Hello everyone : )
I was wondering if someone would be able to help locate a place in Wales for me please.
This is the area my ancestor came from in Wales so I would dearly love to know what part
of Wales this branch of the family are from.
My ancestor was OWEN JONES born circa 1830 at PEATRY or PENTRY DENBIGHSHIRE WALES. He was
a coal miner and probably had a brother named Edward.
Searching for this place has been so frustrating. There seems to be so many variations of
this town name. I'm guessing that perhaps it was Pentre as I haven't been able to
find a Peatry. Owen came to Staffordshire sometime around 1851 where he was visiting with
an Edward Jones (two years older than Owen) at Hanley (the potteries area). He married
and had children at Hanley/Burslem. So I think perhaps this town in Wales wasn't too
far from the border of Staffordshire. Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated. I
did post to the Denbighshire list and received no reply. I haven't received any mail
through that list either so perhaps it doesn't have many subscribers at the moment.
Thank you,
Tamara.