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Would anyone with either 1841 or 1851 Census be able to look up the
following family for me?
John Jones about 59 in 1851 Blacksmith Born Cardiganshire
Rachel Jones wife about 56 in 1851 Born Cardiganshire
Children: Margaret, David, Evan, Mary
Regards
Dianne
Hi from Australia,
Does SKS have access to the 1851 census for the Abersychan area, and
could do a lookup for me please.
I am trying to find Edward & Eliza JENKINS aged about 27 & 24
respectively, and possibly their parents.
The fathers are Richard JENKINS, a sinker and Thomas ROBBINS, a cordwainer.
Any assistance greatly appreciated,
Jenny in Melbourne
I have just found the marriage of Albert Robbins to Evelyn Williams in the Monmouth area in 1930.
I am hoping that Evelyn turns out to be my grandmother and I will send off for the marriage certificate but Southport could take forever to issue it.
Is there any way I can find where they lived in Monmouthshire after the wedding.
I live in Leicester and dont know the area.
Andy
Has anyone in their family tree,
Samuel Jerrams born 3/9/1817 Falcut Northants, died 1895 the Craig Farm, Kemeys Inferior Mon.
Married 1846, Mary Jarvis, born 27/12/1811 Farthinghoe Northants,
known children,
Catharine born 25/3/1849. Christchurch Mon.
Thomas born 25/4/1852 Christchurch Mon.
Mary Ann born 19/11/1854 Kemeys Inferior Mon.
Mary died 1881. The Craig Farm, Kemeys Inferior Mon.
Samuel married 16/2/1886, Sarah Pritchard, born 29/7/1862 Penhow Mon.
known children,
Alice born 1883 Kemeys Inferior Mon.
Elizabeth born 13/4/1886. Kemeys Inferior Mon.
Lucy born 1888. born1888 Kemeys Inferior Mon.
Any information welcomed.
vignoles rails held down by spikes were not used in UK until modern times
plate layer is the UK terminology
trains don't do corners but curves
1881 Wales Census
Viewing records 1-40 of 40 matches for:
Rail Straightener
also steel rolls manger
rail sawyer
puddler
I think it would be a job in a rolling mill
turning the red hot rails with tongs
and lining them up for the next pass through the rolls
http://content.ancestry.co.uk/Browse/list.aspx?dbid=8059&path=
is a freebie
use Keyword(s)
even for names and numbers too
free text search
BTW
1881 Wales Census
Viewing records 1-50 of 2,019 matches for:
Platelayer
regards
Hugh W
On 7/23/05, Rachel Boyd <rachel-boyd(a)sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> Hello Dianne,
> I see no-one has dared to reply, but yes, a rail straightener straightened rails.
> Trains tended to push rails askew as they thundered along, especially on corners, and men had to walk the tracks, with long poles that had hooks on the end, and hook them back into position. Then they, or their partner, had to drive new spikes in to hold the rail in place.
> I'm sorry, I have no idea what 45/ and 46/ means.
> Rachel
>
>
> Mcintyre75(a)aol.com wrote:
> I have just received a Birth Certificate and am puzzled by the entry under
> "Occupation of Father".
>
> It reads Rail Straightener but there are two slight crossings out - above
> one it reads 45 and above the other it reads 46. Then, in the margin, the
> Registrar has written in the words "Forty five" and "Forty six" and initialled it.
>
> Was this some way of itemising errors made. Has anyone come across this
> before?
>
> And, finally .... can anyone tell me what a rail straighteners job was?
> Please don't say straightening rails!
>
> Regards
> Dianne
>
>
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This week's 'Retrospective Images of Wales' webpages, just uploaded
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Hi, List: I unsuccessfully searched google today looking for the date the Abertillery War Memorial was unveiled by Viscount Allenby, and for the date the Memorial was built. All I learned was that Allenby was made a Viscount in 1919 and that he died in 1936, so the unveiling would have to have happened between those dates. Anybody know the exact date? I have a photo postcard, unfortunately undated, of the event.
The Mon Roll of Honour states that two of my rellies from Aber. (Joseph LANDER and Absolem GRINDLE) were both commemorated on this monument and that Abertillery was commemorated in the publication, "With Rifle and Pick". By any chance, does anybody have this book and be willing to look up the Abertillery references? Thanks, Jojo
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Hello Dianne,
I see no-one has dared to reply, but yes, a rail straightener straightened rails.
Trains tended to push rails askew as they thundered along, especially on corners, and men had to walk the tracks, with long poles that had hooks on the end, and hook them back into position. Then they, or their partner, had to drive new spikes in to hold the rail in place.
I'm sorry, I have no idea what 45/ and 46/ means.
