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william jones
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Sandra | Report | 1 Jan 2008 23:37 |
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i am trying to find what seems to be 1 of the hardest surnames to trace. looking for a william jones born around 1877 and had son named benjamin in 1899. they lived in bedliog, s wales and benjamin married esther sherman in 1922.there are so many jones i have used nearly all my credits already but cant find anything. plese help, i have come to a deadend! |
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Janice | Report | 1 Jan 2008 23:42 |
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Do you know the name of Benjamin's mother? |
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Janice | Report | 1 Jan 2008 23:46 |
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Was Benjamin born in Wales too? |
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Sandra | Report | 1 Jan 2008 23:49 |
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yes it is , its in thhe merthyr tydfil area but i think it might of come under gelligaer area in those days. i dont know his mothers name ,this is as far as i have got |
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Janice | Report | 1 Jan 2008 23:51 |
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There's one in Dowlais which I know is part of Merthyr, and there's a William Ben Jones in Merthyr. Which do you fancy?!! |
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Janice | Report | 1 Jan 2008 23:53 |
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Hang on - the dad's are 41 and 39 so too old :-( |
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Janice | Report | 1 Jan 2008 23:54 |
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How certain are you of William's age? Where have you got that from? |
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Janice | Report | 2 Jan 2008 00:00 |
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OK - the marriage is on FreeBMD and it only has Benjamin. Is this where you've got William's name from, the marriage cert? |
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Janice | Report | 2 Jan 2008 00:04 |
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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? |
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Sandra | Report | 2 Jan 2008 00:04 |
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yes i got the information from the marriage certificate and tried to work out the year of birth fron that |
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Janice | Report | 2 Jan 2008 00:05 |
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William's age wouldn't be on the marriage cert though so how do you know that one? |
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Sandra | Report | 2 Jan 2008 00:06 |
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no i havn't got any more information about him |
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Janice | Report | 2 Jan 2008 00:07 |
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Why do you think William was born about 1877? Do you have a death for him or some other family info? |
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Janice | Report | 2 Jan 2008 00:08 |
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Who are the witnesses on the marriage cert? Are there any clues there? |
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Sandra | Report | 2 Jan 2008 00:10 |
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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 |
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Janice | Report | 2 Jan 2008 00:11 |
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The William and Jane Jones I have found with a son Benjamin age 3 are in Victoria Street. |
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Janice | Report | 2 Jan 2008 00:13 |
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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: |
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Janice | Report | 2 Jan 2008 00:15 |
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The only other Benjamin with no middle name is in North Wales so I think this is our man! |
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Sandra | Report | 2 Jan 2008 00:16 |
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it says on the marriage certificate the it was in the presence john sherman ,who was esther ann shermans father and d adams |
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Janice | Report | 2 Jan 2008 00:21 |
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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. |
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