Useful Websites part one.
There are many resources available to research your family history; I have discovered many websites over the last 5 years that have enabled me to trace some of my family lines further than the beginning of Civil Registration. This will be an ongoing project over the coming weeks. Here are the first four:
FreeREG
FreeREG is a free resource from the people behind FreeBMD and FreeCEN. Parish records are continuously being added to the database including baptisms, marriages and burials. However, coverage is limited to Parish records that have survived. Due to the vast number of parish records throughout the UK the project is ongoing and there are still a vast number of parishes not currently covered.
FreeBMD
FreeBMD is another free resource and an ongoing project transcribing the GRO birth, marriage and death indexes from the beginning of civil registration in 1837. Many years and counties are already covered, although there are still more to be added.
While I have a subscription to Find My Past which includes the BMD indexes, I still find FreeBMD a valuable resource as some details can be transcribed differently by different people.
Towcester Families
Written by Mary Taylor and hosted on RootsWeb, Towcester Families has been invaluable to me and could be to you if you have ancestors from Northants namely Towcester. My great grandmother, Maude Bruce, was born in Hulcote in 1894. I googled her name and came up with the site and I have been perusing it ever since.
As the name suggests it includes family trees of people who were born, baptised, married, died, buried or simply lived in Towcester (Easton Neston is also included despite being a separate parish). The information taken from parish record held at Northamptonshire Record Office links 100′s of people in often rather complex trees.
Along with the family trees, Towcester Families also includes details of notable people, pictures of the area and much more.
Black Country Connections
Not really a website but a family tree, hosted on Tribal Pages, of many folk in the Black Country. My other great grandmother was born in Lye, Worcestershire and while the tree doesn’t contain her information, it does contain her great grandparents.
The information on the tree has been transcribed by a bunch of volunteers and it really is a wealth of information.
Surname Saturday – Hughes
This week the focus of Surname Saturday is the patronymic surname ‘Hughes’. While the origin of the name is apparently in Wales my Hughes history has taken me out of Wales into the Black Country.
Follow my ancestor’s journeys from Shropshire to Worcestershire and Staffordshire then on to Monmouthshire.
My earliest Hughes (so far) is John Hughes. John married Sarah around the turn of the 19th century, possibly in Shropshire. They had several children including Thomas (1809), James (1811), Joseph (1813), Richard (1815), George (1820) and Sarah (1821). These children were born and baptised in Hinstock, Shropshire.
I have found little out about the lives of this family and have not yet confirmed they belong to my line.
John and Sarah’s third known child, Joseph Hughes, was baptised in Hinstock on 3rd October 1813. He moved to Worcestershire prior to his marriage in December 1835, to Hannah Jones.
Joseph and Hannah started their married life in Old Swinford with John working as a labourer.
The couple had numerous children including John (1836), William (1838), Ameliah (1840), Elizabeth (1842), George (1846), Joseph (1849), Thomas (1850), Clara (1852), Sarah (1855) and Thomas (1857).
John changed occupations a number of times, being a labourer, coal miner, nail maker and back to a labourer until his death in 1888 in the Stourbridge Registration district.
George Hughes, the fifth child of John and Sarah, was baptised in Lye on 21 January 1847. He became a nail maker, like his father at the same time, and married Prudence Knowles, a nail maker’s daughter, on 16th December 1867 in Old Swinford, Worcestershire.
George, Prudence and their children; William Joseph (1868), Elizabeth (1870), Foley (1873), Daniel (1875), Norah (1878), John Thomas (1880), Mary (1884), Selina (1889) and Mary (1890), lived in Wollescote, Worcestershire.
George died in 1911, followed in 1926 by his widow, Prudence.
The most unusual named child of George and Prudence, Foley, was born on 29th October 1873 in Lye, Worcestershire. He grew up as the son of a frost nail maker and became a bucket maker before he was 17.
Foley married Henrietta Evans at Christchurch, Lye on 24th October 1892.
By the time of the 1911 census the family had moved to South Wales and Foley was working as a miner, living in Maesycwmmer.
They are recorded as having 7 children, 3 sadly deceased. Their remaining known children, Norah (1901), Alice (1903), George Henry (1905) and Florrie May (1909). The first 3 named children were born in the Black Country while Florrie was born in New Tredegar, around 7 miles from Maesycwmmer.
Henrietta died 10 years later. Foley continued living in Monmouthshire until his death in 1965.
Norah, the first known child of Foley and Henrietta, was born in Lye on 13th May 1901. I doubt she was the first child but my search for any siblings before her is postponed.
Norah married on 22nd March 1920 at Holy Trinity Church, Ystrad Mynach. Her husband was Edward James Hodges, a local lad, born and raised in a mining family.
Norah and Edward suffered so much heartbreak during their married life. They had four children, Oliver Hughes (1920), Ralph (1922), Mary (1924) and a still living great Auntie. Of their four children, only one survived her parents.
Oliver, a Sergeant (Air Gnr.) in the RAAF, died on 4th September 1943 when the Lancaster MKIII he was in was shot down en route to Berlin. He is buried in Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery.
Ralph, previously unknown to us, was born on 4th June 1922. He died within a month of his birth.
Mary, my grandmother, was taken on 11th June 1970 by breast cancer leaving her husband and young children.
Norah died in 1977 followed by Edward in 1989.
The Hughes families have added much to my research and brought their fair share of sad stories, it would be lovely to be able to trace the Hughes line further back.
More than a name
When one ventures into the murky waters of family history, one never knows what skeletons may jump out of the closet or what treasures may be uncovered.
When I started my research I knew very little of my family history, I even knew little about my own grandparents. Throughout my journey I’ve discovered more about my living relatives as well as discovering their forefathers.
While I have census returns, BMD certificates and parish records, the stories of my ancestors lives are still not complete. Certificates and other similar records only confirm their existence. What really adds life to the name in the tree?
Last week I received an email with the subject ‘Selina Bruce nee Haynes’. My stomach somersaulted as I clicked on it.
Selina Haynes is my great great grandmother, born in 1868 in Greens Norton, she married Joseph Bruce in 1886. My great grandmother, Maude, their fifth child.
I knew little of Selina’s life and simply gained snippets in time from census records.
The email I received from a lacemaker, Kate, living in Northamptonshire was my first physical link with my great great grandmother.
Selina was the daughter of brickyard labourer, John Haynes and lacemaker, Jane Kingston Bevis. She grew up in Greens Norton like her siblings, John, Matilda, Annie, Julia, Harry, Willie, Nelly, Tom, Emma Louisa and Clara.
