Thank you Ian,
That is a really good idea. It is supported by 1 item In have found saying that G.Gma was
born in Glamorgan and also by the fact that she was illiterate.
A new avenue opens.
Thank you very much
Ken
From: monmouthshire-request(a)rootsweb.com
Subject: MONMOUTHSHIRE Digest, Vol 10, Issue 19
To: monmouthshire(a)rootsweb.com
Date: Wed, 8 Apr 2015 01:00:16 -0600
Today's Topics:
1. Re: MONMOUTHSHIRE Digest, Vol 10, Issue 17 (DORE IAN)
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Date: Tue, 7 Apr 2015 19:08:56 +0100
From: DORE IAN <ian.york(a)ntlworld.com>
Subject: Re: [MON] MONMOUTHSHIRE Digest, Vol 10, Issue 17
To: Kenneth Morgan <kenmorgan(a)hotmail.co.uk>,
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port labbert is probably port talbot....its a matter of dialect a west
country accent might sound like port labbert. the census enumerator
misunderstood because of accent or literally the enumerator being thick and
not local to the area. Ian
On 6 April 2015 at 11:59, Kenneth Morgan via <monmouthshire(a)rootsweb.com>
wrote:
>
> Hi Everyone,
>
> My name is Ken Morgan, I live at 15 Allt-yr-yn Close in Newport and have
> been a long time follower of The Mon. Digest. I'm frequently amazed at the
> depth of knowledge found on the site.
>
> Can anyone help me with a problem please.
>
> I am researching my great grand parents and have hit the wall!
>
> I have G.grandad fairly well. He is:
>
> Thomas Tainty or Tanty (Depending on whether it's birth or death cert that
> you are viewing) WILKINS
> Born in Pen Kingstanley, Stroud Gloucs. on 29th. October 1852.
>
> In the 1901 census he is living in CHEPSTOW where he remains until he dies
> in Welby Place on 12 th. December 1932 aged 80 and being looked after by
> his widowed daughter Clara E. Wright.
>
> His wife was Mary Ann Wilkins. She died on 18th. February 1926 at 7
> Orchard St. Chepstow. (?? Was Orchard Street the same place as Horse Lane
> and did this become the present Church Road in Chepstow?) aged 69. This
> would give her a birth date of 1856-1857. The 1901 census has her born in
> Carmarthen in 1856 as does the 1911 census. On this 1911 census she is
> born in PORT LABBERT. (I assume that this is in Carmarthenshire but I
> cannot find any reference to it elsewhere) Can anyone confirm it as being
> in Carmarthenshire?
>
> On the birth certificate of their son Edwin Benjamin (b. 15th. Feb. 1886
> and in Bute Tce., Cardiff) she is referred to as "Mary Ann Wilkins LATE
> Lyshon or Leyshon, Formerly Nicholas".
>
> I have tried every device in my limited book of experience but I cannot
> find her birth, either of her marriages or a death cert for her first
> husband.
>
> I have only found one reasonable possibility (out of many!)for her 1st.
> husband - Matthew Henry Leyshon b. 1856 Lower Llansamlett, Swansea. There
> is a marriage here 1879 but, it has serious difficulties because, in the
> 1911 census Mary Ann Is married to Thomas Wilkins and they have a 10 yr.
> old daughter. Did Mary Ann get Married, widowed, remarried and have a
> child between 1879 and 1881?!
>
> Even if this were the case, I can find no death for Matthew Henry Leyshon
> and no Marriage to either Leyshon or Wilkins.
>
> With the summer coming I foresee some enjoyable trips to Chepstow and West
> Wales but in the meantime can anyone throw light on any of these problems
> please?
>
> A long note! Thank you for taking the time to read and thank you in
> advance for any help that I may receive.
>
> Ken
>
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