Hi
Must be the Parish Church,St Thomas'. Try Gwent Record Office
There is no place called Aberystruth ,it was a big parish but no village.The
Parish Church is St, Peter's Blaina.
AL
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From: Jim & Judy Wheeler <wheeler.james(a)mcleod.net>
To: <MonmouthshireGwent-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Friday, March 30, 2001 7:15 AM
Subject: JONES Bible - Abersychan
I have a small Bible that belonged to my great grandmother,
Catherine
JONES. The inscription says:
Catherine Jones
Abersychan Church
Sunday School
Xmas 1867
G.B. Queth B.A.
Incumbent
Can anyone help me find out to what church this refers? And how I might
find church records?
Catherine had an older sister named Hannah. I have learned that a
Hannah Jones was a teacher in the Aberyschan Infant School and that she
vacated her position in October of 1866. I don't know if she was my
Catherine's sister.
Catherine and Hannah and a younger sister, Sarah Ann. They were the
daughters of Mathew Jones and Martha Rumley Jones who married at the
parish church in Aberystruth in February of 1848. They also had a son,
Mordecai Mathew who was born in Abertillery and died there in 1854 at
the age of two. He was buried at the parish church in Aberystruth.
Mathew was born in August of 1821 in Nanty Glo (ch. Welsh Wesleyan
Chapel) to Daniel and Catherine Jones. He had at least three siblings:
Rachel (ch. 1815), David (ch. 1819 Welsh Wesleyan Chapel) & Joseph
(ch.1827 Welsh Wesleyan - Pontmorlais Chapel).
Mathew, Martha and children were living in Aberdare in 1868 when Martha
died. Later in 1868 Mathew, Catherine and Sarah went to the United
States. I don't know what happened to Hannah.
Hoping that someone will connect with this family and/or will have an
idea about how to find church records for them. I have been unable to
find a birth cert for either Catherine or Sarah.
Thank you,
Judy in the US
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