Hallo - thanks for your interest - we know its not Blane However on 1901 Census we found a Powell eDWARDS AGED 72 BORN 1829 INMATE AT aSYLUM IN bUILTH bRECONSHIRE.It says born in Llangenten - which could be anywhere in Wales!!!! It questions the fact that he may have is name wrong way round - however on the marriage certificate of his daughter Mary it says fatheer POwell Edwards farmer. Mary> > From: "Robert Treharne Jones" <tjwizard@tiscali.co.uk> > Date: 2007/05/05 Sat PM 04:21:08 BST > To: <monmouthshire@rootsweb.com> > Subject: Re: [MON] powell edwards > > Found 10 or 12 Mary Edwards in Monmouthshire in the 1841 census - none > living in Nantyglo and none with a father called Powell. > > Couldn't find a Powell Edwards anywhere - is it possible his name could have > been Howell or Hywel? > > Robert > > > -----Original Message----- > From: monmouthshire-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:monmouthshire-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of > mary.howells1@tesco.net > Looking for Powell ewdwards all we know is that his daughter Mary married a > John Jones in 1844 at the Parish Church of Aberystruth.They were resident > at time in Nantyglo.Mary was born in 1826. > > > > ------------------------------- > 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 >

Aha! Finally found him - his name in 1901 was Powell Edward (without the 's'), hence the possibility that is forename and surname were interposed. In fact that's EXACTLY what happened - if you examine the census return in details there's a (2) over the word Powell and a (1) over the word Edward so the enumerator recognised the error. His occupation is listed a general labourer and place of birth as Llanganten, an ancient parish in the Builth area which no longer exists. With that information the following is available from the censuses: 1871 Working as a farm labourer and lodging with the Jones family at Llangyfelach, Glamorgan. 1861 Working as a waggoner and general agricultural labourer and lodging with the Williams family in Llannon, Carmarthenshire 1851 Working as a servant with the Price family (farmers) in Llanelwedd, Radnorshire 1841 Living in Llanganten with his parents Edward, 45, and Marcy (sic), 40, plus siblings Mary, 3, Rees, 9, and Samuel and William, both 5. Of course this doesn't tie in with what you state regarding Mary's marriage to John Jones in 1844 when she would only have been 6 years old, nor the family living in Nantyglo. However no other Edward Powell that I could find comes near to the critical data of 'Llanganten 1829' so I'm assuming that this Edward Powell is not the correct one for your family and the 1901 data is a red herring. It's now worth looking for 'Edward Powell' in the early censuses for Nantyglo/Aberystruth. Robert -----Original Message----- From: monmouthshire-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:monmouthshire-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of mary.howells1@tesco.net Hallo - thanks for your interest - we know its not Blane However on 1901 Census we found a Powell eDWARDS AGED 72 BORN 1829 INMATE AT aSYLUM IN bUILTH bRECONSHIRE.It says born in Llangenten - which could be anywhere in Wales!!!! It questions the fact that he may have is name wrong way round - however on the marriage certificate of his daughter Mary it says fatheer POwell Edwards farmer. > -----Original Message----- > From: monmouthshire-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:monmouthshire-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of > mary.howells1@tesco.net > Looking for Powell ewdwards all we know is that his daughter Mary married a > John Jones in 1844 at the Parish Church of Aberystruth.They were resident > at time in Nantyglo.Mary was born in 1826.