On 23 Mar 2007, at 17:27, Hugh Watkins wrote: > > On 23 Mar 2007, at 16:55, Win Baker wrote: > >> Hello >> >> I am having great difficulty with a place name that I have found on >> a census >> image, I just cant make it out, and it is in Monmouthshire, so who >> better to >> ask that my fellow listers in Monmouthshire! >> I am not Welsh and live many miles away, please forgive me for not >> being >> able to understand the Welsh words. >> >> I can send the census image off list to anyone who thinks they may >> be able >> to help me. It looks like Llangatter or Fangattur, South Wales and >> in the >> margin the enumerator has written MON., which I take to be >> Monmouthshire. >> >> Many thanks in anticipation >> Win. >> > > just put an ancestry URL in the message > > many of us have subscriptions > BTW any one in a Family History Center remember that ancestry.com is > restricting access very soon > > so enjoy whilst you can > still 1400 libraries world wide have access > > thanks for the eamil with this link http://content.ancestry.co.uk/Browse/view.aspx? dbid=7572&path=Yorkshire.Skelton+in+Guisbrough.ALL.10.19&rc=&zp=100 James Vaughan line 4 the county *should* be written first and is missing hence marginalia MON which may or not be correct http://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/rectype/census/uk/default.aspx 1871 England Census about James Vaughan Name: James Vaughan Age: 7 months Estimated birth year: abt 1870 Relation: Son Father's name: John Mother's name: Eliza Gender: Male Where born: Guisbrough, Yorkshire, England Civil parish: Guisborough Ecclesiastical parish: Cleveland Town: Guisborough County/Island: Yorkshire Country: England Registration district: Guisborough Sub-registration district: Kirkleatham ED, institution, or vessel: 1 Neighbors: View others on page Household schedule number: 86 Household Members: Name Age Frank Drakes 43 Alice Vaughan 3 Eliza Vaughan 27 James Vaughan 7 months John Vaughan 27 Mary A Vaughan 8 Mary G Vaughan 6 Thomas A Vaughan 5 Source Citation: Class: RG10; Piece: 4857; Folio: 10; Page: 18; GSU roll: 849465. dad is an iron stone miner http://content.ancestry.co.uk/Browse/view.aspx? dbid=7619&path=Yorkshire.Guisborough.ALL.1.18 1871 ============= John Vaughan Eliza abt 1844 Huntspill, Somerset, England Head Guisborough Yorkshire http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/SOM/Huntspill/index.html Eliza Vaughan John abt 1844 Wick Sain Lawrence, Somerset, England Wife Guisborough Yorkshire << # Wick St Lawrence View Record Mary A Vaughan John, Eliza abt 1863 Comshergs, Somerset, England Daughter Guisborough Yorkshire View Record Mary G Vaughan John, Eliza abt 1865 North Wales, Bruford N K Daughter Guisborough Yorkshire View Record Thomas A Vaughan John, Eliza abt 1866 North Wales, Bruford N K Son Guisborough Yorkshire View Record Ada Wright Robert, Alice Vaughan John, Eliza abt 1868 North Wales, Bruford N K Daughter Guisborough Yorkshire James Vaughan John, Eliza abt 1870 Guisbrough, Yorkshire, England Son Guisborough Yorkshire NK = Not Known as a place name Ann abt 1857 Osmotherley, Yorkshire, England Daughter Guisborough Yorkshire ================= old-maps is down http://www.old-maps.co.uk/ I like to use that gazetteer at this point by county with the old spelling http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/SOM/ http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/SOM/parishes.html # # Wick St Lawrence about 25% of births were not registered before 1875 so Freebmd did not have any suggestions the only google hits come from the mistakes in 1881 John Vann Betsy abt 1843 Huntspill, Somerset, England Son Huntspill Somerset VANN is not right 1841 James Nawn abt 1837 Somerset, England Huntspill Somerset is VAWN there is a whole tribe with 3 generations View Record Thomas Nawn abt 1761 Somerset, England Huntspill Somerset View Record Hester Nawn abt 1761 Somerset, England Huntspill Somerset View Record George Nawn abt 1811 Somerset, England Huntspill Somerset View Record Betsy Nawn abt 1811 Somerset, England Huntspill Somerset View Record Henry Nawn abt 1811 Somerset, England Huntspill Somerset View Record Harriot Nawn abt 1826 Somerset, England Huntspill Somerset View Record Eliza Nawn abt 1821 Somerset, England Huntspill Somerset View Record Thos Nawn abt 1833 Somerset, England Huntspill Somerset View Record James Nawn abt 1837 Somerset, England Huntspill Somerset View Record Jame Nawn abt 1839 Somerset, England Huntspill Somerset View Record Chas Nawn abt 1841 Somerset, England Huntspill Somerset which a parish register will sort out ========== A possible marriage Marriages Jun 1863 (>99%) RICHARDS Eliza Axbridge 5c 1089 Scan available - click to view VAUGHN John Axbridge 5c 1089 Scan available - click to view ================ 1851 England Census about Henry Richards Name: Henry Richards Age: 50 Estimated birth year: abt 1801 Relation: Head Spouse's name: Harriett Gender: Male Where born: Somerset, England Civil parish: Wick St Lawrence County/Island: Somerset Country: England Street address: Occupation: Condition as to marriage: Disability: View image Registration district: Axbridge Sub-registration district: Wedmore ED, institution, or vessel: 6 Neighbors: View others on page Household schedule number: 22 Household Members: Name Age Ann Richards 9 Eliza Richards 6 Harriett Richards 47 Henry Richards 50 James Richards 4 Sarah Richards 2 Susan Richards 10 Source Citation: Class: HO107; Piece: 1936; Folio: 605; Page: 8; GSU roll: 221095. gonna stop here we need to find the children when they are older Hugh W -- 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