Dear James, I take it those references I gave you never led anywhere. Just for general interest, I noticed that (English/Aussie) Naomi Watts the Oscar contender had a Welsh grandfather .....where from was not stated. Bettye Kirkwood, Australia ----- Original Message ----- From: "James Evans" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, February 23, 2004 4:58 AM Subject: [WLS-PEM] JENKINS, WATTS and MORRIS of Pembrokeshire > Dear List, > > I'm back on the trail of my elusive Pembrokeshire ancestors: > > 1) William JENKINS married Maria WATTS in Haverfordwest in 1823. They moved > to Tredegar, Mon. in about 1825/6 where their son James - my direct > ancestor - was born. William was a shoemaker/cordwainer born in > Haverfordwest in the early 1800s(according to the census) and Maria is said > to have been born in Fishguard in the late 1790s although I have found no > information about either of their births as yet - I thought that finding a > Maria Watts would be easy compared to trying to identify a Mary Jones! > > 2) David MORRIS, born in 'Pembrokeshire' per the Monmouthshire 1851 census - > no more detail is given - married Mary (nee MORRIS, b. 'Cardiganshire') > between about 1825 and 1830. No suitable marriage of a David MORRIS to a > Mary MORRIS has been found anywhere in Wales, nor do I appear to have much > chance of finding their births sometime in the first decade of the 19th > century with just their counties of birth. Any suggestions are therefore > welcome. > > Best wishes > James Phillips-Evans > > > ==== WLS-PEMBROKESHIRE Mailing List ==== > Genuki PEM > http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/PEM/ >