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Title: Family History
Post by: Nick on March 23, 2009, 10:10:14 PM
If anyone needs any lookups, or advice, give me a shout.

Nick


Title: Re: Family History
Post by: Merlin on March 23, 2009, 10:31:38 PM
Same as Nick, able to do look ups etc if anyone wants them.


Title: Re: Family History
Post by: DATA311(Alan) on March 23, 2009, 10:59:01 PM
Be glad to help anyone if possible........


Title: Re: Family History
Post by: Jonola (Jon) on March 24, 2009, 09:58:38 AM
. I have the 1881 UK census and micro fiche of local cemetry burials available for look ups. Have researched my own family back to 1606 on one line. Willing to help anyone if possible.


Title: Re: Family History
Post by: zorro on March 24, 2009, 03:58:06 PM
ok guys i need your help.
my grandfathers name was Trevor Brazel (b.1901/02) . he had 3 brothers (emlyn sydney and thomas, or tommy) and a sister Bronwen. (swansea area)
Their parents, my great grand parents, names were:-
 Jeremiah and Kessiah (think spelling is right) Brazel
i believe Jeremiah was born in 1880/81. 1901 census shows him to be an annealer in a tin plate works swansea, anyway i'm led to believe he then served in WW1 in the Welsh Reg. and may have won a medal?
well as you can see there are some pretty unusual names there so any advice, suggestions or help would be greatly appreciated as i can get no further.
cheers
kev


Title: Re: Family History
Post by: Merlin on March 24, 2009, 05:38:57 PM
Kev,in 1901 Jeremiah would have been 21.

Here he is in 1891

Carmarthen Rd Swansea

Ann Brazel   head widow  49    born  1842   Char
May Brazel  dau 15    Domestic Servant  1876
Jerermiah Brazel 11   1880


Jeremiah Brazel married Kesiah Lizzie Evans  Dec 1902

and I guess this is the family in 1881



Reg. District: Swansea Sub District: Swansea
Enum. District:  Ecclesiastical District: 
Parish: Swansea (Town) City/Municipal Borough: 
 
Address: 3, Lamb St, Swansea (Town)
County: Glamorganshire
 
 
Name Relation Condition Sex Age Birth
Year Occupation,
Disability  Where Born

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BRAZEL, Thomas Head Married  M 40  1841 Blacksmith
 Llanon
Glamorganshire
Wales

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BRAZEL, Ann Wife Married  F 39  1842
 Swansea
Glamorganshire
Wales

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BRAZEL, David Son Single  M 15  1866 General Labourer
 Swansea
Glamorganshire
Wales

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BRAZEL, William Son Single  M 12  1869 Scholar
 Swansea
Glamorganshire
Wales

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BRAZEL, Margt Daughter Single  F 10  1871 Scholar
 Swansea
Glamorganshire
Wales

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BRAZEL, Mary Elizth Daughter Single  F 4  1877 Scholar
 Swansea
Glamorganshire
Wales

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BRAZEL, Jeremiah Son Single  M 0  1881
 Swansea
Glamorganshire
Wales

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 Kev the only way to be 100% certain this is the correct family is by means obtaining marraige,birth,certifcates etc.
 
 
 
 
 


Title: Re: Family History
Post by: zorro on March 24, 2009, 06:27:04 PM
merlin you are a true wizard!
ok so i cant count  :-[
how did you manage to get so much info so quickly?  :o
any suggestions where i should go from here?
i suppose Thomas and Ann but before 1841 where to look?
if i contacted the army would they still have Jeremiah's service record?
merlin i'll look out for you on the next rally to thank you personally. i really do appreciate the research you put in.
thanks mate.  ;)


Title: Re: Family History
Post by: Nick on March 25, 2009, 12:00:29 AM
Kev,

if the info given is correct, I have found the marriage of your GGGrandparents...

Thomas  BRAZELL (note spelling)     married
Ann        DAVIS or JENKINS
Swansea   1860

Volume  11a    Page   777   (with the above info, this will enable you to obtain their marriage certificate). Any problems, give me a shout)

Nick



Title: Re: Family History
Post by: Tafflaff (Rob) on March 25, 2009, 12:04:16 AM
I'd love to find out about my dads side of the family, where do i start guys? Would really mean a lot to me.


Title: Re: Family History
Post by: Nick on March 25, 2009, 12:18:11 AM
Rob,

Find the oldest member of your dad's side of the family and get all the information you can. Relatives, dates, births, marriages, anything you can find. Write it all down....

Get back to the forum.

Nick


Title: Re: Family History
Post by: zorro on March 25, 2009, 10:19:26 AM
nick many many thanks to you. both yourself and merlin have given me an appetite to look a lot further into this field. any tips or advice greatfully recieved.
kev


Title: Re: Family History
Post by: Tafflaff (Rob) on March 25, 2009, 01:29:00 PM
Nick where I'm at a loss is that whenever I do a search on find my past Glamorgan doesnt have any records, I bought credits but no luck. You use a different search method I take it?


Title: Re: Family History
Post by: Merlin on March 25, 2009, 02:36:29 PM
Rob,if your trying to search the 1901 census on FindMyPast , it is incomplete at the moment.


Title: Re: Family History
Post by: Nick on March 25, 2009, 02:44:21 PM
Try Free BMD, it's not yet complete but pretty good from 1837 (date of compulsory event registration) through to 1930 ish. As it says by its' name, it's free   :)

http://www.freebmd.org.uk/ (http://www.freebmd.org.uk/)

Nick



Title: Re: Family History
Post by: Tafflaff (Rob) on March 26, 2009, 02:12:03 PM
Nick that site worked a treat, wnt back to my GGGG Grandfather born turn of the 1800's from Wiltshire, His name was Levi. Having a little difficulty with my great grandfather , I know he moved from Wiltshire between 1871 and 1891, he was 1 in 1871 so i guess closer to 1891, He got married in The rhondda I believe in March 1894, but when i find the marriage record and view it  ,it only shows his name. Shame the census doesnt cover Glamorgan yet.... All in all I'm chuffed. So from me we have

Rob-1971
Fred 1936
Albert 1903
Albert 1870
Charles 1834
Levi 1801

I got coins older than Levi :P


Title: Re: Family History
Post by: Merlin on March 26, 2009, 04:13:45 PM
Rob, the Glamorgan census for 1901 is avaible to check on Ancestry.com.I would be quite happy to check census for you if you wanted?


Title: Re: Family History
Post by: Tafflaff (Rob) on March 26, 2009, 04:50:59 PM
that woul be great Merlin I've hit a dead end. And is there anywhere I can check prior to 1801?


Title: Re: Family History
Post by: Merlin on March 26, 2009, 06:17:35 PM
Prior to 1801 you would have to check parish records for the area in which your family came from.A good website which might help  is    www.familysearch.org (http://www.familysearch.org)


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