Cefn Coed means something like 'wooded ridge' in Welsh so it may appear
elsewhere. There is, for example, a Cefn Coed hospital in Swansea.
However the best-known Cefn Coed is Cefn Coed y cymmer in the old parish of
Vaynor, Breconshire, on the outskirts of Merthyr Tydfil.
Hugh is a forename that used to be much more popular in North Wales than in
South Wales. On Familysearch web site, looking at 1881 census in two ways,
for an Elizabeth WILLIAMS born about 1874 with Hugh WILLIAMS as head of
household, and looking for a Hugh WILLIAMS in Vaynor, both produce an entry
for Elizabeth WILLIAMS, 5, b Talyllyn BRE, with grandparents Hugh WILLIAMS
65, Quarryman Limestone,b Anglesey and his wife Ann, 66, b Carmarthen.
May simply be coincidence.
There is also an Elizabeth WILLIAMS aged 7, b Cefn Coed, in Vaynor, but her
parents are Morgan and Priscilla., and she is one of 7 children.
Jeff
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From: "Doyle Walker" <djw(a)neto.com>
To: <WALES-GEN-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Thursday, April 07, 2005 1:02 AM
Subject: [WALES-GEN] Need help
I am new to the List and to Welsh Ancestry, and hope someone can help
me.
Can someone tell me where Cefn Coed is? I was told by a cousin, who is now
deceased, that my Grandmother Elizabeth WILLIAMS was born there in 1874,
but I can't find a Cefn Coed on the map of Wales - the only information I
have on her is from her marriage cert. She married in Birkenhead in 1894
and her father's name was Hugh Williams, and that she had 3 siblings, and
this is all the info. I have on her Welsh side of the family. Any help as
to where to begin to search would be very much appreciated. Thank you!
Joyce
Brookston, Texas
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