POSS GRO Birth of son Benjamin
WATKINS, BENJAMIN WILLIAMS Order
GRO Reference: 1858 D Quarter in MERTHYR TYDFIL Volume 11A Page 341
Superintendent Registrar’s District Merthyr Tydfil
Registrar’s District Aberdare
1859 BIRTHS in the District of Aberdare in the Counties of Glamorgan & Brecon
no 113
4 nov 1858 Hirwain Aberdare
Benjamin, boy
father Benjamin Watkins Baptist Minister (I don’t think so)
mother Sarah formerly Williams
informant Benjamin Watkins fahter Hirwain Aberdare
registered 14 Dec 1858

5 other POSS Births for son Benjamin in vol 11a
POSS GRO Birth WATKINS, BENJAMIN mother: PRICE
GRO Reference: 1856 M Quarter in ABERGAVENNY Volume 11A Page 105
and
POSS FreeBMD Births Sep 1857 (>99%)
Watkins Benjamin Merthyr Tydfil 11a 353
per GRO Mother’s maiden name is MORGANS
and
POSS GRO Birth WATKINS, BENJAMIN mother: EVANS
GRO Reference: 1857 D Quarter in PONTYPOOL Volume 11A Page 131
and
POSS GRO Birth WATKINS, BENJAMIN mother: PHILLIPS
GRO Reference: 1860 S Quarter in NARBERTH Volume 11A Page 638
and
Births Dec 1860 (>99%)
WATKINS Benjamin Merthyr T 11a 301
per GRO no mother’s name listed

1871UKC Wales Census; Glamorgan Merthyr Upper Merthyr Tydfil District 24; image 21 of 40 @ancestry; Source Citation: Class: RG10; Piece: 5401; Folio: 52; Page: 27; GSU roll: 848032
Name: Benjamin Watkins; Gender: Male; Relation: Head
Age: 42; Estimated Birth Year: abt 1829; born: Merthyr-Tydfil, Glamorganshire, Wales
Civil Parish: Merthyr
Ecclesiastical parish: Merthyr Tydfil
Town: Merthyr; County/Island: Glamorgan; Country: Wales
Registration district: Merthyr Tydfil
Sub-registration district: Upper Merthyr Tydfil
ED, institution, or vessel: 24
Household schedule number: 152
Piece: 5401; Folio: 52; Page Number: 27
Household Members:
Benjamin Watkins 42 Railman
Benjamin Watkins 13 b 1858 Merthyr Tydfil; son fireman
Mary Watkins servant 16 (not dau)

2 Benjamin Watkins on 1891 - MC for both:
Benjamin Watkins (wife Rachel) Benjamin son of Benjamin
b abt 1859 in Merthyr, Glamorgan HOH living Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorgan
-this birthyear is closer to accurate (per BC b 24 aug 1857)
the other Benjamin MC is for Watkin Jr’s son Benjamin

FreeBMD Marriages Dec 1883 (>99%)
WATKINS Benjamin Merthyr T 11a 852
PRICE Rachel Merthyr T. 11a 852
1883 Marriage solemnized at Bethesda Chapel in the District of Merthyr Tydfil in the County of Glamorgan
no 19 3 dec 1883
Benjamin Watkins, 25 yrs, bachelor, boiler maker, residing Grawen Terrace, Merthyr Tydfil
father Benjamin Watkins, Railman
Rachel Price, 24 yrs, spinster, residing George Street, Georgetown, Merthyr Tydfil
father David Price, coal haulier
Married inthe Bethesda Chapel acc to the R&C of the Independents by Certificate
David Charles Jones Minister
both signed!
witnesses: Daniel Rees (made mark) & Benjamin Watkins (made mark)

1891UKC Wales Census; Glamorgan Merthyr Tydfil Lower Merthyr Tydfil District 03; image 23 of 47 @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: 32; Estimated Birth Year: abt 1859; born: Merthyr, Glamorgan, Wales
Spouse's Name: Rachel Watkins
Civil Parish: Merthyr Tydfil
Ecclesiastical parish: Cyfarthfa
Town: Gellydeg
County/Island: Glamorgan; Country: Wales
Registration district: Merthyr Tydfil
Sub registration district: Lower Merthyr Tydfil
ED, institution, or vessel: 3
Piece: 4433; Folio: 43; Page Number: 22
Address Iron Lane
Household Members:
Benjamin Watkins 32 b 1859 boilermaker
Rachel Watkins 31 b Merthyr, Glamorgan
Catherine Watkins 6 b 1885 (if 1st child, then marr 1884?)
Elizabeth Watkins 5 b Merthyr, Glamorgan
Jane Watkins 3 b Merthyr, Glamorgan