On Wed 30 Dec 98 (23:56:17), todds(a)globalnet.co.uk wrote:
My family lived at VICTORIA STREET, DOWLAIS, if anyone has any
connection or knowledge of them, or this street, I'd be delighted to
hear from them!
Mary Jane LEWIS was born in Victoria St, 1862, daughter of William
LEWIS and Margaret THOMAS, both from Llandovery.
MJ married Edwin WITHERS (from Huntspill, Som) in 1883 then their
address was Overton St.
My grandma Esther Ann WITHERS was born Victoria St. in 1889.
Hi Maz,
Here are the details of your WITHERS/LEWIS family from the 1891 Merthyr Census:
4439 084 036 Victoria Street
Edwin WITHERS Head 28 Coal Miner born SOM Huntspill
Mary Jane WITHERS Wife 26 born GLA Dowlais
John Henry WITHERS Son 6 Scholar born GLA Dowlais
Elizabeth Jane WITHERS Daughter 4 Scholar born GLA Dowlais
Esther Ann WITHERS Daughter 2 born GLA Dowlais
Margaret LEWIS Mother-in-law Widow 63 born GLA Dowlais
In the same census there was a 47-year-old George WITHERS born in Chippenham
Wiltshire who lived with his wife Charlotte, 45, and family in Mary Street,
Merthyr.
All the best,
Josephine
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