> > From: IHPARSONS@aol.com > Date: 2007/07/23 Mon AM 10:30:24 BST > To: MONMOUTHSHIRE@rootsweb.com > Subject: [MON] HUGHES and BENNETT interest > > Good morning, list, > > I am seeking information about my great-grandparents. William HUGHES was > born in November 1839, seemingly in Tredegar. There is no record of him in > either the GRO births list nor in the IGI index. From his marriage certificate > in 1864 at Siloh Chapel, Tredegar, I know that his father was also William, > and he is shown as 'butcher, deceased'. > > His wife, Sarah BENNETT, was born in 1844 - I have her birth > certificate. She was the daughter of Daniel BENNETT and Mary (nee REES). > > For some strange reason, William seems to have also escaped the census > returns. There is a man on the 1871 census who might be him, but there is no > trace before that in any of the preceding three censuses, something which > might give me more information about his immediate family. > > He and the other members of the Hughes family appear to be a brick wall. > Can anyone help with a butcher called William Hughes in the immediate area > of Tredegar? I have considered the possibility that he might not have been > born in the town, but in some outlying village, but not being familiar with the > area, I'm at a loss where to search next. > > TIA, > > Iain Parsons. > hello I too am searching ancestors 'hughes'but they are from chepstow.I have not yet come across a butcher but will let you know if I do.mary > > > > > ------------------------------- > 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 >