Oh Wow! I am overwhelmed by the response! Thank you so much to all of you. Christina, I think this could possibly be him. I know there was definitely a daughter called Martha. We have a letter written by a relative giving us bits and pieces of information. Apparently May left one child with her mother in Wales as the child was ill and later died. Also one of the children died on the trip to South Africa.
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02-04-2021, 5:08 AM #11
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02-04-2021, 5:16 AM #12
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02-04-2021, 5:19 AM #13
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Thank yo so much Jill! In the letter we have, it says they think Mary had 17 children, but most of them died. She left one of the children in Wales with her Mother as the child was ill and later died. Also one of the children died on the trip to South Africa.
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02-04-2021, 5:20 AM #14
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Hi Wimsey! Yes, thank you! This must be him.
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02-04-2021, 5:23 AM #15
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Thank you! Going to follow up on this with our family!
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02-04-2021, 5:24 AM #16
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02-04-2021, 7:27 AM #17
Oh don't you just love it when it all starts coming together.
Now we have to sort out why it gives Henry James place of birth as America with Welshman next to it.
What you need to do now is buy Henry and Mary's marriage certificate from the GRO https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/
Although the records we all have found give him a middle name of James it is not on the marriage index so do not include it when filling in the form. You must only use the exact details as they appear on the index or the GRO will tell you they do not have the certificate you need.
These are the details from the FreeBMD site as in my post #4
Henry Mathias to Mary Rees registration district Merthyr T. vol 11a page 973
The marriage certificate should give you both Henry's and Mary's fathers names and occupation and the addresses where Henry and Mary were living. It will be interesting to see whether Henry has given his father's name as John because quite often details on death certificates are not always correct. Unfortunately marriage certificates in the UK at that time did not give mother's names so no help for us there.
ChristinaSometimes paranoia is just having all the facts.
William Burroughs
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02-04-2021, 7:43 AM #18
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arrival Durban 20 May 1901 on ship Braemar Castle
Mary Mathias aged 28
Daniel Mathias aged 8
Martha Mathias aged 5
https://www.eggsa.org/cgi-bin/dosearchArrivals.pl
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02-04-2021, 10:28 AM #19
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I will do that. The information we are most interested in trying to find some kind of record of our grandfather - Edward Mathias - whether it be a birth certificate or adoption papers. It has long been a mystery in our family.
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02-04-2021, 10:29 AM #20
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Wow! Thank you for this! I had no idea all this information was available.
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