Hello, Whoever sent that information on the 1841 census. Thank you very much. It looks as if my David Thomas had an older brother Thomas Thomas. Of course, in 1841 my David could not have been born. It would be really funny if he was to arrive in April of 1842 as that would make exactly a hundred years between him and me. I don't suppose it will work out that way though. In the meantime, I now have something to work with anyway. So my heartfelt thanks for a breakthrough. Regards, Maureen

Maureen At first sight it looks as if there was only one David THOMAS birth registered in Pontypool district in 1841/42 - March quarter 1842 GRO ref 26 118 >From FreeBMD. I think Thomas THOMAS was March qr 1841 26 131 (might be 130) If Thomas was their first then a marriage in Abergavenny district March quarter 1840 might be relevant: Richard THOMAS on the same page as Mary LEWIS, Abergavenny 26 45 Possibly Bridgend in June qr 1839 or Merthyr Mar qr 1839 There were three deaths of a Richard THOMAS in Pontypool ditsrict 1841 to 1851, one in 1844 and two in June quarter 1848 on the same page, 26 112 So you might have David's mother re-marrying by 1851. Jeff