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The information I am looking for is to find the names of my great great grandfather's parents.His name was James Kenvin,he was married to an Ann Thomas,They lived in a place called Trevethin in Pontypool in Gwent in South Wales.He was born in Garnderris in Monmouth in 1837.I have hit a brick wall,cannot get anymore info on him.Please Help.

Answer 1

In the 1851 Welsh census there's a 17 year old James Kenvin in Aberystruth.  His father is also James Kenvin, stated to be 69 (but young James is said to be son).  James snr is a nightwatchman born in Llangenarth, I think.  Mother is Annah, 62.

Answer 2

www.ancestry.co.uk--1881 Wales Census

Name: James Kenvin

Age: 44  

Estimated Birth Year: abt 1837  

Relation: Head  

Spouse's Name: Ann

Mother's Name: Mary

Gender: Male

Where born: Garnderris, Monmouth, Wales

Civil Parish: Trevethin  

County/Island: Monmouthshire  

Country: Wales  

Street address: 3 C Row

Condition as to marriage: Married

Occupation: Baller In Steel Works

Registration district: Pontypool  

Sub-registration district: Pontypool  

ED, institution, or vessel: 21  

Household Members: Name-- Age

Ada Kenvin-- 1  

Ann Kenvin-- 37  

Caroline Kenvin-- 13  

David Kenvin --17  

Edward Kenvin-- 7  

George Kenvin --11  

James Kenvin-- 44  

James Kenvin-- 5  

Mary Kenvin --9  

Mary Thomas-- 74  (His or Anne's mother, b. abt 1807in Essex, England )

England & Wales, FreeBMD Death Index: 1837-1983

Name: James Kenvin

Estimated Birth Year: abt 1840

Year of Registration: 1904

Quarter of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec

Age at Death: 64

District: Abergavenny

County: Herefordshire, Monmouthshire

Volume: 11a

(I saw a listing for a James Kenvin, born about 1815 in the family tree pages of www.ancestry.com, but it was a private tree that you have to contact the owner in order to get to see it. I did find your James'--or maybe it was Anne's??-- mother listed on a census, above)

Answer 3

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Answer 4

On the IGI there is a James Kenvin  marrige to Hannah Rees  on 14 JUN 1813  at Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorgan, Wales

Could be related

There is also a William Kenvin  marriage to ELIZABETH TOWNSEND   02 FEB 1828 at  Trevethin, Monmouth

This could be James`s parents

Answer 5

This is the only James Kenvin I could find, there are  a few Kenvins  born in Trevethin, but no James.

1841 Wales Census

about James Kenvin

Name: James Kenvin

Age: 5  

Estimated Birth Year: abt 1836

Where born: Breconshire, Wales

  

Civil Parish: Llangattock  

Hundred: Crickhowell  

County/Island: Breconshire  

Country: Wales  

  

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Registration district: Crickhowell  

Sub-registration district: Llangattock  

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Household Members: Name Name

John Kenion 50  

Alvida Kenvin 9  

Ann Kenvin 12  

Elizabeth Kenvin 45  

James Kenvin 5  

Mary Kenvin 19  

Rachael Kenvin 36  

Willm Kenvin 17

According to the 1881 census for Wales James' mums name was Mary.

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1881 Wales Census

about James Kenvin

Name: James Kenvin

Age: 44  

Estimated Birth Year: abt 1837  

Relation: Head  

Spouse's Name: Ann

Mother's Name: Mary

Gender: Male

Where born: Garnderris, Monmouth, Wales

  

Civil Parish: Trevethin  

County/Island: Monmouthshire  

Country: Wales  

  

Street address: 3 C Row

Condition as to marriage: Married

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Employment status: View Image

Occupation: Baller In Steel Works

  

Registration district: Pontypool  

Sub-registration district: Pontypool  

ED, institution, or vessel: 21  

Neighbors: View others on page  

Household Members: Name Age

Ada Kenvin 1  

Ann Kenvin 37  

Caroline Kenvin 13  

David Kenvin 17  

Edward Kenvin 7  

George Kenvin 11  

James Kenvin 44  

James Kenvin 5  

Mary Kenvin 9  

Mary Thomas 74

Answer 6

From what i've found so far his mothers name was Mary Thomas

From the 1881 British Census

Household:

Name   Relation Marital Status Gender Age Birthplace Occupation Disability

James KENVIN   Head   M   Male   44   Garnderris, Monmouth, England   Baller In Steel Works     

Ann KENVIN   Wife   M   Female   37   Garnderris, Monmouth, England        

David KENVIN   Son   U   Male   17   Garnderris, Monmouth, England        

George KENVIN   Son   U   Male   11   Blaenavon, Monmouth, England   Scholar     

Edward KENVIN   Son      Male   7   Blaenavon, Monmouth, England   Scholar     

James KENVIN   Son      Male   5   Blaenavon, Monmouth, England   Scholar     

Caroline KENVIN   Daur      Female   13   Blaenavon, Monmouth, England   Scholar     

Mary KENVIN   Daur      Female   9   Blaenavon, Monmouth, England   Scholar     

Ada KENVIN   Daur   U   Female   1   Blaenavon, Monmouth, England        

Mary THOMAS   Mother   W   Female   74   Essex, England

Answer 7

try www.ancestry.co.uk

Answer 8

have you tried on genes reunited at all?...have just done a quick search and found one that matches yours