Forum: Breconshire county-wide forum

I have recently received the birth certificate for my Great Grandmother, Mary Joanna James (b. 1875). The address is given as Tips, Dukestown. I can find no reference to this on the internet - can anyone please throw any light on this place name? Surely it can't mean she was born on a "tip"?

Hello please can someone give me information on this marriage between Thomas Daniel and Elizabeth Jones 1856 Brecknock. They had children in Llanywern, or do i send off for the marriage certificate.

I'm looking for the baptism of Elizabeth jones 1838 in Llangorse or Pengenffordd area.She later married Thomas Daniel 1856 in Brecknock.

David POWELL is my 3 x gt grandfather & says he was born in Llanspyddid in the census returns. David's daughter, Margaret, is my 2 x gt grandmother & she married Thomas BOULDIN in 1865 in Aberdare. Thomas' brother Edward married Margaret PRICE who was also from Llanspyddid, in 1868, also in...

I have been trying to tie this womens parents down for 3 years. I have a marriage certificate for june 1876 which states age 23 , place of birth Llangunidar, fathers name John (deceased). An old family bible has an entry for Ann giving date of birth dec 16 1853 She married a george williams and...

marriage lookup please HI i'm looking for the marriage between WILLIAM DANIEL and MARY surname unknown about 1816. they had children in llanywern

Firstly Christmas greetings,lucky old you ,presents wrapped and waiting for santa!!. As someone who has been researching my family for 2 years and still find a lot of sites confusing,its an age thing,could you point me in the right direction before they cart me away. I have been trying to...

This gentleman is my husbands GGF.We know he had six children. 1Mary Jane b 25/11/1875 2Evan Rees b20/12/1876 3Ann b02/10/1878 4John Thomas b14/03/1881 5David Williamb 07/05/1882d18/11/1889 6 Thomas Pask 13/04/1884 We know everything about Evan Rees and John Thomas.A little...

My great uncle Alexander (Alec) Tarrant enlisted in the Dragoon Guards (3rd or 6th?) in Brecon in 1914. Although he was a Bristol man he was most likely working locally as a miner when war was declared. Can anyone assist me with the memorial dedicated to men from the Brecon area as I am having...

Just posted in the census board about a place name trying to decipher. I think it says Llangenten and have discovered you can purchase a CD from Powys FHS of "Llanganten Parish Registers 1754-1901". But I can't find this place on any maps and googling brings up very few matches. Is it known...

hello there I go to a Family history group and Thursday borrowed a Cd of Brecon 1861 census. On there I found my great-great=grandfather (I hope) a coal miner aged 11.He is living with his widowed grandmother and her son (who may be his father) I would like to find his mother and father and date...

I am at the proverbial brick wall with my Welsh gt grandfather. He was Thomas Morgan, according to census was born Llanbedr, Brecon around 1847 His father was Thomas Morgan, farmer (on 'my' Thomas's marriage cert). My Thomas married Alice Williams from Tredunnock, Mon, at Panteg in 1877. They...

hi all, i am trying to find annie jane davies on the 1841 census and aint getting any joy, she was born abt 1835, breconshire,the daughter of walter davies and hannah greenwood, i am also trying to locate a birth entry, i hope someone can help.............this is really stressing me...

hi jacqui dont know if you can help,my g.granmother was phoebe williams born 1 8 1841 in merthyr cynog brecon. her mother was margaret williams also brecon b.abt.1820.i know she had phoebe before marriage but cant find out who she married later. i know phoebes uncle was william williams esquire ...

Hi its my first time on this site ,anyone who will help me save my sanity.|help|| i have spent arond 50 hours trying to find info about the father of phoebe williams born 1-8-1841 at llanafan fawr merthyr cynog breconshire, her mothers name was margaret of the same area . the person who gave...

Hi, am wondering if anyone can help me, l'm researching the Nichols from Glynfach in Breckonshire, have found my Gt Gt Grandfather John Nichols born abt 1797 Glynfach who was a mason, and have now met a brick wall. Wondered if anyone could give me any info on Glynfach or Boughrood Radnor where l...

Hi' can any one help me out with the name in Brecon' Llan...? Brecknock' Brecon.Thanks Mark

I've hit a brick wall looking for my great-grandparents. I have my grandmother's birth certificate (1908 Crickhowell, sub district Beaufort) and it gives her father's name as John Evans (coal miner) and mother's name of Mary Jane Evans (formerly Long). I don't know if they were married in 1901 to...