on 7/8/05 3:23 PM, ldquinn(a)bellsouth.net at ldquinn(a)bellsouth.net wrote:
Have you searched the Pennsylvania site in Luzerne Cty for perhaps
death or
burial records? This might lead you to someone who remembers the family or
a church where they were members. I found that the Pa site helped alot when
looking in the Northumberland county that my family were in. I found
several burial sites and went from there to find people who remembered my
immigrant. Also have you put your query on the Lewis message board? I
found several Cornwall ancestors and families there and happy to say even
came to England to visit them.
Good Luck
L. Quinn (Florida USA)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Eddie Thomas" <cavasta(a)webtribe.net>
To: <PAGENWEB-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Friday, July 08, 2005 3:27 PM
Subject: [PAGenWeb] Immigrant's port of entry
> Thanks to all of you who've responded to my query.
> The Ellis Island records don't cover the period I'm looking at, which is
> the mid-1870s - probably 1874.
> My ancestors were employed in the mining industry, at least the men
> were. From various census entries I've discovered that several of the
> women worked in a hosiery mill in Nanticoke.
> The individuals/families I'm interested in are:
>
> * Lewis John (b. 1833, Wales) married Martha Thomas (b. 1834, Wales)
> in 1867, Wales. They emigrated mid-1870s.
>
> * Children of Lewis and Martha: Damaris (b. 1855, Wales - father
> unknown, mother Martha), Elizabeth (b. 1869, Wales), William (b.
> 1871, Wales), Mary (b. 1873, Wales), Margaret (b. 1878, Pa),
> Robert (b. 1881, Pa). Assumption: Damaris, Elizabeth, William and
> Mary emigrated with their parents in mid-1870s.
>
> * Damaris married Thomas Davies (b. ? Wales) in 1874, Wales and
> latterly William Jones (b. 1853, Wales) in Pa?
>
> * Children of Damaris and Thomas Davies: Morgan Davies (b. 1877,
> Pa). Morgan married Maude in 1902, Pa and had William Davies (b.
> 1902, Pa), Martha (b. 1903), Thomas (b. 1907), Violet (b. 1908)
>
> * Children of Damaris and William Jones: Richard Jones (b. 1879,
> Pa), Elizabeth (b. 1883, Pa), Martha (b. 1884, Pa), Damaris (b.
> 1890, Pa)
>
> * Thomas Edwards (b. 1880, Pa) married Elizabeth Jones (b. 1883, Pa)
> and had Thomas Edwards (b. 1909), Tallie (b. 1912), Richard (b.
> 1918), George (b. 1920)
>
> I've obtained most of this information from the US censuses of 1880,
> 1900, 1910 and 1920. Lewis and Martha seemed to have emigrated to
> Nanticoke, Luzerne County (which is where all of the above looks to have
> taken place) and stayed there for the rest of their lives. All those
> with a Wales connection came from in or around Llantrisant, Glamorgan.
> For information, Martha Thomas is my 3 x great aunt.
> Hope I've not bored everyone with all this.
> Thanks again
> Ed
>
>
May I ask, "What is the Lewis message board?"
Donna
Minneapolis