John Closs, 1842

Name
John /Closs/
Birth
Marriage of parents
Census 1851
Note: Living with parents and family at Llanberis, Caernarvonshire
Death of a father
Death of a mother
Census 1861
Note: Living with Ellinor Closs and family at Llanberis, Caernarvonshire. Slate quarry man.
Disappeared
after 1862
Note: Not sure what happened to him after that. There is reference to a John Thomas Close, born around the same time, marrying Margaret Roberts at Caernarvon in 1865. In 1871 he was widowed and living with his mother-in-law Ann Roberts at Llanberis. Prior to 1865 there don't seem to be any references to John Thomas Close, so it may be the same person ... but for the time being we're assuming it isn't.

Not sure what happened to him after that. There is reference to a John Thomas Close, born around the same time, marrying Margaret Roberts at Caernarvon in 1865. In 1871 he was widowed and living with his mother-in-law Ann Roberts at Llanberis. Prior to 1865 there don't seem to be any references to John Thomas Close, so it may be the same person ... but for the time being we're assuming it isn't.

However, having said that ... his brother Robert seems to have adopted Thomas as a forename in later years, so maybe this was a form of tribute to their father.

Family with parents
father
1841 Census
18141855
Birth: 23 January 1814Llanberis, Caernarvonshire, Wales
Death: 1855Caernarvon, Caernarvonshire, Wales
mother
1851 Census
18161858
Birth: about 1816Llandygai, Caernarvonshire, Wales
Death: 1858Caernarvon, Caernarvonshire, Wales
Marriage Marriage1842Bangor, Caernarvonshire, Wales
1 year
himself
1851 Census
1842
Birth: 1842Bangor, Caernarvonshire, Wales
5 years
younger brother
1851 Census
1846
Birth: 1846Llanberis, Caernarvonshire, Wales
3 years
younger sister
1851 Census
1848
Birth: 1848Llanberis, Caernarvonshire, Wales
3 years
younger brother
1851 Census
1850
Birth: 1850Llanberis, Caernarvonshire, Wales
3 years
younger brother
1861 Census
1852
Birth: 1852Llanberis, Caernarvonshire, Wales
Census 1851

Living with parents and family at Llanberis, Caernarvonshire

Census 1861

Living with Ellinor Closs and family at Llanberis, Caernarvonshire. Slate quarry man.

Disappeared

Not sure what happened to him after that. There is reference to a John Thomas Close, born around the same time, marrying Margaret Roberts at Caernarvon in 1865. In 1871 he was widowed and living with his mother-in-law Ann Roberts at Llanberis. Prior to 1865 there don't seem to be any references to John Thomas Close, so it may be the same person ... but for the time being we're assuming it isn't.

However, having said that ... his brother Robert seems to have adopted Thomas as a forename in later years, so maybe this was a form of tribute to their father.

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