Forum: Denbighshire county-wide forum

I am curious about how this Denbighshire farm/village got its name. While tracing my ancestors, I discovered that I come from a mining line of Moses' ROBERTS/ROBARTS in St Agnes, Cornwall. As N Wales is also a mining area, and the Moses ROBERTS name was also prevalent around Nant Cornwall, I am...

Hi Could someone with access to the EGLWYSBACH parish registers please lokup the baptism of John JONES 11th DEC 1768..on the igi there might be the same entry but it's for 1769!! thank you regards ALED

Hello all I am curious about a property that was left in an 1888 will by an ancestor of my husband's, Thomas Minshall, a solicitor who lived in Oswestry. Minshall mentions a "farm and lands" in Denbigh called "Maeshafodygelli" (sic). On Google Earth, there is an image of a place west of...

I have an ancestor who was bn about 1784 at a town in Denbighshire.The enumerator has only written Hen.Would that be Henllan or can anybody suggest another village in Denbighshire beginning with "Hen"?. Many thanks.

Does anyone have any information regards an Evans family that was in Henllan around 1822? My gg grandfather Elias Evans is shown having been born in Henllan, his father was Robert Evans, and mother as Mary. I think he had sisters, Margaret (two times), Catherine, and Susannah; but could not find...

I am looking for any info about Benjamin Senior as per the title of the message. Benjamin was b.Wrexham as far as I am to believe c.1795.I believe he was a Wesleyan Methodist. All I have is that his spouse was Elizabeth(Bythell?) They had 4 children Ann c.1818,Amelia c.1821,Joseph 1822(my...

I am looking for any information on David Raymond Jones,He married Margaret Jones in the St Asaph area in abt 1902, They had several children Norah b 1904,Veronica b 1906 and a son Robert. David was a journeyman shoemaker,I have no record of him but Margaret and the children were later in the St...

Can anyone tell me where I can get a copy of The Collieries of Denbighshire - G G Lerry? I think it may be out of print now. It is the Black Park and Brynkinallt Colleries I am particularly interested in and the people that lived near them and those that worked in the mines. Thanks

I have been studying this family for some time now and I have a lot of records that I am willing to share in exchange for further information about this family. Christian names include: Albert Alfred Amos Benjamin Burton Charles Colin Cyril Denis Edward Edwin Elijah Enoch Ernest Francis...

I am seeking help to continue the search for my GELL forebears. My g g g grandfather THOMAS GELL appears on the 1851 census and purports to have been born in Erbistock, Denbigh in about 1792 with his wife Catherine born in the same place in 1791. At the end of last year I visited the Erbistock...

I Have Reached An Impass In Relation To Tracing My Famil Tree. For I Have Discovered That My Greatx3 Grandparents Were Matthias Davies Born C1815 And Jane Brown Born C1815, However, I Am Unable To Trace When And Where He Died. As Far As I Am Aware He Died Prior To The 1851 Wales Census(at The Time...

My grandfather was Evan Oliver Phillips, his brother was Tudor Rees Phillips born in Pontypridd in 1903, Tudor married twice, first wife Teresa Chaloner married in Wrexham who died aged 40 in 1951, Tudor remarried in 1953 to a Brenda Thomas in Wrexham and we believe they ran a pub in Wrexham. ...

In the 1851 census - Graigfechan i have - Griffiths Thos head born 1812 age 39 ag labourer born llanfair Anne wife born 1814 age 37 born llanarmon Jane dau born 1836 age 15? born llanfair and edward who would not be on the 1841 census I researched this at...

Sarah Ellis and William T(homas) Jones married in Rhosllannerchrugog in 1909. This is for a friend's tree, and I doubt they'd want to pay for certificates. Thought it was worth a try to see if it's in parish records. Thanks for reading, Kim

I am trying to find a birth for Edward Griffiths who was born llanfair in 1849 to no avail i have searched the BMD sites to no avail can anyone help please thankyou in advance

Hi I have census for 1891 for griffiths - llanrydd ruthin which has Edward head 43 joiner Jane wife 40 Edward son 8 Ann J dau 10 Mary j dau 3 jane seemingley died in 1894

Hello all, I am coming here to declare my passion for the surname Par(r)ish :D. This is my maternal grandad's line, a long line of coal miners with mine eventually leaving Chirk, Denbighshire after 1850. After traveling through Durham they ended up in Yorkshire (Featherstone/Pontefract). I...

Has anyone any idea what the F.P Office would have been in 1891. I have a newspaper clipping reporting that "a meeting of cyclists was held at the Kings Arms club room to establish a cycling club". An ancestor of mine was elected as an officer - Mr Malings, F.P. Office, bugler. Would...