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Family: James James / Anne Bowen (F34)

m. 8 Sep 1870


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  • James JamesFather | Male
    James James

    Born  Abt 1850  Dinas, Pembrokeshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died     
    Buried     
    Married  8 Sep 1870  [1]  Cardigan, Cardiganshire, Wales  [1] Find all individuals with events at this location
    Father  John James | F133 Group Sheet 
    Mother   

    Anne BowenMother | Female
    Anne Bowen

    Born  Abt 1849  Newport, Pembrokeshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  Bef 1901   
    Buried     
    Father  Owen Bowen | F132 Group Sheet 
    Mother  Anne | F132 Group Sheet 

    Thomas JamesChild 1 | Male
    Thomas James

    Born  Abt 1871  Newport, Pembrokeshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died     
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    Mary Anne JamesChild 2 | Female
    Mary Anne James

    Born  Abt 1874  Newport, Pembrokeshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died     
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    John JamesChild 3 | Male
    John James

    Born  Abt 1876  Newport, Pembrokeshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died     
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    Margaret JamesChild 4 | Female
    Margaret James

    Born  1880  Fishguard, Pembrokeshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died     
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    Martha JamesChild 5 | Female
    Martha James

    Born  Abt 1882  Fishguard, Pembrokeshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died     
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    Phoebe JamesChild 6 | Female
    Phoebe James

    Born  Abt 1885  Eglwyswrw, Pembrokeshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died     
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    Sarah JamesChild 7 | Female
    Sarah James

    Born  05 Aug 1886  Llantood, Pembrokeshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died     
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    Spouse  William Charles Thomas | F52 
    Married  7 Jun 1908  Pontypridd, Glamorgan, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  David Griffiths | F459 
    Married     

    William JamesChild 8 | Male
    William James

    Born  1888  St Dogmells, Pembrokeshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died     
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    Hannah JamesChild 9 | Female
    Hannah James

    Born  1892  Cardigan, Cardiganshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died     
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  • Notes 
    • There was another possible marriage for James James and Ann Bowen at about the right time in the right place.
      In 1873, at the Harmony Chapel of the Particular Baptists in Haverfordwest, Pembroke. He was 24, a Labourer in Coal Works, residing Penwithin, Manorowen, father Thomas James a Farm Labourer. She was 24, a housemaid, residing in Penrhyn, Llanwnda. father Henry Bowen a Farmer. They both signed ie could write.
      Reasons for rejecting this were
      (a) The first child was born in 1871 - but sometimes people married late.
      (b) On Anne's daughter Sarah's birth certificate her mother made her mark ie could not write.
      (c) James is everywhere else described as a labourer, sometimes as a farm labourer, not in a coal works.
      (d) Newport is more likely than Haverfordwest.
      (e) In the 1871 census,in Owen Bowen's household, his daughter Ann is there, married, name James, with a son Thomas. James James is also in the census, married but residing at the farm where he worked.
    • In the 1891 census all the family is said to have been born in Pembrokeshire but lived in Cardigan. In 1901 her mother Anne was dead, and whoever filled in the form said the children were born in Cardigan. However the two counties seem very flexible - on her birth certificate Sarah is said to have been born in Llantood, Pembrokeshire but registered in Cardigan.

  • Sources 
    1. [S1] Certificate, Marriage, Cardigan, Sep 1870, vol 11b p11.
      They were both 22 years old. He was a Farm Servant, residing at Gellyfawr, Nevern, father John James a Farmer. She had no occupation, resided at Penrhyw, Newport, father Owen Bowen, a Farmer. They married in the Registry Ofice, and both made thei mark ie could not write. Witnesses were James Bowen and Elizabeth Bowen.