Monmouth and Brecon Militia - Simon WOOD, Gent. to be Lieutenant; John James ROUSSEAU, Gent. to be Ensign. Lyn Nunn Brisbane Australia

Thursday, Mrs Williams, mother of Mr. John Williams, watch-maker, of Stow-hill, Newport, Monmouthshire. Lyn Nunn Brisbane Australia

Pictures of: Brecon Town(BRE); and Pontrhydyfen Viaduct (GLA) Dear Listers, This week's 'Retrospective Images of Wales' webpages, just uploaded onto my website, include: 1. Scenes taken in historic Brecon, the county town of Breconshire (six pictures). This feature was first shown on 'Images of Wales' in December 1997. 2. A visit to Pontrhydyfen, birthplace of celebrities and site of a fine 19th century railway viaduct (eight pictures). Pontrhydyfen is in the county Glamorgan. This feature was first shown on 'Images of Wales' in January 1999. As usual, these webpages will be on display for one week. 'Retrospective Images of Wales' is at www.jlb2005.plus.com/walespic/retro/retro.htm While there, take the time to explore my 'Webpage Archive' and make your own Retrospective requests. Kind regards, John -------------------- John Ball, Cwmgwili, Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK E-mail: john@jlb2005.plus.com John's Homepage: http://www.jlb2005.plus.com/ Images of Wales: http://www.jlb2005.plus.com/walespic/ Welsh Family History Archive: http://www.jlb2005.plus.com/wales/ GENUKI Breconshire Maintainer: http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/BRE/ Joint Administrator - Powys (& BRE/MGY/RAD) mailing lists

Hi Listers, I would be so pleased if any members of the MASSER family could be found in our area. My great-greatgrandfather was LEMUEL MASSER who lived in Velindre near Glasbury. I have been researching my family and I know that one member John James Masser moved from Abergavenny to Newport with his wife Alice in the early 1900s. Four children were born there ---- Horace, Reginald, Elsie and David Lemuel. Their first two children were born in Abergavenny ------ Ethel Maud and Arthur John. Does any of this info ring bells with someone? Snowy

Hi Peter These transcripts are from copies of actual pages I took when I was in Wales recently. The bulk of them I post to the Glamorgan list but select any Monmouth ones to post here. I used the indexes online to decide what pages I wanted. Re the Clergy, I use the clergy database http://www.theclergydatabase.org.uk/ but as uploading it is still an ongoing project I ask the creator of the database for help sometimes. I also have the Alumni for Oxford and Cambridgeshire to use as a reference. regards Lyn ----- Original Message ----- From: Peter Williams bcs To: monfh@yahoogroups.com ; MONMOUTHSHIRE-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Friday, August 24, 2007 9:52 PM Subject: Re: MON Family History Deaths The Cambrian 4 Oct 1834 Brecknell, Swann, Stphens Lyn, Thanks for all these posts from the Cambrian. I am wondering if it is possible for anyone to do searches like this or do you have some special access? I tried and all I could find was the Index references. The same question also applies to some of your posts on Clergy details. Peter Williams ----- Original Message ----- From: Lyn Nunn To: MONMOUTHSHIRE-L@rootsweb.com ; monfh@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, August 24, 2007 12:10 PM Subject: MON Family History Deaths The Cambrian 4 Oct 1834 Brecknell, Swann, Stphens On the 13th inst. in London, Joseph BRECKNELL, Esq., of Blackbrook, Monmouthshire. On the 13th ult. at Chepstow, Amelia, widow of the late Charles James SWANN, of Lincoln's Inn, barrister. On the 25th ult. sincerely regretted, Mr Thomas STEPHENS, of Troy Cottage, Monmouthshire, many years woodman to the Duke of Beaufort. Lyn Nunn Brisbane Australia [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] __._,_.___ Messages in this topic (0) Reply (via web post) | Start a new topic Messages | Files | Photos | Links | Database | Polls | Members | Calendar Change settings via the Web (Yahoo! ID required) Change settings via email: Switch delivery to Daily Digest | Switch format to Traditional Visit Your Group | Yahoo! Groups Terms of Use | Unsubscribe Recent Activity a.. 2New Members b.. 1New Links Visit Your Group Yahoo! Groups Moderator Central get help and provide feedback on Groups. Real Food Group Share recipes and favorite meals w/ Real Food lovers. Best of Y! Groups Check out the best of what Yahoo! Groups has to offer. . __,_._,___

