Many children born in the Swansea Union were baptised at the parish church, St Mary's. Might be worth asking someone to check the registers. Andy Sent from my iPhone > On 27 Sep 2015, at 11:54, Theo & Anna Brueton via <glamorgan@rootsweb.com> wrote: > > Hi Daphne > > If Samuel's birth certificate gives Swansea Union as place of birth > then yes, it is the workhouse. Swansea Workhouse records are at West > Glamorgan Archives - see > http://www3.swansea.gov.uk/CalmView/Record.aspx?src=CalmView.Catalog&id=US&pos=4 > > I'm not sure whether there would be any mention of Samuel or his > family in these records - the inmate registers don't start until > 1858, but there might be references elsewhere. Probably best to > speak direct to the staff at Swansea Archives. > > Anna > > At 04:00 27/09/2015, Daphne Lees via wrote: >> Was the Swansea Union a workhouse? >> If so can anyone find the birth of Samuel Andrews(or Parker) >> born July 1855. ( I have a birth certficate with this information) >> >> Father listed as Samuel Andrews (Baker Journeyman) - Mother >> Ellen Andrews (formerly Parker). >> If I have the right couple they left two children in the Bideford >> Workhouse,Devon. >> Appreciate any help you can give me. >> >> Ellen may have given a false name, Samuel Andrews was married to Eliza Parker >> >> Regards >> Daphne >> -- >> >> To send to the list send to glamorgan@rootsweb.com >> GLAMORGAN Family History Mailing List archives etc. are at >> http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/WLS/GLAMORGAN.html >> - >> >> A web site has been prepared to help you use the Glamorgan List >> http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~glamorgan/ >> >> - >> A large amount of information, and a wide variety of useful links, >> may be found at http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/GLA/ >> >> - >> The South/West Wales Lookup Exchange and Gareth's Help Pages >> http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~walesle/wal/AW.html and >> http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ukwales2/hicks.html >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> GLAMORGAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >> the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > -- > > To send to the list send to glamorgan@rootsweb.com > GLAMORGAN Family History Mailing List archives etc. are at > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/WLS/GLAMORGAN.html > - > > A web site has been prepared to help you use the Glamorgan List > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~glamorgan/ > > - > A large amount of information, and a wide variety of useful links, may be found at http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/GLA/ > > - > The South/West Wales Lookup Exchange and Gareth's Help Pages > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~walesle/wal/AW.html and > http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ukwales2/hicks.html > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GLAMORGAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message