Marilyn from Western Australia wrote:
Mary Davies died at Nantyglo 11th feb 1827 Llanelly Breconshire I haven't be
able to find her burial at St Elli's but noticeed that the officating
minister was J Bower Llangerey/ Llangeney Can someone tell me which name is
correct and is there a photo of the church somewhere How would I find if
she is buried there?
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Dear Marilyn,
The entry in the burial register states "Llangeney" a misspelling of
Llangenny (Welsh spelling Llangenni or Llangenau).
FindMyPast coverage includes entries for both Llanelly and Llangenny burial
records.
See:
http://api.findmypast.co.uk/cms/fmp/pdf/wales-burials-coverage.pdf
A search for Mary Davies burial at Llangenny revealed only one result - age
33, buried 12 Aug 1827
A search for Mary Davies burial at Llanelli also revealed only one result -
age 33, buried 11 Feb 1827
Surely the second entry is your Mary Davies? In which case the record shows
she was buried on 11 Feb 1827 in St Elli's Churchyard, Llanelly. She would
have died a few days earlier.
Of course, the fact that she is buried there does not mean she had a
tombstone marking her grave - or if she did it either hasn't survived or its
inscription is unreadable. This would explain why her name may not appear on
lists of monumental inscriptions.
Llangenny parish lies immediately north of Llanelly parish with which it
shares a border. The parish church, dedicated to St Cennau, can be seen
using Google Streetview by going to:
http://tinyurl.com/lfymv3d
The church is surrounded by an extensive burial yard. There is a nice photo
of the church on the Geograph website:
http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2548352
Kind regards,
John
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