Lace making was flourishing in the mid 19th century and girls were introduced to their pillow from the age of 3. Selina’s family made no exception. Selina’s oldest sister, Matilda who was 7 years old in 1871, was already described as a lace maker. Ten years later, Matilda, Annie and Selina (aged 17, 15 and 13 respectively) were lace makers along with their mother.
Many lace makers at the time had lace making bobbins made for them, often inscribed with their name (or that of a loved one) and sometimes a location and/or date.
Kate recently acquired such a bobbin, made from cow bone and marked with ‘Selina Haynes Greens Norton’. My great great grandmother. She even sent me a photograph of the bobbin.
Moments like these are rare but so exhilarating. I have no need for a bobbin, I’m happy that it has an owner who cares enough to make contact and let me know of its existence.
Not only did Kate provide me with a photograph but she brought my great great grandmother to life for me. I can never express my gratitude sincerely enough. Looking at the image of a bobbin over 100 years old, I see Selina as more than just a name in my tree.
Surname Saturday : Bruce
This week, the name that is the focus of my Saturday post is the one that I’ve (rather ashamedly) given the most time, the most thought. Part of my reason is down to the story of Robert the Bruce…. Braveheart!!! What a family story that would be! However, the realist in me says that is never going to happen. I’m not THAT deranged. 
The earliest Bruce in my tree is William Bruce. William’s place of birth is still eluding me, as is his year of birth. However, by 1785, he was living in Easton Neston, Northamptonshire. He married his first wife, Rosamund Gardner, on 22nd September 1785. The couple continued living in Easton Neston while raising their children, John (1786), Robert (1787), Joseph (1789), William (1792), William (1798) and Jane (1799).
Rosamund was buried on 11th Mar 1799, just 7 days before her daughter, Jane, was baptised. The following year William married Mary Cross. He died 11 years later.
William and Rosamund’s 2nd son, Robert Bruce, was born in 1787 and baptised on 28th October 1787 in Easton Neston. Sometime before 1810 he married Frances. They also continued to live in the locality and had children, Mary (1810), William (1812), Charlotte (1814), James (1816) and Joseph (1819). Frances died in 1821 in Easton Neston and 2 years later, Robert married his 2nd wife, Jane Newton, on 5th May. 7 years later, Jane, too, died. Robert lived out the remainder of his life in Hulcote, Northamptonshire, working as an Agricultural Labourer. He died in 1865.
James Bruce, the 2nd son of Robert and Frances, was baptised on 5th January 1817 in Easton Neston. He married Elizabeth Redley, on 13th June 1842 in Great Brington, Northamptonshire. He brought his wife back to Hulcote where he worked as an Under Game Keeper and they brought up their children; Frances (1843), Martha Redley (1845), Sarah (1847), Robert (1850), Rosannah (1852), Rebecca (1854), Elizabeth (1856), Mary Charlotte (1858), George (1861) and Joseph (1862).
James died on 5th April 1895 in Hulcote and his wife, Elizabeth, died in February 1897.
The youngest child of James and Elizabeth was Joseph Bruce, born during the last half of 1862 in Hulcote. He, like his father before him, grew up in Hulcote.
In 1886, he married Selina Haynes in the Towcester Registration district. Joseph and Selina lived in Hulcote until sometime between 1898 and 1900, when they moved to Wood Burcote. The couple had around 10 children, including; Rosa (1887), Rebecca (1888), Joseph (1890), Sarah (1892), Maude (1894), James (1896), Jane (1898), Frances Mabel (1900), Phyllis May (1904) and Lizzie Mary (1908).
Joseph worked as an Agricultural Labourer until the later 1890’s when he was unable to work due to an illness. Quite what his illness was is still a mystery to me. He and his family were in the receipt of Outdoor Relief from December 1896 until his death on 11th January 1911. On the 1911 census, Selina, a recent widow, was recorded at her daughter, Rebecca’s, marital home. She passed away in 1928 in London.
My great grandmother, Maude Bruce, was the fifth child of Joseph and Selina. She was born on 23rd November 1894 in Hulcote. I know little of her life before she met my great grandfather. They met, like many young couples at the time, as a direct result of World War One.
My great grandfather, Edward Evans, was a soldier with the Monmouthshire Regiment. Maude was in service, living in Bedfordshire. Edward and Maude married on 30th October 1915 at St Paul’s, Bedford. Soon after the wedding, Edward went to the front line and, disowned by her family, Maude moved to South Wales to live with her in-laws.
According to family stories, Maude was disowned by her own family because she married a Welsh man. She received a frosty reception from her in-laws because she was English. My poor great grandmother had an awful lot.
Edward and Maude lived in Pengam, South Wales where they raised their family. Edward died in January 1940 from pneumonia. Maude died in December 1985.
Maude completes my Bruce line. She came from a long line of Agricultural Labourers who were born, lived, worked and died in Hulcote. The Bruce’s have held many of my fondest thoughts for a long time. My biggest brick wall here though is, where did William Bruce come from? Was he a Northamptonshire boy born and bred?
What is wrong with this family? Why you shouldn’t believe everything you read.
I’ve been researching my Family History for almost 5 years (wow, I’ve never had a hobby that’s been this consistent) and in that time I’ve seen some funny/strange/frustrating “facts” that are simply not true, not possible or simply just downright wrong. The following has to be my crown (family) jewel..
William Bruce (son of James Bruce and Elizabeth Henderson) was born 23 Dec 1796 in Alloa, Clackmannanshire, Scotland, and died 28 Jul 1871 in Newburn St, West Hartlepool, Durham, England. He married Rosamund Gardner on 22 Sep 1785 in Easton Neston, daughter of John Gardner and Jane.
More About William Bruce and Rosamund Gardner:
Marriage: 22 Sep 1785, Easton Neston.Children of William Bruce and Rosamund Gardner are:
- +John Bruce, d. date unknown.
This William Bruce is my 5x great grandfather, which would make James Bruce and Elizabeth Henderson my 6x great grandparents, or would it?
This particular tree is one of Ancestry’s favourite “hints” to give a researcher complete with a glaring error (have you spotted it yet?). This particular tree appears to have ‘gone viral’, the list of researchers adding this misinformation to their tree including myself and a close relative continues to grow yearly. Yes, I admit, I fell into the trap way back in 2007 (do you have any idea how long it takes to delete family members on Ancestry?).
