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Well Astra we have considered what you suggest,However Llangurig is a small community and I am related to most of them(aunts 2nd and 3rd cousins and practically all the present occupants know of the William hunstable -Susan Down story from their parents and grandparents.My aunt Tilly who still lives in Llangurig has told me that my great uncle Joeseph new them well and visited the pair when they lived in a cottage behind The Bluebell Inn in llangurig. The present landlord of the Bluebell Inn also remembers his father(the prev landlord) saying that the Hunstables lived at the cottage when they both worked at Clochfaen Hall.But bithplace was Clochfaen on certificate-

I do wonder whether Hunstable was mispelt and it should have been Hustable or I suppose even Huxtable. I can't see Hunstable's in the area anywhere, unless he came from North America. But that still doesn't solve the issue of why they left their baby almost as soon as she was born.

Do local families recall if they were a young couple and whether they had any other children?

looking around, there's not many "Hunstables" on any census on fmp, however this 1911 census could possibly be, or not be interesting

Person: HUXTABLE, William Francis
Address: 84 Hermon Road Caerau
Registration District: Bridgend
Sub District: Maesteg
County: Glamorganshire

Name Relation Condition/ Yrs married Sex Age Birth Year Occupation Where Born

HUXTABLE, William Head Married M 37 1874 Colliery Labourer Belowground Berrynarbour Devonshire
HUXTABLE, Mary Maria Wife Married 13 years F 34 1877 Brickley Hill Staffordshire
HUXTABLE, Eliza Jane Daughter F 12 1899 School Caerau Glamorgan
HUXTABLE, Evan Henry Son M 11 1900 School Caerau Glamorgan
HUXTABLE, William Francis Son M 9 1902 School Caerau Glamorgan
HUXTABLE, Stanley Son M 7 1904 School Caerau Glamorgan
HUXTABLE, Joseph Ivor Son M 5 1906 School Caerau Glamorgan
HUXTABLE, Arthur Son M 3 1908 Caerau Glamorgan
HUXTABLE, Horace James Son M 1 1910 Caerau Glamorgan

this birth and death could be linked

England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915
Name: William Francis Huxtable
Year of Registration: 1901
Quarter of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec
District: Bridgend
County: Glamorgan
Volume: 11a
Page: 797


England & Wales, Death Index: 1916-2005
Name: William Francis Huxtable
Birth Date: 9 Sep 1901
Death Registration Month/Year: Jan 1996
Age at death (estimated): 94
Registration district: Brent
Inferred County: Middlesex
Register number: C25B
District and Subdistrict: 2211B
Entry Number: 32

Just been talking to my mother (Ethel)She says We visited my great grandmother (on my fathers side) a Jane Pugh of Tanyberth in about 1953.Jane knew the 'young" Huntstables and also told my mother that she thought that William and Susan went to america after handing Ethel over to the Davies family. Another aunt in LLangurig said that the Davises lived at Pantgwyn on the Clochfaen estate when they took charge of the baby.I think that too many people knew the Hunstables for them not to exist. William Francis Huxtable sounds very promising ,Thanks for that Eve and Glynne

I wonder if there is a record of their voyage to America as Hunstable/Hustable or Huxtable.

I don't have access to these records. Can anyone check?

None of my contacts know if the Hunstables had other children. Eve and Glynne wil be away from home for a few days-but will try to keep in touch thro internet cafes

Hi Tempest ,When I searched for William Huxstable on 1911 and 1901 census on' Find my past 'I get 0 results.Tried address as well.
But I did find him in BMD. What am i doing wrong

Hi

on the 1911 the surname is Huxtable (no "s")

here's the family in 1901

1901 census Address: 5, Coegnant Road Toncoed Row, Llangynwyd Higher, Maesteg

HUXTABLE, Wm Head Married M 27 1874 Colliery Blocklayer Berrynarbour Devonshire
HUXTABLE, Mary Maria Wife Married F 23 1878 Briely Hill Staffordshire
HUXTABLE, Eliza Jane Daughter Single F 2 1899 Maesteg Glamorganshire
HUXTABLE, Evan Henry Son Single M 1 1900 Maesteg Glamorganshire


hope you are off somewhere nice!!!

thanks found about 35 william huxtables in the 1911 census and same no of marriages- have to sift through them to find unmarried ones since none of them is married to Susan Down.
Were off to England to celebrate eves birthday with our children in Bristol and or Southhampton