Hello and thanks to Susan, Jeff and Lyn for your replies. So I take it that
my friend would have to find someone to look at St Marys parish records,
does anyone know where they would be held please?
Thanks, Chris
Today's Topics:
1. Re: Howells and Walters (susan ashton)
2. Fw: Marriage cert query (Jeff Coleman)
3. Fwd: Fw: Marriage cert query (Anndriscoll(a)aol.com)
4. Re: Fw: Marriage cert query (Lyn)
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Date: Sun, 16 Jun 2013 17:19:04 +0100 (BST)
From: susan ashton <suwziqu(a)yahoo.co.uk>
Subject: Re: [GLA] Howells and Walters
To: Jeff Coleman <Jeff.Coleman(a)ntlworld.com>, "glamorgan(a)rootsweb.com"
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Jeff
thanks for this info its very helpful. ?When its all but impossible to
physically visit the area the transcriptions are vital so its disappointing
when they get them wrong - I know its not an easy task to transcribe etc
but its a pity that having been told of the errors they have not amended
them.
Sue
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From: Jeff Coleman <Jeff.Coleman(a)ntlworld.com>
To: susan ashton <suwziqu(a)yahoo.co.uk>; glamorgan(a)rootsweb.com
Sent: Sunday, 16 June 2013, 15:38
Subject: Re: [GLA] Howells and Walters
As St James's was not built until about 1870 (1867 actually), it has to
have
been St Mary's. I have previously reported to the list that there are some
batches of register entries for parishes in Glamorgan and Monmouthshire
which are shown on Findmypast incorrectly.
See
http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/GLA/Swansea/ about the Church
Records.
There are errors on that page as well, I think, but the dates for which
registers exist provide a good indication of when the 19th-century churches
in Swansea were built.
http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/GLA/Swansea/StJames/
says 1867.
The Cambrian agrees
RELIGION, ANGLICAN 26 July 1867 P5.FIRST BAPTISM & MARRIAGE SOLEMNIZED AT
ST. JAMES'S CHURCH,FYNONE.PRESENTATIONS BY MAYOR.
Jeff
PS if you find a 19th-century marriage said by Findmypast to have been at
Glantawe parish church, it was almost certainly at Llansamlet.
There are also some marriages shown as St James's in Findmypast which were
actually at St Peter's, Cockett, Swansea
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From: "susan ashton" <suwziqu(a)yahoo.co.uk>
To: <glamorgan(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Sunday, June 16, 2013 11:10 AM
Subject: [GLA] Howells and Walters
Hi Chris
there is a disagreement as to which church - familysearch has Swansea St
James - Glamorgan FHS has Swansea St Mary - but info is as follows:
married 25th October 1831
both of the parish
she was a spinster, he a bachelor
married by banns and both signed
witnesses James Evans and William Davies
hope this helps
Sue
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Date: Sat, 15 Jun 2013 17:17:09 +1000
From: "Chris O'Grady" <moreta.christine(a)gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [GLA] GLAMORGAN Digest, Vol 8, Issue 207
To: glamorgan(a)rootsweb.com
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Hello can anyone help with the location of a marriage certificate for John
Howells (born in 1809 in Lancashire according to Ancestry) to Ann Walters.
The marriage took place 25th October in 1831. The information is taken from
a photo of a Parish record on an Ancestry tree, but the certificate doesn't
state the name of the parish or church, the witnesses were William Davies
and James Evans. It's likely Ann and John were from Swansea. They possibly
had a son John born in 1837, and went to Australia at some stage where John
senior died in 1885. His occupation was wheelwright.
Thanks, Christine (Australia) on behalf of John and Ann's second Great
Grandaught