Dear Listers,
I received the following e-mail in response to my message (below) posted
yesterday:
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Hi thanks for the info - but not that family - The Martha (daughter of
Thomas Davies married Oct 1837 - she married a miner resident at Pentwyn
which I think is near Cwmcelyn Blain Mon. Her father was a Farmer in
1837 residence of Martha at time of wedding was Ty Cecil Rosser - it could
be an area or a Farm yes? Thanks
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I think these additional details may be of interest to a number of people
on the List.
Regards,
John
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Mary <mary.howells1(a)tesco.net> wrote:
Looking for whereabouts e.g. area of a farm called Ty Cecil Rosser or
maybe an area of Brynmawr or someone near.
Thomas Davies daughter Martha living at Ty Cecil Rosser. Any ideas where
this was?
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Dear Mary,
The 1841 census shows a family headed by Thomas Davies, forgeman, who has
a five year old daughter Martha. His wife's name is recorded as
"Titchfield Davies"! In 1841, the family was living in or near Davies Row
in the parcel of Maesgwartha (sic), parish of Llanelly, Breconshire
(census reference HO107/1366 Folio 41 Page 7). Maesygwartha included the
former Llanelly Forge, about five miles east of Brynmawr.
You can call up a highly detailed (1:10,560-scale) late 19th century map
of the Maesygwartha area by going to the Old Maps website at:
http://www.old-maps.co.uk/IndexMapPage2.aspx
Using the search facility (near the top of the page) enter the numbers
324100 and 214200 into the two co-ordinates fields and click the GO button
alongside.
When the map appears, click on the "Enlarge Map" icon, the bottom of the
four icons on the tab to the right of the map. A highly detailed large map
of the area will open in a new window, centred on Maesgwartha.
Unfortunately, the map identify neither "Ty Cecil Rosser" nor "Davies
Row"
but assuming I've located the correct family, at least you'll know the
approximate area where they lived.
Kind regards,
John