Rachel
Mcintyre75(a)aol.com wrote:
I have just received a Birth Certificate and am puzzled by the entry under
"Occupation of Father".
It reads Rail Straightener but there are two slight crossings out - above
one it reads 45 and above the other it reads 46. Then, in the margin, the
Registrar has written in the words "Forty five" and "Forty six" and initialled it.
Was this some way of itemising errors made. Has anyone come across this
before?
And, finally .... can anyone tell me what a rail straighteners job was?
Please don't say straightening rails!
Regards
Dianne
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Can anyone help?Where would someone be buried who died in Llanwenarth in the 1870 onwards. I have a few ancestors who lived and died there. They all worked in the iron works.
Linda
Hello Diane,
I don't know for sure whether the house still exists,- I think it's quite
possible,- but in case you haven't seen it Kelly's Directory of Monmouthshire
1901 - Newport Street Directory
has the following entry for:
<<Palmyra place, Commercial road.
Daw Henry Llewellen (Holgate house)
1 Roberts Frederick James
2 Dunn Joseph
Jennings Mrs (Dan-y-Bryn)
Alger Mrs. (Laughton house)
Huxtable Frederick Albert
Huxtable Albert John, (Beecher house)
......here is Morgan st......>>
Hope that's useful.
Jennifer in Monmouthshire
<<Can anyone in Newport tell me if this house still exists ? Or if there is
any historical information on it ?
Diane
Sydney Australia>>
Hi Rachel,
>>> So that Indian fella, James Rumney Marsh, was probably nicknamed after
the town, not the other way around. Probably someone's private joke, lost in
history.
Just a bit of added insight:
Here in Maine, I have found places are named after families.
Example: Parsonsfield,Maine
Named for The Parsons Family that was the original Land grantee.(Taken from
Parsonsfield,York,Maine Town records)
So chances are really good that Rumney Marsh,Suffolk County,Massachusetts
was named after The Rumney Family who had lived there originally & marsh is
probably the most prominent feature of the land.
So that Indian fella, James Rumney Marsh, could well have been a descendant
, but Indians have there own naming ways, So I doubt it would have been a
joke on somebodies part simply because the way the name Identifies who he is
& where from.( James From Rumney Marsh) He also just wouldn't answer to the
name if it wasn't his chosen or given name.
Take care,
Sheri Nielsen
Maine,USA
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rachel Boyd" <rachel-boyd(a)sbcglobal.net>
To: <MONMOUTHSHIRE-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2005 11:41 PM
Subject: [Mon] rumney or romney marsh, massachusetts
> Rumney Marsh was a suburb of Boston, per this brief history by encarta:
>
> "Revere, city, Suffolk County, eastern Massachusetts, on Massachusetts
Bay, a residential suburb of Boston; incorporated as a city 1915. The
community was settled in the 1620s as Rumney Marsh and incorporated into
Boston in 1634. It was set off from Boston and incorporated as Chelsea in
1739. The first naval engagement of the American Revolution, the Battle of
Chelsea Creek, was fought here in May 1775. The community became North
Chelsea in 1846 and in 1871 was renamed for the American patriot Paul
Revere."
>
> I have seen 'Romney Marsh, Mass' in family trees, but I think that is a
mis-spelling.
>
> So that indian fella, James Rumney Marsh, was probably nicknamed after the
town, not the other way around. Probably someone's private joke, lost in
history.
>
> But we digress...
>
> Rachel
>
>
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A useful site for checking existing addresses is
www.royalmail.com/portal/rm/postcodefinder which shows
In2change
3 Palmyra Place
NEWPORT
NP20 4EJ
St. Pauls Clinic
Palmyra Place
NEWPORT
NP20 4EJ
1 Palmyra Place
NEWPORT
NP20 4EJ
2 Palmyra Place
NEWPORT
NP20 4EJ
No mention of Laughton House but any of the above could have a building
name not shown in the address.
Regards, John
----- Original Message -----
From: "Diane Cole" <dicole(a)tech2u.com.au>
To: <MONMOUTHSHIRE-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Friday, October 21, 2005 8:47 AM
Subject: [Mon] Laughton House, Palmyra Place, Newport
> Can anyone in Newport tell me if this house still exists ? Or if there is
> any historical information on it ?
>
> Diane
> Sydney Australia
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And just to complicate matters, most of Rumney Marsh is in the Town of
Saugus, not Revere but for years was known as the "Lynn Marsh" for the City
of Lynn on the other side and named for King's Lynne in Merry Olde, you
know...
