JONES/LIGHT 1841/1851/1861 (General)

by m p griffiths , Tuesday, June 08, 2010, 17:59 (5359 days ago) @ jwoodman

1861 Census, Monmouthshire, Tintern Parva, District 9, Page 4

George JONES, age 62, Labourer, born Monmouthshire, Caerwent
Ann JONES - 63 - born Monmouthshire, Shuenerston (again Ancestry transcription) - assume Shire Newton

1851 Census, Monmouthshire, Tintern, District 2, Page 18

(as you know, the census is faint and scrawly.....)- Welsh place names as transcribed by Ancestry

George JONES - Head, Married age 50, Limeburner, born Monmouthshire, Portskewett
Anne JONES - 53, born Monmouthshire, Sherenewton (assume Shire Newton)
Mary Anne JONES - daughter, unmarried age 25, born ditto
George JONES - Son, age 15, born Monmouthshire, Newchurch East
Anne JONES - daughter, age 10, Scholar, born Chapel Hill
Anne LIGHT - Granddaughter, age 5, born Monmouthshire, Newchurch East
John LIGHT - Grandson, age 3, born ditto

The 1841 census is very clear...

1841 Census, Monmouthshire, Chapel Hill, District 11
Page 3

Fairoak

JONES family

George - 40, Lab (all born in County)
Ann - 40
Mary - 15
Moses - 12
William - 10
George - 5
Ann 1

Next door lodging with Thomas WILLIAMS family are two LIGHT brothers....

Thomas WILLIAMS - age 30, Lab (all born in County)
Ann WILLIAMS - 30
William 5, Elizabeth 3, David 1
William LIGHT - age 25 - Lab
John LIGHT - 20 ditto

1841 Census - Monmouthshire, Chapel Hill -District 11 Page 4 (so next page to the above people

LIGHT (two families next door to each other)

Benjamin - 70 - Woodcutter (all born in County)
Mary - 50
Robert - 15

Saml - 40
Hannah - 40
William - 15
Eliza - 15
Hannah - 12
Louisa - 9