Started new thread so to make it easier to find

julie ann takle at 04:32PM on Apr 12, 2009

Hi not sure if i have written in the right place but i could really do with some help if someone could, i have been using ancestry.co.uk and genes reunited and have been searching for my welsh ancestors for a year now with no luck

The first family i have been trying to find in the census records are

James Hillier born 1886 a widow who married Esther Holvey born 1876 in Brymwar in 1904. His father was James Hillier and Esther's father was George Holvey who was deceased at the time of the marriage they had a daughter in 1912 called Alice Hillier,

The secound family i cant find in the census records is

Robert Mealing 1888 who married Grace Nellie Nye (Lye) born 1889.  In 1910 in Pontypridd they  had a son called James Charles Mealing born 1912,  Robert's father was Charles Mealing and Graces father was John Henry Nye.

If any one could help me with this I would be so greatfull

There are quite a few James Hilliers and I need to narrow down the options a little to do a search. There are too many alternatives at the moment.

Have you any idea where James born 1886 was actually born and do you have any details about his first wife?

Also Brymwar is not in my Welsh atlas .. is it Brynmawr and which county is this?

Found your family tree on Ancestry.com and also came across the below ...

1891 census

Bath, Walcot, St. Michael

Living at 3 Cromwell Buildings

Eliza Holvey, m, 43, Dressmaker, b. Bath, Somerset

Esther Holvey, dau, 16; Ernest Holvey, son, 14;

Alice Holvey, dau, 9; Clara Holvey, dau, 6

All the children born Bath, Somerset

Mervyn

1891 census

Claurpluyf, Mynyddyslwyn, Newport

Living at Talcelyn (Street name)

James A. Hillier, 27, timberman, b. Frome, Somerset

Mary A. Hillier, wife, 27,

James H. Hillier, 5, scholar, b. Newbridge, Monmouthshire

Bertie Hillier, 2,                                  ,,                      ,,

Wm Hy Hillier, 5 weeks                    ,,                      ,,