In case you haven’t already discovered the mistake… this William Bruce married 11 years BEFORE he was born. What a clever man! I believe he is the only man to have ever been able to achieve this. On a serious note, who really is William Bruce?
Firstly, I have no doubt that the William born in 1796 in Alloa, Clackmannanshire really exists and yes, I’m sure James and Elizabeth were his parents.. It’s also probable that he died in 1871 in Durham. However, this man is most certainly not the William who married Rosamund Gardner.
‘My’ (I use my in the loosest sense of the word) William was living in Easton Neston at the time of his marriage to Rosamund Gardner on 22 Sep 1785. It’s not certain when or where he was born. Rosamund was indeed the daughter of John Gardner and Jane Newman. She was christened on 8th Jan 1759.
William and Rosamund had 6 children, John (1786-1879), Robert (1787-1865), Joseph (1789-1846), William (1792-1793), William (1798-1798) and Jane (1799-1836).
Rosamund was buried 11th March 1799, a week before Jane was christened.
The following year William married, Mary Cross. He died in Easton Neston in April 1811.
I don’t own my ancestors but if I’m going to claim them it’s my responsibility to record their details accurately. These mistakes in other people’s family trees are a huge frustration simply because the misinformation is still out there. I’ve spent the last 4.5 years trying to put people straight on this… but my efforts have evidently failed so far.
I implore you, as one researcher to another, check your facts, read your tree and if you don’t want to delete the incorrect information then you really must rethink your choice of hobby. That’s not to say that my family tree is perfect, there may be mistakes…. However, I don’t know of these mistakes at the moment.
1861 Census Transcription – Chepstow Union Workhouse
RG09/3976/16/1
| Name | Rel. | C. | Sex | Age | Occ. | Place of birth | Disability |
| WHITE, William | Head | M | M | 44 | Master | Dursley, Gls | |
| WHITE, Caroline | Wife | M | F | 30 | Matron | Axbridge, Som | |
| TAYLOR, May | Schoo | U | F | 60 | School mistress | Chepstow, Mon | |
| PRICE, Jane | Nurse | U | F | 38 | Nurse | Chepstow, Mon | |
| FLOWER, Henry | Porter | M | M | 42 | Porter | West Harptree, Som | |
| FLOWER, Hannah | P.wife | M | F | 44 | Porter wife | Abercarn, Mon | |
| MILLS, George | Patient | U | M | 82 | Labourer | Kingston Seymour, Som | |
| PEDDLEHAM, John | Patient | M | M | 68 | Labourer | Lydney, Gls | |
| HARRIS, John | Patient | W | M | 81 | Paper Maker | Newchurch, Mon | |
| JONES, James | Patient | M | M | 60 | Basket Maker | Chepstow, Mon | |
| BULL, William | Patient | W | M | 76 | Blacksmith | Aylburton, Gls | |
| PASK, James | Patient | W | M | 72 | Woolstapler | Bristol, Gls | |
| HATHERLEY, Samuel | Patient | W | M | 71 | Labourer | Brockweir, Mon | |
| COX, William | Patient | U | M | 70 | Jobbing Labourer | Portskewett, Mon | |
| CLIFFORD, Thomas | Patient | W | M | 81 | Paper Stainer | Dublin, Ireland | |
| NICHOLAS, John | Patient | W | M | 68 | Sawyer | Mathern, Mon | |
| ELLIS, William | Patient | W | M | 76 | Carpenter | Stellon, Gls | |
| SMITH, Thomas | Patient | U | M | 69 | Labourer | Dixton, Mon | |
| JOINS, John | Patient | W | M | 72 | Labourer | Lacock, Wil | |
| RICHARDS, Benjamin | Patient | U | M | 51 | Sawyer | Chepstow, Mon | |
| HEWLIN, Christopher | Patient | U | M | 59 | Painter | St Briavels, Gls | |
| WATKINS, William | Patient | W | M | 59 | Mason | Chapel Hill, Mon | |
| JONES, Edward | Patient | M | M | 44 | Labourer | Chepstow, Mon | |
| JAMES, Noah | Patient | M | M | 23 | Labourer | Breclan, Mon | |
| PRIEST, Edward | Patient | U | M | 17 | Labourer | Chepstow, Mon | |
| GILBERT, Thomas | Patient | U | M | 27 | Labourer | Chepstow, Mon | |
| YOUNG, William | Patient | U | M | 27 | Labourer | Chepstow, Mon | |
| ESSEX, Samuel | Patient | U | M | 26 | Labourer | St Briavels, Gls | |
| THOMAS, Joseph | Patient | U | M | 23 | Labourer | Undy, Mon | |
| BIDDLE, Ephraim | Patient | W | M | 41 | Labourer | Malmesbury, Wil | |
| POWELL, Mark | Patient | U | M | 12 | Shoemaker | Cardiff, Gla | |
| EDWARDS, John | Patient | U | M | 8 | Child | Grey Hill, Mon | |
| MORRIS, George | Patient | U | M | 7 | Child | Lydney, Gls | |
| EDMONDS, David | Patient | U | M | 7 | Child | Lydney, Gls | |
| MITCHELL, William | Patient | U | M | 7 | Child | Lydney, Gls | |
| JONES, James | Patient | U | M | 7 | Child | Chepstow, Mon | |
| FLETCHER, William | Patient | U | M | 9 | Child | Crick, Mon | |
| BIDDLE, Charles | Patient | U | M | 8 | Child | Aylburton, Gls | |
| FLETCHER, Alfred | Patient | U | M | 8 | Child | Crick, Mon | |
| JAMES, James | Patient | U | M | 9 | Child | Tidenham, Gls | |
| ROOK, Henry | Patient | U | M | 8 | Child | Lydney, Gls | |
| ROOK, Eliza | Patient | U | F | 9 | Child | Lydney, Gls | |
| ROOK, Benjamin | Patient | U | M | 5 | Child | Lydney, Gls | |
| HIGGINS, James | Patient | U | M | 10 | Child | Chepstow, Mon | |
| HALFIELD, Henry | Patient | U | M | 11 | Child | Princes End, Sts | |
| TAYLOR, William | Patient | U | M | 9 | Child | St Briavels, Gls | |
| WIXEN, Mat | Patient | U | M | 8 | Child | Lydney, Gls | |
| ATTEWELL, Isaac | Patient | U | M | 5 | Child | Lydney, Gls | |
| HAYARD, Benjamin | Patient | U | M | 5 | Child | Lydney, Gls | |
| WILLIAMS, Harry | Patient | U | M | 14 | Child | Shirenewton, Mon | |
| POWELL, John | Patient | U | M | 9 | Child | Cardiff, Gla | |
| THOMAS, Ann | Patient | U | F | 14 | Child | Brockweir, Mon | |
| BUD, Mary Ann | Patient | U | F | 9 | Child | Chepstow, Mon | |
| JAMES, Mary A | Patient | U | F | 7 | Child | Tidenham, Gls | |
| DORRS, Fanny | Patient | U | F | 8 | Child | Lansoy, Mon | |
