Many towns, counties,
states and provinces have community forums.
People post queries with the hope that a local person or someone
who used to live in the area, will have the answer they're looking for. Forums are usually broken into categories. Genealogy is usually one of the categories. Try it: Google your place of interest, such as 'Tredegar forum' to see if your location has one. After posting a query, make
sure you tick the box that says you'd like to be notified by email if subsequent posts are made on the same topic.
Hannah may have been Eliza's cousin who was born 1868 in Tredegar, the daughter of Samuel FILER & Mary BRIGHT. Hannah's siblings may have been Sarah Ann, Elizabeth and Samuel - all born Tredegar.
Hannah may have married Thomas POWELL in Tredegar in 1892 and their children may be William, Gladys, Thomas, & Mary.
I have put this information together from document research and it is not confirmed that this is 'my' Hannah Filer.
Because of the studio photo I am assuming the family emigrated to the US.
I would like to get in touch with anyone who knows
anything about Hannah Filer and her family.
I received 17
replies. People gave recollections of
the family. One woman sent the marriages
of Hannah Filer and her two sisters. Someone
walked to the cemetery on a very blustery day to check the headstone that he
thought might connect. It does. He sent a photo. Someone told me about an additional Filer child who died in between the census. Another person walked to the cemetery and gave explicit instructions on how to find the headstone.
I don't live in
Wales so this area knowledge is priceless. I am amazed, humbled and so
grateful for the kindness of people who go out of their way to assist.
Unfortunately no one had a photo of Hannah Filer. The search continues.
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