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1901 census(Hindley area) finds me Thomas Davies place of birth------the Rhonda !!!!!!
thinking maybe a bit more info on 1911--------Thomas davies-----birth place Hindley-------the place he's living!
Arrrgh!! don't suppose anyone has any tips on how to find a Thomas Davies coming from the Rhonda------and the right one :-(( Ah well!

basman

I have Ann b. c1805 in South Wales, that really narrows it down...lol

hi Sue,
sometimes they make you wish you'd never started ;o)
but I reckon that we're all hooked :-))

basman

well his abt year of birth?
and if you know his parents names that may help
also his marriage cert for witnesses.
fathers name and occupation?

this one ?

1901 England Census
about Thomas Davies
Name: Thomas Davies
Age: 39
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1862
Relation: Lodger
Gender: Male
Where born: Rhondda, Glamorgan, Wales

Civil Parish: Hindley
Ecclesiastical parish: St Peter
Town: Hindley
County/Island: Lancashire
Country: England

what you really after?
are you working back or forward

baby thomas,s birth
the only one during the time 99 to 1900 in the reg district of wigan,on freebmd, the others are too late or too early
you would get his mothers name so you could, hopefully ,marry her and thomas off for his marriage cert.

Births Sep 1900 (>99%)
Davies Thomas Wigan 8c 79

and the only two deaths in the time scale that are the right sort of age to have been his wife

Deaths Jun 1900 (>99%)
Davies Charlotte 28 Wigan 8c 14

Deaths Mar 1900 (>99%)
Davies Eugene Florence 24 Wigan 8c 86

my favourite is charlotte though.

Hi Vivienne,
yes that's the correct 1901 cesus. As you see he is a widower. I'm actually trying to find his marriage and the mother of the children. It gives their place of birth as Hindley, which gives me quite a few possibilities for certs., but I was attempting to narrow it down a bit. ----------will get there in the end.

basman

but then again!
the only marriage there at the right time.
of course he could have married in rhondda

Marriages Mar 1894 (>99%)
Davies Thomas Wigan 8c 71
Heyes Margaret Ellen Wigan 8c 71
Mortimer William James Wigan 8c 71
Taylor Mary Wigan 8c 71

Hi Vivienne,
there are actually 5 thomas Davies's on lancs BMD for 1899/1900,
but only the one for Hindley, so I may go for that one. Problem is that I know that Elizabeth was a catholic, in which case if they were catholics at birth this won't be him as the catholics are not on BMD yet.
I wouldn't have thought Thomas "from the valley" would have been catholic, but he may have married one.

basman