| EDMUNDS, Fanny | Patient | U | F | 8 | Child | Lydney, Gls | |
| TAYLOR, Harriet | Patient | U | F | 7 | Child | St Briavels, Gls | |
| LANE, Jane | Patient | U | F | 5 | Child | Chepstow, Mon | |
| LIGHT, Helen | Patient | U | F | 6 | Child | Chapel Hill, Mon | |
| TOWNSEND, Emma | Patient | U | F | 6 | Child | Chepstow, Mon | |
| BIRD, Martha | Patient | U | F | 6 | Child | Abergavenny, Mon | |
| COLES, Alice | Patient | U | F | 7 | Child | Chepstow, Mon | |
| TROWBRIDGE, Maria | Patient | U | F | 6 | Child | Bristol, Som | |
| MORRIS, Sarah | Patient | U | F | 10 | Child | Brynmawr, Mon | |
| COLES, Elizabeth | Patient | U | F | 12 | Child | Chepstow, Mon | |
| WIXEN, Elizabeth | Patient | U | F | 8 | Child | Lydney, Gls | |
| SCRIVENS, Mary Ann | Patient | U | F | 21 | Servant | Poolmeyrick, Mon | |
| HARRIS, Prined | Patient | U | F | 18 | Servant | Killcrook, Mon | |
| SIMMONDS, Mary Ann | Patient | U | F | 25 | Servant | Whitebrook, Mon | |
| SIMMONDS, Caroline | Patient | U | F | 25 | Servant | St Arvans, Mon | |
| TROWBRIDGE, Elizabeth | Patient | U | F | 27 | Servant | Chepstow, Mon | |
| TAYLOR, Mary | Patient | U | F | 35 | Servant | Woolaston, Gls | |
| COOPER, Charlotte | Patient | W | F | 55 | Servant | Caldicot, Mon | |
| MORRIS, Agustus | Patient | W | F | 37 | Servant | Brockweir, Mon | |
| MORRIS, Robert | Patient | M | 2 | Brynmawr, Mon | |||
| TROWBRIDGE, John | Patient | M | 3 | Child | Clifton, Som | ||
| TAYLOR, John | Patient | M | 3 | Chepstow, Mon | |||
| MURPHY, Agnes | Patient | U | F | 22 | Servant | Chepstow, Mon | |
| HORTON, Jane | Patient | U | F | 22 | Servant | Chepstow, Mon | |
| HORTON, William | Patient | M | 10m | Chepstow, Mon | |||
| MARSH, Ann | Patient | U | F | 47 | Servant | Bruton, Som | |
| MARTIN, Jane | Patient | U | F | 19 | Servant | Chepstow, Mon | |
| MARTIN, William B | Patient | M | 5m | Chepstow, Mon | |||
| JONES, Rosa | Patient | U | F | 25 | Servant | Shirenewton, Mon | |
| JONES, Eliza | Patient | F | 2m | Chepstow, Mon | |||
| HOPKIN, Ann | Patient | W | F | 80 | Servant | Brockweir, Mon | |
| PACKER, Jane | Patient | W | F | 81 | Servant | Forest Dean, Gls | |
| JONES, Charlotte | Patient | M | F | 48 | Servant | Clifton, Som | |
| HARRIS, Mary | Patient | W | F | 40 | Servant | Clifton, Som | |
| ADDIS, Sarah | Patient | W | F | 63 | Servant | St Briavels, Gls | |
| PHILLIPS, Catherine | Patient | W | F | 70 | Trellick, Mon | ||
| JONES, Aneatte | Patient | M | F | 27 | Servant | Lydney, Gls | |
| JONES, Stephen | Patient | M | 11m | Newport, Mon | |||
| JONES, Fanny | Patient | F | 3 | Tintern, Mon | |||
| JONES, Alfred | Patient | M | 2 | Chepstow, Mon | |||
| SIMMONS, John | Patient | M | 5 | Chepstow, Mon | |||
| NEWTON, Annie | Patient | F | 5 | Chepstow, Mon | |||
| DOORS, Alfred | Patient | M | 2 | Chepstow, Mon | |||
| GREENISH, Naomi | Patient | F | 2 | Chepstow, Mon | |||
| GREENISH, Selina | Patient | F | 2 | Chepstow, Mon | |||
| BIRD, Epaida | Lunatic | U | F | 19 | Servant | St Briavels, Gls | |
| JOHNS, Elizabeth | Patient | U | F | 20 | Servant | Chepstow, Mon | |
| WIXEN, Mary A | Patient | U | F | 19 | Servant | Woolaston, Gls | |
| JOHNS, Margaret M | Patient | F | 14d | Chepstow, Mon | |||
| DAVIS, Susan | Patient | U | F | 60 | Servant | Killgerry, Mon | |
| REYNOLDS, Harriet | Patient | U | F | 26 | Servant | Tidenham, Gls | |
| WALLIACE, Jane | Patient | W | F | 84 | Servant | Woolaston, Gls | |
| THOMAS, Matilda | Patient | M | F | 39 | Servant | Brockweir, Mon | |
| ATTEWELL, Mary | Patient | U | F | 56 | Servant | Chepstow, Mon | |
| VAUGHN, Ellen | Patient | U | F | 51 | Servant | Tidenham, Gls | |
| TOWNSEND, Eliza | Patient | U | F | 36 | Servant | Brockweir, Mon | |
| POWELL, Elizabeth | Patient | U | F | 60 | Servant | Chepstow, Mon | |
| CHRISTOPHER, Ann | Patient | W | F | 57 | Servant | Pembroke, Pem | |
| CROCKETT, Ann | Patient | U | F | 64 | Servant | Trelleck, Mon | |
| PRIEST, Winifred | Patient | U | F | 54 | Servant | Chepstow, Mon | |
| SMITH, Thomas | Patient | U | M | 61 | Labourer | Furnham Green, Mdx | |
| DIX, Thomas | Patient | U | M | 62 | Labourer | Colchester, Ess | |
| MORGAN, George | Patient | U | M | 20 | Labourer | Earlswood, Mon | |
| SOUTH, William | Patient | U | M | 26 | Labourer | Eaton Bishop, Hef | |
| WILLIAMS, Henry | Patient | M | 4d | Earlswood, Mon | |||
| MITCHELL, Nehemiah E | Patient | U | M | 50 | Labourer | Shaftsbury, Wil | |
| SEALY, William | Patient | U | M | 69 | Labourer | Corsham, Wil | |
| POWELL, John | Patient | U | M | 10 | Cardiff, Gla | ||
| POWELL, William | Patient | W | M | 72 | Labourer | Tidenham, Gls | |
| JONES, John | Patient | W | M | 78 | Labourer | Undy, Mon | |
| MORGAN, William | Patient | U | M | 46 | Labourer | Shirenewton, Mon | |
| BULL, Thomas | Patient | U | M | 44 | Labourer | Woolaston, Gls | |
| WILLIAMS, William | Patient | W | M | 75 | Labourer | Newchurch East, Mon | |
| WATKINS, William | Patient | U | M | 87 | Labourer | Monmouth, Mon | |
| SAUNDERS, Luke | Patient | U | M | 50 | Labourer | Llantrisant | |
| MORRIS, George | Patient | U | M | 74 | Labourer | Mathern, Mon | |
| PROSSER, John | Patient | U | M | 56 | Labourer | Chepstow, Mon | |
| ROWLAND, Thomas | Patient | U | M | 68 | Labourer | Chepstow, Mon |
Surname Saturday : Weeks
Weeks, an English surname that is topographical and/or occupational, has been one I’ve enjoyed researching. Interestingly, my Weeks I have (thanks to FreeREG) managed to follow the line back to Stowey, Somerset. However, this is based on parish records already transcribed, there could still be more and the information is only as reliable as the information that has been uploaded.
