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From: "Hugh Watkins" <>
Subject: Re: [MON] Cwmnantddu in Pontnewynydd near Trevethin
Date: Fri, 8 Feb 2008 06:39:10 +0100
References: <200802080038.m180bisu029198@mail.rootsweb.com><E1JNHkS-0006Xc-Bn@sys16.mail.msu.edu>
In-Reply-To: <E1JNHkS-0006Xc-Bn@sys16.mail.msu.edu>


not if a girl
she would be a spinster if never married before

see http://www.answers.com/spinster&r=67
the derogatory meaning is of newer date

Hugh W

On 08/02/2008, Carolyn J Haines <> wrote:
> thank you. Is the B at the end also Batchelor?
>
> > Caroline
> > FA Full age
> > B Batchelor
> > Otp Of this parish
> >
> > Steve
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> > Subject: [MON] Cwmnantddu in Pontnewynydd near Trevethin
> >
> > Hi, I am trying to narrow down exactly where the above town is and also what
> > would have been the parish church in 1846. My g grandmother was born there
> > and her parents were married there in 1846. After that they returned to
> > Cornwall. We will be visiting the area March 7 and I would like to trip to
> > see the church and Cwmnantddu. Several people have helped me so far and I am
> > really grateful to them.
> >
> >
> >
> > Another question I have is with Mike John's transcription of Parish
> > Registers. As far as I can tell there is no church listed. There are also
> > many abbreviations that I do not know what they stand for and could not find
> > definitions on the website.
> >
> >
> >
> > "21/02/1846, Richard Lawrence, FA,B, labourer, otp, William Lawrence,
> > labourer, Elizabeth Tonkin, x, FA, spin, otp, Wm Tonkin, dead, Joseph
> > Wayman, Thomas Griffin, B"
> >
> >
> >
> > Can someone tell me what the FA, B and otp and the B at the end stand for?
> > And possibly which church they were married in?
> >
> >
> >
> > Thank you so much for any help provided.
> >
> > Sincerely,
> >
> >
> >
> > Carolyn Haines
> >
> > Holt, Mi 48842
> >
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> Carolyn Haines
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