>'Crockford's Clerical Directory started in 1858, but for the Caernarfon >area, the best source is A.I. Pryce 'The Diocese of Bangor during Three >Centuries' (Cardiff 1929), which is a transcript of the Bishop's Registers >from 1660 to 1899. > > >Edward Evans B.A. ([St]Catherine Hall, Cambridge) was ordained deacon 30 >Jan. 1831, priest 18 Dec. 1831 and appointed Curate of Llanidloes. I can't >see any other appointments listed for him in Pryce. Bear in mind that >Pryce's work is a transcript, and Llanidloes may be an error. I suspect Ed. >Evans may have been curate of Llanbeblig (Caernarfon) or Betws Garmon. > >You might find some useful info in 'Alumni Cantabrigiensis' [Cambridge]. >This can usually be found in larger academic libraries, and sometimes give >d.o.b., father's name, graduation details, and susequent career. > >Regards, > >David Price, Bangor Thanks so much for this, David. The University of Manitoba - my employer for 30+ years, has both "Alumni Cantabrigiensis" and "Alumni Oxo.. whatever" (I did take Latin for five years at Birkenhead School but, sad to say, most of it has evaporated from my brain)! Realizing that most clerics of the time were Oxbridge educated, I looked at both the alumni registers. I noted the man you mention, along with MANY other Edward Evans but, seeing nothing about Spratton, Northants, I thought no more about him. I will take another look at the Cambridge records. The pages from the Llanbeblig baptismal registers of which I have copies show: (i) the officiant of the marriage between George AUSTIN and Grace JONES (Jan 2, 1838) at Llanbeblig was Robert Williams, Curate. (ii) between Oct 14 and Dec 8, 1838, only one baptism performed by Edw. Evans, Curate of Spratton, Northants -- that of Elizabeth Mary AUSTIN, my greatgrandmother's older sister. The Vicar at that time seems to have been T. Thomas and the Curate J.P. (maybe R) Morgan. There is one mention of E. Willliams, Officiating Minister, just 3 days before the baptism of my Elizabeth Mary AUSTIN. I do not have records of marriages & deaths in that period but, next time at the Caernarfon records, I'll check: (iii) The officiant at the baptism of my greatgrandmother, Mary Anne AUSTIN, on March 11, 1840, was T. Thomas, Vicar of Llanbeblig. (iv)The officiant at the baptism of Catherina (Kate) AUSTIN, on May 15, 1842, was J.P. MORGAN, Curate. Both he and Robert WILLIAMS, Curate, are found on the same page of the register. Apparently there were two curates at the time. (v) The officiant at the second marriage of Grace AUSTIN (Jones), Mar 19, 1849, was Thomas THOMAS, Vicar of Llanbeblig. So, the latter was Vicar throughout the period of my interest. So, from what I have -- admittedly a small sample of the Llanbeblig records -- Edw. Evans of Spratton, Northants, seems to have performed just one ceremony. That's why I thought perhaps he was a friend of George AUSTIN. Next time I'm in Caernarfon I'll try to look at the Llanbeblig records again just to see if Edw EVANS appears in another ceremony. Regards Dave Burton. __________________________________________________________________ David N. Burton, B.Sc., Ph.D., 95 Thatcher Drive Winnipeg, MB, CANADA R3T 2L6 Phone: (204)-269-8774 EMail: [email protected] "My play was a triumph but the audience was a disaster". Oscar Wilde __________________________________________________________________