Phil, All are totally possible. Ages are often off by 5 years. When you research, you should always look 5 years either side of the age/year. Evan Roberts' birth may not have been registered as he was born prior to 1837, when it was mandatory to register. Have you tried looking for a baptism? Good luck. Arlene Berta Folsom, CA [email protected] wrote: >Hi Listers, > >Two of my ancestors THOMAS ROBERTS and his wife ELLIN are recorded in the >1841 Census for CAE as living in Penmachno, Registration sub-district 3 Yspytty >of Llanrwst CRD. They were ' 35' years of age and their address appeared to be >Tainewyddion. > >I am having difficulty tracing them in this difficult area between >Caernarfonshire, Denbighshire and Merionethshire. I think that i have managed to trace >three of the children. Robert '10' in the Census together with Catherine and >Jane (bracketed with a comment I can't decifer but no age given) appear to have >been christened on the Wesleyan Llanrwst Circuit, Denbigh in October 1830 and >June 1833. The girls were probably twins. My father was a Wesleyan Methodist >so I go along with this so far. > >I can find no trace of the birth details of my gg grandfather EVAN ROBERTS. >In 1841 he was five. In the 1881 Census he was living in 'Festiniog' where my >father comes from. He was 45. He was born in 1836 at Penmachno. > >I am uncertain that I have found the right THOMAS ROBERTS and ELLIN. A THOMAS >ROBERTS married an ELLINOR WILLIAMS in Penmachno on 7th April, 1827. >They were given the arbitrary age of ' 35' in 1841. Could he have been >christened on 15th February, 1807 in Capel Garmon, Denbighshire (parents William and >Catherine)? Could she have been christened at Llanrwst on 2nd August, 1807 >(parents William and Jane)? >It would be very convenient because then ' the twins' would be named after >their respective grandmothers. Help please. Am I right or is this an IGI mist >that I see rising before my eyes. > >Thought for today: there are no brickwalls in genealogy only log-jams. Once >those logs roll ....! Trouble is they rarely do. >Regards,Phil. > > >==== WLS-CAERNARFONSHIRE Mailing List ==== >http://www.welshmariners.org.uk/ >Morwyr Cymru Welsh Mariners > >============================== >Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration >Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > > >