Susan
I took a quick look for you in ancestry searching on Greenaway born Wales in
US Census. There are a few of them all in coal towns from Wilkes Barre area
down to Pottstown to Huntingdon to Pittsburgh over the years. The latter 3
almost in a line along old route 22. I wouldn't doubt most are relies.
Lot's of stuff to check there. It wouldn't be remiss to search on Greenway (
I know that isn't correct) but an easy miss by the Ancestry search engine.
Have fun
John
On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 11:55 AM, Susan Adkins
<susannaadkins(a)sbcglobal.net>wrote:
Dear Fellow-searchers...... I'm not sure how I happened upon
this
website/discussion group but I am so glad I did! I've thoroughly enjoyed
reading the queries and the support in finding more pieces to each others
puzzles.
My search has a few holes and I hope someone might have some info on the
Greenaway family from Pontypool, S. Wales (possibly nearby Garndiffaith) who
settled in the PIttsburgh, PA area mid 1800's..
.
My G. Grandfather William Greenaway (b.1832..where??) married my G.
Grandmother Susannah Prince ( b. 1837 in Brynmawr). William was a miner;
they had 4 children while in S. Wales: Alfred (b.1856), Samuel (b.1860),
Sarah (b.1861) and William (b.1863).
Mary Prince was Susannah's sister
My G. Grandfather came to PA in 1863 probably to work the mines
during the Civil War. when the War was over in 1865, Susannah followed with
the 3 sons (whatever happened to Sarah? no one knows, but possibly left with
relatives as the voyage in steerage would have been rough).
The family settled in mining communities in Wilkinsburg/Irwin area
(Pittsburgh) and had 7 more children one of whom (daughter Susannah) was my
grandmother.
Apparently William Greenaway had a brother who settled in the Scranton,
PA area, but I have no idea what his name was or where in the Scranton area.
I am also searching for any Prince family still in Wales (Brynmawr
area?). I thought the surname may have been Price as Prince is not a Welsh
surname ...but the records seem clearly "Prince".
Any help would be great! Also...I sing in Cor Cymraeg De Califfornia
(Welsh Choir of Southern California
www.welshchoir.com) and will share
your queries with my fellow choristers, some of whom are Welsh and most of
the rest of us are Welsh descent.
Pob Hwyl!
Susanna
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