Henry Howells on 1911 Census (General)
Any Ideas on this please.....
1911 Census BLAINAU GWENT ABERTILLERY
Henry Howells aged 4oyrs Labourer Underground B Yorkley
Norah Howells aged 25yrs B Cinderford (Maiden Name could be Jefferies)
Frederick James Lodger Single 23yrs Collier on Coal Hewer B Yorkley
OLIVER HENRY THOMAS aged 37 married Lodger Collier Hewer B Bream
Frederick Thomas Son aged 2yrs B Cwntillery
Elise Thomas Daughter 5 months B Cwntillery
Oliver Henry Thomas is Married to Clara Howells who on 1911 census is in Bream Eaves with her children. (Oliver is Edwin Oliver Thomas B 1873/4 Bream father Thomas Birt but no father on Birth Certificate only mother)
Now why would a collier go to Abertillery to do the same work,who are the two Thomas children,and Clara Thomas was a Howells so is there a connection there.
I can't find these on The Parish Records.
Any help please
Elton
Henry Howells on 1911 Census
Whether Oliver's mother was Louisa THOMAS, wife of James ??? need unravelling.... the names Edwin/Frederick are repeated......
1891 Census, Glos, West Dean, District 12, Page 19
Bream
George SMITH - 61 born Bream
Esther - 52 - born Yorkley
Kate M WEBB - 8 Niece - born Bream
Oliver THOMAS - 17 adopted - born Bream
John CARVER - 41 Lodger
George SMITH married Esther WEBB - 26 April 1869, Parkend.
1881 Census, West Dean, District 16, Page 14
Bream Eaves
George SMITH - 48 Haulier Labourer, born Coleford
Esther - 42 - Yorkley
Harry O THOMAS 7 - scholar, Bream Eaves
Thomas WATKINS - 68 - Lodger, Widower, Stationary Engine Driver born Penalt Monmouth
Edwin Oliver THOMAS - christened 26 December 1871, Bream, Mother - Louisa
1871 Census, West Dean District 15, Page 13, Bream's Eve
James THOMAS - 42 Hammerman Tin Works, born Carmathenshire, Kidwelly
Louisa - 35 , Glos Redbrook
William - 15, Staffordshire Wolverhampton
Alfred C - 4 Glos Bream **
Margariet 7 - Glos Bream
1891 Census, Glos, Newland
James THOMAS - 62
Louisa - 55
Margaret - 21
James Edwin - 11
Harrriet May THOMAS, Grandaughter age 1, born Redbrook
** 1901 Census, Glamorgan, Llantrisant, District 1 Page 23
Newbridge Road
Alfred THOMAS - age 35, Tinplate Worker, born Bream, Gloucester
Polly - 33 - Llantrisant
Frederick - 9 - born ditto
Mary 2 - born ditto
no name baby Son - 7 days born ditto
Pricilla JENKINS, sister-in-law - age 19 Nurse Domestic, born ditto
Henry Howells on 1911 Census
Oliver Henry Thomas married Clara Howells my husbands Grandparents.On their marriage certificate he names his Father as Thomas Birt.
All very odd on 1911 Census Kate Maud Webb is with Clara as a Boarder single aged 29yrs Home Work B Bream also John Carver as Widower aged 62 he was on 1891 census with George and Ester Smith.I don't think I will ever sort this lot out.
Regards
Elton
Henry Howells on 1911 Census
I've just had a look on Ancestry and there is a tree (which I'll look again at....) which states
James Edwin THOMAS married Louisa HOWELLS (of Redbrook - father THOMAS - Tinplate Work Manager) one witness was John HOWELL 27 March 1864 Saint James Bream
This is on FOD records, James THOMAS age 34 Widower - Louisa was a Servant at Bream Parsonage.....
'Oh what a tangled web we weave"....
1841 Census, Glos, Newland, District 17, Page 7, Lower Redbrook
Thomas HOWELL - 40 - not born in County
Ann - 20
Jane - 15
George - 15
Hannah - 10
Mary - 5
John - 3
Henry Howells on 1911 Census
Thank you,what a mess!!! why didn't we ask questions when we were children,if only.
Regards
Elton
Henry Howells on 1911 Census
Henry and his brother Ernest were from the Forest of Dean, and were sons of the crown woodsman there. Henry married Norah Jefferies, I have pictures of them and their children, they lived and died in Montague Street, Abertillery. Their two children Fred and Grace never married. Grace worked at the bakery on the foundry bridge in Abertillery, Fred was a coal miner. Ernest died young at 21. Henry and Nora's other children were Doreen and Violet.