index of old Merthyr streets?

[NigelG]

There is a marriage for an Ellen Jane Thomas in Merthyr Tydfil - March Quarter 1908 - Vol 11a Pg 985.

4 marriages listed on the same page

Rachel Davies
Evan Price Lewis   
Evan Benjamin Powell
Ellen Jane Thomas

A possibility ??

EDIT - Most likely suspects on 1901 census
Evan Price Lewis living in Gellifaelog (Penydarren) - Miner b1882
Evan B Powell living Church St, Penydarren - Miner b1869 (still single in 1901) &
Evan Powell living Cross Mardy St (Mt Hare - top of Twyn) - Miner - b1884

[anneymouse]

Nigel, I am pretty certain that has to be 'our' Ellen, as there were very few with the name Ellen Jane, but my dad seemed to think his grandfather was Italian, he remembers him going off to Italy often to visit his brother.  He remembers him singing in Latin too (prayers I think)  By my dad's account (which is hardly to be believed!!!) he also changed his name at some point to something more palatable to the Welsh - he seems to think Moore - I'm not sure myself.  Do you ever scream at photos??!!

[NigelG]

I've checked all Ellen or Ellen Jane Thomas marriages up until 1915 - none with "foreign" names or the surname Moore registered in Merthyr district

[anneymouse]

  unless she never married I guess my only hope now then is to trace William, I have this vision of me ringing all the mental hospitals in Wales saying "did you have a William who chopped off his grandfathers thumb circa 1922?"  Should I just give up? Or post his pic and see if anyone recognises him 

[anneymouse]

breaking news!! apparently, this Italian man was in the Army and went all over the world, including fighting in Russia and France.  He had a box full of medals which I am sure will be searchable once I know the person's name.

[lavinia p]

Hello, all frustrated Merthyrsearchers,
 Struggling to find more about my gggrandpa Davies (may have been a William) who had a tailor/or maybe drapery business in Church St, Merthyr around the mid 19th century. I think it was at no. 4 in that road.
Does anyone know if the road still exists? Or if there's any website where I can do a search for a person by giving their address? I don't have any other info about him, except that he was a church elder @ "Hope Church" in Merthyr.
His children were (not in this order) Elisabeth, Hannah, William, Henrietta, Mary, ...

[NigelG]

Church Street still exists today - see
http://www.alangeorge.co.uk/churchstreet.htm

[lavinia p]

Thanks for that, Nigel.
I enjoyed looking at the old photos! Does anyone know if one of those big buildings in Church St, Merthyr could be "Hope Church", or otherwise where their records might be please?

[NigelG]

Go to this page

http://www.alangeorge.co.uk/highstreet_page2.htm

Scroll down the page - you'll find a picture of the old (picture 18) and new (picture 19) Hope Chapel that was situated on Merthyr High St - literally a few streets over from Church St.

Also look at http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/GLA/MerthyrTydfil/Chapels.html.

I'd contact Merthyr Library to check re further info & possible parish registers for Hope as well - library.services@merthyr.gov.uk .