Greetings all.With all this Talk about "Foreigners"in Cardiff,Here are a few who
were Planted I Cathays Cemetary Cardiff...
#879..John GRAHAM of West Linton,Cumberland,who died Cardiff 17th;march 1887 aged 67.Also
Jane his wife,died at St;Helens Lancashire,17th;June 1910 aged 84.
Also here's one closer to home..
#879..Margaret,wife of Daniel THOMAS of Bronwydd,Pen-y-lan,died 21 may 1885 aged 73.Daniel
THOMAS of Bronwydd Pen-y-lan died 9 dec;1887 aged 81.
ALFRED BARON PONTYPRIDD,of Cardiff,late of Bronwydd,Pen-y-lan,son of Daniel & margaret
THOMAS,died 14 Dec;1927 aged 87.
The above from the 2 volumes of "Monumental
Inscriptions"Transcribed in 1940, of some of the thousands of Inscriptions in Cathays
Cemetary,Cardiff.
These 2 volumes,with Indexes, are in the Local Studies Dept;Cardiff Central
Library.[behind the desk]
Note:-I have a photocopy of just 867-879.
as # 877 shows my 3 x great,grandparents John & Mary BOWEN.
[John Being a "Foreigner"Born in Cardigan Town in 1830,died in Cardiff in
1892.]
Cheers Graham.[Cardiff Born/Cardiff Bred.]
Graham Williams.[Glam;FHS;#551]
of Canton,Cardiff.[Who Cannot Send/Recieve:-"Attatchment's!"]