Had a most rewarding visit to Llandudno last week. After 13 years of long distance
research, I decided to really concentrate and with the help of the staff at Llandudno
library and the registrar at Conwy, I have finally "cracked it" !!!!
My mother was born in Llandudno - a JONES. She died when I was a youngster and I lost
touch with my grandparents when I went abroad with the RAF. Now I have uncovered my
ancestry in Wales - at least back to 1755 (or so I believe). Last Wednesday I found the
grave of my Gtx3 grandfather and his wife, and buried with them is my Gtx2 grandfather,
their son in law.
Could some kind soul, who speaks the mother tongue, please translate the dedication on the
tombstone ? ------
Sacred to the Memory of
JOHN JONES
Crown Inn of Conway
who died November 23rd 1837
aged 82.
Un parchus hoff fwyllus oen-un daddwys
Un diddig a llawen;
Blynyddoedd sangoedd heb sen,
Ragor na phedwar ugain.
Also
ANN
wife of the above named
JOHN JONES
she died July 21st 1854
aged 74
"The Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away,
Blessed be the name of the Lord."
Also
HUGH JONES
who died Decr 16th 1858
aged 35.
Because the film of the parish register for Conway for the period 1793 to 1870 was not
available, I had almost given up hope of accomplishing anything again on this trip. Thanks
to the Gwynedd F.H.S. I was able to go through the M.I.'s, and found the entry and was
able to visit the Church of St. Mary in Conwy.
Many, many thanks to all those workers who spent lots of wet and miserable days pushing
back nettles and brambles, and getting the feet and legs wet in the long grass, in order
to record those M.I.'s.
Yours, Keith E. Poole. (member No. 1216)