Patricia,
I'd really appreciate your help if you don't mind doing some delving for me!
Unfortunately I don't know anything about Thomas's parents. I only know that
his wife was from Meliden and that his eldest child Edward was born in 1859.
I'm assuming that he therefore left Trefriw in the 1850's. I don't have any
census information before 1871 - sorry!
Thanks again
Barry
Timperley, nr Altrincham
|-----Original Message-----
|From: Patricia Williams [mailto:tishanne@supanet.com]
|Sent: 30 December 2004 19:23
|To: WLS-GWYNEDD-L(a)rootsweb.com
|Subject: Re: [GWYNEDD] Thomas Williams - Trefriw
|
|
|Hello Barry,
|The many lead mines above Trefriw would have been worked when your gt gt
|grandfather Thomas kived in Trefriw. The Parc mine was worked well
|into this
|century. My father worked there in the 1950's and again when they were
|reopened by Robertson Research in the 1960's to see whether or not
|it would
|be viable to mine the lead.
|I do not have the parish records for Trefriw, but if no-one else
|on list can
|help I will be going to the local archives sometome next week or the
|following week and could possibly look them up for you. Do you know the
|names of his parents?
|
|Patricia
|Llanrwst
|----- Original Message -----
|From: "Barry Williams" <barry(a)phosjaw.net>
|To: <WLS-GWYNEDD-L(a)rootsweb.com>
|Sent: Thursday, December 30, 2004 10:28 AM
|Subject: [GWYNEDD] Thomas Williams - Trefriw
|
|
|> Does anyone have Parish register transcriptions for my great-great
|> grandfather Thomas WILLIAMS birth in Trefriw in about 1825? He
|worked as a
|> lead miner in Meliden (Flintshire) according to the 1871 and 1881
|> censuses,
|> where he married and had a family. I'm assuming that he first worked in
|> Trefriw as a miner: does anyone know when the lead mines there stopped
|> being
|> productive?
|>
|> All help much appreciated
|>
|> Best wishes
|>
|> Barry
|>
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