----- Original Message ----- From: "hunkadoon" <hunkadoon@ntlworld.com> To: <dyfed@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, October 21, 2009 4:23 PM Subject: [Dyfed] JAMES, MATHRY,,,,,, > Hello and thanks again Sylvia > I am sure you are correct regarding the naming pattern, > having come across it many times in my own family search "up North" > So I feel inclined to apply for a cert. for the birth of Martha, > mentioning > that her mother's maiden surname may be Rowland *or* John. > I only hope they didn't both have daughters called Martha. :-) > Best wishes > Reuben > > >>>Looking at the marriages on BMD like you did, in 1848 a William James >>>married Anne John or Anne Rowland possibly. So I took a look at 1841 and >>>it shows a 15 year old Anne John living in Mathry with her parents, >>>William and Martha John. William John was a Smith Journeyman. Always >>>remember that back then parents would have named their children after >>>their parents, grandparents etc (with luck). > > ================================ > Dyfed list http://home.clara.net/daibevan/DyfedML.html > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > DYFED-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message