Have a connection and found the proof on this side of the big old pond.
Now I'd like to know what information I might find on Thomas Roberts and
his occupation as tailor and draper. Is there a listing of merchants in
Hirwaun?
Thanks to all of you who gave me the census return for the family of
Reese ROBERTS in Hirwaun. The chances were excellent that this was the
family in Hirwaun in 1861 but I'm a stickler for proof. A marriage
license issued in Basin, Montana, USA, in 1903 states his birthplace as
Hirwaun (although he was really born in Carmarthenshire). Another brick
wall down!
Hirwaun, Wales, 1861 census.
ROBERTS THOMAS HD M 51 TAILOR & DRAPER CMN - (c1810)
ROBERTS HANNAH WI M 50 - CMN - (c1811)
ROBERTS THOMAS SO U 25 COLLIER CMN - (c1836) (emigrated from Wales to
U.S. in 1863)
ROBERTS CHARLES SO - 23 COLLIER CMN - (c1838)
ROBERTS MARY DA - 21 - MON RHYMNEY (c1840)
ROBERTS LEWIS SO U 18 COLLIER CMN - (c1843) (emigrated from Wales to
U.S. in 1863)
ROBERTS REES SO U 15 COLLIER CMN - (c1846) (emigrated from Wales to
U.S.
in 1865)
ROBERTS ELIZABETH DA - 13 - CMN - (c1848)
ROBERTS WILLIAM SS - 1 -[GS?] GLA HIRWAUN (c1860)
Peggy in TX (for the winter)