William Evans, born in the late 18th Century, was a Labourer. Speculatively, his birthplace was Llanvihangel, Pontymoile (Pontypool).
His son, Sylvanus (or Silvanus), also was a Labourer, and lived at Salusbury Mill at the time of his marriage to Ann James, on 29th March 1841 at the Parish Church of The Blessed Virgin Mary, of Magor in the County of Monmouth. She was a widow, residing at White Wake, and daughter of James Price, another Labourer. The witnesses to their wedding were Henry Williams and Mary Price (perhaps Ann's mother or sister). Both Sylvanus and Ann were of "full age" when they married.
Sylvanus had died before the marriage of their son, James Thomas Evans, then aged 24 (born 26 May 1858 at Magor, Monmouthshire, died 12 Dec 1937), to Jane Cox, also aged 24 (born 20 Jan 1858 at Gilvath, Llanvaches, died Oct 1895), on 7 May 1882 at the Parish Church, St. Cadoc's, Trevethin in the County of Monmouth. The marriage register describes Sylvanus as a Farmer, and James as a Foreman Platelayer (on the railway). Both James and Jane were residing in Trevethin Parish. The witnesses were George Arnold and Hannah Theakston.
Jane Cox was the daughter of Matthew
Cox, a Farm Bailiff. To go backwards, he was the son of John
Cox. When Matthew John Cox, aged 29 (born
at Woolaston, Gloucestershire), married Mary Ann Wyatt,
aged 25 (born at Penhow, Monmouthshire) on May 14 1859 at St.
Dubritius', the Parish Church of Llanvaches in the County of Monmouth,
he was a Farmer. His father John Cox was a
Gentleman's Servant, and Mary's father, John Wyatt,
was a Farmer and Blacksmith. The witnesses to the marriage were John
Wyatt and Betsy Wyatt. Betsy may have been the sister of Mary, as
Mary's mother had died earlier, her father's second wife being Ann
Price. Now (2015), Martin, my brother, has found Mary's mother was Elizabeth Wyatt, neé Musgrove, more
below.
James and Jane Evans had five children. Their only son, George Evans (born 1887, died 1970) had a son Arthur Evans (1912-1977) who married his cousin, Bernice Hodge (1922-2002). Arthur and Bernice migrated to Canada, where George had spent many years. Their family, Frances, John and Andrew, continued to live in Canada (Andrew, sadly, died in 1968); as has Bernice's sister Madge, married to Don Goffick, of Oregon, USA, and her children.
James and Jane Evans' fourth child and third daughter, Ann Evans (born 11 May 1891, died 13 Jul 1968), married Frank Tudgay.
Frank Tudgay married Ann Evans, from Railway Cottages, 36 Pisgah Road, Talywain, Abersychan, at Penygarn Baptist Tabernacle, Crane Street, Pontypool, on 6th Sep 1913. The witnesses were the groom's brother Arthur Tudgay and his wife-to-be, Amy Wood, together with Ann's brother George Evans, and Minnie Flora. Frank's father, Charles, was given as a Coal Miner (Hewer) and Ann's father, James Thomas Evans, was a Railway Platelayer. [Information unchanged from the 1911 Census, see below]
Frank and Ann first lived in Merthyr, where their first two children, Harry and Aileen, were born. Harry was born and died ca 29 May 1914. Aileen was born on on 25 Apr 1918. They then moved back to Abersychan, where their home became 'Hillside', Church Road (Manor Road). Their only son, Gordon Tudgay, was born there on 14 Apr 1924. Ann's niece, Ethel (born 1914 died 1993; daughter of Ellen and William Wilcox), joined the family and later took the name Tudgay.
In 1911, the house known as 'Hillside' (or Hillside Cottages, being a pair) was occupied by Frank's elder brother, Fred Tudgay, then aged 24, coal miner hewer, with his wife Lily, aged 24, and daughters, Edna Irene, aged 3 and Evelyn, aged 2, the register gives their marriage as 6 years.
| James Price 1777-1862 (BMD d 4Q 1862) b Undy, Monmouthshire labourer in 1861 Census living with Evans family. age 84, widower |
William Evans 1777-18?? b Llanvihangel, Monmouthshire labourer BMD has too many Evans family members to ascertain dates |
John Cox Gentleman's servant speculative d 4Q 1875, age 64, Newport |
John Wyatt Farmer/Blacksmith b Jan 1808 Brislington, Somerset d 19 Jan 1879 Llanvaches, Monmouthshire BMD d 1Q 1879, age 73, Newport M | |||||
| m to Mary Ann, b ca 1791, Radnorshire, Wales | John Wyatt BMD m 4Q 1839 Newport Anne Price m 1. Elizabeth Musgrove baptised 20 Nov 1807 Redwick, Magor d. 16 Dec 1837 Penhow |
m 2. Anne Price née
Crockett (widow) b ca 1803 Llanvaches, Monmouthshire d. 26 Nov 1866 Llanvaches Ann Wyatt BMD d 4Q 1866 Newport M | ||||||
| Ann James née Price b ca 1814 Magor, Monmouthshire d 4Q 1884, Newport, Monmouthshire res White Wake widow |
Silvanus Evans b ca 1809 St Bride, Monmouthsire d 2Q 1865 Newport M res Salusbury Mill farmer |
Matthew
John Cox b 1830 d 2Q 1903, age 73, Pontypool foreman b Woolaston, Gloucestershire res Llanvaches d at Pontypool |
m 2Q 1857 Newport Mary Ann Wyatt |
Mary Ann Wyatt b ca Jun 1832 Wentwood Lodge, Llanvaches d 2Q 1899, age 66, Pontypool no occupation res Llanvaches | ? John Wyatt BMD m 4q 1859 Newport Mary Elizabeth Gould or Elizabeth Dunscombe John Wyatt d 4Q 1893, age 60, Newport M Elizabeth Wyatt d 4Q 1870, age 30, Newport M |
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| Witnesses Henry Williams Mary Price |
Married
at The Parish Church, Magor, Monmouthshire 29/03/1841 in BMD m 1Q 1841 Newport Ann James |
Note: the Evans BMD records for Newport M has many members so below list speculative |
Married at The Parish Church, Llanvaches, 15/05/1857 |
Witnesses John Wyatt Betsy Wyatt | ||||
| Children | Mary Ann
Evans b 3Q 1841 Newport M Eleanor Evans b 3Q 1850 |
James Thomas Evans | Elizabeth
Evans b 2Q 1844, Undy Eleanor Evans b ca 1851, Magor Hannah Evans b 2/3Q 1854, Magor Thomas Evans b. ca 1859, Magor (1861 census, Magor, see below) |
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| Father Silvanus Evans deceased |
James
Thomas Evans b 2Q 1858 Newport M d 4Q 1937, age 79, Pontypool born at Magor Foreman/Platelayer |
In 1911 Census, age 52,
widower living at 36 Pisgah Road, Talywain Railway Platelayer a 5 room dwelling |
Jane Cox b 20 Jan 1858 at Glivath, Llanvaches, Monmouthshire (BMD b 1Q 1858 Newport) d Oct 1895 BMD d 4Q 1895, age 37. Pontypool no occupation |
Father Matthew John Cox then a Farm Bailiff | ||||
| Married
at St. Cadoc's, Trevethin 07/05/1882 BMD m 2Q 1882 Pontypool Jane Cox |
both resident at Trevethin | |||||||
| Children | Ellen (Nell)
Evans b 17 Jun 1883 m 3 Q 1910 Pontypool d ca Dec 1915 1911 Census, age 27, living in her father's house with husband of under one year, William |
George
Silvanus Evans b 8 Jan 1887 Pontypool m 1Q 1911 Pontypool Mary A Davies d 1970 (not in BMD) Coal Miner Hewer in 1911 went to Canada after World War I service returned to Abersychan after wife's death |
Florence Evans b 1888 2Q 1888 Pontypool d 1Q 1890 age 1, Pontypool |
Ann Evans b 11 May 1891 2Q 1891 Pontypool d 13 Jul 1968 1911 Census living with her father, aged 19, single, Shop Assistant |
Ethel Evans b 19 Mar 1894 2Q 1894 Pontypool m 1Q 1917 Pontypool d 2Q 1971 Pontypool | |||
| Spouse | William Wilcox of Pontypool b. 1Q 1885 Pontypool (see below 1891 census) m 1. Ellen William in BMD as married in Pontypridd d 2Q 1960, age 75, Pontypool 2. ? Gertie Churchill (widow?) Gertrude Peters (1Q 1919, Keynsham) occupation Plasterer in 1911 Gertrude Wilcox d 4Q 1958, age 68, Pontypool |
Polly Davies Mary Anne Evans Age 22 in the 1911 Census living with her husband George at 25 Woodlands Avenue, Talywain, married under 1 year, in a four room dwelling |
Frank Tudgay of Talywain/Abersychan, Mon.  link to Frank Tudgay tree m 3Q 1913 Pontypool Frank Tudgay |
Arthur Hodge farmer b 4Q 1888 Pontypool d 3Q 1960, age 71, Pontypool farmed at Old Mill Farm, Cwm Avon last res Cwm Avon | Father? Willam Samuel Hodge m 2Q 1878 Pontypool Elizabeth Jane Gough William S Hodge d 2Q 1936, age 80, Pontypool ? b 3Q 1855 Langport, Somerset |
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| Children | Kathleen Mary Wilcox (Molly) b 2Q 1912 Pontypool, mother Evans d. 3Q 1958 Cardiff m 1Q 1937, Pontypool Stanley Melvin Jarvis b 1Q 1910 Pontypool son Howard Jarvis b 3Q 1943, mother Wilcox, Abergavenny possible BMD marriages (not in Pontypool or Mon.) |
1. Arthur
Evans 1912-1977 b in Canada (Arthur S Evans mother Davies b 4Q 1912 Pontypool) m Berenice Hodge (cousin) 2Q 1945 Pontypool returned to Canada ca 1960 Children b Pontypool mother Hodge Frances A Evans b 4Q 1946 John Evans (1949-) no BMD Andrew Evans (1951-1968) no BMD |
Robert A Evans mother Hodge b 3Q 1950 Pontypool |
1. Harry Tudgay b 29 May 1914 d ca May 1914 Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorgan |
Berenice
Hodge 22 Aug 1922- 2002 BMD b 3Q 1922, mother Evans, Pontypool b at ? Old Mill Farm, Cwm Avon m Arthur Evans (cousin) see left | |||
| Ethel May Wilcox b 2Q 1914 Pontypool, mother Evans d Mar 1993 spinster fostered by Frank & Ann Tudgay changed name to Tudgay b Pontypool District d Chichester District |
2. Francis Madge Evans 4 Apr 1922-4 Feb 2002 mother Davies b 2Q 1922, Pontypool d in Quesnel, Canada m Don Victor Goffic (d 1992) in Canada Children Gary Goffic Philip Goffic (I had this before as Goffick) of Alberta |
2. Aileen Tudgay 1918-1997 m John H S Taylor of Griffithstown, Mon. went to London last res Croesyceiliog, Gwent Children Brian Taylor Peter Taylor Garry Taylor Glenys Taylor Martin Taylor |
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| 3. Ella May Wilcox b. 1Q 1923 Pontypool mother Peters m. 1Q 1948 Pontypool to Norman T Davies (no BMD death or birth records as at April 2016) possible children mother Wilcox born Swansea Alun T Davies b 1Q 1949 (? m 3Q 1972 E Glamorgan Rosalind M James) Linda P Davies b 1Q 1949 (? m 3Q 1971 Swansea David J Ridler) June P Davies b 3Q 1951 Swansea (? m 1Q 1974 Swansea Jonathan Williams) Kim Davies b 4Q 1957 Swansea |
3. Gordon
Tudgay 1924-2005 m Iris Brain of Cwmbran, Gwent Children Claire Tudgay Paul Tudgay Lisa Tudgay |
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Notes:
Added November 2015:
(from Martin). After
many years of searching I have finally learnt the maiden name of our
great great great grandmother Elizabeth
Wyatt, the mother to the female ancestors from mum backwards and
first wife of John Wyatt, and
also her parents. She eluded me for nearly 10 years but was found by
another amateur genealogist in the Monmouthshire Family History group
on Yahoo. I had long assumed that the Wyatt family had wed in the
Bristol area before coming to Llanvaches and Penhow. The graves of John
Wyatt, his second wife Ann and both his parents are beautifully kept in
the graveyard of St Dubritius Church, Llanvaches. Well it transpires
that John Wyatt married an Elizabeth
Musgrove in St Woolos Newport on 3rd August 1829. I missed this
wedding entry as it falls before civil registration in 1837 and the
parish record transcription on www.findmypast.co.uk is incorrect
showing Elizabeth Morgan to be the bride. The Monmouthshire group's
correct transcription has Elizabeth Musgrove as the bride. Further
evidence is the Musgrove family had another child baptised in
Llanvaches and the John Wyatt's second marriage to Ann Price following
the death of Elizabeth in 1837 was witnessed by Elizabeth's sister Mary
Musgrove.
Elizabeth Musgrove was baptised
on 20th November 1807 in Redwick, Magor to parents David Musgrove and Jane Musgrove nee Jones. Redwick is just 4-5 miles
from Llanvaches.
