Sue in Suffolk <[email protected]> wrote: My problem is that I have an Elizabeth Dorothy Maddy born 1891 Brecknock (Cross Oak, Talybont on Usk) who is in the 1911 Census still living at home aged 20. According to her gravestone she became Elizabeth Dorothy Davies some time after 1911 but I have searched Find my Past and FreeBMD but there does not appear to be a marriage for her to anybody named Davies. ============== Dear Listers, An account of Sue's MADDY genealogical problem is included as a new addition to the 'Can You Help?' feature on the Brecknock Group website. To review the problem, go to the website's home page (www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wlsbfhs/), follow the 'Resources' link, then the 'Can You Help?' link. Kind regards, John -------------------- John Ball, Brecon, Mid-Wales, UK E-mail: [email protected] John's Homepage: http://www.jlb2005.plus.com/ Images of Wales: http://www.jlb2005.plus.com/walespic/ Welsh Family History Archive: http://www.jlb2005.plus.com/wales/ GENUKI Breconshire Maintainer: http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/BRE/ Brecknock FH Group Webmaster: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wlsbfhs/ Joint Administrator - Powys (& BRE/MGY/RAD) RootsWeb mailing lists

Hi Sue Possibly your Elizabeth Dorothy Maddy married someone before Mr Davies & was widowed - so would have used the surname from her first marriage when re-marrying. Eg an Elizabeth Maddy married a Thomas Jones in the March qtr of 1916 (in the Merthyr Tydfil district) An Elizabeth D Jones married Samuel Davies in the Oswestry district in the June qtr 1922. (Info from FreeBMD) These Elizabeths may not be yours but my point is that it's worth looking for her under a different surname. There are loads of Elizabeth Joneses marrying Davies husbands, but the 1922 one mentioned a middle initial. I'm not sure of the geographical likelihoods but you may be able to narrow down some possibilities. Regards Ruth -----Original Message----- From: John Ball <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Thu, 7 Oct 2010 8:46 Subject: Re: [POWYS] Maddy Sue in Suffolk <[email protected]> wrote: y problem is that I have an Elizabeth Dorothy Maddy born 1891 Brecknock Cross Oak, Talybont on Usk) who is in the 1911 Census still living at home ged 20. According to her gravestone she became Elizabeth Dorothy Davies ome time after 1911 but I have searched Find my Past and FreeBMD but there oes not appear to be a marriage for her to anybody named Davies. ============= Dear Listers, An account of Sue's MADDY genealogical problem is included as a new addition o the 'Can You Help?' feature on the Brecknock Group website. o review the problem, go to the website's home page www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wlsbfhs/), follow the 'Resources' link, then the Can You Help?' link. Kind regards, ohn ------------------- ohn Ball, Brecon, Mid-Wales, UK -mail: [email protected] ohn's Homepage: http://www.jlb2005.plus.com/ mages of Wales: http://www.jlb2005.plus.com/walespic/ elsh Family History Archive: http://www.jlb2005.plus.com/wales/ GENUKI Breconshire Maintainer: http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/BRE/ recknock FH Group Webmaster: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wlsbfhs/ oint Administrator - Powys (& BRE/MGY/RAD) RootsWeb mailing lists ================== isit the Powys Mailing List webpage at: www.jlb2005.plus.com/powyslist.htm ------------------------------ o unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] ith the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of he message