In 1871 William Rogers age 72 b Broxbourne,Hertfordshire and his wife Ann, 53, b Llanarthney, Carmarthenshire were living at 34a Strand, while at No. 34 was the household of John Crook, carpenter, and also in 34a was the family of John Waterhouse, a Fellmonger and skinner from Lancashire, his wife from Nova Scotia and one son born in Dublin and a new-born daughter. [ Fellmonger's premises were notoriously smelly, so one hopes he just lived there, and didn't work on the premises.] 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. 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. 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. 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 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 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. Jeff ----- Original Message ----- From: "Charani" <charani.b@gmail.com> To: <GLAMORGAN@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, June 13, 2011 3:04 PM Subject: [GLA] William ROGERS: Electoral Rolls from 1861-1864 > In 1861 William ROGERS was living in Carmarthen but in 1871 he had > moved to 34 Strand, Swansea. > > I know from items in the London Gazette, William had moved by 1864. > I'd like to try to ascertain more closely when he did move by using > the electoral rolls. As an attorney, he should have qualified for > inclusion. > > Could someone tell me, please, would the electoral rolls be at the > record office or elsewhere? > > -- > 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/ > --