Thanks once again, Doreen & John in Canada!
Looks like old Edward and Margaret WILLIAMS at Cistfaen/Gistfaen are good
candidates for being a set of my ggggrandparents. This also gives me a
connection with Denbighshire for the first time.
I wonder what, precisely, the place is named after. A cistfaen is an ancient
stone coffin/sepulchre/burial chamber. I noted when I visted the area last
January that what I took to be the current farmhouse, Cistfaen, is a neat
Georgian two-storey cottage, very typical throughout Wales, quite high up a
mountain but nestled in front of a rocky outcrop that formed part of a yet
higher ridge. I presume there must be some ancient site thereabouts.
Sounds like our colleague Graham's EVANS ancestors, whom he said were at
Maesod in 1841, must have moved out by 1851 (unless Catherine had been an
EVANS). Big gap in the ages of the children at Maesod and imagine having a
new baby at 45!
David
Canberra
Hi
John found these in the 1851 census for Llandderfel
(note that Ellis Williams of Maesod has a daughter Margaret and a son named
Edward--could be a son of Edward & Margaret, Gist Faen)
Doreen & John
Hamilton, Canada.
38
Maesod
Ellis WILLIAMS, Head, M, 39, Labourer, Llandderfel, Mer
Catherine WILLIAMS, Wife, M, 45, ---, Dolgellau, Mer
Margaret WILLIAMS, Daughter, -, 15, ---, Llandderfel, Mer
Elizabeth WILLIAMS, Daughter, -, 10, ---, Llandderfel, Mer
Edward Rees WILLIAMS, Son, -, 10days, ---, Llandderfel, Mer
43
Ty'n Y Fron
John JONES, Head, M, 48, Farmer 15 acres, Llanycil, Mer
Mary JONES, Wife, M, 45, ---, Llandderfel, Mer
Mary JONES, Daughter, -, 10, Scholar, Llandderfel, Mer
Margaret WILLIAMS, Niece, -, 20, Pauper, Llandderfel, Mer
47
Gist Faen
Edward WILLIAMS, Head, M, 60, Farmer 8 acres, Llangwm, Den
Margaret WILLIAMS, Wife, M, 60, ---, Llandderfel, Mer
Elisabeth WILLIAMS, Daughter, -, 17, ---, Llandderfel, Mer
Jane HUGHES, -, -, 7, Pauper, Llandderfel, Mer
48
Voty Wen
Evan LLOYD, Head, M, 46, Farmer 24 acres, Llandderfel, Mer
Margaret LLOYD, Wife, M, 23, ---, Llanwddyn?, Mont.
Mary LLOYD, Daughter, -, 1mo, ---, Llandderfel, Mer
Elisabeth MORGAN, Mother in law, M, 50, on a visit, Llangower, Mer
Robert THOMAS, Servant Boy, -, 14, ---, Llandderfel, Mer
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