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a BIG thank you to "david" "becca54" who provided address/names of my grandfather and his family.sorry it took so many months for me to retieve and reply to the post.i really feel i have something constructive now,want to dig deeper,presume i need to subscribe to a geneology/ancestory site.THANK YOU david

Mandy
Is this the same "Cad" Jones who kept a shop and bakery in Elm St?
Regards Dave

Hi Mandy

Glad I could help, be free to ask if you think I have help some more.


David

no dave,my grandfather and brothers left ferndale, came to cornwall in 1926,his father thomas worked down ferndale pit.they lived in francis street.
mandy

please can anyone help on another member of my family,my great grand father
thomas jones 1866,ferndale(married to elizabeth jones)..who was his father?

mandyburows wrote:please can anyone help on another member of my family,my great grand father
thomas jones 1866,ferndale(married to elizabeth jones)..who was his father?

Thomas Jones and Elizabeth are very popular names Mandy.

I've got a few weeks on Ancestry & can find out for you Mandy but as much info on Dates of Birth (both) and place of birth (both) and if poss date of Marriage and place of banns and residence in all cases would help cut the odds.

thank you john,all the info i have
thomas jones b.1866,i only presume ferndale
married
elizabeth jones 1870(nee brown?)

children
david tudor 1902
william henry 1904
leslie carodog 1907
bessie 1911

they lived in 3 francis st ferndale he was a hewer ferndale pit

my grandad dad leslie carodog birth reg oct/nov/dec qtr 1907 ref 11a634

we think he married his first wife,florence m jones in pontyridd 3rd qtr 1925 ref 11a1279.
they had a daughter "flossie",presume florence.
as far as we aware both his first wife and child died quite soon after
if this is of any help for any family info i would be happy.
god win today,roll on next saturday! cheers mandy burrows

1911 Census for Leslie Caradog Jones

Name: Leslie Caradog Jones
Age in 1911: 4
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1907
Relation to Head: Son
Gender: Male
Birth Place: Ferndale, Glamorgan, Wales
Civil parish: Rhondda
County/Island: Glamorgan
Country: Wales
Street Address: 3 Francis St Ferndale
Registration district: Pontypridd
Registration District Number: 589
Sub-registration district: Rhondda
ED, institution, or vessel: 68
Household schedule number: 113
Piece: 32396
Household Members:
Name Age
Thomas Jones 45 Head
Elizabeth Jones 41 Spouse Married 19 years
David Tudor Jones 9
William Henry Jones 7
Leslie Caradog Jones 4
Bessie Jones 4 Week
+ 1 child death
Emrys Jones 26 Brother of Thomas

Elizabeth Jones Birthplace Shows "StapleHill" and on the 1901 census "Mangotsfield" (these are adjoining Bristol suburbs)







1901 Census


Name: Elizabeth Jones
Age in 1901: 31
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1870
Relation: Wife
Spouse's Name: Thomas Jones
Gender: Female
Where born: Mangotsfield, Gloucestershire, England

Civil parish: Ystradyfodwg
Ecclesiastical parish: Ferndale Christchurch
County/Island: Glamorgan
Country: Wales

Street Address: 69 Lake Street
Condition as to marriage: Wife
Education: View image
Employment status: View image
Occupation: View image

Registration district: Pontypridd
Sub-registration district: Ystradyfodwg
ED, institution, or vessel: 67
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 73
Piece: 5020
Folio: 36
Page Number: 13
Household Members:
Name Age
Thomas Jones 33
Elizabeth Jones 31

Looks like they shared the house with another family
John D Lewis & Sarah A & their 5 children of whom one was Florence M ! - If this turns out to be the future wife of Leslie - she was abt 9 yrs older


Leslie Jones
Address: 46 The Avenue, Pontygwaith
Exchange: Ferndale
City/Town: Ferndale
Directory Title: Cardiff / South East Wales / Newport / Gwent
Publication Year: 1975
Directory County: Glamorgan, Wales, Monmouth
Not Leslie Caradog Jones?

Can't untangle the Thomas Jones' Mandy - best I can do! even these 2 records show a 2 year discrepancy.

john,thank you very much,really appreciate the time you have spent on this