Hi, Can anyone tell me how close these two BRE locations are? Does it make any kind of sense that children of one couple would be baptized in both places? I'm casting about in search of a family for my 3X great-grandfather, David Hamon, who according to the 1851 census was born in Breconshire. All records to date, including marriage, put him in Mons. Thanks for any help, Margaret -- Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, Families: AMOS, CHARLES, DAVIES, FISHER, HENRY, PRICE, RAUGH/ROUGH, REESE, WAGNER Monmouthshire Families: AMOS/HAMON, REES Glamorganshire Families: DAVIS/DAVIES, COLLINS (also Ireland), REESE Cardiganshire Families: GRIFFITHS, THOMAS Dutch and German Families: UPDYKE, DIETRICH, GRANTZ

I think they are only just over a mile apart or at least not much more, there is also a non-conformist chapel of some sort between them. Not sure if I have anyone with events at both churches but certainly some are at one and some at the other. LBP is often not marked on maps and even COFLEIN does not have an entry for the church. Best way to see them is to go to the Llanafan Fawr church on COFLEIN then bring up their BETA mapping and follow the road to the North East and you will see the church marked on the map. http://goo.gl/iXQGV I notice this in one report " Llanfihangel Bryn Pabuan is traditionally held to be a daughter church, or chapelry, of the major ecclesiastical site or mother church at neighbouring Llanafan Fawr. This would also reinforce the view that Llanfihangel could have an early medieval origin." It says the church is 13th Century but restored later. http://www.cpat.org.uk/ycom/breck/llanfihangelbrynpabuan.pdf Someone more knowledgeable can probably say but I wonder if a chapelry could not do all the all ceremonies and some had to be done at the main church? Martin Briscoe Fort William martin@mbriscoe.me.uk -----Original Message----- From: powys-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:powys-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Peggy Sue Sent: 02 October 2012 12:05 To: POWYS@rootsweb.com Subject: [POWYS] BRE- Llanfihangels Bryn Pabuan and Llanafan Fawr? Hi, Can anyone tell me how close these two BRE locations are? Does it make any kind of sense that children of one couple would be baptized in both places? I'm casting about in search of a family for my 3X great-grandfather, David Hamon, who according to the 1851 census was born in Breconshire. All records to date, including marriage, put him in Mons. Thanks for any help, Margaret