I don't know how much this will help but in a family Bible of my George
Morgan Hughes (b.1844) of Amlwch, Anglesey, the children were all
baptised at home. Whether this had to be witnessed by clergy is
difficult to determine. They were members of the Independent
(Congregationalist) chapel when the children were born in the 1870s and
1880s. I have never been able to find anything on these baptisms in LDS
films or other official records. I have never located the records of the
Independent Chapel in Amlwch and have the feeling that the records don't
exist.
Betty Pace
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You need to check the BMD's for a few years prior to 1819, and a few
years
passed. That is the only way, as we don't know how accurate the census
was. It's best to go 5 years either side. He also may not have been
baptised in the local parish. Often, the mother went back to her mother
to have the baby. Have you checked the mother's parish for a baptism?
Do
you know the mother's parish prior to her marriage to John Parry, the
father?
Also, not everyone was baptised, or baptised right after birth.
Don't give up,
Arlene Berta
I realise this can be a seriously tall order.
My ancestor John Parry, who lived at Beddau Mawr from 1871-1901 gives
his
parish of birth quite consistently as Tregaean, and in 1871 his
father,
also called John, lived with him. The ages give in 1871 would suggest
that
the younger John was born in 1819, while the older one was born in
1792,
and family legend tells me that John and his family used to walk
from
Beddau Mawr to Rhosmeirch chapel.
I have searched the parish register for Tregaean and drawn a blank, and
he
was not christened at Rhosmeirch Independent chapel either (which is
in
the parish of Llangefni).
If someone comes across John's christening in 1819, the son of another
John, in any of the parishes adjoining Tregaean, I would be very
grateful.
The younger John married an Ellen, said to have been born in
Llanfihangel
Tre'r Beirdd in 1821, but not having a surname makes this an even
tougher
challenge.
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