I still haven't found Elizabeth's resting place but believe it could be
a non-conformist burial as some others in her family had non-conformist
baptisms. She died from measles and a chest infection at the young age
of 30 in Penhow on 16th December 1837. I have her death registration
certificate.
Our
matrilineal line, showing maiden names is therefore as follows:- Aileen
Tudgay, Ann Evans, Jane Cox, Mary Ann Wyatt, Elizabeth Musgrove
and Jane Jones with Jane Jones being our 4xgreat grandmother.
Anne Price née Crockett (widow) was the daughter of Matthew Crockett (dates unknown) and Martha, b ca 1773 d 2 Jul 1843, at Llanvaches, Monmouthshire. Her first husband was John Wyatt, b ca Jan 1808, Brislington, Somerset, d 19 Jan 1879, Llanvaches. Children were Betsy Wyatt (1842-May 1874) and Anne Wyatt, 1840-23 Feb 1845. Her second husband was (as above) was John Price, children were James Price b ca 1824, at Penhow), John Price (b ca 1830), William Price (b 1827, Llanvaches), Matthew Price (b ca 1832) and Charles Price (b ca 1833)
Matthew
John Cox,
had three children, Jane Cox (see above), John Cox (b ca 1860 at
Caerleon) and George Cox (b ca 1867, at Trevethin, Monmouthshire).
George married Caroline (b ca 1869) at British, Monmouthshire.
their children were Frederick Cox (b 1892, at British), Bertie
Cox (b ca 1896, at British) and Matthew J Cox (b ca 1899, at British).
Wilcox: Monmouthshire Records webpage has - Trevethin Marriages: March 27, 1937, Stanley Melvin Jarvis, 27, B, ironworker, 9 Crumlin Street Pontypool; Ernest Jarvis, iron worker (? father); Kathleen Mary Wilcox, 24, Spin, tailoress, 5 Haden Street Pontypool; William Wilcox, plasterer (father), Ella May Wilcox, Tom Stanley Churchill (half-brother?), William Wilcox, B. Presumably the marriage of Melvin & Molly.
Trevethin Baptisms: Sunday, February 28, 1932, Kathleen Mary, Wilcox, d, William, Wilcox, Ellen, Wilcox, 8 Haden Street Pontypool, plasterer, [born] Friday, April 12, 1912
A William Wilcox, died aged 76 in 1960
The 1861 Census for Magor has:
House 74.
Silvanus Evans, Head, age 52, Ag. Lab. b
Monmouthshire, St. Brides, Netherwent, Magor.
Anne Evans, wife, age 47, b Magor
Elizabeth Evans, dau., age 17, Farm
Servant, b. Undy
Eleanor Evans, dau., age 10, scholar, b
Magor
Hannah Evans, dau. age 7, scholar, b. Magor
Thomas Evans, son. age 2, b. Magor
James Price, relative, widower, age 84,
Ag. Lab. b. Undy
 Evans
family ca 1897
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 Jane
Evans and Ann ca 1893
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 Thomas
James Evans ca 1937
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 Ann
Evans ca 1912
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| Hodge
and Evans group - George Evans, Ethel Hodge (née Evans),
Berenice, Arthur Hodge and Samuel William Hodge (Arthur's father) Photograph from Ruth Braithwaite, granddaughter of Richard John Hodge, brother of Arthur Hodge. |
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| William
Wilcox records 1891 Census: (probable) 14 Hugh Houses, Victoria Village, Abersychan. Denis Wilcox, Head, age 37, Coal Miner, b. Abersychan Mary Ann Wilcox, Wife, age 35, b. Abersychan George Wilcox, son, age 15, Coal Miner, b. Abersychan Ann E. Wilcox, daughter, age 13, Apprentice Shoe Factory, b. Abersychan Joseph R. Wilcox, son, age 10, scholar, b. Abersychan William Wilcox, son, age 6, scholar, b. Abersychan Sarah Wilcox, daughter, age 4, b. Abersychan Charles Wilcox, son, age 2, b. Garndiffaith Harriet Wilcox, daughter, age 1 month, b. Garndiffaith (died soon after?) 1901 Census: Same except William now a Coal Miner Hewer plus Richard Wilcox, son, age 20, Cola Miner Hewer, b. Abersychan (?) James Wilcox, son, age 7, b Garndiffaith Harriet Wilcox, daughter, age 4, b. Garndiffaith Herbert Wilcox, son, age 2, b. Garndiffaith |
Howard
Jarvis, b. 1943, mother Wilcox, Abergavenny. Married (?) 1998, Valerie A Hill, Newport, Monmouthshire No BMD marriage or death as at April 2016 |
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