I don't have much information about Sarah I'm afraid.
Sarah is in the 1851 Census as a servant in Llwyndu, Llanaber HO107; Piece:
2511; Folio: 456; Page: 7; Household 21
She had a child, Sarah, out of wedlock by my 2nd Great Grandfather John
Humphreys of Ganllwyd / Llanddwywe uwch y graig in November 1857, she
married him shortly after the child was born in a civil marriage recorded in
Dolgellau registry office in 1858
I can't find the family in 1861.
Descendants of Sarah and John's first daughter claim that they had a second
daughter, Ann, born in 1865. I'm not sure.
John married again in October 1865 after Ann's birth – but he had form for
getting his girlfriend pregnant before marrying her, so I suspect that Ann
was the pre-nuptial daughter of his second wife Jane. If Ann was Sarah's
daughter we would expect to find a record of her death in 1865 – but there
is none. In fact the best possible match that I can find in the death
indices is one in Ffestiniog in 1859, but I don't have a copy of the
certificate to verify my guess.
Alwyn
----- Original Message -----
From: "Charles Gunther" <cwegunther(a)yahoo.com>
To: <wls-merionethshire(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Sunday, August 08, 2010 2:34 PM
Subject: Re: [MER] Salem Curnow Vosper
Hi Alwyn,
I haven’t found much about Sarah WILLIAMS but found a bit about Jane and
her brother Morris Griffith WILLIAMS. I would appreciate anything you can
give me and I will happy to let you have anything I find. I found Sarah in
the 1841 Census but not sure after that. Do you have any dates or names
that will help me to crosscheck her.
A think a lot of legends have arisen from from the painting and I wonder
if any are fact. Vosper said he didn’t use Evan because he was unable to
sit still and I don’t know of anyone who had a bad word to say about Sian.
However, I have only just started my research. I saw the painting, for
real, the first time last Wednesday when I visited the Lady Lever Art
Gallery. I was impressed by its quality but having read Tal Williams’ book
must have another look.
I’ll keep in contact.
Best wishes,
Charles
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