Hi Ruth, As I told you in my earlier contact, my GGmother worked for the Merediths, here she is during 1881 census with the widowed Elizabeth Meredith. Elizabeth Meredith abt 1825 Gloucestershire, England Head Aberystruth Monmouthshire Elvira Watkins abt 1858 Brynmawr, Breconshire, Wales Servant Aberystruth Monmouthshire Very soon after the census was taken Elvira Watkins married and then left Elizabeth's service. Regards, Tony in Australia. mailto:[email protected] PS Perhaps this is Thomas, Deaths Mar 1879 Meredith Thomas John 50 Bedwelty 11a 62 Found FreeBMD Monday, May 29, 2006, 1:57:49 PM, you wrote: > Thanks to Tony of Australia for his replies to recent message > about Thomas John MEREDITH, christened/baptized in December 1828 in > Clodock, Herefordshire, England. The clues he provided may prove helpful > in continuing research on this family. > Just wish individuals (or the informants) would give consistent > details from one census to another! It appears to me that some of the > records below may refer to the same individual, but each time a different > place of birth is given! Because of this, do you have suggestions of > additional things to do to determine if any of these are indeed the > individual I am seeking? Plus, do you have details on any of these that > could eliminate them from consideration? > 1841 census-- > a. His parents and some siblings were at Clyro, > Radnorshire, Wales. > b. A deceased brother had been living in Hay, > Breconshire, Wales with his family. > c. Another brother was living in Glamorganshire, Wales > with his wife and young daughters. > d. Do not know where Thomas John MEREDITH was at this > time, but he would have been about 12 or 13 years old. > 1851 census > a. Llangattock, Breconshire, Wales shows a Thomas > MEREDITH, lodger, age 3, (born about 1848) at Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, > Wales. Might this be a son of Thomas John MEREDITH (who had one brother > born in Abergavenny)? > b. Have not yet found Thomas John MEREDITH, about 22 or > 23 years old, on this census. > Have not yet been successful in finding a marriage record for > Thomas John MEREDITH. > 1861 census > a. Ystraddyfodwg, Glamorgan, Wales shows a Thomas > MEREDITH, age 33, (born about 1828) at Hay, Breconshire, Wales. > b. Llangattock, Breconshire, Wales shows a Thomas > MEREDITH, born about 1829 at Llanvens, Herefordshire, England; his wife > Elizabeth MEREDITH, born about 1824 in Berkley, Gloucestershire, England; > a lodger Edmond MEREDITH, born about 1821 in Usk, Monmouthshire, Wales > (have not yet come upon an Edmond MEREDITH in our family of ancestors); a > nephew Lewis MEREDITH, born about 1840 in Bremen, Llanelly. > 1871 census--on Mill Street, Llangattock, Breconshire, Wales > shows a Thomas MEREDITH, born about 1828 in Cluddock, Herefordshire, > Wales with wife Elizabeth MEREDITH, born about 1826 in Little Dean, > Gloucestershire, England, and a servant girl. > 1881 census--at number 10 Woodside Road in Civil Parish Flaxley, > Gloucestershire, England, was a Thomas MEREDITH, beerhouse keeper, age > 51, (born about 1830) at Littledean Hill (East Dean), Gloucestershire, > England; wife Elizth. MEREDITH, born about 1824 in Lea Bailey, > Gloucestershire, England; and a granddaughter, Jane Stephens, born about > 1868 in Littldean Hill, Gloucestershire, England. > Ruth Ann Baker > United States > ==== ENG-HEREFORD Mailing List ==== > . > ============================== > View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find > marriage announcements and more. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx > ______________________________________________ > This email has been scanned by Netintelligence > http://www.netintelligence.com/email -- Regards, Tony