Hello I'm trying to trace the family of my ancestress, Eliza Morgan. The information I have is rather sketchy and I don't know how accurate some of it is. I know Eliza lived much of her life in Cardiff. She married John CLIFFORD there but there residence at the time was a hotel. Their children were born there and she died there. They only had one daughter, called Mary, so that may be her mother's name. She was born around 1845 and a place of birth is only mentioned on one census - I couldn't make it out but have been advised it's probably Llangoedmore, the county is definitely recorded as Cardiganshire. Her father's name is given as John, on her marriage, occupation Labourer. That's it regarding where she came from. Any help or suggestions will be very gratefully received. Helen Helen

Hi Helen I found the following: 1871 52 Wellington Street, Cardiff John, aged 21, labourer at foundry, Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire Eliza, aged 23, Llangoedmor 1881 11 Edward Street, Llandaff John, aged 31, hotel porter, b. Bradport (sic) Eliza, aged 33 (ink smeared), b. Cardiganshire John, aged 6, b. Cardiff 1891 22 Glynne Street, Canton John, aged 43, b. Wiltshire, Bradford Eliza, aged 46, b. Cardiff(!!) Charles, aged 16, b. Cardiff David, aged 14, b. Cardiff Philip, aged 12, b. Cardiff Joseph, aged 10, b. Cardiff Mary, aged 6, b. Cardiff (John junior has by now left home and appears to be working as the Boots boy at the Globe Hotel, Castle Street) I agree the 1871 place looks like Llangoedmor but the enumerator might simply have taken a run at it, and it could really be the much smaller hamlet of Llandygwydd, in which case the following census results might be helpful: 1861 John Morgan, 43, carpenter, b. Cenarth Anne, 40, b. Cenarth Thomas, 21, b. Cenarth David, 18, b. Cenarth Eliza, 16, b. Llandygwydd Margaret, 14, b. Llandygwydd Richard, 12, b. Llandygwydd John, 10, b. Llandygwydd Evan, 8, b. Llandygwydd Mary, 6, b. Llandygwydd Benjamin, 4, b. Llandygwydd Margaret Evans, 67, mother-in-law, b. Blaenporth HTH Robert -----Original Message----- From: dyfed-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:dyfed-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Helen Shipley I'm trying to trace the family of my ancestress, Eliza Morgan. The information I have is rather sketchy and I don't know how accurate some of it is. I know Eliza lived much of her life in Cardiff. She married John CLIFFORD there but there residence at the time was a hotel. Their children were born there and she died there. They only had one daughter, called Mary, so that may be her mother's name. She was born around 1845 and a place of birth is only mentioned on one census - I couldn't make it out but have been advised it's probably Llangoedmore, the county is definitely recorded as Cardiganshire. Her father's name is given as John, on her marriage, occupation Labourer. That's it regarding where she came from. Any help or suggestions will be very gratefully received.