On the 13th inst. in London, Joseph BRECKNELL, Esq., of Blackbrook, Monmouthshire. On the 13th ult. at Chepstow, Amelia, widow of the late Charles James SWANN, of Lincoln's Inn, barrister. On the 25th ult. sincerely regretted, Mr Thomas STEPHENS, of Troy Cottage, Monmouthshire, many years woodman to the Duke of Beaufort. Lyn Nunn Brisbane Australia

Dear John Many thanks for the information. We shall certainly pay a visit to the chapel when we are next in Wales. Best Wishes John & Val ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Ball" <john@jlb2005.plus.com> To: <monmouthshire@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, August 24, 2007 10:08 AM Subject: Re: [MON] Bethlehem Chapel, Llanelly, BRE > Val & John Lewis <val@chetwynd23.freeserve.co.uk> wrote: > We have recently had a marriage certificate where the marriage took place > at Bethlehem Chapel, Llanelly, Brecs, > Does anyone know if the chapel still exists and if there are any B.M.D. or > monumental inscriptions available? > ====================== > > Dear Val and John, > > I've copied (below) part of a message I sent to the Powys mailing list a > few years ago (June 1998), after visiting Bethlehem Chapel, Llanelly: > ---------------- > I made the 40 mile trip [from my home] this morning, and can confirm that > Bethlehem Chapel is definitely still there. It's not actually in the > village of Llanelly, but in the parish of Llanelly, about half a mile due > south of Llanelly Parish Church. Llanelly village is tiny, consisting of > about 6 houses and the parish church of St Elli. The surprisingly large > parish churchyard is marvellous and contains some yew trees over 800 years > old. > The grid reference for the chapel is SO231140. > The chapel is in an excellent state of repair, and is obviously still in > use. It lies on about a quarter of an acre of land around which there are > a number of gravestones. The gravestones look as if they've been moved > from their original positions, and are mostly leaning against the end wall > of the chapel and against a boundary wall. Some of the gravestones are > badly eroded and the inscriptions are illegible - others are in quite good > condition. > A notice-board near the entrance to the chapel states: > BETHLEHEM BAPTIST CHAPEL > Est. 1830 > - it also gives details of the order of services, and the pastor's name: > Howard Foster. > The chapel was locked, so I couldn't look inside. > ---------------- > > There is a photograph of the chapel in the 'Welsh Churches and Chapels > Collection' feature on my website: > www.jlb2005.plus.com/walespic/churches/ > There is also an archived 'Images of Wales' feature available on Llanelly > (BRE), containing several more photographs of the chapel, which can be > reinstated onto my website as a 'Retrospective' on request. > > Kind regards, > > John > -------------------- > John Ball, Cwmgwili, Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK > E-mail: john@jlb2005.plus.com > John's Homepage: http://www.jlb2005.plus.com/ > Images of Wales: http://www.jlb2005.plus.com/walespic/ > Welsh Family History Archive: http://www.jlb2005.plus.com/wales/ > > GENUKI Breconshire Maintainer: http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/BRE/ > Joint Administrator - Powys (& BRE/MGY/RAD) mailing lists > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MONMOUTHSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >

You can search many items in the 'Cambrian' at www.swansea.gov.uk/cambrian . The paper started in 1804 and all BMDs and many items from all over Wales were indexed from that date. At some point in the history of the Cambrian Indexing project, which has run over a number of years/decades, a decision was made to limit indexing of adverts and news stories to those with specific reference to West Glamorgan (apart from some all-Glamorgan references like the County Asylum). All BMD notices are indexed, and some BMD notices from other papers after 1890s are in there. The newspaper itself changed in character over the years, from one with circulation over gentry and business classes across Wales to more of a local newspaper for Swansea and Neath, with a declining proportion of articles about Cardiff, Carmarthen and further afield. I am happy to answer queries about the Cambrian off list. Jeff volunteer on the Cambrian Indexing Project. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Williams bcs" <peter.williams@bcs.org> To: <monfh@yahoogroups.com>; <MONMOUTHSHIRE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, August 24, 2007 12:52 PM Subject: Re: [MON] MON Family History Deaths The Cambrian 4 Oct 1834Brecknell, Swann, Stphens > Lyn, > > Thanks for all these posts from the Cambrian. I am wondering if it is > possible for anyone to do searches like this or do you have some special > access? I tried and all I could find was the Index references. The same > question also applies to some of your posts on Clergy details. > > > Peter Williams > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Lyn Nunn > To: MONMOUTHSHIRE-L@rootsweb.com ; monfh@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Friday, August 24, 2007 12:10 PM > Subject: MON Family History Deaths The Cambrian 4 Oct 1834 Brecknell, > Swann, Stphens > > > On the 13th inst. in London, Joseph BRECKNELL, Esq., of Blackbrook, > Monmouthshire. > > On the 13th ult. at Chepstow, Amelia, widow of the late Charles James > SWANN, of Lincoln's Inn, barrister. > > On the 25th ult. sincerely regretted, Mr Thomas STEPHENS, of Troy > Cottage, Monmouthshire, many years woodman to the Duke of Beaufort. > > Lyn Nunn > Brisbane > Australia > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > __._,_.___ > Messages in this topic (1) Reply (via web post) | Start a new topic > Messages | Files | Photos | Links | Database | Polls | Members | Calendar > > Change settings via the Web (Yahoo! ID required) > Change settings via email: Switch delivery to Daily Digest | Switch > format to Traditional > Visit Your Group | Yahoo! Groups Terms of Use | Unsubscribe Recent > Activity > a.. 2New Members > b.. 1New Links > Visit Your Group > Beauty & Fashion > on Yahoo! Groups > > Share style tips > > and advice. > > Athletic Edge > A Yahoo! Group > > to connect w/ others > > about fitness goals. > > Yahoo! Groups > Real Food Group > > Share recipes > > and favorite meals. > . > __,_._,___ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MONMOUTHSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Lyn, Thanks for all these posts from the Cambrian. I am wondering if it is possible for anyone to do searches like this or do you have some special access? I tried and all I could find was the Index references. The same question also applies to some of your posts on Clergy details. Peter Williams ----- Original Message ----- From: Lyn Nunn To: MONMOUTHSHIRE-L@rootsweb.com ; monfh@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, August 24, 2007 12:10 PM Subject: MON Family History Deaths The Cambrian 4 Oct 1834 Brecknell, Swann, Stphens On the 13th inst. in London, Joseph BRECKNELL, Esq., of Blackbrook, Monmouthshire. On the 13th ult. at Chepstow, Amelia, widow of the late Charles James SWANN, of Lincoln's Inn, barrister. On the 25th ult. sincerely regretted, Mr Thomas STEPHENS, of Troy Cottage, Monmouthshire, many years woodman to the Duke of Beaufort. Lyn Nunn Brisbane Australia [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] __._,_.___ Messages in this topic (1) Reply (via web post) | Start a new topic Messages | Files | Photos | Links | Database | Polls | Members | Calendar Change settings via the Web (Yahoo! ID required) Change settings via email: Switch delivery to Daily Digest | Switch format to Traditional Visit Your Group | Yahoo! Groups Terms of Use | Unsubscribe Recent Activity a.. 2New Members b.. 1New Links Visit Your Group Beauty & Fashion on Yahoo! Groups Share style tips and advice. Athletic Edge A Yahoo! Group to connect w/ others about fitness goals. Yahoo! Groups Real Food Group Share recipes and favorite meals. . __,_._,___