Thomas (the Younger) Weeks was buried in Stowey, Somerset on 21st February 1781. His wife, Sarah, died 13 months earlier than he did. Together they had at least 8 children, 7 sons and 1 daughter; Thomas (1733), Samuel (1736), William (1737), Paschal (1739), Sarah (1741), William (1742), Peter (1744) and Shadrach (1746). All these children were baptised at St Nicholas & the Blessed Virgin Mary in Stowey.
Thomas and Sarah’s fourth son, Paschal, was baptised on 1st August 1739. By 1765 he had settled down with Christian. Paschal and Christian had at least 6 children, 4 sons and 2 daughters; William (1765), John (1775), Sarah (1777), Isaac (1778), Elizabeth (1780) and James (1782). Like the generation before, Paschal’s children were also baptised at St Nicholas & the Blessed Virgin Mary in Stowey.
Paschal and Christian’s first son, William Weeks, was baptised on 7th May 1765. He married Catherine Stickler, when he was 25 on 10th May 1790 at Holy Trinity, High Littleton, Somerset. William and Catherine stayed in High Littleton for the remainder of their lives, having 7 children, 4 sons and 3 daughters; William (1792), Sarah (1793), George (1795), Elijah (1798), Jemima and Martha (1804) and Shadrach (1806).
At the time of the 1841 census, William and Catherine were living at Hallatrow Down Farm, High Littleton. He was recorded as being 70 years old and his occupation a Sawyer. Shortly after, in July 1841, William died. He was buried on 18th July 1841 at Holy Trinity, High Littleton. Catherine lived on for another 17 years and was buried in the same place on 8th April 1858.
William and Catherine’s first son, another William Weeks, was baptised on 8th April 1792 at Holy Trinity, High Littleton. He married Harriett Parfitt on 14th February 1811 at St Paul’s, Bristol, Gloucestershire. The couple had 8 children, Mary Ann (1813), Shadrach (1815), William (1817), Francis (1821), Meshach (1824), Abednego (1828), Jonah (1831) and Harriett (1833).
William died in 1833 and was buried at Holy Trinity, High Littleton on 5th April 1833. His wife, Harriett, continued living in Hallatrow until her death in October 1846. She was buried on 30th October 1846 at Holy Trinity Church.
Shadrach, the first son of William and Harriett Weeks, was baptised at St Augustine, Clutton on 15th October 1815. His early life is a bit of a mystery at this stage, however, in 1839, he was living in Brynmawr, then a part of Breconshire. Shadrach married Sarah Edwards on 10th June 1839 at the Parish Church, Llanelly, Breconshire. Shadrach and Sarah lived at various addresses in Brynmawr, some of which still exist today… Tram Road, Clydach Street and Fitzroy Street. Shadrach moved away from the trade of his father and grandfather (sawyer/carpenter). He started off as a miner but later became a Farmer and Butcher. In 1871 the family were living at Old Crown Farm in Ebbw Vale, Monmouthshire.
Shadrach and Sarah had at least 11 children, Harriett (1844), Abednego (1846), Shadrach (1848), Mary Ann (1850), Meshach (1852), Emma (1855), James (1857), Sarah Jane (1859), Jonah (1862), William (1863) and Joshua (1865).
Shadrach died in 1876 in Bedwellty. Sarah remarried Isaac Sim(m)s later that same year. She died in 1896 in Bedwellty.
Jonah, born around June 1862 in Brynmawr, didn’t follow his father into the farming life and became a coal miner. He married a Cornish girl, Selina Matthews, in 1884 in Glamorgan. They lived in the Rhondda but by 1911 were living in Cwm, Ebbw Vale.
Jonah and Selina had 15 children including, Joshua (1884), Harriett Ann (1886), William Henry (1888), Albert (1890), Oliver (1894), Garfield (1897), Annie Maud (1901), Dora (1903), Stanley (1904), Doris Mabel (1907) and Gladys May (1908). Their daughter, Dora, lived for 108 years and died in May 2011.
Selina died in 1920, Jonah lived a further 30 years and died in 1950 in Ebbw Vale.
My great great grandmother Harriett Ann Weeks, was born around Dec 1886 in Ogmore, Glamorgan. She married William Williams in 1903 in Bedwellty Registration District. Their 3rd child, my great grandfather, Ivor was born on 14th March 1908 in Cwm.
William died on 25th July 1954 in Cwm. Harriett moved from the area after his death and a death has not yet been located.
Harriett Ann Weeks is my closest Weeks relative. There are still a lot of Weeks’ living in the area and there is a company called Weeks Meats whose vans I see regularly and each time I wonder whether they are connected to my family.
One day, I will find the connection.
What happened to Kate?
