Hello Carole,
Please can you contact me off list. I may be able to help you on the
Rhymney PR's. It is a year or so since I found Roberts and Masters in
the area.
best wishes
Brenda Jones
In message Carole Stone <mel-carole(a)shaw.ca> writes:-
Hello all
I am desperately in need of some help. I am planning a trip in late April and
one of my stops will be Pontlottyn,Rhmney area where my grandmother Angelina
Roberts grew up.
I would like to put a little meet on the bones that I have and perhaps even find
a living relative (distant as it may be) in the area still.
Here is what I have:
John Roberts b. 1830 Flint died mine accident June 1883 (I have the news
writeup)
Emma (Emily) Masters b. 1843 Somerset died 1881
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Marriage Sept 12 1869 John Roberts, collier (father Robert Roberts,
deceased)
to Emily Masters (father James) Marriage by Banns Bedwellty Parish
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Bella Jane Roberts b. 1870
Harriett Roberts b. 1873
Arthur Roberts b. 1875
Angelina (Lina/Annie) b. 1875 All b. Pontlottyn registered Merthyr Tydfil
John had 2 sons from a previous marriage
Robert Roberts b. 1856
Jeremiah Roberts b. 1859
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1871 census RG 5387 Folio 74 Pg. 7
Church Street Brithdawr Gelligaer
John Roberts age 37 coal miner born Llanferis Flint
Emma Roberts wife age 28 born Blaydon (Blagdon) Somerset
Robert son age 14 coal miner born Llanidloes
Jeremiah son age 11 scholar born Rhymney Mon
Bella daugh age 10 months born Pontlottyn.
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1881 census they were living at 23 Victoria St., Gelligaer Piece/folio 5307/48
RG11 Pg.10
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(comprises, Ebbw Vale, Pontypool, Chepstow, Newport, Abergavenny, Blackwood.
Of interest to anyone who has ancestral connections with the old county of
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