Hi Phil,
My OWEN family were frequently enumerated in census returns as OWENS & to
complicate matters, they weren't really OWEN at all but changed to OWEN from
HOWARTH after a family member stole money and then some of them changed back to
HOWARTH whilst others stayed as OWEN(S) !! and to top it all, they appear to
have been non conformist as well so it's been a real nightmare trying to
untangle them,
There were quite a few non conformist chapels in Swansea at that time but
not all the registers have survived.. Have you tried looking at St John's juxta
Swansea for your family? The area that your family lived in would more likely
have used that parish church.
West Glamorgan Archives have a log book for the South Wales Methodist
Circuit which Glamorgan FHS are currently indexing, it might be worth looking at
that to see if your family are mentioned anywhere. The book is not in any
chronological order and events are entered out of date but it may throw some light
for you.
Bye
Eileen