Hi Jayne,
45 - the number represents the order in which the census taker listed
the occupants of households in Bodgadfan. There were 47 households
altogether.
I figure that Lewis Davies is listed as a Mariner (Seaman is deleted in
the transcript and replaced by Mariner).
The parish is Llangelynin ( also spelled Llangelynnin) is on the west
coast of Gwynedd. Bodgadfan was a township in the parish, although the
enumeration district of Bodgadfan includes a number of townships in the
southern part of the parish. My best guess about the location of
Tynycae is that it is (was?) in the vicinity of Rhoslefain (about 2-3
miles north of Towyn). There was an army camp at Tonfannau, so the
property could have been taken over my the military.
Check this URL if you want a sense of the countryside in the area:
Dear List:
Would someone who is a member of
ancestry.com look at the entry I am giving
below and tell me what s/he thinks is the occupation of one of those listed
for a family living in Merionethshire in the 1851 census? I am American so I am
not familiar with the format of the UK censuses. I copied this entry by hand.
The entry goes like this:
Name of street, place, or road, and name or number of home: 65 Tyncae
Richart Davies Head Condition: Wdr Age: 67
Rank, Profession or Occupation: Farmer 11 acres
Born Celynin Merionethshire
Lewis Davies son Condition: Mar(ried?) Age: 37
Rank, Profession or Occupation: __ariner
Corn: Celynin, Merionthshire
Catherine Jones Servant Condition: U (unknown) Age: 26
Rank, Profession, or Occupation: House servant
Born: Celynin, Merionethshire
My problem is with the occupation of Lewis DAVIES. It looked to me as though
the first two letters were ch. However, I know that Lewis DAVIES was a
mariner, and the rest of the word looks like mariner without the m at the
beginning. The handwriting is not very good, and it is possible that what looked like
ch is actually a capital M. I hope so! If so, finding this entry is a great
advance in my Welsh genealogy.
Also, what is the significance of the number 65? And what kind of place is
Tyncae? What parish is it in? Llangelynin?
Thank you very much.
Jayne
_perllan987(a)aol.com_ (mailto:perllan987@aol.com)
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