Hi,
I wonder if anyone can help out with info on my ancestors.
The earliest ancestor I can trace was John Holmes from Yorkshire who ran a woollen mill
in
Beriew - late c18th. In the parish registers a John Holmes married Margaret
Blayney in 1789 at Berriew. Is there any way of finding out if this Margaret
Blayney belonged to the Blayneys' of Greygynog?
His son, Richard Holmes, was Mayor of Llanidloes 1849 and owned the Cwmbelan
wool factory, Llanidloes (SN 948 816). In C. E. Vaughan Owen’s 'An Arwystli
Notebok', (p.36) in 1852 one of the
founding Directors of the Llanidloes-Newtown line was Alderman Richard
Holmes [the line's contractor was David Davies of Llandinam].
Has anyone else investigated the Holmes? I believe they had a connection with Pen-Yr-Allt
in Llanidloes.
Richard's g-grand-daughter Edith Holmes' g-grandmother was Hannah Titley of
Glangynwydd (alias Titley's
and Penpompren) Mill. Has anyone else got an interest?
Edith Holmes married David Thomas Mantle of Llandinam. His Grandfather was Evan Mantle of
Cae Glas. Anyone encountered
the Mantle's particularly Evan? David's mother was Jane Gravenor of Llandinam
(father was Thomas).
Thanks for reading.
Regards,
Kevin Mantle
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