Eliza Griffiths - Genealogy Wise2024-03-29T07:37:22Zhttp://www.genealogywise.com/forum/topics/eliza-griffiths?commentId=3463583%3AComment%3A471100&x=1&feed=yes&xn_auth=noThanks for your help been doi…tag:www.genealogywise.com,2012-11-15:3463583:Comment:4711002012-11-15T00:57:08.533ZBob Carsonhttp://www.genealogywise.com/profile/BobCarson
Thanks for your help been doing this off and on for probably 35 yrs but not that good at it! Thanks again!!
Thanks for your help been doing this off and on for probably 35 yrs but not that good at it! Thanks again!! Well, it looks like the first…tag:www.genealogywise.com,2012-11-15:3463583:Comment:4710992012-11-15T00:33:17.915ZSean Khttp://www.genealogywise.com/profile/SeanKisby
<p>Well, it looks like the first three letters are Wid. The second upstroke of the W turns down with a kink to join the top of the i. So if it looks unlike the Mar's elsewhere, high chance she was a Widow. Presumably the father of Gomer dies somewhere between 9 months before Gomer was born and April 1851.</p>
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<p>It was worth double-checking, because husbands were sometimes away working/staying elsewhere on census night. Now time to get Gomer's birth cert :)</p>
<p>Well, it looks like the first three letters are Wid. The second upstroke of the W turns down with a kink to join the top of the i. So if it looks unlike the Mar's elsewhere, high chance she was a Widow. Presumably the father of Gomer dies somewhere between 9 months before Gomer was born and April 1851.</p>
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<p>It was worth double-checking, because husbands were sometimes away working/staying elsewhere on census night. Now time to get Gomer's birth cert :)</p> Can you make this out? Checke…tag:www.genealogywise.com,2012-11-14:3463583:Comment:4710782012-11-14T01:10:01.961ZBob Carsonhttp://www.genealogywise.com/profile/BobCarson
<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2173413677?profile=original" target="_self"><img class="align-full" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2173413677?profile=original" width="385"/></a>Can you make this out? Checked the previous page to make sure no others at the address. Doesn't look like the others on page with Mar in the column. Not meaning to wear you out but thought you may have an idea.</p>
<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2173413677?profile=original" target="_self"><img class="align-full" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2173413677?profile=original" width="385"/></a>Can you make this out? Checked the previous page to make sure no others at the address. Doesn't look like the others on page with Mar in the column. Not meaning to wear you out but thought you may have an idea.</p> Ok thanks. I didn't catch the…tag:www.genealogywise.com,2012-11-14:3463583:Comment:4709982012-11-14T00:39:42.079ZBob Carsonhttp://www.genealogywise.com/profile/BobCarson
Ok thanks. I didn't catch the widowed, etc status on the census. I will go back and check. Thank you very much!!
Ok thanks. I didn't catch the widowed, etc status on the census. I will go back and check. Thank you very much!! Sorry, I think I edited my co…tag:www.genealogywise.com,2012-11-13:3463583:Comment:4706572012-11-13T01:49:28.571ZSean Khttp://www.genealogywise.com/profile/SeanKisby
<p>Sorry, I think I edited my comment while you were replying. I wasn't expecting such a rapid response!!!</p>
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<p>The 1851 Census should say whether or not someone was widowed. It gave considerable more info than previous censuses.</p>
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<p>If you haven't done so, purchasing your gg-grandfather's birth certificate will be money well spent. It wil be nigh impossible to guess which Griffiths is yours, it is a popular Welsh surname! Birth certificates normally name the father, unless…</p>
<p>Sorry, I think I edited my comment while you were replying. I wasn't expecting such a rapid response!!!</p>
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<p>The 1851 Census should say whether or not someone was widowed. It gave considerable more info than previous censuses.</p>
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<p>If you haven't done so, purchasing your gg-grandfather's birth certificate will be money well spent. It wil be nigh impossible to guess which Griffiths is yours, it is a popular Welsh surname! Birth certificates normally name the father, unless the mother didn't know (or didn't wish to divulge).</p>
<p></p> I'm assuming she was widowed.…tag:www.genealogywise.com,2012-11-13:3463583:Comment:4706532012-11-13T01:42:40.028ZBob Carsonhttp://www.genealogywise.com/profile/BobCarson
I'm assuming she was widowed. 1851 shows she and older children born Glam Dowlais. Youngest two born Glam Abercane (sp?).
I'm assuming she was widowed. 1851 shows she and older children born Glam Dowlais. Youngest two born Glam Abercane (sp?). An obvious location would be…tag:www.genealogywise.com,2012-11-13:3463583:Comment:4707452012-11-13T01:30:33.665ZSean Khttp://www.genealogywise.com/profile/SeanKisby
<p>An obvious location would be on Gomer's birth certificate (or that of one of the other children). Doesn't it mention his father's name there??</p>
<p>An obvious location would be on Gomer's birth certificate (or that of one of the other children). Doesn't it mention his father's name there??</p>