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Looks like the baptisms of Anne, Elizabeth and Catherine:-
Name: Ann Thomas
Event Type: Baptism
Event Date: 1865
Event Place: Nolton Bridgend Chapelry, Glamorgan, Wales
Address: Old Castle Bridgend
Occupation: Lab
Father's Name: John
Mother's Name: Elizabeth
Name: Elizabeth Thomas
Event Type: Baptism
Event Date: 1867
Event Place: Nolton Bridgend Chapelry, Glamorgan, Wales
Address: Old Castle
Occupation: Lab
Father's Name: John
Mother's Name: Elizabeth
Name: Catharine Thomas
Event Type: Baptism
Event Date: 1872
Event Place: Nolton Bridgend Chapelry, Glamorgan, Wales
Address: Old Castle
Occupation: Lab
Father's Name: John
Mother's Name: Elizabeth
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Yes , Catherine , you have got the right family
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I don't know if this will help ,or confuse things even more . The family story is this . Alfred John and his brother William Henry were both born before the marriage of Margaret and George Thomas Margaret's maiden name was also Thomas .On the birth certificates Alfred Johns father is given as John Huxtable but three months later he is baptised as Alfred John Thomas. William's father is not named . William is two years younger . In later years Alfred John told some of grandchildren that despite the name on his birth certificate his ,and William's true father was one of the Thomas family from Sutton Farm / Manor . and that John Huxtable was a gardener, who was paid to give his name as the father . In those days the Thomas family were a rich family who farmed half the vale .
Interesting to see the Morgan name on George's family . At the time Alfred John and William were born , the head of Sutton Farm was Edward Thomas who was Married to Jane Morgan. from Saint Brides Major . Also on Alfred John's birth certificate it says Margaret is a domestic servant Aber House . only Aber house I can trace is in Pricetown Nantymoel . At that time there was a Morgan family there , but they were from Montgomeryshire and I haven't been able to find any link . so could be a co-incidence.
On Alfred John's marriage certificate it gives his father's name as Alfred John Thomas the same as his own . His mother and stepfather had both passed away before he married .
In1901 Alfred Johns younger half brother George worked at Sutton Farm
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I'm struggling with this family- SO many Thomas family!
I see that Alfred John (John) was brought up by his Grandparents, and in 1891 is living with his Grandmother a couple of doors up from his half siblings in Chapel Street.
This record fits his date of birth (and presumably 'John' is his Grandfather?)
National School Admission Registers & Log-books 1870-1914 Transcription
name(s) John Thomas
Birth date 04 Feb 1879
Event year 1886
School name Pen-y-bont Boys School, Bridgend
Town Bridgend
County Glamorganshire
Parent name(s) John
Book type Admissions
Archive reference EM10/14
Archive Glamorganshire Archives
So maybe this entry below isn't your Alfred John?
name(s) Alfred John Thomas
Birth date 04 May 1879
Event year 1884
School name Pen-y-bont Infants School, Bridgend
Town Bridgend
County Glamorganshire
Parent name(s) George
Book type Admissions
Archive reference EM10/13
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Also baptism- which gives Mother's abode as Port Talbot?
Alfred John, Son of Margaret Thomas, Single Woman, abode Port Talbot, ceremony performed by George Thomas.
name(s) ALFRED JOHN THOMAS
Birth year 1879
Baptism year 1879
Baptism day 22
Baptism month May
Baptism place NOLTON
Mother's first name(s) Margaret
County Glamorganshire
Birth- For my reference:
name(s) ALFRED JOHN THOMAS
Birth year 1879
Birth quarter Jan Feb Mar
District BRIDGEND
County Glamorganshire
Volume 11A
Page 522
Name: Alfred John Huxtable
Registration Year: 1879
Registration Quarter: Jan-Feb-Mar
Registration district: Bridgend
Inferred County: Glamorgan
Volume: 11a
Page: 522
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And then school record for William:
National School Admission Registers & Log-books 1870-1914 Transcription
name(s) William Thomas
Birth date 10 Mar 1881
Event year 1885
School name Pen-y-bont Infants School, Bridgend
Town Bridgend
County Glamorganshire
Parent name(s) George
Book type Admissions
Archive reference EM10/13
but then also this school record:
name(s) William Thomas
Birth date 04 Apr 1880
Event year 1887
School name Pen-y-bont Boys School, Bridgend
Town Bridgend
County Glamorganshire
Parent name(s) George
Book type Admissions
Archive reference EM10/14
William listed as William H Huxtable on 1881- but no matching Huxtable birth?
I'll try and come back to this tomorrow!
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Something doesn't seem right- but as I said, I will come back to this tomorrow
Name: Margaret Elizabeth Thomas
Event Type: Baptism
Event Date: 1893
Event Place: Nolton Bridgend Chapelry, Glamorgan, Wales
Address: Chapel St Bridgend
Occupation: Lab
Father's Name: George
Mother's Name: Margaret
Name: William Thomas
Event Type: Baptism
Event Date: 1893
Event Place: Nolton Bridgend Chapelry, Glamorgan, Wales
Address: Chapel St Bridgend
Occupation: Lab
Father's Name: George
Mother's Name: Margaret
Name: George Thomas
Event Type: Baptism
Event Date: 1893
Event Place: Nolton Bridgend Chapelry, Glamorgan, Wales
Address: Chapel St Bridgend
Occupation: Lab
Father's Name: George
Mother's Name: Margaret
Name: Charles Thomas
Event Type: Baptism
Event Date: 1891
Event Place: Nolton Bridgend Chapelry, Glamorgan, Wales
Address: Chapel St Bridgend
Occupation: Lab
Father's Name: George
Mother's Name: Margaret
Name: Peter Thomas
Event Type: Baptism
Event Date: 1891
Event Place: Nolton Bridgend Chapelry, Glamorgan, Wales
Address: Chapel St Bridgend
Occupation: Lab
Father's Name: George
Mother's Name: Margaret
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Hi Gritty . You have been busy . I do have the birth certificates for Alfred John and William
Here are the details . 4th February 1879 Cowbridge Alfred John Name of Father : John Huxtable Name of Mother: Margaret Thomas ,a domestic Servant occupation of father :Gardener Signature Description and residence of informant . John Huxtable Father . Cowbridge . M Thomas mother Aber House Port Talbot
Registered 18th March 1879 registrar William John
10th March 1881 William . Father ------- Mother; Margaret Thomas General Servant signature of informant ; Margaret Thomas. ,Oldcastle ,Bridgend .
Registered 26th April 1881 registrar Thomas Jenkins
One puzzle with John Huxtable is Cowbridge is 25-30 miles from Port Talbot . and the only Aber House I have been able to trace is in Price town Nantymoel . which was a colliery agents house . so had different families at various times .
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I know it will not be possible to prove the story about the true father being from Sutton farm (unless there is a mention in a will or other document) but the relatives who remember my great grandfather say he was a very truthful man . Also he told them that one of the family from the farm emigrated to America . and I have found shipping records that could prove this . . and a def'inate record of Hugh Thomas in Canada .
John Huxtable married and moved to Yorkshire , if I have the right one .
Would be interesting to know if Margarette Morgan (George's mother) Is related to Jane Morgan wife of Edward Thomas , although this is going out of the family line .
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