Richard Thomas Chedgzoy
Chedgzoy & Chedzoy family register
- Born
- Jul-Sep 1886 (birth registered Pontypridd; GRO 11a/488)
- Birthplace
- Wales area (civil reg. district: Pontypridd)
- Died
- Jan-Mar 1912 (Merthyr Tydfil; GRO 11a/1046, age 26) (aged c. 26)
Relationship map
Richard Thomas 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.
Source: FreeREG record
Baptism record
Set out in the style of a baptism record from the facts we hold. This is our own transcription of the public record, not an official certificate and not the original document. Fields we do not yet hold show as "---", and fill in as research comes in.
Record of Baptism
Parish Register · Transcription
Name of ChildRichard Thomas Chedgzoy
When BaptisedJul-Sep 1886 (birth registered Pontypridd; GRO 11a/488)
AbodeYstradyfodwg
Name of FatherHenry
Name of MotherMargaret Anne
Father's Quality, Trade or Profession---
This is our own transcription of the public-record facts, presented in the style of a register entry. It is not an official certificate, and not the original document.
Source: parish register (FreeREG)
Sources & research
Richard Thomas Chedgzoy, b. ~1885/1886, Pontypridd, Glamorgan. 1911 Wales Census (TNA RG14 piece 32523, schedule 324): head of household, age 26, at 145a Glanaman Rd, Cwmaman, near Aberdare; wife Elizabeth Jane (23); children Margaret Jane (5, = #788), Evan/Ivan Henry (4, = #793) and Selina May (1, = #800). [Ancestry, 1911 Wales Census coll. 2353].
Part of the broad SOUTH WALES Chedzoy/Chedgzoy diaspora (several Somerset families migrated to the Glamorgan coalfield - Pontypridd, Cardiff, Mountain Ash, Llantrisant, Swansea, St Athan - they are NOT all one family). Richard Thomas's OWN father is NOT yet established, and WHICH founder family he belongs to is UNPROVEN. A leading (but unconfirmed) hypothesis is the Pontypridd family of branch-founder James Chedgzoy #1668 (b.1822 Stoke St Gregory); other Welsh Chedzoy families are equally possible until a record connects him. He does not surface by name in the 1891/1901 censuses (surname mistranscribed - Chedzoy/Chedzey/Chadroy/Chidzay), so the rung needs either an IMAGE browse of the 1891 Pontypridd Chedzoy households or his 1886 Pontypridd birth certificate (which would name his father). Do NOT assert a trunk link until then.
Significance: grandfather of Kelvin Chedgzoy (#243) and great-grandfather of Prof. Kate (Catherine Sarah) Chedgzoy - see research/kate-chedgzoy-link.md.
{CENSUS-IMG} 1901 Wales Census GOT (Llantrisant): Chedgzoy grandchildren Richard (#685, b.~1886 Fundale), Robert (b.~1884 Tafod - possible NEW person, not yet in DB / verify), Elizabeth (#2048, b.~1885 Newtown) living with grandparents John & Mary (non-Chedgzoy surname). Suggests their Chedgzoy parent (Charles #2041?) had died/moved & children were with maternal grandparents. NB Richard #685 appears in two 1901 Rhondda households in the index - reconcile. TNA RG13/5009-5011 D16. [image attached]
{BMD} Birth registered Q3 1886 (Jul-Sep), Pontypridd district, GRO ref 11a/488 [FreeBMD, Chedgzoy spelling, 21 Jun 2026].
{BMD} Death registered Q1 1912 Merthyr Tydfil, age 26, GRO 11a/1046 [FreeBMD, Chedgzoy, 22 Jun 2026].
{BMD} Marriage reg Q2 1905 Pontypridd, GRO 11a/1059 [FreeBMD, 22 Jun 2026]. (Married ~7 yrs before his 1912 death.)
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