Hello mlrsuperstar
I think that we may have a family tree connection. My great grandfather was a man called Evan Evans born abt 1896 from Barry and his father was a man called Thomas William Evans. Thomas was born in Caerphilly in 1857 to an Evan Evans blacksmith who I believe is the brother of your Thomas Evans as the the birth date I have for Thomas is also 1818. This was from taken the 1841 cencus where Evan Evans born 1794 was living in Caerphilly with his wife Rachel born 1805 and their family. Their children were: Thomas (23), Evan (my relative 17) Rachel (12) William (9) Margaret (eight) Edward (5) and Jane (2) also Rebecca born after in 1843. The Evans family were from Caerphilly and are buried at st martins church. I can tell you that Evan's first wife was also called Rachel and she died August 2nd 1828 aged 34 years. I don't know when he married his first wife but I do have a copy of the memorial incription listing when she died from st martins church if you are interested. It gives you the names of Evan Evans parents and some relatives and children that died. I may also have a photo of the headstone but I am unsure of this. I would be very interested to know how you are related to Evan Evans and his family
Carys
