Lizzie,
Those ROWLAND names appear on my webpage about my Anglesey THOMAS family.
www.angelfire.com/sc/elida/welsh6.html
They may be no connection or maybe children of the ones you are searching
for.
Were your ROWLAND ancestors a family of harpists?
Good luck,
Elida of South Carolina, USA
----- Original Message -----
From: "aspenlea" <aspenlea(a)uq.net.au>
To: <WLS-ANGLESEY-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Monday, January 26, 2004 4:44 AM
Subject: [ANG] Re: patronymics - ROWLANDS discoveries
Yippee!! I have just found
- one of my "mislaid" ROWLANDS in an 1851 Llanddeiniolen census,
- learnt William Robert ROWLANDS ignored his first name and only referred
to
himself as Robert,
- possibly solved the (1871) Catherine WILLIAMS puzzle (probably
remarried),
- found (William) Robert and Catherine's marriage at Llanrug in
1833 on
IGI,
and therefore her maiden name (JONES), and
- found some of Owen ROWLANDS' siblings.
What a way to spend a hot, sticky Brisbane afternoon!!
In 1851 the family appear at Pant y Buarth, Llanddeiniolen as follows:
ROWLANDS Robert, Head, M, 42, Slate Quarryman, CAE Llanddeiniolen
ROWLANDS Catherine, Wife, M, 34, CAE, Llanddeiniolen (she was actually
born
at Llanrug)
ROBERTS Owen, Son, U, 17, Apprentice joiner, CAE Llanddeiniolen
ROWLANDS William, Son, U, 13, scholar, CAE Llanddeiniolen
EVANS Rowland, Son, U, 8, CAE Llanddeiniolen
But why do I have THREE forms of surname? Thanks to Alwyn's explanation,
I
can understand the patronymics of ROWLANDS and ROBERTS but not
EVANS.
However by 1881 all the boys are using ROWLANDS as a surname.
Lizzie (developing a love/hate relationship with censuses!)
Brisbane, Australia
FHS: Mont #965, Gwynedd #2991
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