Hello I'm on other lists, but I've joined this one on behalf of a friend, who's brand new to family history and brand new to computers, so I'm helping him get started. He wants information on the WATKINS family of Crumlin. He knows quite a bit as he knew the grave of his great grandparents as a child, and it's still legible. I've been able to trace these people on censuses. They are: Thomas WATKINS - born c1806, Coal agent, later farmer Sarah WATKINS (maiden name unknown) - born c 1806 Llewellyn WATKINS born c1836 Henry WATKINS born c1838 Thomas WATKINS born c1840 Sarah WATKINS born c1843 Ann WATKINS born c1846 William WATKINS born c1848 John WATKINS born c1850 Henry died as a baby. Thomas, Sarah and Ann all died in the early 1860s in their 20s. I've found from the net that there was a cholera epidemic in Wales in 1866, but that was after these deaths. Could they have been part of an early stage of this, or was there another epidemic, or was it just a series of bad luck? John WATKINS is my friend's grandfather. He was a relieving officer. Could anyone tell me where we might look for records of a relieving officer's work? There's a gap in 1871, when I can't find any of them. I expect it's a mistranscription, and I'll continue to look. If anyone is related to the WATKINS, or knows anything about them, please get in touch. Thanks for reading this. Caroline ___________________________________________________________ What kind of emailer are you? Find out today - get a free analysis of your email personality. Take the quiz at the Yahoo! Mail Championship. http://uk.rd.yahoo.com/evt=44106/*http://mail.yahoo.net/uk

he was a kind of social worker so I would enquire of Gwent Record Office about parish records "Relieving Officer was the actual person responsible for the distribution of parish relief" Hugh W On 4 Mar 2007, at 15:44, Caroline Bagshaw wrote: > Hello > I'm on other lists, but I've joined this one on behalf of a friend, > who's brand new to family history and brand new to computers, so > I'm helping him get started. > > He wants information on the WATKINS family of Crumlin. He knows > quite a bit as he knew the grave of his great grandparents as a > child, and it's still legible. I've been able to trace these > people on censuses. They are: > > Thomas WATKINS - born c1806, Coal agent, later farmer > Sarah WATKINS (maiden name unknown) - born c 1806 > Llewellyn WATKINS born c1836 > Henry WATKINS born c1838 > Thomas WATKINS born c1840 > Sarah WATKINS born c1843 > Ann WATKINS born c1846 > William WATKINS born c1848 > John WATKINS born c1850 > > Henry died as a baby. Thomas, Sarah and Ann all died in the early > 1860s in their 20s. I've found from the net that there was a > cholera epidemic in Wales in 1866, but that was after these > deaths. Could they have been part of an early stage of this, or > was there another epidemic, or was it just a series of bad luck? > > John WATKINS is my friend's grandfather. He was a relieving > officer. Could anyone tell me where we might look for records of a > relieving officer's work? > > There's a gap in 1871, when I can't find any of them. I expect > it's a mistranscription, and I'll continue to look. > > If anyone is related to the WATKINS, or knows anything about them, > please get in touch. > > Thanks for reading this. > Caroline > > > > ___________________________________________________________ > What kind of emailer are you? Find out today - get a free analysis > of your email personality. Take the quiz at the Yahoo! Mail > Championship. > http://uk.rd.yahoo.com/evt=44106/*http://mail.yahoo.net/uk > > ------------------------------- > 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 -- a wonderful artist in Denmark http://www.ingerlisekristoffersen.dk/ Beta blogger http://snaps4.blogspot.com/ photographs and walks old blogger GENEALOGE http://hughw36.blogspot.com/ MAIN BLOG