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John Thomas 1801-1859 Glamorgan, Wales

baptism not found

marriage to Anne unknown, not found
1841
Penclawdd, Llanrhidian Higher, Glamorgan, Wales
>> JOHN THOMAS aged 40 occupation SHOEMAKER from this county? YES
ANNE THOMAS aged 35 occupation - from this county? YES
JOHN THOMAS aged 12 occupation - from this county? YES
DAVID THOMAS aged 10 occupation - from this county? YES
ELIZABETH THOMAS aged 6 occupation - from this county? YES
PHILLIP THOMAS aged 3 occupation - from this county? YES

1851 HO107/2465 477 p.28
Penclawdd, Glamorgan
>>John Thomas abt 1801 Llangennith Head Llanrhidian shoemaker
Ann Thomas abt 1806 Llanrhidian Wife
David Thomas abt 1832 Llanrhidian
Elizabeth Thomas abt 1835 Llanrhidian
*Phillip Thomas abt 1838 Llanrhidian scholar
Wm Thomas abt 1841 Llanrhidian scholar
Henry Thomas abt 1845 Llanrhidian Son

1861 Ann is a widow, these are possible deaths:

John Thomas 1859 Jun Gower Glamorgan
John Thomas 1859 Dec Gower Glamorgan

no burial found

Link to ex's gt gt grandfather: http://www.genealogistsforum.co.uk/f...ead.php?t=6543

I was a bit confused by your transcription of the 1851 entry so I looked at the image and it gives his birthplace as Glamorgan Llangenith, in case anyone else is wondering. But it looks like a nightmare to sort out! There's another John Thomas, cordwainer the same age, born Llangennith and living in Llanrhidian with a wife Jane, and there are several possible birth regs for William and Henry.

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1861 Ann is a widow, these are possible deaths:

John Thomas 1859 Jun Gower Glamorgan
John Thomas 1859 Dec Gower Glamorgan

I hate to be the bringer of bad tidings, but I think Llanrhidian switched from Swansea to Gower district in 1858 and if you include the deaths in Swansea up to 1858 that's another 80 or so possibles...........

KiteRunner & Merry

You can see what a nightmare Welsh genealogy is! I once spent ages looking for a gt x lots grandmother of ex's called Jennet, tried Janet which its often misrecorded as, found it as Gennet! In one census I have a whole street with several men with the same name and wives with the same name. No idea which - if any - is the one I want, or if the others are all related, or not!