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I realise that the ARP may not be classed as armed forces but it must have been very close to it especially during the Blitz and other bombing raids, my question should anyone know is are the records of ARP deployment / service etc available and if so where, second question does anyone have information regarding 'Tubby Clayton' and Toc H ?
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You are definitely correct with the wedding being incorrect the wedding details confirm that brides father was a John Jones records from Alberbury suggest that our Thomas's father was another Thomas, I have checked the census's I have for the family in Bilston with Elizabeth being from Minera which is to the West of Wrexham and to the North of Ruabon, Thomas was born and baptised in Alberbury and the family have links with Ruabon, so all I need to find is where Thomas and Elizabeth were married the eldest child seems to have been baptised in April 1829 in Bilston at St Leonards, so it seems possible that either St Mary's or St Leonards in Bilston could be the scene of the crime, I have so far failed to find the 1861 census for either Thomas and Elizabeth or the daughter Ann and her husband Alexander, I have Alexander and Ann at Penegros near Machynlleth in 1871, there is also a wedding in Alberbury with a Thomas Jones and a Elizabeth Williams 30/12/1828 which may be a bit close to the eldest childs baptism in Bilston 19/04/1829 so I will pursue with diligence amongst other things.. thank you for your help

I need a few more details to confirm if as you imply you are correct once established and should you be proved correct then a most abject apology will follow, thank you so much for your help it is so appreciated, I will continue to delve...

yes sorry about that a Freudian slip, going to dig through my St Asaph records today to see if I can find and further information, Alexander and Ann seem to have been married in Dec 1848 registered in W'ton but possibly at St Leonards in Bilston, I have them in Penegoes in 1871 thanks for your help will keep digging..
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Didn't know about Nimrod but then not sure where he fits in, or what his relationship is to Thomas, he certainly moves around from Denbigh to Swansea to Bilston he seems to have a younger brother who was born in Denbigh aged 10, will look again at the parish records for Abberbury it looks as though the family may have been in the Ruabon area as the son in law comes from this area before moving down to Bilston, maybe Mary is his mother who moved down to Bilston with the rest of the family, the grandaughter..