West Hartlepool could have been where he went to work. My Thomas Williams B
1861, Ebbw Vale, was an engine driver and in fact drove the machinery that
sank the pits in and around Durham. Also Yorkshire, Nottingham as well as
Wales. At least one of his children was born in Durham so maybe you should
be looking in that census. I have the 1881 census and I'll try and have a
look later in the week.
To every problem there is a solution.
If there is no solution it's not a problem and you have to live with it.
Issy Bonn, 30 s & 40 s comedian.
Geoff Hunt
(Reading, England)
----- Original Message -----
From: "R HEDLEY" <bob.hedley22(a)btinternet.com>
To: "BLAENAUGWENT mailing list" <BLAENAUGWENT(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2006 4:00 PM
Subject: [BLAENAUGWENT] Williams of Nantyglo
Greetings from a new lister
As an 84 year old newcomer to family history research I was unable to
follow the standard advice to 'ask older members of the family' because
there are none. However my wife and I have dredged up enough old memories
to make a successful start. I am having problems however with my Williams
ancestors.
My maternal grandfather Thomas Williams (b 1865) was the second husband
of Elizabeth Butcher (b 1865) and they were also cousins. The latter
information comes from a conversation between my wife and one of my aunts
many years ago and it may be that she used the term 'cousin' loosely. My
grandmother's mother was Elizabeth Williams (b 1839 in Nantyglo) her birth
certificate names her parents as William Williams and Jane Gravel. The
family appears in the Monmouthshire 1851 Census ref. HO107/2447.
It is Thomas William's ancestors that are giving me problems. The ONLY
census entry I can find that records him is the 1901 census of Durham
County where he is shown living in West Hartlepool and born in Nantyglo
c1868, an entry which shows my grandmother, mother and her stepsisters. In
the marriage certificate of my grandparents his father is named as Joseph
Williams engineer. There is a Joseph Williams in the 1851 census above but
I cannot confirm the connection. After several applications, each with
several reference checks, to the ONS I have finally obtained a copy of a
birth certificate for a Thomas Williams born on 29 Dec 1865 (a date which
matches his marriage cert and death cert entries) to Joseph Williams iron
baller and Elizabeth Thomas. I expected to find an entry in the 1871
census for Monmouthshire which matched this data but having searched on
the son, the father and the mother I have yet to find it.
I would be very grateful for any help or suggestions.
Bob Hedley
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