Walter Chedgzoy
Chedgzoy & Chedzoy family register
- Birthplace
- Pontypridd, Glamorgan, Wales
- Died
- 16 Jan 1919 (probable, Find A Grave) (aged c. 55)
- Place of death
- Pennsylvania, USA
Relationship map
Walter Chedgzoy's immediate family as we have it so far. Tap a relative to follow the line up or down. Slots without a link are people we still have to research or connect to a record.
{BRANCH: S.Wales founder line, James #1668}
Sources & research
Child of James #1668 (S.Wales branch founder) and Eliza (#2039). [1861 Llanwonno + 1871 Gelliwion/Llantrisant census households, captured in research/evidence/census-roll.md; linked 12 Jun 2026]
[2026-06-13 Ancestry] DEATH + EMIGRATION (probable): emigrated to PENNSYLVANIA, USA; died 16 Jan 1919 (Find A Grave). Born 21 Dec 1864 Pontypridd (son of James + Eliza, the Welsh-mason line). Unmarried. Census: 1871 Gelliwion/Llantrisant (father James, mother Eliza, sib John = matches #2045), 1881 Llanwonno, Glamorgan. Then Welsh-coalfield -> Pennsylvania (classic Welsh-American miner migration). Sources: Chedgzoy/Bell tree ("Death Pennsylvania USA", unmarried) + Find A Grave (d.16 Jan 1919) + a member story. Confidence: probable (US death is grave-indexed, not GRO). NOTE: the 1882 Taunton marriage of "Walter Robert Chedgzoy" is a DIFFERENT Walter (Somerset).
{CENSUS/DIASPORA} Son of James Chedgzoy (#1668) + Eliza Bell - confirmed. b.21 Dec 1864 Pontypridd; 1871 census at Gelliwion, Llantrisant, Glamorgan (with brother John #2042). EMIGRATED to the USA, died 16 Jan 1919 in Pennsylvania (Find A Grave; confirms our 1919); unmarried. Third confirmed US emigrant of the #1668 family (with John Bell #2042 in Idaho/Utah and father James #1668 in Idaho). [Ancestry, transcription pass].
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