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Hi everyone,
I have a marriage certificate dated 1896 in Pontypridd 2 witnesses are
WILLIAM STALLARD
EMILY MAVENHILL
I am curious as to who they could be ,could anyone shed some light for me,it could be quite interesting for me to say the least,especially the name Stallard anyone with this name at all really could be of help.
Thanks
Lynne
theheals(a)btinternet.com
Doris, I LOVE your calling Wales "never never land" because you'll
never never get to see it - so of course I felt I must try to find
LECHFANE for you.
Bartholomew's Gazetteer (1943 information) doesn't list that, nor
Lechfaen, but it does list the following:
LLECHFAEN: "locality, Brecon, in Brecknock rural district".
It seems to be too small a place to be found by the GENUKI search
engine; but that of the Ordnance Survey
(http://www.ordsvy.gov.uk/products/Landranger/lrmsearch.cfm) locates
it as follows:
Llechfaen Powys City, town, village, etc. SO0828 160 51° 56.8' N
3° 19.9' W
The information is taken from their Llandranger 1:50,000 sheet 160,
and clicking on the 160 in that reference on the above website brings
up a sketch map on which the red arrow is supposed to indicate the
location of the place.
In this particular case, the red arrow is tricky to spot, being within
the margin of the map! But it's half way down the right hand side.
Llechfaen, therefore, is said to be a little way E of the town of
Brecon, which is N of Merthyr Tydfil, the usual spelling of the place
you had heard Llechfaen was near.
Hope that helps - and that you DO get to Wales eventually!
Anne Scales
AncestralRoots(a)annescales.freeserve.co.uk
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From: <Spattsy(a)aol.com>
To: <GLAMORGAN-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Saturday, September 30, 2000 3:01 PM
Subject: Re: GLAMORGAN-D Digest V00 #976
> Hello to all you wonderful Welsh people out there in never, never
land.
> (because I will never, never get to see your beautiful land), I
wonder if
> anyone ever heard of a place called Lechfane. My great grandfather
was born
> there in the early 1800's It doesn't seem to be on the map anymore
but a
> wonderful welsh lady wrote me it was near Merthyrl Tydfil.
. . . .
Hi all:
Posting my Glamorgan interests;
Mrs. Mary Macleod CLEEVES, Chez Nous, Sketty, Suffragette, !872-? Swansea.
PRIMAVESI, Alfred Cuthbert, Swansea 1876-1933 buried Bargoed.
MORRIS, Charles Edward, Mfg Tin Plate, Monmouth and Swansea.
THOMAS Wm. Marriage to Rachel Reece 1791, Lisvane.
All help appreciated, Shelah Reljic
John,
I can't help you on the question of early Wales resources. However, if there's anything more you need in terms of Chicago records for John Morgan Jones, I do searches at Chicago's Newberry Library Genealogical Collection (through rootsweb Random Acts of Kindness). Newberry's website is http://www.newberry.org/nl/genealogy/L3gabout.html.
Good luck!
Cindy Butler
I know this is way off topic but I thought some humor was needed today. I thought this might amuse some of you. Reminded me of trying to chase down some of our ancestors professions. No wonder they are so hard to find! Does this sound like your ancestor? LOL
Kathy Busby
What a resume
My first job was working in an orange juice factory,
but I got canned, couldn't concentrate.
Then I worked in the woods as a lumberjack,
but I just couldn't hack it, so they gave me the axe.
After that I tried to be a tailor, but I just wasn't suited for it.
Mainly because it was a so-so job.
Next I tried working in a muffler factory but that was exhausting.
I wanted to be a barber, but I just couldn't cut it.
Then I tried to be a chef--figured it would add a little spice to
my
life but I just didn't have the thyme.
Finally, I attempted to be a deli worker, but any way I sliced it,
I couldn't cut the mustard.
My best job was being a musician,
but eventually I found I wasn't noteworthy.
I studied a long time to become a doctor,
but I didn't have any patients.
Next was a job in a shoe factory; I tried but I just didn't fit in.
I became a professional fisherman,
but discovered that I couldn't live on my net income.
Thought about becoming a witch, so I tried that for a spell.
I managed to get a good job working for a pool maintenance
company, but the work was just too draining.
I got a job at a zoo feeding giraffes,
I got fired because I wasn't up to it.
So then I got a job in a gymnasium (work-out-center),
but they said I wasn't fit for the job.
Next, I found being an electrician interesting,
but the work was shocking.
After many years of trying to find steady work,
I finally got a job as a historian
until I realized there was no future in it.
My last job was working at Starbucks,
but I had to quit because it was always the same old grind.
You got any ideas? I'm opened for suggestions .........
maybe you have something that WORKS..........
because I don't.
Still Confused;
30 Sept 2000
Cindy,
Thanks to your referral to the Newberry Library, I found the actual date,
county, and marriage license number for my TAYLOR Welshman. I only had the
approximate year. Never say never!
Geez, this list has been so helpful and enlightening!!
Marita
Hacienda Heights, CA
List,
Can anyone tell me if microfiche are available for viewing that covers
deaths for the year 1994. I have tried Newport library but they only cover
the years 1837- 1992.
Thanks
Steve Nicholas
I too must put my 2 pennarth in, having been born and educated in England..
