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From: "John Breese" <>
Subject: Re: [POWYS] ASHTON/HUMPHREYS
Date: Fri, 4 Mar 2005 15:13:17 -0000
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PS the 1871 Wales census shows her with her parents and siblings at
Caersair, Isygareg. Can send image off list if interested.

John


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Sent: Friday, March 04, 2005 12:38 PM
Subject: Re: [POWYS] ASHTON/HUMPHREYS


> Dear Tony & Listers
>
> I think that Jo may have hit upon the truth with the suggestion that
> Maglona
> Ashton's mother may have been Maglona Lewis who was a 17 year old
> housemaid in
> the household of the Marquis of Abergavenny at 34 Dover Street, London
> (in
> Mayfair - ie the West End of London). Right age, right place, right
> background
> - it all seems to fit remarkably well. When I wrote to you with some
> Maglona
> information last September, I remember thinking it likely that Maglona's
> mother wasn't Daniel's (later) wife.
>
> It does seem unusual that Daniel rather than the mother seems to have
> taken
> charge of the child - though it is possible that the mother died in
> childbirth.
> Assuming that Maglona Lewis WAS the mother, she must have had family back
> in
> Machynlleth, I wonder if they took an interest in her or were connected to
> the Jones " aunts" who brought her up.
>
> I have looked on Free BMD for a birth certificate for Maglona Ashton or
> Lewis
> in 1881 but have not found one. Nor have I found a death Cert for Maglona
> Lewis - but Free BMD is not complete yet.
>
> I have also had another look on the 1881 census for Daniel Ashton - this
> time
> without specifying that he was born in Wales. There is only ONE living in
> London, - a footman aged 24 to Sir Lindsey Coutts, living at 4&5 Cromwell
> Place.
> This (I think) is not far from 38 West Cromwell Road where Lizzie Ashton
> aged 16 was working as a nursemaid domestic. It is tempting to think that
> this
> could be your Dan & that he, his sister & Maglona Lewis were all working
> for
> aristocratic or at least well to do families in the West End. (The main
> problem
> is that this Dan A is said to have been born in Cottesford, Oxfordshire,
> but
> who knows whether the person who informed the enumerator made a mistake.
> As he
> is the only Daniel Ashton in London, he perhaps deserves a few moments'
> consideration?)
>
> As you can see I still find the mystery of Maglona's birth quite
> fascinating!!!
>
> Best regards, Ruth
>

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