Hello Marc
My first port of call would have been a link that is at the bottom of every message.
A large amount of information, and a wide variety of useful links, may be found at
http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/GLA/
There if you look at the page for Merthyr you will find
Gellideg
Heol-wermood
Regards
Gareth
P.S. I can't find the people you are asking about on the 1861 Census. Unless the first
pair are living at no 08 Long Row, Pentrebach. If that is the case then, if you click on
Related content and scroll down, you will find that they are saved in
Judith_BuckGlenn's tree, the Buck-Samuel Family Tree on Jun 14, 2012.
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On Fri, 25/4/14, MARC ARCHER <marcher56(a)att.net> wrote:
I'm looking at census entries for 1861 that list the Hamlets of Gollydog in
the eclesiastical district of Pentrebach, also what looks like the hamlet of
Heohuormwood, also in Pentrebach. I was expecting to find them in Abercanaid, which I
know is near Pentrebach. Does anyone know of these places? Or their proximity to each
other? Or can decipher the Heohuormwood?
Also, with the help of a generous fellow-listee, I've found what I believe to be my
ancestors, on the 1861 census, William Davies age 54 b. Merthyr Tydfil and his wife Mary
b. Llanyfelach age 50, and William Morgan age 49 b. Aberdare, and his wife Margaret ae 46,
b. Merthyr Tydfil.
Since they were married before compulsory registration, but might be on the 1841 census,
is the only way of finding the wives' maiden names a parish marriage?