Hi Judy Llanhilleth is quite a long way from Llangattock Lingoed, so with Hughes being a common name, I suspect this is not the same person. Jane. (Brought up in Llanhilleth!) Judy Lennox <judyc@nb.sympatico.ca> wrote: Hi Lynn, Do you think this James Hughes is a relative of mine? My grr-grandfather was James Hughes b-1810 Llangattock Lingoed, Monmouthshire, his son James b-1859 Llangattock Lingoed, his son was James b-1884 Llangattock Lingoed and moved to Canada 1904. Judy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lyn Nunn" To: ; Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2007 12:48 AM Subject: [MON] Ellen Festing wife of Rev. James Hughes > >From the Cambrian 22 Feb 1889 > > > > On the 13th Feb., at the Rectory, Crumlin, Ellen Festing, aged 73, wife of > the Rev. James HUGHES, Rector of Llanhileth, Mon. > > > > Lyn Nunn > Brisbane > Australia > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MONMOUTHSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.484 / Virus Database: 269.12.2/967 - Release Date: 8/22/2007 > 6:51 PM > > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MONMOUTHSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Val & John Lewis <val@chetwynd23.freeserve.co.uk> wrote: We have recently had a marriage certificate where the marriage took place at Bethlehem Chapel, Llanelly, Brecs, Does anyone know if the chapel still exists and if there are any B.M.D. or monumental inscriptions available? ====================== Dear Val and John, I've copied (below) part of a message I sent to the Powys mailing list a few years ago (June 1998), after visiting Bethlehem Chapel, Llanelly: ---------------- I made the 40 mile trip [from my home] this morning, and can confirm that Bethlehem Chapel is definitely still there. It's not actually in the village of Llanelly, but in the parish of Llanelly, about half a mile due south of Llanelly Parish Church. Llanelly village is tiny, consisting of about 6 houses and the parish church of St Elli. The surprisingly large parish churchyard is marvellous and contains some yew trees over 800 years old. The grid reference for the chapel is SO231140. The chapel is in an excellent state of repair, and is obviously still in use. It lies on about a quarter of an acre of land around which there are a number of gravestones. The gravestones look as if they've been moved from their original positions, and are mostly leaning against the end wall of the chapel and against a boundary wall. Some of the gravestones are badly eroded and the inscriptions are illegible - others are in quite good condition. A notice-board near the entrance to the chapel states: BETHLEHEM BAPTIST CHAPEL Est. 1830 - it also gives details of the order of services, and the pastor's name: Howard Foster. The chapel was locked, so I couldn't look inside. ---------------- There is a photograph of the chapel in the 'Welsh Churches and Chapels Collection' feature on my website: www.jlb2005.plus.com/walespic/churches/ There is also an archived 'Images of Wales' feature available on Llanelly (BRE), containing several more photographs of the chapel, which can be reinstated onto my website as a 'Retrospective' on request. Kind regards, John -------------------- John Ball, Cwmgwili, Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK E-mail: john@jlb2005.plus.com John's Homepage: http://www.jlb2005.plus.com/ Images of Wales: http://www.jlb2005.plus.com/walespic/ Welsh Family History Archive: http://www.jlb2005.plus.com/wales/ GENUKI Breconshire Maintainer: http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/BRE/ Joint Administrator - Powys (& BRE/MGY/RAD) mailing lists

Hi Judy Sorry but I have no idea - I am just transcribing what is in the newspaper. You will have to decide about any links. Do you have any other evidence to suggest you have a Vicar in the family married to an Ellen? If you don't perhaps you should just note the reference and see if anything else turns up. I would imagine Hughes is a very common name and my Welsh geography is atrocious without a map - is Llanhileth anywhere near Llangattock Lingoed? regards Lyn in Oz. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Judy Lennox" <judyc@nb.sympatico.ca> To: <monmouthshire@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, August 24, 2007 7:59 AM Subject: Re: [MON] Ellen Festing wife of Rev. James Hughes > Hi Lynn, > Do you think this James Hughes is a relative of mine? My > grr-grandfather was James Hughes b-1810 Llangattock Lingoed, > Monmouthshire, > his son James b-1859 Llangattock Lingoed, his son was James b-1884 > Llangattock Lingoed and moved to Canada 1904. Judy > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Lyn Nunn" <lnunn@bigpond.net.au> > To: <MONMOUTHSHIRE-L@rootsweb.com>; <monfh@yahoogroups.com> > Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2007 12:48 AM > Subject: [MON] Ellen Festing wife of Rev. James Hughes > > >> >From the Cambrian 22 Feb 1889 >> >> >> >> On the 13th Feb., at the Rectory, Crumlin, Ellen Festing, aged 73, wife >> of >> the Rev. James HUGHES, Rector of Llanhileth, Mon. >> >> >> >> Lyn Nunn >> Brisbane >> Australia >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> MONMOUTHSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >> the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> -- >> No virus found in this incoming message. >> Checked by AVG Free Edition. >> Version: 7.5.484 / Virus Database: 269.12.2/967 - Release Date: 8/22/2007 >> 6:51 PM >> >> > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MONMOUTHSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Dear All We have recently had a marriage certificate where the marriage took place at Bethlehem Chapel, Llanelly, Brecs, Does anyone know if the chapel still exists and if there are any B.M.D. or monumental inscriptions available? Val & John

