Forum: Glamorgan county-wide forum

Hello im looking for any information on my Great Grandmother Annie May Harris.She was born 1902 in Pencoed,Nr Bridgend.In 1911 she was living in Penderry.In 1923 she married Edward Vivian Pryce. I believe her father was John Griffith Harris born abt 1873 in Swansea.Her mother was called Margart...

I am trying to trace if my great grandfather James Taylor and Grandmother Jane had any more children after 1900 and before 1909 when he died. They lived in Barry Glamorgan South Wales. I have found an Alexander and a John born in 1900. Could somebody check to see if there are any more children...

Does anyone know anything about Mynyddbach Chapel in the Swansea Valley area? My mother Mary Griffiths married my father Thomas Baden Roberts there in 1928. I'm interested in knowing if the chapel is still open and where it is/ or was located. If anyone has been researching the chapel history/...

My Great Grandfather, James WILLIAMS, was born about 1859 in Aberdare. On 26th October 1884 he married Elizabeth (Bessy) JENNINGS in the Pontypridd registry office. On the 31st January 1895 Elizabeth died while living at 100 Dinas Road, Dinas. There were 5 children. Family verbal history has...

I have recently purchased the Trealaw Cemetery Burial Index and have found a number of family burials there. I have been unable to find out if there is a map of the Cemetery showing where the plots are. Does anyone know if there is such a thing and if so where would I be able to obtain a copy? ...

Hi, I am trying to find any information regarding Jacob Jenkins such as a marriage, baptism, burial etc. On his daughter's baptism; Elizabeth Jenkins baptised 1st Aug 1819 at Peterston Super Montem Parish Church to Jacob Jenkins and Elizabeth. Abode Llanharan. Occupation Shoemaker. I have...

I am helping my wife do her family tree,we are stuck with her paternal grandfather we cannot find a birth for him, his name was joseph mayers,we have a marriage to edith m williams in sept 1920 in neath,south wales,and his death at his daughters home in croyden in surrey in 1979. we would be...

I have been trying to find a birth record for my ancestor George Harrison he would have been born in about 1796 in Neath, Glamorgan he married in 1820 in Llangattock to a Margaret Jones and the family settled in Llanthony, Monmouthshire where he was a miller, I have been unable to find a birth...

Desperately trying to find out more about my paternal grandparents Tom and Laura (nee Smart) Mitchell who lived at Roath Court Road and Granville and Rose (maiden name unknown) Mitchell. Granville was Tom and Laura's son born in 1905. They may have lived in the same road?

hello i wondered if there was anyone who could help point me in the right direction please.i have obtained some micro fiches and searched Merthyr Tydfil for my family.i have found Morgan David married Margaret Richard on 10/05/1800 in Merthyr Tydfil.Their children were Ebenezer David bap;05/12/1800...

Does anyone know if this hospital is still in existence? Full address is: Penrhiewtyn, Llantwit Lower, Neath UD, County of Glamorgan. I presume it was a military hospital of some sort. Now the second question. I have traced an ancestor who died there in 1919 as a private in the Royal Defence...

Hi.. Simple question.... Can someone please tell me if the registration district of Merthyr Tydfil includes a coastal area? I and several 2nd cousins have been searcing for the death of our 3X gr. grandfather Amos Hutchinson who was a master mariner from Gravesend. We are sure he died at sea...

From the 1841 census (HO 107/1415 book 7 folio 48 page 13), I have my great great grandfather Thomas Jones, married to Gwladys. I cannot yet find a record of their marriage. I am used to my research on my mother's side brickwall, which is nowhere near this far back, so this is new territory for...

I wonder if somebody who has the Roman Catholic Marriages CD for Cardiff might be kind enough to look up an 1849 marriage of PATRICK MALONY and JOHANNA HALLORAN/HALLEREN ?

I've been looking through my Welsh lines and have decided to go over everything and check I haven't messed anything up. I thought I would start with my easiest DAVIES line. Yes! It's DAVIES - splendid aye!. I'm reasonably confident that I have this line sorted but the surname being what it is,...