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Lewis Morris<br>Gender: Male<br>Birth: Dec 6 1831<br>Christening: Jan 4 1832 - Saint Peter, Carmarthen, Carmarthen, Wales<br>Death: Apr 21 1832<br>Father: Lewis Morris<br>Mother: Sophia<br>Indexing Project (Batch) Number: C05925-1<br>System Origin: Wales-ODM<br>GS Film number: 105132, 105133
Lewis Morris<br>Birth: Circa 1832<br>Burial: Apr 21 1832 - Carmarthen, St Peter, Carmarthenshire, Wales<br>Age at death: 4 months 2 weeks<br>Source: <br>Record set: Carmarthenshire Burials<br>Place: Carmarthen, St Peter, Carmarthen, St Peter, Carmarthenshire, Wales
Most people who lived in Wales before the mid-nineteenth century are in a church record. Civil authorities did not begin registering vital records until July 1837, therefore church records are the best source of family information before this date.The records may use the patronymic naming system. This system started in Wales in the 15th century through to the mid-18th century. It is the practice of using the father’s first name as the child’s surname. Usually, ‘ab’ or ‘ap’ is added between the child’s first name and the father’s first name. For example, Dylan ap Lewis is Dylan son of Lewis.
Lewis Morris<br>Birth: Dec 6 1831<br>Baptism: Jan 4 1832 - Carmarthen, St Peter, Carmarthenshire, Wales<br>Father: Lewis Morris<br>Mother: Sophia<br>Page: 97<br>Source: <br>Record set: Carmarthenshire Baptisms<br>Place: Carmarthen, St Peter, Carmarthenshire, Wales
Before the introduction of the civil registration of births, marriages and deaths in 1837 all such events were recorded in the local parish. Parish records generally begin from 1538 after the Church of England mandated the keeping of parish registers in 1537. Baptisms, marriages and burials were all recorded in a single volume until 1774, when the law changed to require a separate marriage register and another one for Banns (or proclamations of an intent to marry). Standardised forms for these registers appeared in 1812. Other religious denominations, with the exception of the Quakers and Jews, often registered these events in their local Church of England parish even after the Toleration Act of 1689 although between 1754 and 1837 it was illegal to marry anywhere other than a Church of England parish.