Good evening everyone.
I am trying to trace my Great Grandfather's family. His name was Richard Evans and he
was born around 1853-1854. He became a deacon of Deml Welsh Baptist Chapel in Abercaniad
near Merthyr Tydfil. The chapel has now been pulled down and the records appear lost,
although the secretary said that they were handed in at the Baptist Union Office in
Swansea.
Richard Evans declares on the 1881 and 1891 census that he was born in Aberdare yet there
is no record of a Richard Evans with the father's name of Evan Evans being registered
there. There are however two registered in Merthyr Tydfil. One in 1853 father's name
Evan, mother's Hannah. The other in 1854 father's name Evan, mother's name
Anne. Of course he may not have been registered at all.
Has anyone any idea's on how to find my Richard Evans?
Regards Heather in Yorkshire