son
Father's Name: William
Mother's Name: Jane
Gender: Male
Where born: Glam, Dowlais

Civil Parish: Merthyr Tydfil
Ecclesiastical parish: Dowlais St John
Town: Dowlais
County/Island: Glamorgan
Country: Wales

Registration district: Merthyr Tydfil
Sub-registration district: Upper Merthyr Tydfil

Alice Jones 10
Anne Jones 11
Benjamin Jones 3
David W Jones 7
Jane Jones 37
John F Jones 5
Mary J Jones 9
Owen Jones 1
William Jones 39

Janice

Janice Report 2 Jan 2008 00:11

The William and Jane Jones I have found with a son Benjamin age 3 are in Victoria Street.

Sandra

Sandra Report 2 Jan 2008 00:10

not sure about date of birth just tried to work it out from benjamins age which maybe why this seems to be an impossible task

Janice

Janice Report 2 Jan 2008 00:08

Who are the witnesses on the marriage cert? Are there any clues there?

Janice

Janice Report 2 Jan 2008 00:07

Why do you think William was born about 1877? Do you have a death for him or some other family info?

Sandra

Sandra Report 2 Jan 2008 00:06

no i havn't got any more information about him

Janice

Janice Report 2 Jan 2008 00:05

William's age wouldn't be on the marriage cert though so how do you know that one?

Sandra

Sandra Report 2 Jan 2008 00:04

yes i got the information from the marriage certificate and tried to work out the year of birth fron that

Janice

Janice Report 2 Jan 2008 00:04

The only Benjamin on the 1901 who has no middle name is the one in Dowlais but William and Jane, the parents have 7 children and they are 41 and 39. Do you know the names of any of Benjamin's siblings?

Janice

Janice Report 2 Jan 2008 00:00

OK - the marriage is on FreeBMD and it only has Benjamin. Is this where you've got William's name from, the marriage cert?

Janice

Janice Report 1 Jan 2008 23:54

How certain are you of William's age? Where have you got that from?

Does Benjamin have any other names?

Janice

Janice Report 1 Jan 2008 23:53

Hang on - the dad's are 41 and 39 so too old :-(