My Surnames

[eirwen]

William Morgan[harpist] married Mary Richards about 1860-1866.  Daniel LLewellyn married Ann Davies about 1850-1855. Neither marriages found. Eirwen

[ozlady]

Eirwen, do you have any idea where either of these marriages took place?

[nelsbels]

Hello Eirwen, i have looked up the england & wales marriages 1837 to 1830 & found 14  william morgans who married in 1860 but you dont say where marriage took place , 12 of the  one's that i found took place in wales ,and one derby & one in walsall, if you let me have more information i will try to search again for you , ellen

[nelsbels]

Hello again Eirwen , i tried looking for daniel llewellyn but no luck ,so i tried for ann davies ,again i got several marriages starting from 1850 but without more details of where marriage took place , there were to many to search through , again if you have more details just let me know , happy to help , elllen

[eirwen]

Hi Thankyou all for offering to assist. I have 4 marriage certificates between William Morgan and Mary Richards but none of the William Morgan's is a harpist. Believe the marriage [if it ever took place would have been Glamorgan Merthyr Tydfil or maybe Pontypridd. Daniel LLewellyn had six children all have Daniel as the father and Ann Davies as the mother.As the 1st child was born 1852 looked for a marriage about 1850. The only marriage found was Daniel LLewelln to a Ann Lewis. out of curiosity I purchased this certificate and to my amazement one of the witnesses was a Ann Davies. Have been tying to find out if by error the reistrar might have got the names wrong , but so far nothing has been proved. Eirwen

[hiraeth]

Hi Eirwen

I see from your post http://www.rootschat.com/links/04hx/ that you have the 1852 certificate and that you are wondering if the surnames were switched on the certificate?

What was the Ann “Lewis” father’s name & occupation on the marriage certificate?  Have your tried finding a matching Ann Davies or Ann Lewis on earlier censuses? 

The name Ann Davies was such a common one it could have been a friend or even the bride's mother.  Another possibility is that Ann Lewis was a widow with maiden name Davies.

I found this couple in 1851 in Tredeger, Monmouthshire but couldn't find them again on 1861 - nothing new for me  
HO107/2448/40/29
John Lewis, age 23, head, born Glamorgan
Ann Lewis, age 20, wife, born Monmouth
William Lewis, age 1yr (transcribed as 1 mth)
David Lewis, age 2 mths

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