BIRTH GRO: WATKINS, BENJAMIN
Mother's Maiden Surname:MORGANS ordered oct 2017
GRO Reference: 1857 S Quarter in MERTHYR TYDFIL Volume 11A Page 353
Application no 8673078-2
Registration Disrict Merthyr Tydfil
1857 Birth In the sub-district of Merthyr Tydfil Upper in the Counties of Glamorgan and Brecon
no 58
24 August 1857 Graven Terrace Merthyr
Benjamin, boy
Father Watkin Watkins, baller
mother Ann Watkins formery Morgans
informant Ann Watkins mother Graven Terrace Merthyr
registered 25 sep 1857

1861UKC Wales Census > Glamorgan > Merthyr Tydfil > Upper Merthyr Tydfil > District 24 image 11 of 42 @ancestry.com; Source Citation: Class: RG9; Piece: 4060; Folio: 71; Page: 10; GSU roll: 543228.; Hamlet of Garth
Watkin Watkins 36 b abt 1825 in Merthyr, Glamorgan, Wales; widowed
(1)Ann Watkins 14 b abt 1847 Merthyr, Glamorgan, Wales
(2)Elizabeth Watkins 12 b abt 1849 Merthyr, Glamorgan, Wales
(3)Mary Watkins 8 b abt 1853 Merthyr, Glamorgan, Wales
Thomas Watkins 6 b abt 1855 in Merthyr, Glamorgan, Wales
(1)Benjamin Watkins 4 b abt 1857 Merthyr, Glamorgan, Wales

1871UKC Wales Census > Glamorgan > Merthyr > Upper Merthyr Tydfil > District 24; image 23 of 40 @ancestry.com; Source Citation: Class: RG10; Piece: 5401; Folio: 53; Page: 29; GSU roll: 848032.; ward of Penydarran, town of merthyr, village of Garth
Watkin Watkins 47 b abt 1824 Merthyr, Glamorgan, Wales coal miner
Racel Watkins 48 b abt 1823 Merthyr, Glamorgan, Wales
Thomas Watkins 16 b abt 1855 Merthyr, Glamorgan, Wales
(1)Benjamin Watkins 14 b abt 1857 Merthyr, Glamorgan, Wales
(4?) Jane Watkins 11 b abt 1860 Merthyr, Glamorgan, Wales (prob same as Jane Humphreys from 1881)
Richard Humphreys 42 boarder iron miner

1881UKC Watkin Watkins and Family, 2 pages; Wales Census > Glamorgan > Merthyr Tydfil > Upper Merthyr Tydfil > District 24a; image 32-33 of 49 @ancetsry.com; Source Citation: Class: RG11; Piece: 5317; Folio: 104; Page: 31; Line:  ; GSU roll: 1342280. Municipal ward Penydurran, Hamlet of Garth; 1 Cross St
Watkin Watkins 56 b abt 1825 Nantyglo, agent of mills (iron)
Rachel Watkins 59 b abt 1822 Llandilo
Thomas Watkins 25 b abt 1856 Merthyr, Glamorgan, Wales weigher (iron)
Benjamin Watkins 23 b abt 1858 Merthyr, Glamorgan, Wales weigher (iron)
Jane Humphreys 21 relation b abt 1860 Merthyr, Glamorgan, Wales (prob stepdaughter)

2 POSS Ben Watkims on 1891 - MC’s for both clarify
Benjamin Watkins (wife Jane) Benjamin son of Watkin
Jane abt 1861 in Merthyr-Tydfil, Glamorgan HOH living Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorgan
FreeBMD Marriages Jun 1884 (>99%)
Watkins Benjamin Merthyr T. 11a 780
Tasker Jane Merthyr T. 11a 780
1884 Marriage solemnized at the Tabernacle Chapel Merthyr Tydfil inthe District of Merthyr Tydfil in the COunties of Glamorgan & Brecon
no 8 15 june 1884
Benjamin Watkins, 26 yrs, bachelor, iron weigher, residing 4 Grawen Terrace, Merthyr
father Watkin Watkins, mill agent
Jane Tasker, 27 yrs, spinster, residing 1 Moriah Street, Morgantown, Merthyr
father George Tasker, coal miner
Married int he Tabernacle Chapel acc to the R&C of the Baptists by Certificate
Benjamin Thomas Minister
both signed!
Witnesses: David Tasker & Jane Humphreys (step sister???))

1891UKC Wales Census; Glamorgan Merthyr Tydfil Upper Merthyr Tydfil District 24; image 4 of 42 @ancestry.com; Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1891 Wales Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.
Original data: Census Returns of England and Wales, 1891. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA): Public Record Office (PRO), 1891.
Name: Benjamin Watkins; Gender:Male; Relation: Head
Age: 30; Estimated Birth Year: abt 1861; born: Merthyr-Tydfil, Glamorgan, Wales
Spouse's Name: Jane Watkins
Civil Parish: Merthyr Tydfil
Ecclesiastical parish: Merthyr Tydfil
Town: Merthyr Tydfil
County/Island: Glamorgan; Country: Wales
Registration district: Merthyr Tydfil
Sub registration district: Upper Merthyr Tydfil
ED, institution, or vessel: 24
Piece:4440; Folio:130; Page Number:3
Household Members:
Benjamin Watkins 30 Timekeeper in IronWorks
Jane Watkins 35 b Merthyr-Tydfil, Glamorgan
Watkin George Watkins 4 b Merthyr-Tydfil, Glamorgan
Gwladys Watkins 2 b Merthyr-Tydfil, Glamorgan


2 POSS FreeBMD Marriages

REES Elizabeth Merthyr T. 11a 852
THOMAS Margaret Merthyr T. 11a 852
OR

Williams Catherine Merthyr Tydfil 11a 780

POSS Marriage per ancestry England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1837-1915
Name: Benjamin Watkins
Registration Year: 1884
Registration Quarter: Apr-May-Jun
Registration district: Merthyr Tydfil
Inferred County: Glamorgan
Volume: 11a
Page: 780
Records on Page:
Howell Richards
Jane Tasker
Benjamin Watkins
Catherine Williams

Per ancestry
POSS DEATH
Name: Benjamin Watkins
Death Age: 65
Birth Date: abt 1857
Registration Date: Mar 1922
Registration district: Pontypridd
Inferred County: Glamorganshire
Volume: 11a
Page: 977