I wonder how many of us who emmigrated when our children were young or a
twinkle in dads eye have met with the frustration of trying to help our
children or g-children with their school work.
They can't read, write or spell worth a darn, we can't help them because we
were taught to spell and write at a very early age, and many words are spelt
differenly, i.e
Colour (color) Aluminium (aluminum), here in California they were going to
try and teach kids EBONICS, the black way of speaking.
How does this relate to genealogy, WELL, if the QUEENS ENGLISH isn't kept
alive, how on earth will you understand what is being asked down the road,
the world is now interracial with their language and expressions intertwined
with what we know as proper English, although i left England in 1957 i have
retained my accent and will take to the grave with me, the American people
love to hear me talk.
My only regret is i didn't learn to speak and learn Welsh, sure would help me
in my research.
Sylvia in Southern California
Hello to all you wonderful Welsh people out there in never, never land.
(because I will never, never get to see your beautiful land), I wonder if
anyone ever heard of a place called Lechfane. My great grandfather was born
there in the early 1800's It doesn't seem to be on the map anymore but a
wonderful welsh lady wrote me it was near Merthyrl Tydfil. I have a little
oral history but it seems somebody had tangled the branches of my family tree
and gave me a wrong grandmother. My problem is did my great grandfather
marry Ann Morgan or Ann Price and was ggfather 's name Wm or Edward or James
Prothero? You people are so helpful to each other (you are funny too-- and
have a great sense of humor) I wish we had see-thru internet. But anyway
-back at the ranch- . whats with LECHFANE is it gone with the wind???? My
other Welsh ancestors were named 'MOLES'and 'TILEY' but that is another
'very difficult to find ' Welsh family delema. I am Doris Harding and I live
in Salt Lake City Utah and I need you help. My email is spattsy(a)aol.com
John, I believe that you should be able to get his father's name from his
death certificate, as that is one of the details on an American form. Can't
help you on the Welsh end, sorry Sara in Massachusetts
If anyone has access to such could they do a look up for me?
I am looking for a Frederick J DICKINSON (or possibly DICKENSON). He
was ordained by 1892 as he married (ie: performed the ceremony) his
cousin Lucy BOOBBYER. Frederick's mother was a Boobbyer and if I knew
when he was born I would know which Boobbyer daughter was his mother.
Any help gratefully received!
A thought has just occurred to me and, as I haven't looked at a
Crockford's, I don't know the answer. Does it give details of the
clergyman's wife and family? If so, details on those also gratefully
received.
Many thanks
Sara White
Hi List
May I add my two pennorth to this topic?
I have been brought up in a proper Brit. tradition. I am several generations Australian, but, thanks to Mum and Dad, who had a true appreciation of the British tongue-in-cheek type of humour, I really do enjoy the banter which goes on in this list. I find it a good read even if the topic does not help me. A giggle now and then doesn't do anyone any harm.
However, having said that, I can understand how sometimes other people may not appreciate that dry sense of humour and could feel that the words are meant seriously. So far as I am concerned, keep up the good work. Hopefully, others will come to see past the words to what is behind them.:-)
Regards
Irene Rees
I too am tracing Wm Prosser back into Wales. His name is prominent in Rhode
Island and New York and all points west. I am tracing him through Ichabod,
Jonathon, Kathrine and Martha they were born here in the states in the
1700's. spattsy(a)aol.com
It hasn't been so long ago that we were discussing frogs eyes? and now we are
discussing lentils.
Strange - I just had lentil soup for supper. I must have known it was
mentioned on this lilst.
Annie
Hello Melanie
Contact
Repro Ordering <repro-ordering(a)pro.gov.uk>
and ask if the section you want is available on microfiche. If it is, the
cost is GBP 2.50 plus p&p per fiche (the latest cost I have on record).
You can pay by credit card if you wish.
Alternatively, you can rent the film/fiche through your FHL at a very small
cost.
Pam
in New Zealand
> Can I buy all or parts of Glamorgan Census on microfiche for 1871.
>
>
> Melanie Rees
> Researching
> Caswell,Cox,Barclay,Prosser,Saunders
>
>
> ==== GLAMORGAN Mailing List ====
> "Pleasure is very seldom found where it is sought;our brightest blazes of
> gladness are commononly kindled by unexpected souls"
> Dr Johnson
>
>
Hi Everyone,
Am hoping someone might have some info. on my Hedges line please.
John Hedges married Rachel Weller or Wheeler on 3 May 1800 or 1801 at Llanishen.
Rachel was from Llanishen and John was from St. John's in Cardiff.
Their daughter Ann married Robert Mordaunt, then my ancestor Richard Morris.
Would love to hear from someone, anyone please!!!!
Also would greatly appreciate it if someone could kindly look up the 1841 census for Glamorgan for them, (as in John and Rachel.)
I can't find them in Cardiff in 1841 and I think there might be an index for Glamorgan in 1841 and they
may be there, hopfully!!
I continually live in hope!!
Would greatly appreciate any help please.
Thank you very very much.
Kind Regards,
Valerie Gillies - Australia
i am trying to trace any family of DAVID JENKINS,one of five survivors of
the tynewydd mining disaster of 1877.i also know he was a deacon of the
independant church,i would assume local to the area.many thanks pauline
anderson
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