One big mystery concerning The Man’s family tree is that of his great grandmother’s “disappearance”.
Catherine Eliza Pagett Bown, Kate, was born in Leicester around 1861 to Henry Pagett Bown and Ann Blakesley. Henry and Ann had at least four other children, John William (1848 -1923), Samuel Henry (1851-1889), Thomas Pagett (1853-1916), Arthur Garrad (1855-1875) and Annie (1866).
She appeared to have a normal life with her family until her marriage, aged 24, to James Davidson. They married on 25th October 1885 at St Mathews Parish Church, Leicester. Over the next 6 years Kate, and James, had three children, Wallace Henry (1886-1954), Stuart James (1888), and Maggie (1891).
In 1891 Kate was living in Bilston, Staffordshire with her husband, James and sons, Wallace and Stuart (later known as James). This census is the last record I have been able to find thus far that relates to Kate.
Ten years later, in 1901, James was living in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire with an Elizabeth Davidson named as his wife. Elizabeth, born as Elizabeth Deane, had a son, Tom Sutherland, born in 1894 in Small Heath, Warwickshire.
James and Elizabeth had four children by 1901, Donald Cory (1896), Olga Madge (1897), Laura Mildred (1899) and Nelly (1900). Another child, Dorothy (1893), is with the family but a birth registration has not been located yet.
The 1911 census shows the family living in Newport, Monmouthshire with the older children and their latest additions, Enid (1904), Alan (1906), Vernon (1909) and May (1910). James and Elizabeth claim to have been married for 18 years (they didn’t actually tie the knot until 1934) which would put the start of their relationship around 1893. The year after Dorothy was born. However, Elizabeth’s possibly illegitimate son, Tom, was born in 1894, after the supposed start of the relationship.
Did they simply say 18 years to make Tom seem like a child of their relationship? (Tom married in Newport as Tom Sutherland Dean Davidson.) Or was James really Tom’s father?
James’ first wife, Kate, “disappeared” between 1891 and 1895. Was Kate Dorothy’s mother?
Through a descendant of James and Elizabeth I have been told that the family story was that Kate had gone “doo-lally” (forgive the political incorrectness) and was admitted to a Lunatic Asylum.
What really happened to Kate though? If, as the family stories say, she went “doo-lally” then what was the reason for her illness? Where were they living when she was admitted into the asylum?
I have a theory that could answer the first question… While searching for asylums in (and around) the families last known place of residence (Dorothy was allegedly born in Wolverhampton) I came across a comment by someone who had a relative admitted to an asylum for Puerperal Fever, a common but widely misunderstood infection resulting from improper hygiene (on the Doctor’s part) during childbirth. This made me curious and on further reading I discovered a condition called Puerperal Insanity, or Puerperal Psychosis as it is now called. Puerperal Psychosis, which has a close link with Bipolar Disorder, occurs within the first month after childbirth, and was the cause of hundreds of women killing their children during the 1800’s.
This leads on to the if’s……
If Dorothy was the product of James and Kate’s marriage then is it possible that Kate’s ‘madness’ could have actually been Puerperal Insanity? A condition which, had she been suffering from now, could be treated effectively.
Patients in an asylum were recorded on census returns using just the person’s initial which really isn’t helpful in locating Kate. A marriage or death record for Kate Davidson has not been located even using different variations of her names.
Throwing in another spanner, why did James and Elizabeth wait until 1934 to get married, he was 76 years old by then and the couple had been living together as husband and wife for 40 years and had nine children who were adults themselves. Was it simply that James didn’t want to be a bigamist and waited until Kate died? This is purely speculation as without a death there is no proof.
What happened to Kate? Why are there no records of her? Where should I go from here? This question will burn for as long as it takes to solve it.
1851 Census Transcription – Chepstow Union Workhouse
HO107/2443/275/13
| Name | Rel. | C. | Sex | Age | Occ. | Place of birth |
| LEWIS, Joseph | Head | W | M | 50 | Master Union Workhouse | Tidenham, Gls |
| HODGSON, Elizabeth | U | F | 33 | Matron Union Workhouse | Chepstow, Mon | |
| TAYLOR, Mary Ann | U | F | 30 | Schoolmistress U.Workhouse | Chepstow, Mon | |
| BUTTERY, Jane | U | F | 28 | Nurse Union Workhouse | Halifax, N. Amer | |
| TAYLOR, Elizabeth | Pauper | W | F | 89 | Formerly Shopkeeper | Aylburton, Gls |
| COX, William | Pauper | U | M | 48 | Formerly Farm Lab | Portskewett, Mon |
| LEWIS, John | Pauper | U | M | 13 | Formerly Farm Lab | Caldicott, Mon |
| STEPHENS, Thomas | Pauper | U | M | 14 | Formerly Farm Lab | Portskewett, Mon |
