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Trying to find 1st wife of GG Grandfather

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Maddie

Maddie Report 10 Jan 2020 15:43

Lewis
Last name Lewis
Birth year -
Baptism year 1838
Baptism date 15 Apr 1838
Place Llangynfelin
County Cardiganshire
Country Wales
Father's first name(s) Enoch
Father's last name Lewis
Father occupation Shoemaker
Mother's first name(s) Elizabeth
Mother's last name Jones ---------------------- johns sister ??????
Residence Llanelle ? Trerdole
Page 60
Archive type Baptisms

image says illegitimate child
enoch - llanelle monmouthshie
elizbeth - tredole

Deborah

Deborah Report 10 Jan 2020 16:00

Maddie in your "more experienced than me opinion" do you think they are one and the same, because I do.

I think he was the illegitimate child of Enoch and Elizabeth. From what you put above, they lived in different places.

It would explain a lot.

Those 2 GRO entries you found, he could have been registered twice, under both names, I have seen that before. Maybe I should order both PDF's

I didn't find a baptism for John. Could easily have missed it, will look later, but I think John was Lewis's brother. Elizabeth, to the best of my knowledge mmn was Thomas,

Maddie

Maddie Report 10 Jan 2020 16:07

sorry i mean't could lewis's mother be a sister of the john who was lewis's father in the census and john and elizabeth took him in as their son

just a thought

Deborah

Deborah Report 10 Jan 2020 16:38

Yes, you could have a point there, I have had the exact same thing happen in another part of my family tree, it was caused by the Mother died, and the sister took the child on as her own, but yes, that is a possibility.

Deborah

Deborah Report 10 Jan 2020 16:40

I have never tried to go back as far as John Jones parents/siblings, he may have had brothers/sisters.