Forum: Breconshire county-wide forum

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 thought I'd post my Breconshire interests here to try to spark off some discussion. I'd love to see some links coming through from these forums. My Rowlands are of Pentwyn from the 1830s or so and before that from Blaencwmhenog. My Williams are of Penmaenllwyd again from about the 1830...

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...

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...

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...

Williams, John b June 2 1747 Llanelly, Brecon, Wales, he was a red head from Brecknockshire who had been sentenced to 14 years transportation (convict ship Duke of Portland 1807) after deserting 35th Sussex Regiment. I am trying to find John's parents and any siblings. Up to present day, no...

I am hoping to find out anything I can about Roger Prosser born around 1825 in Llandilo, Radnor (possible father David Prosser) who married Mary Lloyd in 1854 in the Parish Church of Llandilo Graban, Radnor. She was the daughter of Rees Lloyd born 1791 in Crickadarn, Brecon. I think his wife may...

Hiya Just wondering if anyone has PRICE in their tree especially from the following areas: Llechryd Nant Bran Rhymney Rhiannon

Looking for a burial for William Caswell at Llangattock 1816-1820. Son of Francis and Ann Caswell. Also any mention of any Coomer family at Llangattock other than the marriages of Ann, 1815 and Sarah, 1828. Any help greatly appreciated, Roy