s.r.'s Scavenger Hunt.....Everyone Welcome To Join In

[toni*]

after reading your first second post on this hunt i am beginning to think maybe you have the wrong family

unless you know for sure that the JOhn Henry in your family had brothers / sisters that match the ones you have found by for sure i mean other proof of their existence have you actually seen them in real life or photos of them and the like.

because at the moment you have his death and marriage record but not his birth his marriage record supposedly gives his father as the same as the other childrens births and is the address and occupation the same ?
who were the witnesses to the marriage ?

the school record should say about the father

[s.r.]

hi Toni
               As to your questions.
1. All of the Rees children who were born [lived ] born died in infancy] all had Father as being Richard Rees.
2.I have not long found relatives who have kindly given me a photographs of John Henry in later yrs /his Brother in later yrs who looks Very much like each other/& his sisters who all look very much alike.dont have any of his older brother as yet hope i can find some soon]& none of Sulgwyn as there was a house fire many yrs ago so dont have any of him but again i hope some new relative who we are hopeing to meet soon may possibly have some.
3. School reg of all of the children all have the same father Richard Rees & all have address as being old furnace bryncoch.

                                                               s.r.

[jaywit]

I still think you need to buy the Evan Henry birth certificate.

Now is this John Henry's death?

John Henry Rees
Birth Date: 1 Jul 1901
Death Registration Month/Year: 1972
Registration district: Caerleon
Inferred County: Monmouthshire
Volume: 8c
Page: 387

Now I can see years being wrong on a death but a month to be July when the school record says September. I can't see that.

All I can think is that the school record, which will be a transcription from a primary scource is wrong. perhaps there were 2 John Rees and whoever wrote that record got them mixed up and put  the birth date down wrong.

If that death is correct then he did live long enough to claim a retirement pension and like I said he would have to provide proof of his date of birth to do that.

[s.r.]

hi jaywit.
               The death cert is correct,the school dates as mths/day on  jennie[janet]gladys & Sulgwyn are incorrect but yr is correct.I have writtern to neath & had a reply a few mths ago & there is no trace as in either mother wrong or father.they do not give out info as to which parent is incorrect.
I hope that jiminwales can find his baptism?
the pension you mention is there anyway i can find info on this ? in finding out abt d.o.b. to john henry.
                                                     s.r.

[jaywit]

You can't access pension records, so no joy there.

Who registered his death? Was it a close family member?

[toni*]

his step daughter registered the death

[jaywit]

hi jaywit.
               The death cert is correct,the school dates as mths/day on  jennie[janet]gladys & Sulgwyn are incorrect but yr is correct.I have writtern to neath & had a reply a few mths ago & there is no trace as in either mother wrong or father.they do not give out info as to which parent is incorrect.
I hope that jiminwales can find his baptism?
the pension you mention is there anyway i can find info on this ? in finding out abt d.o.b. to john henry.
                                                     s.r.

Did you ask the RO about Evan Henry, or just about John Henry?

[Tephra]

It's time for this weeks Scavenger Hunt....... a little bit complicated, but I'm sure you'll work it out.

http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,532975.0.html

Good Luck and Good Hunting

Barbara

As usual, this Hunt will remain open for any further information which may come in.