With the arrival of additional certificates today, more questions have come up about Henry Pitt MEREDITH. Instead of helping to solve the puzzle, the certificates have enlarged the puzzle! He was christened in 1825 in Clodock, Herefordshire, the same day as two other siblings. The 1841 census shows him at Clyro, Radnorshire, Wales, with his parents James MEREDITH and Elizabeth (PITT) MEREDITH. When 1851 census was taken he was at residence of an emigration agent in Liverpool, England, shortly before sailing to the United States. In the United States he married, had children, and appeared on the 1860 census in California in a gold rush area. After the death of his first wife, he and the children returned to the British Isles. On 12 January 1869 at Hay, Breconshire, widowed gent Henry MEREDITH of Cusop (Herefordshire) married Ann HAMER of Hay (Breconshire), spinster and daughter of William HAMER, a laborer. Have searched unsuccessfully for this couple and Henry's children on the 1871 census. Nor could I find Ann HAMER and her father on earlier census records. When I found Henry MEREDITH on the 1881 census in Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, it seemed all was well, until today. Henry was a retired goldminer, born in Clodock, Herefordshire. His wife Ann was born in Abergavenny, Monmouthshire. Son William, age 19, was born in America Daughter Elizabeth, 8, born in Abergavenny Son Frederick, 2, born in Abergavenny Birth certificates that came today appear to show Henry's second wife Ann HAMER died and he married a third wife, also named Ann. What do you think? Birth certificates for Elizabeth Ann MEREDITH, born 8 April 1873 in Abergavenny (father Henry MEREDITH a proprietor of funds--whatever that means) and Frederick George MEREDITH, born 10 January 1879 in Abergavenny (father Henry MEREDITH a yeoman) BOTH show their mother as Ann Meredith, formerly EVANS. In checking the free BMD a marriage is shown for a Henry MEREDITH and an Ann EVANS in June 1872 quarter in Abergavenny district. Now it definitely appears Ann EVANS was the third wife of Henry Pitt MEREDITH. So what happened to his second wife Ann HAMER? Cannot find a possible death for Ann (HAMER) MEREDITH. On the 1891 census, death certificate for Henry Pitt MEREDITH in 1894, death certificate for Frederick George MEREDITH in 1896, and death certificate for Ann MEREDITH in 1910, Henry Pitt MEREDITH is shown as "of independent means". Ruth Ann in the USA