I have for some time been searching for the death and burial of my great-great grandfather,DAVID OWEN,who was living at ST DOGMAELS on the 1841 and 1851 censuses,but not the 1861.There is also an indication that he was building ships in CARDIGAN until 1858,so that it appears that he may have died between 1858 and 1861.The death indexes at that time are full of DAVID OWENS dying but wiith no ages showing until 1866,which makes it an expensive task.There is no trace of a will. Any help would be much appreciated. Kind Regards, Tom Morgan

Tom, If you're using the GRO indexes, that could be a daunting task. Have you requested a death certificate directly from the appropriate Supt. Registrar's office(s) (i.e., covering St. Dogmael's and Cardigan), based on the address you've found him living in 1851 and based on his occupation (ship carpenter/builder)? They don't need the index numbers and your window (1858-1861) isn't too big -- I would think it would be easy enough to locate the right certificate. Regards, Julie Preston [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, February 06, 2001 10:30 AM Subject: [WLS-CARDIGANSHIRE] DAVID OWEN MASTER MARINER & SHIPBUILDER > I have for some time been searching for the death and burial of my great-great > grandfather,DAVID OWEN,who was living at ST DOGMAELS on the 1841 and > 1851 censuses,but not the 1861.There is also an indication that he was > building > ships in CARDIGAN until 1858,so that it appears that he may have died between > 1858 and 1861.The death indexes at that time are full of DAVID OWENS dying > but wiith no ages showing until 1866,which makes it an expensive task.There > is no > trace of a will. > Any help would be much appreciated. > Kind Regards, > Tom Morgan >