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Post by powell33 on Oct 24, 2013 15:01:05 GMT 1
I found this as a Birthplace in 1891 Census Does anyone know much about it?
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Post by robertjones on Oct 24, 2013 15:44:47 GMT 1
Yes ... North east, Merthyr Tydfil ... East of lower Dowlais Town, and just north of district
known as 'Duck's Pool', Pwyllwaid . At one time a few dozen old houses here.
I think it may have been an area cleared and unhabited from the 1950s / 1960s.
I remember Dick Owen, father to the tragic boxer Johnny Owen, looking through the census returns to
do his family history ( would prob. be in late 80s now if still alive ).
He said his grandparents had the nickname 'The Swamps' or were called John or Jane Swamp
and he never knew why until he found them on the census returns and their address was 'The Swamp Dowlais'.
Rob
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Post by powell33 on Oct 24, 2013 16:07:07 GMT 1
Yes ... North east, Merthyr Tydfil ... East of lower Dowlais Town, and just north of district known as 'Duck's Pool', Pwyllwaid . At one time a few dozen old houses here. I think it may have been an area cleared and unhabited from the 1950s / 1960s. I remember Dick Owen, father to the tragic boxer Johnny Owen, looking through the census returns to do his family history ( would prob. be in late 80s now if still alive ). He said his grandparents had the nickname 'The Swamps' or were called John or Jane Swamp and he never knew why until he found them on the census returns and their address was 'The Swamp Dowlais'. Rob That's a lot |
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Post by jonny13 on Feb 2, 2015 0:22:41 GMT 1
Yes ... North east, Merthyr Tydfil ... East of lower Dowlais Town, and just north of district known as 'Duck's Pool', Pwyllwaid . At one time a few dozen old houses here. I think it may have been an area cleared and unhabited from the 1950s / 1960s. I remember Dick Owen, father to the tragic boxer Johnny Owen, looking through the census returns to do his family history ( would prob. be in late 80s now if still alive ). He said his grandparents had the nickname 'The Swamps' or were called John or Jane Swamp and he never knew why until he found them on the census returns and their address was 'The Swamp Dowlais'. Rob |
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