(I'm having trouble posting because of SORBS so this may not make it to the list) Jeff Coleman wrote: > [ Fellmonger's premises were notoriously smelly, so > one hopes he just lived there, and didn't work on the premises.] He handled a couple of bankruptcy cases in 1864 and was described as being of Swansea. There's no details of an address. > The Strand was not a salubrious quarter of the town where other > solicitors or attorneys lived - it was close to the North Dock and > contained a large number of public-houses specialising in entertaining > seafaring men, and some commercial and industrial premises. He'd married a rich widow in 1829 and I think her inheritance payrolled his practice. He'd had two clerks at one stage. Then either the money ran out or something happened forcing him to move away and downmarket. > This William Rogers does not seem to appear in the 'Cambrian Index', > though his namesake,who kept the Waterloo iron foundry, appears several > times. There was however, a William Rogers who donated books to the > Library of the Royal Institution of South Wales in 1871. The book donation could well have been by my William > > http://www.swansea.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleid=29618 is s list of all the > electoral rolls surviving, which do not seem to cover the period in > question. Rats! > There are various street directories and trade directories in Swansea > Central Library, the Royal Institution of South Wales (Swansea Museum) > and in West Glamorgan Archives. If he'd virtually stopped working, there's a good chance he wouldn't be listed. He was given as a retired attorney in 1881. > If William Rogers was a householder, rather than a lodger, he may well > appear in the Rate Books ( for collecting the Poor Rate to sustain the > activities of Swansea Board of Guardians) > http://www.swansea.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleid=28474 In 1881 he was again living in a multi occupancy house at 62 St Helens Avenue. I don't know where he lived in between times or how long he was at either address. > However if he moved from place to place he may be hard to trace, as I > think these will be organised in street order. > > http://www.swansea.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleid=9313 may also be helpful. > > Your best bet may be to contact West Glamorgan Archives and ask > specifically what records for 1861-1864 might exist that might be relevant. I'll drop them a line and see what there is. Many thanks for your help. -- Charani (UK) OPC for Walton, Greinton and Clutton, SOM Asst OPC for Ashcott and Shapwick, SOM http://wsom-opc.org.uk http://www.savethegurkhas.co.uk/