Morgan /Howe Families (General)

by susanc, Monday, August 05, 2019, 04:04 (1940 days ago) @ rheola

I'm sorry, it looks like I accidentally combined two different Edward MORGAN's in my earlier responses to this post. Amazingly, both Edward's married Elizabeth's and both apparently lived in Monmouth at one time or another. One Edward was the son of Thomas MORGAN and Anne PROSSER of Garway in Herefordshire, the other one married Elizabeth HOWE in Newland, Gloucestershire.

Records for Edward who married Elizabeth HOW were recorded mostly in the Newland/Coleford area. He has various birthplaces given for him. His marriage record shows his birthplace as Monmouth, the 1841 census shows him (surname mistakenly transcribed as Mongar) born in a foreign part, not Gloucestershire, the 1851 census shows his birthplace as Newland, Gloucestershire, the 1861 census as Garway, Herefordshire, and the 1871 census as Grosmont, Monmouthshire.

The other Edward, the son of Thomas Morgan and Anne Prosser, was born in Garway. He carried on in the family occupation of a tailor in Monmouth. He and some siblings then moved to Newport, Monmouthshire, where they continued as tailors. Newspaper funeral announcements help verify the census information naming members of his extended family.

I wouldn't be surprised if the two Edwards were related somehow since they seem to be tied to some of the same general locations. If so, I don't know how they are. I wanted to own up to my mistake in combining them so no one else wastes time traveling down the same wrong path.

Susan