Thomas birth

[Mair]

Can i just throw another spanner in the works then

Considering that the enumerators did not really care about the information they were collating as it was Welsh and they were English if they were enumerating in Carnarfon then the default parish of birth was 9 times out of 10 llanbeblig - sorry

but it was the same all over......my gg grandfather was born in Llanllechid according to the census but I know from his birth certificate (now i finally have it after many years of hunting it down) and family stories that he was born in the neighbouring parish of Llandegai - its so frustrating but its part of history itself

M

[Quarryman]

Hi Mair,

Had the same problem myself; then I discovered that there had been a long-standing dispute between the Bishop of Bangor and the Pennant family over the boundaries of Llanllechid and LlandegaI. South of the Afon Caseg was claimed by the Pennants as Llandegai and disputed by the Bishop.  The dispute was not settled until well into the 1800s.