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Author: BrianJTurner
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I think the date of 1836 for Ellinor's death must be incorrect
Not only would this make her over 50 when Simeon was born but she does feature in the 1841
census which would be rather hard if she died in 1836 !!
HO 107/1427/16 Folio 25 Page 10 Llanfrothen Ty Coch has
Edward Edwards 65, Ellin Edwards 55, Elizabeth Edwards 25, Simeon Edwards 20
The date for Edward's death of Apr 15th 1849 aged 74 works as he would then be 66 in
1841 and ages in that census were rounded down to nearest 5 years so he was recorded as
65
My guess is that the date for Ellinor's death may in fact have been 1846, if she was
65 then she would have been 61 in 1841 but told the inumerator she was 59 who rounded that
down to 55 ... if I am right then she would have been born in 1780 and about 41 when
Simeon was born on Apr 12th 1821
I am going to try to look at the microfiche of the Capel Ramoth Cemetry, Llanfrothen
inscriptions to see if I can shed further light on this mystery
Regards
Brain J Turner
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