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Thank you all.  I hadn't seen the census showing that Emma was born in Wales - that's really helpful to try to narrow down area, and the children's names born in Wales to see if there is some kind of pattern.
I've looked into the Emma Powell born in Radnor and there is a marriage not far away that may connect with that baptism.  I'll have a look into the other Powell's marrying at St. Mary's-On-The-Hill as well.

Familysearch has a baptism Emma Powell 25 Jul 1806 Radnorshire, Wales
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KCY9-JS5?lang=en
- original image is available to view on F M P

Did they have a son named Peter Beamish? This record gives her maiden name Paul, both parents born England  - image available to view on Anc*y

Peter Beemish Death Age   75
Birth 6 Feb 1837  England
Death 4 Mar 1912 Johnstown, Cambria, Pennsylvania, USA
Father John Beemish Mother   Emma Paul
Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1972

Thank you for the census information.  That is the right family!  I am certain that her maiden name is misspellt on that death certificate, and that the John  Beamish and Emma Powell marriage is correct - one of her children married somebody with the surname Paull (that family were from Cornwall) so perhaps that spelling would have been familiar to them. 

Hi Caren,

I've sent you a personal message 

Lisa

I've solved the mystery - Birchenald township seemed to be the western side of what is now just Mold, above what was the Broncoed township, and east of Gwernymynydd.

Hopefully this is helpful for others too.

Lisa

  Thank you Maggsie for your help and confirming that it's Llandegai.  Unfortunately Dulcinea is my 'brick wall' for now, as it seems as though Llandegai Parish for this period is missing from the Caernarvonshire records available online...

I've noticed that genuki advises that there are a lot of places of worship in the area which is my worry.  The parish church records appear to be held at the records office in Bangor so I do have the option to contact them to enquire if need be.

However, an index of baptisms covering the period I'm after has been produced by Gwynedd FHS so I am hoping that somebody has a copy of that index to check whether there is a record of Dulcinea for me.  If the family are actually recorded in that, then I'll be buying some of the publications or making a trip to Bangor to do more research on the family.

Lisa

Hi,

I'm searching for a Smith family from Sheffield.

James George Smith would have been born in Sheffield, Yorkshire in around 1838.
He married Sarah Ann Fox in Aston, Warwickshire in 1865 and named his father as a John James Smith.  I'm not sure of his father's occupation listed on the marriage certificate, and have attached a copy of the record below - any help on what this occupation is would be appreciated.

I can't find James George in the 1861 census, but I believe that he may be listed on the 1851 census with his family in Ladywood, Warwickshire, and his father John is listed there as a Britannia Metal Smith Worker.
(Class: HO107; Piece: 2051; Folio: 259; Page: 8)
In 1841 that family are listed as living on Burnt Tree Lane in Sheffield (James is listed as Jas.)
(Class: HO107; Piece: 1335; Book: 14; District: 33; Folio: 21; Page: 2)

If this is the correct family that I think I've found, I know that John James' wife would have been called Eliza Midgley born 1814 from North Leverton in Nottinghamshire (I ordered one of the other children's birth certificates to verify).

Unfortunately I can't find a marriage betwen a John Smith and an Eliza Midgely...
Also, I would love to find John James Smith's birth which would have taken place around 1814 in Sheffield, Yorkshire and to somehow verify James George's birth.

Any help with this family would be appreciated, and if you're also related to either this Smith family or the Midgley line please get in touch.

Thanks

Lisa