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rachel Boyd" <rachel-boyd(a)sbcglobal.net>
To: <MONMOUTHSHIRE-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2005 11:41 PM
Subject: [Mon] rumney or romney marsh, massachusetts
> Rumney Marsh was a suburb of Boston, per this brief history by encarta:
>
> "Revere, city, Suffolk County, eastern Massachusetts, on Massachusetts
> Bay, a residential suburb of Boston; incorporated as a city 1915. The
> community was settled in the 1620s as Rumney Marsh and incorporated into
> Boston in 1634. It was set off from Boston and incorporated as Chelsea in
> 1739. The first naval engagement of the American Revolution, the Battle of
> Chelsea Creek, was fought here in May 1775. The community became North
> Chelsea in 1846 and in 1871 was renamed for the American patriot Paul
> Revere."
>
> I have seen 'Romney Marsh, Mass' in family trees, but I think that is a
> mis-spelling.
>
> So that indian fella, James Rumney Marsh, was probably nicknamed after the
> town, not the other way around. Probably someone's private joke, lost in
> history.
>
> But we digress...
>
> Rachel
>
>
>
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1837online.com now has Monmouthshire in its completed areas of the 1861
census.
regards, Jon
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Hi, Pam: Thanks very much. It is the right family. Jojo
HO107/2447 Folio 396 - Aberystruth
411 Queen Street, Blaina
JONES, David, HD, M, 32, Pit Banksman, CGNPenbryn
Rebecca, Wife, 33, BRE Llanelly
Abraham, SO, 9, MON Blaina
Thomas, SO, 6, "
Eleanor, DA, 4, "
Sarah, DA, 5 mos, "
JONES, Roddri, Lodger, M, 23, Iron Miner, MON
Blaina
JONES, Hannah, Lodger, M, 20, Washerwoman, "
DAVIES, Thomas, Lodger, U, 13, Haulier, MON Ragland
GARLAND, George, Lodger, M, 23, Collier, Gloster
Town [sic]
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Joe Orfant" <orfant(a)comcast.net>
Subject: Re: [Mon] Jones the Blacksmith, Rhymney
> Hmmm, I wonder which one Rumney Marsh here in Massachusetts is named
after?
Probably the river which runs through both - although the Rumney at the
south end of the river is also on estuarine marshland so... you never know
Ann
Rumney Marsh was a suburb of Boston, per this brief history by encarta:
"Revere, city, Suffolk County, eastern Massachusetts, on Massachusetts Bay, a residential suburb of Boston; incorporated as a city 1915. The community was settled in the 1620s as Rumney Marsh and incorporated into Boston in 1634. It was set off from Boston and incorporated as Chelsea in 1739. The first naval engagement of the American Revolution, the Battle of Chelsea Creek, was fought here in May 1775. The community became North Chelsea in 1846 and in 1871 was renamed for the American patriot Paul Revere."
I have seen 'Romney Marsh, Mass' in family trees, but I think that is a mis-spelling.
So that indian fella, James Rumney Marsh, was probably nicknamed after the town, not the other way around. Probably someone's private joke, lost in history.
But we digress...
Rachel
I fear John is right. No doubt our Governor's family, Mitt Romney probably
also hail from Kent. Most of the early settlers of Massachusetts are from
the East of England.
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Ball" <wfha(a)clara.co.uk>
To: <MONMOUTHSHIRE-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2005 5:28 PM
Subject: Re: [Mon] Jones the Blacksmith, Rhymney
> Dear Listers,
>
> Isn't it more likely that "Rumney Marsh" [sic] in Massachusetts is named
> after Romney Marsh in Kent (England)?
> For further info on Romney Marsh see http://www.romneymarsh.net/
>
> Kind regards,
>
> John
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Joe Orfant" <orfant(a)comcast.net>
> To: <MONMOUTHSHIRE-L(a)rootsweb.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2005 9:17 PM
> Subject: Re: [Mon] Jones the Blacksmith, Rhymney
>
>
> Hmmm, I wonder which one Rumney Marsh here in Massachusetts is named
> after?
>
>
>
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It looks as though the name may have come from a Sagamore Indian named James
Quanapowatt, also known as James Rumney Marsh... (sometimes spelled
Rumneymarsh). The Indians were also known as the Rumney Marsh Indians.
http://www.thedailyitemoflynn.com/news/view.bg?articleid=9449
See the 4th paragraph from the bottom.
It makes a nice story, but I wonder if it's true.
Kathy
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From: Jandaleva(a)aol.com [mailto:Jandaleva@aol.com]
Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2005 4:52 PM
To: MONMOUTHSHIRE-L(a)rootsweb.com
Subject: Re: [Mon] Jones the Blacksmith, Rhymney
Hello
I just have to interrupt to say that, confusing and amusing as it may
sound,
Ann's answer regarding Rhymney/Rumney is about as concise and accurate as
they come - I'm just waiting to read what she says about Rumney Marsh !
Judith
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