Alexander Lewis help please!

[Vasquez109]

Good evening everyone.

Ive put this here as this query spans Monmouthshire, Breconshire and Glamorganshire. I am looking for help finding a marriage of the parents of Alexander Lewis. Alexander was born 26 Feb 1863, Rhymney, Monmouthshire. And was still alive at the 1939 register which confirms this. Ive also got him in all census, but trying to find his parents who are John Lewis and Ann.

Parish church in Rhymney has baptisms for Alexander and 4 other siblings in 1867. John, Timothy, Mary and Hannah.

Looks like Alexander moved to Cefn Coed (near Merthyr) which comes under Breconshire. In 1871 and 1881 he's living with Uncle David Davies and Margaret Davies. So assuming Margaret is Johns sister.

Any advice greatfully appreciated trying to find the marriage or mothers maiden name.

Thanks,
David.

[Vasquez109]

Forgot to add, John and Ann are alive in 1861 at 1, Plantation Rd, Merthyr.

John is a Moulder by occupation. And in 1851 is living in Aberdare with Evan Hopkins and wife Margaret. Stated as Brother in law. But when I search for the Evan Hopkins marriage I find that Margarets father is John who is also a Moulder. This marriage was in 1845 in the parish church of Aberdare.

Please can anyone help?

David.

[Mabel Bagshawe]

I presume this is Alexander's birth registration

LEWIS, ALEXANDER        
mother's maiden name THOMAS     
Q1 1863 BEDWELLTY  Volume 11A  Page 106

1871 - Penuel Row Rhymney (same address as the baptisms)

John Lewis   50  widow, moulder, b Aberdare
Hannah Lewis    17  keeping house
John Lewis     14
Timothy Lewis    12    

I see from 1861 that Ann is b Carmarthen.  Margaret Davies is from Llansadwrn, Carmarthenshire, which suggests to me they're sisters

[Vasquez109]

Thank you! How did you get the mothers maiden name? Ancestry doesn't show it. I have got the birth index by the way.

[hanes teulu]

I had homed in on the birth registration Mar Qtr 1863, Bdwellty on FindMyPast - which does not include mother's maiden name. However, checking the General Register Office (GRO) it delivered the surname Thomas.

I was then drawn to the marriage registration of -
John Lewis, Sep Qtr 1861, Bedwellty, 11a  92 - on the same page Ann Thomas

[Mabel Bagshawe]

I can't find Nicholas' birth reg to double check the Thomas connection

Added: perhaps that's the right marriage and Ann was actually a widow?

THOMAS, NICHOLAS
mmn        HOWELL     
Q4 1859
MERTHYR TYDFIL  Volume 11A  Page 287

[JACK GEE]

Very interested in this thread now that Thomas as a surname has cropped up.
Lewis as a first and last name appears regularly in my research in the general area of West herefordshire which includes Monmouthshire & Breconshire. If your early Lewis line has connections to Cecil, Gilbert,Howells, Parry and Thomas.

cheers
Jack Gee

[hanes teulu]

There's a birth registration for -
Timothy Lewis, Mar Qtr 1860, Merthyr Tydfil, 11a  304 - mother's maiden name Thomas.
The 1871 Census has birthplace Gelligaer which falls within the Merthyr Tydfil registration district.

But doesn't fit an 1861 marriage?

[Mabel Bagshawe]

The 1861 marriage is after the census of that year when they're shown as married. But people aren't always truthful !