| DUTHERIDGE, John | Pauper | M | 7 | Scholar | Chepstow, Mon | |
| WILLIAMS, Francis | Pauper | U | M | 39 | Formerly Shoemaker | Aylburton, Gls |
| CARPENTER, Margaret | Pauper | U | F | 15 | Formerly Servant | Shirenewton, Mon |
| CHARLES, George | Pauper | M | 11 | Scholar | Llanvairdiscoed, Mon | |
| THOMAS, James | Pauper | U | M | 64 | Formerly Ag Lab | Llanvairdiscoed, Mon |
| BENNETT, Samuel | Pauper | O | M | 10 | Scholar | Lydney, Gls |
| TAYLOR, Hannah | Pauper | U | F | 38 | Formerly House Servant | Lydney, Gls |
| TAYLOR, Richard | Pauper | U | M | 13 | Scholar | Lydney, Gls |
| MARTIN, Jane | Pauper | U | F | 13 | Scholar | Chepstow, Mon |
| MORSE, Ann | Pauper | U | F | 40 | Formerly House Servant | Lydney, Gls |
| SIMMOND, Mary Ann | Pauper | F | 10 | Scholar | Lydney, Gls | |
| SIMMOND, William | Pauper | M | 7 | Scholar | Lydney, Gls | |
| SHEPPARD, Mary | Pauper | U | F | 18 | Formerly Servant | Lydney, Gls |
| PEDLINGHAM, John | Pauper | W | M | 58 | Formerly Baker | Lydney, Gls |
| HOPE, Caroline | Pauper | W | F | 42 | Formerly Charwoman | Marton Bahance, Gls |
| HOPE, William | Pauper | M | 9 | Scholar | West Dean, Gls | |
| HOPE, Victoria | Pauper | F | 1 | Chepstow, Mon | ||
| HUGHES, Mary Ann | Pauper | U | F | 24 | Formerly House Servant | Lydney, Gls |
| POWELL, Mary | Pauper | W | F | 60 | Formerly Charwoman | Much Marcle, Hef |
| PARKER, Leonard | Pauper | U | M | 18 | Formerly Ag Lab | Kilgwrrwg, Mon |
| HOWELL, Margaret | Pauper | W | F | 78 | Formerly Charwoman | LLandeilo Bertholau, Mon |
| EVANS, Ann | Pauper | U | F | 31 | Formerly House Servant | Chepstow, Mon |
| EVANS, George | Pauper | M | 3 | Scholar | St Arvans, Mon | |
| WILLIAMS, Richard | Pauper | W | M | 80 | Formerly Ag Lab | St Briavels, Gls |
| HULIN, Christopher | Pauper | U | M | 48 | Formerly House Painter | St Briavels, Gls |
| WILLIAMS, Richard | Pauper | U | M | 45 | Formerly Ag Lab | St Briavels, Gls |
| DAVIS, Frederick | Pauper | M | 9 | Scholar | Chapel Hill, Mon | |
| DAVIS, Samuel | Pauper | M | 7 | Scholar | Chepstow, Mon | |
| JONES, Ellen | Pauper | F | 10 | Scholar | Chepstow, Mon | |
| POWELL, Sarah | Pauper | F | 6 | Scholar | Tintern, Mon | |
| POWELL, Eliza | Pauper | F | 5 | Scholar | Chepstow, Mon | |
| COLE, George | Pauper | M | M | 66 | Formerly Ag Lab | Chapel Hill, Mon |
| REYNOLDS, James | Pauper | M | M | 51 | Formerly Ag Lab | Chapel Hill, Mon |
| WILKINS, Samuel | Pauper | W | M | 76 | Formerly House Carpenter | Tidenham, Gls |
| EDWARDS, Elizabeth | Pauper | F | 8 | Scholar | Tidenham, Gls | |
| EDWARDS, Henry | Pauper | M | 7 | Scholar | Chepstow, Mon | |
| GLYN, Hannah | Pauper | W | F | 83 | Formerly Shopkeeper | Tidenham, Gls |
| RAVENHILL, Thomas | Pauper | M | 11 | Scholar | Tidenham, Gls | |
| POWELL, William | Pauper | W | M | 61 | Formerly Farm Lab | Tidenham, Gls |
| DAVIS, Rachael | Pauper | U | F | 30 | Formerly Charwoman | Woolaston, Gls |
| DAVIS, Mary | Pauper | F | 12 | Scholar | Woolaston, Gls | |
| DAVIS, William | Pauper | M | 7 | Scholar | Woolaston, Gls | |
| DAVIS, Albert | Pauper | M | 1 | Chepstow, Mon | ||
| BAXTON, Susan | Pauper | U | F | 51 | Formerly Seamstress | Shirenewton, Mon |
| JONES, Theresa | Pauper | F | 10 | Scholar | Chepstow, Mon | |
| MOSELEY, James | Pauper | M | 10 | Scholar | Shirenewton, Mon | |
| ATTWELL, Harriet | Pauper | F | 8 | Scholar | Shirenewton, Mon | |
| ATTWELL, Priscilla | Pauper | F | 4 | Scholar | Shirenewton, Mon | |
| JONES, William | Pauper | U | M | 47 | Formerly Farm Lab | Shirenewton, Mon |
| JONES, Frances | Pauper | U | F | 19 | Formerly House Servant | Chepstow, Mon |
| CARPENTER, Sarah | Pauper | F | 12 | Scholar | Shirenewton, Mon | |
| CARPENTER, Joseph | Pauper | M | 9 | Scholar | Shirenewton, Mon | |
| CARPENTER, Herbert | Pauper | M | 6 | Scholar | Shirenewton, Mon | |
| EDWARDS, Ann | Pauper | U | F | 22 | Formerly House Servant | Shirenewton, Mon |
| EDWARDS, Sarah Ann | Pauper | F | 14 | Scholar | Shirenewton, Mon | |
| WATKINS, Edward | Pauper | W | M | 88 | Formerly Butcher | Chepstow, Mon |
| JACKSON, James | Pauper | W | M | 85 | Formerly Gardener | Portskewett, Mon |
| PYE, Martha | Pauper | M | F | 70 | Formerly Seamstress | St Danes, Mdx |
| PRICE, Ellen | Pauper | U | F | 33 | Formerly House Servant | Chepstow, Mon |
| RICHARD, Henry | Pauper | U | M | 33 | Formerly Farm Lab | Chepstow, Mon |
| BARRETT, Elizabeth | Pauper | U | F | 64 | Formerly Charwoman | Lydney, Gls |
| GREENING, Richard | Pauper | M | 10 | Scholar | Chepstow, Mon | |
| JONES, Charlotte | Pauper | M | F | 41 | Formerly Laundress | Bristol St Augustine, Gls |
| JONES, Mary | Pauper | F | 9 | Scholar | Chepstow, Mon | |
| THOMAS, Nathaniel | Pauper | M | M | 70 | Formerly Bark Chopper | Hereford, HEF |
| THOMAS, Mary | Pauper | M | F | 75 | Formerly Charwoman | Newland, Gls |
| YOUNG, Ann | Pauper | U | F | 30 | Formerly Seamstress | Bridgwater, Som |
| FRANCIS, John | Pauper | W | M | 69 | Formerly Sawyer | Chepstow, Mon |
