SURNAME: EDWARDS (General)

by grunson, Monday, August 24, 2009, 00:55 (5645 days ago) @ John_Mullen

There is an Edward Edwards, the son of Richard and Elizabeth, who appears in earlier censuses in Tredegar (same road, different house numbers) with a considerable number of siblings and is consistently given as born in Tredegar. However his year of birth was around 1847 which is inconsistent with the 1871 and 1881 censuses and the age 18 you quote at the time of marriage, though it is consistent with the death registration mentioned by pclark on this thread. Richard seems to be consistently born nearer 1806 somewhere in Gloucestershire (it says Upton St Leonards in the 1861 census where he is transcribed as Michael by Ancestry). Obviously that puts a question mark over the age of Richard in 1881 which looks like 50.

Lucy looks like she may be in Roath in the 1901 census living alone, with her daughter Lucy not far away. Her age there is more consistent with the 1891 census with a year of birth around 1853 rather than 1850.

slowhands has listed the full census entries.

I've no idea what the 1881 census is trying to say. It looks like Adnel or Asnel to me, and its not my part of the world anyway.

G.