Hi Ruth, Thank you for that. It did cross my mind when someone gave me an Elizabeth Maddy marrying a Thomas Davies at Pontypridd in March 1945 that she was quite old to get married for the first time. The Thomas Jones Merthyr one sounds much more likely as a lot of my family were in the Valleys at that time and it is likely she visited from Breconshire. Also the Samuel Davies marriage is again feasible as I have reason to believe that they did eventually come to live in her father's house at Talybont and have stayed there recently where there are a lot of books and Bibles relating to a William Davies around 1901. Thank you for your help. Best wishes Sue