| HARRY, Ann | Pauper | W | F | 42 | Formerly Shoebinder | Chepstow, Mon |
| HARRY, Mary | Pauper | F | 5 | Scholar | Chepstow, Mon | |
| POWELL, Elizabeth | Pauper | U | F | 39 | Formerly House Servant | Chepstow, Mon |
| JONES, Eliza | Pauper | U | F | 20 | Formerly House Servant | Shirenewton, Mon |
| JONES, Louisa | Pauper | F | 1 | Shirenewton, Mon | ||
| PRICE, Joseph | Pauper | U | M | 18 | Formerly Ag Lab | Chepstow, Mon |
| ELLIS, William | Pauper | W | M | 67 | Formerly Shipwright | Chepstow, Mon |
| YOUNG, Rosa | Pauper | U | F | 35 | Formerly Seamstress | Chepstow, Mon |
| YOUNG, William | Pauper | U | M | 16 | Formerly Ag Lab | Chepstow, Mon |
| JONES, Edward | Pauper | U | M | 27 | Formerly Ag Lab | Chepstow, Mon |
| LEWIS, Susan | Pauper | U | F | 26 | Formerly House Servant | Chepstow, Mon |
| LEWIS, Thomas | Pauper | M | 2 | Chepstow, Mon | ||
| WILLIAMS, Martha | Pauper | U | F | 20 | Formerly House Servant | Chepstow, Mon |
| WILLIAMS, Martha | Pauper | F | 1 | Chepstow, Mon | ||
| EVANS, John | Pauper | U | M | 26 | Formerly Ag Lab | Chepstow, Mon |
| PROSSER, William | Pauper | W | M | 61 | Formerly Cooper | Chepstow, Mon |
| WATKINS, Ann | Pauper | M | F | 22 | Formerly Charwoman | Tidenham, Gls |
| WATKINS, Mary | Pauper | F | 1 | Chepstow, Mon | ||
| HALIN, Charles | Pauper | M | 5 | Scholar | Tintern, Mon | |
| PHILLIPS, Henry | Pauper | M | 12 | Scholar | Itton, Mon | |
| CARD, Ann | Pauper | W | F | 74 | Formerly House Servant | Bythorn, Hun |
| WATKINS, William | Pauper | U | M | 30 | Formerly Baker | Trelleck Grange, Mon |
| WILLIAMS, Phillip | Pauper | M | M | 47 | Formerly Ag Lab | Newchurch, Mon |
| WILLIAMS, Elizabeth | Pauper | M | F | 40 | Formerly Charwoman | Tintern, Mon |
| WILLIAMS, Isaac | Pauper | M | 3 | Scholar | Rockfield, Mon | |
| WILLIAMS, Edwin | Pauper | M | 1 | Rockfield, Mon | ||
| SAUNDERS, Luke | Pauper | U | M | 57 | Formerly Ag Lab | Newchurch West, Mon |
| JENKINS, William | Pauper | U | M | 54 | Formerly Ag Lab | Newchurch West, Mon |
| WILLIAMS, John | Pauper | U | M | 65 | Formerly Ag Lab | Llansoy, Mon |
| DIBDEN, William | Pauper | U | M | 62 | Formerly Ag Lab | Hewelsfield, Gls |
| BURTLE, Mary | Pauper | F | 11 | Scholar | Cork, Ireland | |
| BURTLE, Daniel | Pauper | M | 9 | Scholar | Cork, Ireland | |
| MILES, George | Pauper | M | 4 | Scholar | Chepstow, Mon | |
| SULLIVAN, Catherine | Pauper | U | F | 22 | Formerly Charwoman | Chepstow, Mon |
| MORRIS, Richard | Pauper | U | M | 67 | Formerly Ag Lab | Whitchurch, Hef |
| ARNOTT, Mary | Pauper | F | 11 | Scholar | Cork, Ireland | |
| PHILLIPS, Catherine | Pauper | U | F | 53 | Formerly Charwoman | Trelleck Grange, Mon |
| HOWE, Mary Ann | Pauper | F | 12 | Scholar | Bristol St James, Gls | |
| DONOVAN, Mary | Pauper | M | F | 25 | Formerly Charwoman | Newport, Mon |
| DONOVAN, Jane | Pauper | F | 1 | Chepstow, Mon | ||
| NORRIS, James | Pauper | M | M | 74 | Formerly Ag Lab | Sedbury, Gls |
| CRESSWELL, Sarah | Pauper | W | F | 58 | Formerly Charwoman | Tidenham, Gls |
| CRESSWELL, Frederick | Pauper | U | M | 16 | Formerly Shoemaker | LLangwsychan, Mon |
| DAVIS, William | Pauper | M | 14 | Orleans, N America | ||
| WHITE, Susan | Pauper | W | F | 92 | Formerly Charwoman | Hewelsfield, Gls |
| CLIFFORD, Thomas | Pauper | U | M | 74 | Formerly Ag Lab | Dublin, Ireland |
| POWER, Mary Ann | Pauper | F | 4m | Chepstow, Mon | ||
| BRIAN, Ellen | Pauper | W | F | 69 | Formerly Charwoman | Kildare, Ireland |
| DONOVAN, Peter | Pauper | U | M | 29 | Formerly Ag Lab | Cork, Ireland |
| CLANCY, Robert | Pauper | M | M | 39 | Formerly Millwright | Liverpool, Lan |
| CLANCY, Daniel | Pauper | M | 9 | Liverpool, Lan | ||
| CLANCY, Ellen | Pauper | M | F | 34 | Formerly Charwoman | Liverpool, Lan |
| SMITH, John | Pauper | U | M | 20 | Formerly Ag Lab | Bromyard, Hef |
| COOK, James | Pauper | U | M | 30 | Formerly Baker | Bristol St Phillips, Gls |
| HANBURY, Elizabeth | Pauper | U | F | 58 | Formerly House Servant | Shirenewton, Mon |
| SIMS, Frances | Pauper | U | F | 16 | Formerly House Servant | Mathern, Mon |
| SIMS, John | Pauper | M | 7 | Scholar | Mathern, Mon | |
| WILLIAMS, Stephen | Pauper | M | 10 | Scholar | Mathern, Mon | |
| WILLIAMS, Haggar | Pauper | M | 4 | Scholar | Mathern, Mon | |
| EDWARDS, Ann | Pauper | U | F | 26 | Formerly Seamstress | Pontypool, Mon |
| NICHOLAS, Phoebe | Pauper | U | F | 18 | Formerly House Servant | Mathern, Mon |
| THOMAS, Edward | Pauper | M | 6 | Scholar | Mathern, Mon | |
| THOMAS, Emma | Pauper | F | 4 | Scholar | Mathern, Mon | |
| WILLIAMS, Elizabeth | Pauper | U | F | 18 | Formerly House Servant | Caerwent, Mon |
| HARRIS, William | Pauper | M | 15 | Formerly Shoemaker | Newchurch East, Mon | |
| JONES, Hannah | Pauper | F | 1 | Newchurch East, Mon | ||
| HARRIS, John | Pauper | M | 65 | Formerly Ag Lab | Newchurch East, Mon | |
| HARRIS, Thomas | Pauper | U | M | 18 | Formerly Ag Lab | Newchurch East, Mon |
| WATKINS, Margaret | Pauper | U | F | 30 | Formerly House Servant | Newchurch East, Mon |
