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Glamorganshire Lookup Requests / Re: Lookup request - West Glamorgan Archive Service - Mount Pleasant Hospital, Swans
« on: Tuesday 23 January 18 13:01 GMT (UK)  »
In the 1945 register I was looking at there is no mention of Cartref in Townhill Road though I have since realised that in other electoral rolls of the time, there is also a reference to Townhill Road (Old).

There is a Cartref mentioned on Townhill Road (Old) in registers between 1935-1940 and the Evans (Richard Thomas and Myfanwy) are listed as living there, along with an Annie Laurian Jones (potentially a single woman in her late 20s, early 30s).  There appears to be no registers made during the war and when the records resume in 1945, the residents of Cartref on Townhill Road (Old) are listed as Einar T Morgan and Lilian M Morgan through until 1953 after which I can't find any more records.

On this basis it is reasonable to conclude that the Evans moved during the war period though I can't (yet) find where they have moved to.

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Glamorganshire Lookup Requests / Re: Lookup request - West Glamorgan Archive Service - Mount Pleasant Hospital, Swans
« on: Tuesday 23 January 18 02:37 GMT (UK)  »
According to the 1945 Electoral registers there was a Robert E(dward) RIDD and Alice V RIDD (nee BUCKLAND I believe) living in Townhill Road in 1945.  Somewhat ironically the building is called "Melbourne".

Tracing backwards it appears that Robert was born in Swansea around 1894, as was his father John.  However, it is not inconceivable that they are somehow related to the RIDD's in Barnstaple which would lend credibility to the home birth scenario. 

I have missed the thread her regarding the EVANS link but there are also a Catherine and John Evans living in Townhill Road as well.

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England / Re: Parents of George Alfred HUNT (born about 1883)
« on: Thursday 06 July 17 13:32 BST (UK)  »
Just getting back to this, I have found out through a family story (the person who posted being a cousin I traced through DNA) that George DID have a brother Tom (or Thomas more likely).  This certainly puts the Livingstone Road theory in play.  Unfortunately I am just not convinced that some of the options in this thread are valid, particularly the Stepney link - totally different from Wandsworth and Battersea which are always, otherwise consistent in the data I do have access too.

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England / Re: Parents of George Alfred HUNT (born about 1883)
« on: Tuesday 02 May 17 01:00 BST (UK)  »
Sorry, Jennifer - that Stepney link is way off in terms of dates.  George Alfred was definitely born around 1883 (not 1857).  Thanks for looking though.

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England / Re: Parents of George Alfred HUNT (born about 1883)
« on: Monday 01 May 17 23:51 BST (UK)  »
Yes, you are right.  Duff was a typo on my part. Definitely Luff.

Have managed to find the entries for 117 Livingstone in the 1891 Census and does not show them living there at the time - was McGrath, Page and Steel families.

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England / Re: Parents of George Alfred HUNT (born about 1883)
« on: Monday 01 May 17 23:36 BST (UK)  »
Thanks Jennifer - was literally just looking at that one myself !  Can't read the occupation either  :(

I guess it is possible that George Alfred (who would have been 17/18 at the time) was not at the house at that time (he was listed as living with the Darling family in 1904 at the time of his marriage in 1904) but the lack of Thomas (who would have been 15/16) is a concern but again possible as they often worked quite young.

Will try and find the 1891 Census record for Livingstone Road see what that brings.

Thanks for all your assistance.

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England / Re: Parents of George Alfred HUNT (born about 1883)
« on: Monday 01 May 17 21:25 BST (UK)  »
Thanks Jennifer

Yeah, I am pretty sure that this group i not the one I am looking for.  If I can tie down George Henry to the Livingstone Road address in 1891 or 1901 census then that will help with my theory on the school registrations - trying to do it is hard though !

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England / Re: Parents of George Alfred HUNT (born about 1883)
« on: Monday 01 May 17 14:55 BST (UK)  »
Thomas was born on 19 Jul 1885 according to the school enrolment.  The enrolment was on 24 Sep 1894.

If i work backwards to the 1891 census (which was held on 5 April) then George Alfred would have been 7 at the time of the census and not 8 (assuming 12 May 1883 birthday) and Thomas would have been 5.

The date of George Alfred's birthday may be wrong so yes it is possible.  Sorry, I did read that 1891 reference wrong ... The Labourer occupation and Builder (on George A's marriage records) could match the father George in this reference. 

The only thing that really bugs me is that George Alfred is otherwise always listed as a Battersea birth place which is obviously quite different to Stepney ... I have just found another thread (http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=467722.0) referencing the same as you have that suggests the father is George Albert Hunt and not George Henry so I may be barking up the wrong tree.

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England / Re: Parents of George Alfred HUNT (born about 1883)
« on: Monday 01 May 17 14:29 BST (UK)  »
Thanks, I don't think it would be the Stepney ones as the age of George is way off.  The school registration has him at age 11 in 1894 with the 12 May 1883 birthday.

What I found REALLY interesting is that one of the witnesses to George Alfred and Mary Ann's wedding that I mentioned really early on, Edith Elizabeth Duff, married Mary Ann's brother, James in 1909.  On the marriage register they are listed as living at 110 Livingstone Road so the same street as this George and George combination ! Could just be a co-incidence and there are some may false positives in research but I feel I am getting somewhere if I can just nail down other records to verify.

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