Please can ayone help with my ancestor Samuel CHARLES born 1795 Swansea I understand that
Elizabeth and Samuel married at Wellington in 1816.
Any help would be gratefully received.
Thanks
Hi Phil
I have the census records and now know when Samuel and Elizabeth married in Madeley.
My big stumbling block is Samuels birth place in Swansea in 1795. I have seen somewhere a record that shewed him as born 1795 in Saint mary's pariish Swansea. Problem is that I don't remember how I found or where.
The researcher at Swansea Family History Society cannot find him.
I am awaiting a death cert but don't expect it to give me much info other than what I know now.
If you can suggest anything I would be grateful.
Thanks
Mike charles
Mike,Are there any clues from his marriage record (eg name of father, names of witnesses), as I've sometimes been able to use these to substantiate evidence for my own relatives. Another trick for Welsh records is to switch forname & surname (ie search for Charles Samuel(s). Finally here's a url that may be of help: http://www.archiveswales.org.uk/anw/get_collection.php?inst_id=34&coll_id=76982&expand= Best of luck Phil
Hi Phill
The search of the Swansea baptismal records have not proved positive.
The records are not complete apparently.
Many thanks for your help.
Mike
Many Thanks
I do not seem to be able to get back beyond the 1841 census details
God Bless
Mike
Mike, how much info do you have on Samuel Charles? Using the Ancestry website I've found him in the 1841 and 1851 Census and also his wife in the 1861 Census. He lived in Cow Wood, Ketley and was a miner. 1841 Census :
Piece:
907
Book:
5
Folio:
29
Page Number:
4
Household Members:
Name
Age
Samuel Charles 45
Elizth Charles 45
Stephen Charles 20
Emma Charles 15
Enoch Charles 11
Ann Charles 7
Isaac Charles 5
Harriet Charles 3
1851 Census
Piece:
1997
Folio:
396
Page Number:
31
Household Members:
Name
Age
Samuel Charles 56
Elizabeth Charles 55
Isaac Charles 15
Harriot Charles 13
Martha Price 71
1861 Census
Difficult to say who all the other members of the hosehold were: Piece:
1898
Folio:
107
Page Number:
29
Household Members:
Name
Age
Elizabeth Charles 65
Isaac Charles 25
Harriot Waltas 23
James Beaman 26
Harriot Beaman 26
Thomas Beaman 3
Eliza Beaman 1
Samuel probably died in 1856, but you would need to buy his death certificate to be certain
England & Wales, FreeBMD Death Index, 1837-1915
about Samuel Charles
Name:
Samuel Charles
Date of Registration:
Jan-Feb-Mar 1856
Registration District:
Wellington
Inferred County:
Shropshire
Volume:
6a
Page:
509
Hope this helps your research Phil