1881 and 1891 census returns for Pant Street, Pontycymer

[rosmond]

Hello,

I have a significant 20 year gap in census records for my paternal great grandparents. I know that Margaret Kinsey  died at 25 Pant Street, Pontycym(m)er, Llangeinor in March 1892. I have searched Llangeinor and Bettws records for the street in both 1881 and 1891 censuses, but have not been able to find it, although I know it existed in 1892. As the surname is often transcribed incorrectly in records and does not appear in searches of these two censuses, I am searching by street/village, page by page. Can anyone help? I'd be grateful for the ED, piece and folio numbers of any streets in Pontycymer in 1881 or 1891. Many thanks.

R

[gerald]

Hello Rosmond,
I am not sure if we have that information, but maybe one of our subscribers can help. I did a quick check and found that the Kinseys were a very musical family with the most of them being in the Ogmore Valley, although there were some in the Llynfi valley.

[ffaldauboy]

I know that Pant Street was built in two stages quite a time gap apart from each other. I believe that the higher end part was built later. My family owned number 30 for 94 years and many Jones's were born there, including my father. Hope this might help.

[ctdavies]

Allowing for spelling variations, the other problem is that the system does not always read the census correctly. You could try substituting an R for the K in Kinsey.

I was unable to find the Kinsey family in Pant Street although I found my relatives. In 1891 I did find two households living in Gwendoline Street, Blaengarw.

RG12/4452 folio 118 page 43 ED9 18 Gwendoline St. James Kinsey and family.

RG12/4452 folio 118 page 44 22 Gwendoline St. Ann and John Kinsey mother-in-law and brother-in-law to the head.

I don't know if this helps.

One thing I have noticed is that some families are not to be found at all during a census, yet they were living in the same district the census before and the census after! Goodness knows why they are not found in between.

Colin

[ctdavies]

Sorry, it was in 1901 I found my family in Pant Street not 1891. Will continue looking. Colin

[magsvs]

I've found 25 Pant Street on the 1891 census, it is occupied by William Evan age 40 and his family. I found it on Ancestry by clicking on a nearby census in my tree and then checked the streets listed on page 1 of the set, Pant Street is listed on "Glamorgan - Llangeinor -District 9", no.25 is on page20. Hope this is of some help.

Mags