Jeff,
2) A search of the National Library of Wales catalogue under Mervinian
brings up:
Title Yr amrywiaethydd, neu, Gyfaill i'r ieuenctyd / gan
Mervinian.
Imprint Llanfair-Caer-Einion : Argraffwyd gan E. Davies, [1839]
Description 36 p.; 19 cm.
but the period doesn't fit. Unfortunately the Dictionary of Welsh
Biography on-line is not up and running
tonight to search further and although I'm sure the name rings a bell,
I can't remember the connection. The father's
name is familiar to me but I think that is because of references to
him in Methodistiaeth Dwyrain Meirionydd (1902).
Mervinian is quite a common name for a house or shop as you will see
if you do a Google search on it.
Regarding David's theory 1c), no Ellis Evans didn't come from Borth
but was from the parish of Llandrillo according to
Methodistiaeth Dwyrain Meirionydd, but Mervinian was also the name for
ships, so there may be something in the maritime connection.
Maybe something will come back to me
Rhian
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeff Delves" <jeff.delves(a)virgin.net>
To: <WLS-MERIONETHSHIRE-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2007 11:39 PM
Subject: [MER] Richard EVANS : born Llandrillo c1840,died Whittington
(Shropshire) 1892.
I would be very grateful for help & advice regarding Richard EVANS
& his
family.
Richard was born c1840 in Llandrillo, Merionethshire, the son of Revd
Ellis EVANS, Methodist Minister.
In August 1875 Richard, innkeeper of "Woolpack Inn, Oswestry" married
Christiana Maria JONES, "fourth daughter of Mr J JONES, Clifton Villa,
near West Felton" at Borth Calvinistic Methodist Chapel, near Aberystwyth.
[Information from marriage certificate & marriage announcement in
"Oswestry & Border Counties Advertiser"]
They appear to have had 4 sons : John (b c1877 Oswestry), Ellis (b1879,
Swan Hill, Oswestry), Irwin (b c 1882 Whittington) & Tom (b c 1886
Whittington).
Richard died 4 Sep 1892 while a grocer at Whittington. His funeral took
place at Whittington. Christiana died 19 May 1903 at 36 Whittington Rd,
Oswestry. Both their death announcements in the local newspaper refer to
"Richard EVANS (Mervinian)".
Questions : 1) Why did Richard & Christiana marry at Borth? - I believe
that her father, John JONES, was a well-established coal merchant in the
West Felton area near Oswestry.
2) What is the connection between Richard and the name Mervinian? I
believe that Richard may have been a poet - how could I find out?
3) What happened to Richard's 4 sons? I believe that Irwin EVANS may have
married Mary Ann THOMAS in the Oswestry area in 1907 [from freeBMD].
Very much hoping that someone can help me.
Jeff Delves
Suffolk & Llandrillo
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