![]() ![]() It is likely, therefore, that the whole family converted to C of E in 1894. A baptism certificate from seven years earlier in 1877 shows that Evan had originally been baptised by William Radnor at Knighton Methodist Church. Interestingly, on September 2 nd that year all the older children, Roseannah, James (known as Jim), Harriet Elizabeth, Sarah Ann, and Evan Thomas were also baptised. Arthur Leonard arrived in March 1894 and was baptised on 18 th of that month. ![]() Edith Magdalene was born on 26 th June 1892 and baptised privately in the Church on 10 th July. Thomas Vaughan, James’ older brother by two years, also lived there and was described by the Census as an agricultural labourer. Rose’s surname is shown on the census as Smith because she was born out of wedlock as the result of a previous liaison by James. By now five children were on the scene: Rose aged 11, Harriet aged 4, Sarah aged 4, and James and Evan both aged 3 and possibly twins. Ten years later in 1891 the census showed James as aged 51, but census ages were often approximate. ![]() His wife, Harriet, at 21, was 17 years his junior and was originally from New Radnor. The actual year of moving to The Quern is not known, nor whether he worked as a miller before coming to Chapel Lawn as the main milling family in Presteigne were the Caldicotts. James was born in Presteigne and he had quite probably moved to Chapel Lawn from there as his eldest child, Roseanne, was born in Presteigne in 1880. In 1871 the miller at Chapel Lawn Mill was David Evans but by 1881 the mill had been taken over by James Vaughan, aged 38, who was described in the census of that year as a “miller/farmer”. Bryan, for some years the Chapel Lawn postman, was the son of Stanley Whittall, Roseanna Vaughan’s eldest child. Grace, who lives in Swansea, was the youngest daughter of Evan Thomas Vaughan. Valuable background was also provided by Grace Vaughan and Bryan Whittall. Foreword: Much of the information in this account came from 19 th century census data and from the Chapel Lawn sections of the Clun Valley Parochial Magazine. ![]()
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