Dear Jane, I don't have any connection.......just sent you material from the marriage index. Bettye Kirkwood, Australia. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Derbyshire" <jhderbyshire@rogers.com> To: "'BJ & LC Kirkwood'" <bjkirkwood@bigpond.com>; <WLS-PEMBROKESHIRE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2005 11:12 AM Subject: RE: [WLS-PEM] Lighthouse keepers. > If you find that your connection is with George Aveston who married > Sarah Rees of Dale perhaps we could talk further. By the 1820's/1830's > there are two Rees families in Dale, both of whom are my direct > ancestors(my paternal grandfather Edward Rees was born in Dale in 1892). > I have not researched either of those families back any further yet but > believe that in such a small place there must be a connection somewhere. > > In the wonderful genuki page on lighthouse keepers there is a William > Rees of Dale born 1820 who fits date wise with one of my lot. Many of > them were connected someway with Trinity House. > > Jane > Ottawa Canada > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: BJ & LC Kirkwood [mailto:bjkirkwood@bigpond.com] > Sent: January 11, 2005 5:43 PM > To: WLS-PEMBROKESHIRE-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [WLS-PEM] Lighthouse keepers. > > > Dear Vaughan, > > John Aveston married Margaret Hart 1811 and George Aveston married Sarah > Rees 1800...both at Dale....take your pick! (Joking) > > I don't have baptismal records, but using this marriage information, > Haverfordwest Records Office could possibly tell you if John born around > 1811 (with a year or two leeway either side) was baptised ....and to > which father. Haverfordwest could supply you with copies of the actual > parish register marriage entries, if you wish to find out witness names. > > Bettye Kirkwood, Australia. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Vaughan Lewis" <meganvaughan@sympatico.ca> > To: <WLS-PEMBROKESHIRE-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2005 3:32 AM > Subject: [WLS-PEM] Lighthouse keepers. > > > > > > > > > > My gggrandfather, John Aveston ( sometimes spelled Aviston ) was age > > > > 30 in the 1841 census living in Dale and was a Lighthouse keeper. > > > He apparently spent his entire working life at St.Ann's Head, and > > > described himself in the 1881 census as " Superannuated Lighthouse > > > keeper ". > > > > > > Does this mean that he had a pension or that he was merely retired ? > > > If a pension, does anyone know how much ?. Also, can anyone tell > me > > > what an annual salary was for a keeper in those years. He and his > > > family lived in a cottage that went with the position; was it rent > > > free?. I have a great colour picture of the lighthouse and these > > > cottages, which were built very close to this lighthouse which is > > > believed to be the first established in Wales, the present one being > > > > built in 1844 along with the keepers cottages. > > > > > > Incidentally, I 've had no luck finding either his birth or death > > > dates. He married Mary Bowen of Clarbeston July 1/1832. > > > > > > I will be most grateful for any information one can provide or > > > details of a source I could pursue. > > > > > > In hope. > > > > > > Vaughan (Narbett) Lewis. > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== WLS-PEMBROKESHIRE Mailing List ==== > > Genuki PEM > > http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/PEM/ > > > > > > > > ==== WLS-PEMBROKESHIRE Mailing List ==== > Pembrokeshire Archives > email claire.orr@pembrokeshire.gov.uk > > > >