Individual Details

Benjamin MORT

(6 Dec 1852 - 26 Jul 1936)

Lived at 22 Pitt street, Maesteg in 1891 with his widowed mother and children. Still married but wife Sarah not on census. In 1881 lived at 24 Pitt street Maesteg. with wife and children. Lived at 22 Pitt street, Maesteg in 1891 with his widowed mother and children. Still married but wife Sarah not on census. In 1881 lived at 24 Pitt street Maesteg. with wife and children.
On the 1911 census living with daughter Sarah and husband William. Sons William B, David I and Idris C. live there also. Address is 20.Pitt St. Garth. Son Benjamin is still single and works as a miner like his father.
Benjamin's birth is entered as September 1851. on free BMD. But under Benjamin Mort it is 1853. A Benjamin Mordecai died in 1938 but says 75 not 85. There are no Benjamin Mort's recorded as dying in this period.

1911 Census shows speaks Welsh

Events

Birth6 Dec 1852Kenfig Hill, Bridgend, Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom
Alt name6 Dec 1852Benjamin MORDECAI
MarriageJun 1873Sarah REES
Residence3 Apr 188124, Pit Street, Maesteg, Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom
Occupation3 Apr 1881Coalminer
Residence5 Apr 1891Head of House - 22, Pit Street, Maesteg, Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom
Occupation5 Apr 1891Collier
Shown on Marriage2 Jun 1900William Thomas THOMAS and Sarah Ann MORDECAI (MORT) - The Register Office, Bridgend, Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom
Occupation2 Jun 1900Collier
Residence2 Apr 1911Father In Law and widower - 20, Pit Street, Maesteg, Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom
Occupation2 Apr 1911Coal Miner Hewer
Death26 Jul 1936Maesteg, Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom

Families

SpouseSarah REES (1854 - 1885)
ChildIsaac MORT (1874 - )
ChildSarah Ann MORT (1877 - 1960)
ChildDavid J MORT (1880 - )
ChildBenjamin MORT (1883 - )
FatherDavid MORT (1811 - )
MotherAnn LLEWELLYN (1816 - )
SiblingDavid MORT (1843 - 1923)
SiblingJohn MORT (1847 - )
SiblingIsaac MORT (1850 - )
SiblingThomas MORT (1856 - )
SiblingCatherine MORT (1858 - )
SiblingEnoch MORT (1861 - )

Webtags

Ancestry

Endnotes

1. Wales Census 5 April 1891: 22, Pit Street Maesteg Glamorgan District Bridgend: Sub District Maesteg Parish Llangynwyd, Cwmdu Emuneration District 6 Class RG12 Piece 4450 Folio 62 Page Number 46 GSU Roll 6099560 46

2. Attachments MORDECAI NAME CHANGE TO MORT : Family Name Change Details shown on attachments Source David MORDECAI (MORT)

3. Wedding Register Benjamin MORT (MORDECAI) and Sarah REES: Registered at Bridgend During June 1873: Volume 11a: Page 749

4. Wales Census 3 April 1881: 24, Pit Street Maesteg Glamorgan District Bridgend: Sub District Maesteg Parish Cwmdu Emuneration District 11 Class RG11 Piece 5327 Folio 89 Page Number 15 GSU Roll 1342283 15

5. Wales Census 3 April 1881: 24, Pit Street Maesteg Glamorgan District Bridgend: Sub District Maesteg Parish Cwmdu Emuneration District 11 Class RG11 Piece 5327 Folio 89 Page Number 15 GSU Roll 1342283 15

6. Wales Census 5 April 1891: 22, Pit Street Maesteg Glamorgan District Bridgend: Sub District Maesteg Parish Llangynwyd, Cwmdu Emuneration District 6 Class RG12 Piece 4450 Folio 62 Page Number 46 GSU Roll 6099560 46

7. Wales Census 5 April 1891: 22, Pit Street Maesteg Glamorgan District Bridgend: Sub District Maesteg Parish Llangynwyd, Cwmdu Emuneration District 6 Class RG12 Piece 4450 Folio 62 Page Number 46 GSU Roll 6099560 46

8. Marriage Certificate Reference:WMXZ210525 On 2 June 1900 at The Register Office, Bridgend, Wales William Thomas THOMAS: age 23 a Single person of 38, Castle Street, Maesteg, Wales a Collier married Sarah Ann MORDESCAI (MORT) age 22 a Single person of 22, Pitt Street, Maesteg in the presence of Isaac MORDECAI (MORT) and Esther Ann HODGES: The Wifes Father is Benjamin MORDECAI (MORT) is shown as a Collier : The MORDECAI Family have renamed themselves as MORT

9. Marriage Certificate Reference:WMXZ210525 On 2 June 1900 at The Register Office, Bridgend, Wales William Thomas THOMAS: age 23 a Single person of 38, Castle Street, Maesteg, Wales a Collier married Sarah Ann MORDESCAI (MORT) age 22 a Single person of 22, Pitt Street, Maesteg in the presence of Isaac MORDECAI (MORT) and Esther Ann HODGES: The Wifes Father is Benjamin MORDECAI (MORT) is shown as a Collier : The MORDECAI Family have renamed themselves as MORT

10. Wales Census 2 April 1911: 20 Pit Street Garth, Maesteg Glamorganshire District Bridgend (591): Sub District Maesteg (1) Parish Cwmdu Emuneration District 9 Piece 32534 Schedule 361

11. Wales Census 2 April 1911: 20 Pit Street Garth, Maesteg Glamorganshire District Bridgend (591): Sub District Maesteg (1) Parish Cwmdu Emuneration District 9 Piece 32534 Schedule 361