thomas matthews, catherine ellen sockett

[maria68]

hi, trying to find my grt grand parents marriage.

thomas matthews b20 aug 1893 in builth and Catherine Ellen Sockett birth  c DEC 1896 carnarvon, but lived from a young child around the nelson mid glam area.
i believe they were married (if at all) around the nelson area as their children were born in quakers yard.
later he died about 1936 ish but cant find his death records either. then Catherine married an Evan Griffiths, but no records to be found on this marriage either or Evan's later death.

please, any info on these 3 people would be very helpful.
thankyou
maria

[welsh lady]

Heres Catherines birth
Catherine Ellen Socket Qtr Oct-Dec 1896 in Caernarvon Vol 11b Page 507.
Sending for birth cert will start you off.As youll have parents names.

Will look in 1901 census now see if i can find her and will look see what else i can find.
When was Catherine and Thomas first child born to have a rough year of when they married?

Welsh Kaz

[maria68]

hi welsh lady,
firstly thankyou for the reply.  i have loads on the sockett family line before catherine (mostly thanks to my cousin "fisherman")so i wouldn't want you to waste your time on my account with that.  they're first chid was born approx 1923 his name was Tom.
many thanks
maria

[Cas (stallc)]

Don't know if you have this...1901 the family are in Treharris mistranscribed as Lockett.

Merthyr Tydfil - RG13 / 5026 /116 / 6

Cas

[maria68]

hi cas, yes i have that bit thankyou, i just came up with something. what do you think of this-
catherine's middle name Ellen, could she have married under that name?
i've found an index- ellen sockett married a "matthews" in 2nd 1/4 of 1916 in pontypridd 11a 1141.
thats about the right time, spouse and place, but her first name is missing. what do you think?

thankyou
maria

[Cas (stallc)]

This seems very likely as The grooms name was 'Thomas' to match same ref as Ellen Sockett.  Could be she was known as Ellen and married under this?  I would write or visit Ponty reg office and see if her father names matches what you know.  They will not charge if info does not match.

Cas

[maria68]

hi cas, thankyou so much for your time, you've been very helpful and i'm very greatful.  i'll post how i got on.
thankyou
maria x

[maria68]

hi welsh lady, thankyou for taking the time too. again i'm very greatful
maria x