Marriage 1846

[Bethan]

Please can someone tell me the name of Elizabeth Reed's husband, she married in Swansea in 1846, I took a look at Free BDM  but I cannot work out  who she married.?

Thank you for your time, best wishes Bethan

[Evie]

Hi

If you have Elizabeth's birth year and where approx. she was born you should be able to do a search in 1851 census using a variation of names, Davies, Hawes, Morgan or Morgans and see if that helps.

Evie

[Bethan]

Hi Evie, unfortunately I do not have her birth year, I was hoping to find that she had married Evan Davies.
I am trying a bit of lateral thinking here for a friend in America.
His ggrandfather John Reed Davies was born somewhere in Wales in 1845, but he has no idea where, as Davies is such a common name the only way I could possibly find him is to find the reason for the middle name Reed, I came up with the idea that (a) either John was born before marriage or (b) his mother was a widow by the name of Reed who married again and the stepfather was a Davies.
I am afraid that I am clutching at straws because I have hit a brick wall, thank you anyway for your help and suggestion.

Best Wishes Bethan

[ivanidea]

Bethan

There are no births that I can see for a John Reed Davies. There are a few for John Rees Davies. Presumably it is definitely REED?

Regards

Ivan

[Bethan]

This is part of the problem I have, I cannot be 100% sure it is Reed because John Reed Davies had a son called Harry Reece Davies and it is quite possible that somewhere along the line there was a mistranscription of the name.
Do you have any John Reece or Rees Davies's born in 1845, I have a feeling that John came from a rural part of Wales because he was a farmer, but then again a lot of Wales was rural in those days!

Thank you so much for your interest, best wishes Bethan

[Evie]

Did John Reed Davies stay in Wales or did he emigrate to America?

[Bethan]

He emigrated in 1868 according to the 1900 census, and he married in Pennslyvania

Best Wishes Bethan

[ivanidea]

Hi Bethany

All the John Rees Jones's were born from 1848 onwards. There are no John Reece Jones's as far as I can see.

I have checked the 1910 US Census and it gives John's birthplace as "S. Wails Welch" (I can spell - this is the actual transcript!!). So we have a possible clue.

Per Genuki, in 1910 South Wales was reckoned to comprise Brecon, Cardigan, Carmarthen, Glamorgan, Pembroke and Radnor (although I suspect that it may have been a somewhat loosely defined area).

But in theory , at least, John was born in one of these counties.

Not what you'd call rapid progress, I know!

Regards

Ivan

PS
The 1910 gives John’s “age last birthday” as 65, married 39 years, emigrated 1867

[ivanidea]

Hello, again, Bethany

Have you found, or tried to find, John's Marriage Certificate?

Ivan