Katie
I'll see what I can do- but don't expect anything for a month or so. The
church itself is the church for the parish of Llanwnda but lies in a hamlet
known as Dinas. On a map if you can find the road (and mini roundabout)
that on coming from the direction of Bontnewydd goes in the direction of
Pwllheli but forks left to Groeslon village at mini roundabout you should
find the church a little distance before the roundabout, taking a turning on
right hand side of road in direction of the Welsh highland railway. (There
is one other right hand turn after the above and before you get to the
roundabout- there is a chapel there with a tower that makes it look rather
similar to a church) Perhaps not a clear description for a stranger looking
at a map!!
Angharad
----- Original Message -----
From: "Katie Thomas" <katiet223(a)yahoo.com>
To: <wls-gwynedd(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Sunday, October 17, 2010 3:40 PM
Subject: Re: [GWYNEDD] WLS-GWYNEDD Digest, Vol 5, Issue 84
Angharad,
Thanks so much for this info. After I wrote the query I received an e-mail
from a relative in England stating his grandparents (Richard & Ann) were
buried at Llanwnda Church about a mile outside of Bontnewydd. I tried to
find this on a map with no success. It helps to have the actual name of the
church (St Gwyndaf's).
As to their descendants, my info. is as follows:
1. Thomas Richard Thomas b. 1889 in Llanbeblig d. 1901 in Llanwnda
2. Robert Henry b. 1891 in Bontnewydd d. 1975 in Bontnewydd (wife: Winifred
Allcock)
3. William b. 1893 in Llanwnda d. 1983 in Bontnewydd
4. Katie Blodwen Thomas b. 1895 in Llanwnda d. 1987 in Colac, Victoria,
Australia
5. Maggie Ann Thomas b. 1898 in Llanwnda d. 1901 in Llanwnda
6. Hywell b. 1899 in Llanwnda d. 1937 in Llanwnda (?)
7. Ifor b. 1900 in Llanwnda d. 1960 in (?) (wife: Sydney Unknown)
8. Gwladus I. Thomas b. 1901 in Llanwnda d. 1901 in Llanwnda
9. Richard Thomas b. 1901 in Llanwnda d. 1901 in Llanwnda
10. Lillian Myfanwy Thomas b. 1905 in Llanwnda d. 1955 in Geelong, Victoria,
Australia (husband: John Llewelyn Evans)
If you have access to a cemetery directory, I'd really appreciate your
looking for these names.
Just as an aside, so many of these kids died in 1901, was there an epidemic
in the area then?
Again, thanks for making the effort to help me out.
Katie
BBC News has this ..
20 October 2010 Last updated at 11:07
Appeal over Gwynedd place which inspired artist Vosper
A rainy day in Wales more than 100 years ago inspired Edwardian landscape
artist Sydney Curnow Vosper.
But a man who inherited his watercolour wants to know exactly where he was
when he painted it.
Continued at
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-north-west-wales-11575975
Martin Briscoe
Fort William
M&LFHS / Gwynedd FHS