Rosemary
You've probably considered it already but don't forget all the different spellings
found for the name!
David Stick
On 27 Nov 2011, at 20:11, Rosemary Knutsen wrote:
Thanks to Charles and Nicola for their replies. It had occurred to me
that
John might not be Matthew and Ann's son because of the age gap, though when
he emigrated he gave Ann as his mother, in Caersws, (Matthew had died), but
I suppose he could have regarded her as such even if she wasn't his
biological mother. I must try and get hold of the book about Llandinam.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Nicola Bennett-Jones" <nicolabj(a)waitrose.com>
To: <powys(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Sunday, November 27, 2011 8:25 PM
Subject: Re: [POWYS] John Breese Llanwnog (Rosemary Knutsen)
> Hi Rosemary
> I had seen this John Brees on an ancestry tree and had looked for his
> baptism both in parish registers and in non-conformist registers, but I
> failed to find him. The next youngest child I have identified in this
> family
> was Thomas baptised 16 May 1819, which leaves a huge gap before John is
> born
> about 1832, so I had wondered if he is not the child of Matthew and Ann. A
> John Brees was baptised 19 Jul 1831 son of John Brees farmer Gwyn Fynydd,
> Llanwnog, and Mary. John Brees [senior] Gwyn Fynydd was was buried in 1836
> aged 45 so it is quite possible that his children were dispersed among
> relatives and others in the 1841 census.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> Message: 1
> Date: Sat, 26 Nov 2011 18:47:25 +0100
> From: "Rosemary Knutsen" <rosknuts(a)online.no>
> Subject: [POWYS] John Breese Llanwnog
> To: <powys(a)rootsweb.com>
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> Hi listers,
>
> I wonder if anyone has any information about a John Brees (various
> spellings) born about 1832 in Caersws. He is on the 1841 census, age given
> as 9, living with Matthew and Ann Brees (n?e Gwillim). The Parish Register
> for Llanwnog has been transcribed, and available on Find My Past, but I
> can't find his christening/baptism. I seem to have found John later in
> life
> - he emigrated to Australia, and information he gave on the passenger list
> indicates he's "mine" but it would be helpful to find a record of his
> birth.
> I've found all the other offspring of Matthew and Ann. Perhaps he was
> just
> overlooked.
>
> Rosemary Knutsen
>
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