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Rhiannon

Rhiannon Report 7 Dec 2007 19:51

Hi, I dont think so. I have the family on the 1891 Census at the address my gt-grandfather was born in Maesteg. My Catherine was aged 7 so that would put her birth at around 1884.

Ive just found out that one of the sisters was in touch with John and had a child before she was married which apparently did not go down very well. We have no idea what happened to her after that and we are not even sure which sister it was.

We are absolutely certain of the parents names though so I do not think there is a connection.

All the best

Helen

Helen Report 4 Dec 2007 15:22

Hi Rhiannon.
Is there any possibility that the Catherine Lewis that you are researching for was born in 1848/1849.
Or 1873/1874.
One of the Catherines was my grgrgr grandmother and the other one was her daughter my grgr grandmother.
Best Wishes.
Helen

Rhiannon

Rhiannon Report 4 Dec 2007 00:24

I am looking for information on my great-grandfather's sisters. He was John Lewis (known as Jack) born in Maesteg in 1889 to William Lewis and Ann Griffith. He had an older sister Catherine Ann Lewis and a younger sister Jenny (possibly Jennet) born around 1891. Ann died in 1893 and the siblings were orphaned in 1898 when William died in mining accident. Family legend has it that one of the sisters was adopted.

I would love to hear from anyone with any further information.