I discovered genealogy information about my ancestors that revealed that
my great-great-grandfather was married in Tredegar and emigrated to the
USA with his family in 1866 The information I discovered is the following:
1861 Marriage Solemnized at the Parish Church
in the Parish of Bedwellty in the County of Monmouth
No. 118
When Married: May 13, 1861
Name and Surname: Rees Price and Hannah Edwards
Age: full full
Condition Bachelor: Widow
Rank or Profession: Miner
Residence at the Time of Marriage
Tredegar and Tredegar
Father's Name and Surname: Thomas Price John Martin
Rank or Profession of Father: Deceased Deceased
Married in the Parish Church according to the Rites and Ceremonies
of the Established Church By me - R. Hellorgan
This Marriage was solemnized between us,
{The Mark X of Rees Price } In the presence of us,{The Mark X of Thomas
Evans }
{The Mark X of Hannah Edwards} {The Mark X of
Jane Evans }
The above is a true Copy of the Marriage Register of the Church aforesaid.
Extracted this 13 Day of May in the Year of my Lord
One Thousand Eight Hundred and Sixty One
By me, R. Hellorgan
Children of my great-great grandparents Rees Price and Hannah Martin.
When Hannah married Rees, she was a widow. Her previous husband was
Phillip Edwards, by whom she had three daughters.
The children of Phillip Edwards and Hannah Martin were:
Jemima born September 16, 1855
Mary Ann born August 18, 1857
Margaret born February 18, 1859
The children of Rees Price and Hannah Martin were:
Rees born August 12, 1863 - My great grandfather - Rees Price
- died October 18,
1918 in Coaldale (Seek), PA.
He married Sarah Ann Jones November 06, 1893 in Mauch
Chunk, PA
Catherine born January 7, 1866
John born September 19, 1866
Mary Ann born August, 1871 Died at age 21 years 8 months,at Yorktown,
Carbon County, PA March 27th, 1893.
The obituary says: The family emigrated to this country from Tredegar,
Monmouthshire, South Wales, and settled for a while at Olyphant,Pa.
Elizabeth born September 15, 1873
I am planning a trip to Tredegar in October of this year to continue my
research into my family genealogy and I would appreciate any historical
information and direction anyone could provide me about Tredegar and where
I should begin my research given the information above. Any information
you can provide would be a great help to me since I know so little about
the history of Tredegar, especially about Tredegar in the 1860's.
Thank you for your time and any information you can provide.
John G. Price
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