Hi Mona
thanks for that input.......Swansea and Llanelli are only 12 miles apart
separated by Loughor river, so if you tell someone who does not know the
area to locate someone or somewhere maybe Swansea stood out more than
Llanelli......
St Davids Diocese did include Swansea and Gower!!
If you want a look for any wills prior to 1858 ......or marriage bonds and
fiats pre 1800 let me know, as Swansea is included in these......not under
Glamorgan....just in case
Pauline
----- Original Message -----
From: "mona everett" <mona_sydd_yma(a)yahoo.com>
To: <carmarthenshire(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 3:02 PM
Subject: Re: [CMN-L] Llanelli vs Swansea
Hi,
Not to split hairs, but this is what the FreeBMD page says: The district
Llanelly spans the boundaries of the counties of Carmarthenshire and
Glamorgan ....
I remember when I was just starting out with my Welsh genealogy and had
not been there yet and did not know anything really about Wales, someone
from Swansea on the GlamFHS list told me that even though I had a vague
reference to ancestors being from Swansea (in a published 1872 book), that
it could have included "the Swansea area," which conceivably could have
meant Llanelli, as well, just so readers would have an idea of where the
person was from, and perhaps to distinguish it from the town of the same
name in the North.
I still don't know very much about Wales, but this bit of info helped me a
lot. I also just recently found out that although Cnap Coch (yes, that
spelling is correct), which is in Swansea, was for some reason enumerated
with Neath in 1841--that is why it took me a fewe years to locate some of
my DAVIES family--I had only been looking in Swansea.
Anyway, every little bit helps--even if it is slightly contradictory
information--it gives one more places to look. In the US, part of my
family is recorded in 3 different counties, but they never moved--just the
county boundaries changed.
I am grateful for all the info on this list--I am learning every day!
Mona
----- Original Message ----
From: Pauline James <paulinejames(a)carmarthenshirefhs.co.uk>
To: carmarthenshire(a)rootsweb.com
Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 3:00:42 AM
Subject: Re: [CMN-L] Patty--Re: Llanelli vs Swansea & DAVIES copper men
Hi Mona
I have never heard that Llanelli could be called part of Swansea.. As you
know Llanelli is in Carmarthenshire and Swansea in Glamorganshire......in
the 1860's and later Llanelli was the biggest exporter of tin in the
world.......so it played a very important part in the industrial
revolution
for the area.
Therefore think the 'resident of Swansea' maybe mistaken.....unless anyone
else has heard of this??
regards Pauline
----- Original Message -----
From: "mona everett" <mona_sydd_yma(a)yahoo.com>
To: <carmarthenshire(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Sunday, November 26, 2006 2:40 PM
Subject: [CMN-L] Patty--Re: Llanelli vs Swansea & DAVIES copper men
> Llanelli is a different town from Swansea, but close-by. Also, Swansea
> records are in Glamorgan, while Llanelli's are (at leat mostly, as I
> understand it) in Carmarthenshire. I *was* told by a resident of Swansea
> that my ancestors may have been considered as "from Swansea," even if
> they
> came from the Llanelli area, as Swansea was the largest town in the area.
>
> I guess it might be like saying you're from Los Angeles, if you actually
> live in Santa Monica. Most folks would know where Los Angeles was, but
> not
> necessarily where Santa Monica was.
>
> I am very interested in any info anyone has on this Theophilus DAVIES and
> family, too. Although he is of a later generation than my David, Daniel,
> Thomas, Sarah, and John DAVIES, the similar given named (yes, common, I
> know) and the fact that he began as a copperman, lead me to think their
> might be a distant connection.
>
> I am fairly certain I found David DAVIES' wife and children in Cnap Coch
> (in Swansea, but enumerated with Neath) in 1841. Cnap Coch (yes, that is
> the correct spelling) was part of Llansamlet (Lower, I believe) and the
> White Rock Copper Works were there. By that time, David was already in
> the
> US.
>
> Thanks for any add'l info.
>
> Mona
>
>
>
>
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