Genealogy Chat

i have got records from 1901 census ( previous post ) about my GM. it states where and when she was born....but...i can find no records of her birth in the area or timescale it says........... she was born in swansea 4 may 1890...name margaretta williams father thomas mother emma i do apologise for seeming thick here, but this whole thing is tangling me up in knots...lol

There is a possible birth in Merthyr Tydfil -Sep Quarter -1890 -Vol 11a - page 376. This is not far from Swansea.

Also one in Neath - even closer! Williams Margaretta Neath 11a 779

You can order one of these birth certificates with a request that you only want the certificate if the father's name is right. That way you will not waste the whole of your £7 if you request the wrong one. Good luck Irene

On the 1891 census her age is give as 2, so would presume therefore she was born 1889 - in which case the birth registration on your other thread looks very likely. I am presuming you have got her birth year from her headstone (if I remember rightly). Bear in mind that the information given at death is only as reliable as the informant - maybe her exact year of birth was not known or was guessed. Personally I would suggest ordering the 1889 certificate which a checking point that the father´s name is Thomas. I wouldn´t put mother´s name of Emma as a checking point, as I think on a previous census she used the name Emily. If you put Emma, and the name on the birth cert. is Emily, then the GRO will not issue the certificate.

From previous thread Name: Margaretta Williams Year of Registration: 1889 Quarter of Registration: Apr-May-Jun DISTRICT: Swansea County: United Kingdom Volume: 11a Page: 797