Hi Pauline
Thanks a million for the info & all your help; I think the evidence is there
that this is my family. I had missed the fact that Roda was listed as a
widow, thus the absence of John. I would be very interested in the neighbors
of "Roda", especially if any are named EVANS or NEWBERRY (what are the
odds?), thanks for asking. By the way, how do you identify neighbors in the
census (I haven't received my CD yet)? Are the homes listed sequentially by
order of enumeration (this was the method I have seen in the US), or can you
search by street name or number, or ?
Can you advise as to the best way to pursue finding a marriage record? Are
these also kept at the RO's, or in parish records? Since Rhoda <NEWBERRY>
EVANS was 44 in the 1881 census, she was born in 1837 or 1838, and her first
child was born in 1873 when she was 35 or 36. I would guess the marriage to
John to have been 1 or 2 years before, or '71 or '72, and guess again that it
occurred in either Carmarthen or Maesteg.
Again, thanks for all the assistance.
Regards
Tom Crompton
Cincinnati