>From the Cambrian 4 Oct 1834 On the 9th ult. at Guernsey, Edward BAKER, Esq. of Blackbrook House, Monmouthshire, to Sophia, second daughter of the late Rev. W. THOROLD, of Weelsby House, Lincolnshire. Lyn Nunn Brisbane Australia

>From the Cambrian 4 Oct 1834 On the 25th ult. Mr. Thomas HOWELL to Miss TAYLOR, both of Chepstow. Lyn Nunn Brisbane Australia

As part of my family history research I am making a return visit to the Gallipoli peninsula and would be happy to try to help with any requests for photographs of graves or memorials. Please contact me off list if I can help. Kind regards Lyn _________________________________________________________________ The next generation of MSN Hotmail has arrived - Windows Live Hotmail http://www.newhotmail.co.uk

Hi Lynn, Do you think this James Hughes is a relative of mine? My grr-grandfather was James Hughes b-1810 Llangattock Lingoed, Monmouthshire, his son James b-1859 Llangattock Lingoed, his son was James b-1884 Llangattock Lingoed and moved to Canada 1904. Judy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lyn Nunn" <lnunn@bigpond.net.au> To: <MONMOUTHSHIRE-L@rootsweb.com>; <monfh@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2007 12:48 AM Subject: [MON] Ellen Festing wife of Rev. James Hughes > >From the Cambrian 22 Feb 1889 > > > > On the 13th Feb., at the Rectory, Crumlin, Ellen Festing, aged 73, wife of > the Rev. James HUGHES, Rector of Llanhileth, Mon. > > > > Lyn Nunn > Brisbane > Australia > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MONMOUTHSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.484 / Virus Database: 269.12.2/967 - Release Date: 8/22/2007 > 6:51 PM > >

>From the Cambrian 22 Feb 1889 On the 13th Feb., at the Rectory, Crumlin, Ellen Festing, aged 73, wife of the Rev. James HUGHES, Rector of Llanhileth, Mon. Lyn Nunn Brisbane Australia

Hi Brad, Thanks for the suggestion that Harriet MORGAN was her married name and that she was actually a DAVIES. It is possible and something for me to checkout, never thought of it. If she had been Mary DAVIES daughter she would have had her at 15. The reason I thought it was her moms maiden name is because I found a Benjamin DAVIES who married a Mary Morgan in 1844. Also a birth for Harriet MORGAN in 1838 in Pontypool. I appreciate your suggestion, thanks. I need to check out all theories as this is a brick wall for me. Regards, Carol

On Sun, 19 Aug 2007 10:33:26 -0700 Carol <carolbc@shaw.ca> wrote: Hello Carol, > Hello - In 1861 Mary DAVIES b. 1822, was widowed from Benjamin and > living with her sons John b. 1857 and Joseph b. 1849 in Bedwellty. > Also listed is Harriet MORGAN b. 1837 as the daughter so I assume > Mary was a MORGAN. I have not been able to find this family in 1851 I'd have thought that Harriet was nee DAVIES. MORGAN would be her married name, as she'd be approx 24 yo in 1861. -- Regards _ / ) "The blindingly obvious is / _)rad never immediately apparent" It couldn't adapt so it couldn't survive The Great British Mistake - The Adverts