Mary Ann Clarke Lewis James Blakeney and Cardiff (General)

by mrsbruso , Friday, December 31, 2010, 04:15 (5084 days ago)

A bit off topic, but . . .

Along with the other family lore, in between living in Blakeney aka Blakeney Hill and aka Old Funace Bottom, and Trevethin/Garndiffaith (and apparently Aberdare, according to her (first) wedding certificate from Viney Hill), my great grandfather built her a house in Cardiff (apparently on Bridge Street. I thought in Castle, but it could have been Cathays . . .I don't know Cardiff very well.) I know that at some point she owned a stationary shop in St. Mary Street, and played the organ at the church.

Her wedding certificate arrived from the GRO today, listing her address at 22 Bridge Street, and her second husband, John James' address as 31 Bridge Street, both in the Parish of St. John Baptist (sic), Cardiff.

For the address, Google maps shows two possibilities; one a modernish building in the city centre, and a second a series of row houses approaching the Cardiff Road. There's a number 22, but no 31 . . . I believe that street is in Llandaff.

Does anyone have sufficient knowledge of Cardiff to offer me any guidance on this issue?

Of interest, but no real import, is that after their marriage John James becomes a stationer, which made a certain amount of sense, while his marriage certificate and family lore list him as a ship's rigger. The surprise is that on the marriage certificate she signed, he marked. Doesn't seem to make much sense for a stationer.

I believe John James passed away in 1911 (BMD indices offer two possibilites; 1911 and 1913)but the probate index for 1911 appears to be missing from ancestry.uk . . .