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From: "Jeff Delves" <jeff.delves(a)virgin.net>
To: <WLS-MERIONETHSHIRE-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Saturday, October 27, 2007 10:27 PM
Subject: [MER] Re : Llandrillo
Hello Jeff,
Thanks for your reply. I've got Dafydd & Margaret
Roberts in Mount Pleasant in 1851. At this time Thomas Griffiths is in
Llechwedd. Thomas 'moves' to Bryn Cilan in 1871, Dafydd & Margaret are still
in Mount (as it is listed). There is no reference to Bryn Cilan prior to
this date.
Linked to the Griffiths sage, there is a suitable Sinah Griffiths in
Llangedwyn/Llanrhaeadr ym Mochnant from 1841 to 1871. She is of independent
means & a landed proprietor. There is a will in the National Library which
might prove worth looking at. Thanks for your advice, Ill have a look
through the Probate Records.
Of more immediate interest are the other Griffiths at Llechwedd in
1841/51: a Margaret Griffith (a widow of independent means) , Elizabeth
Griffith ( a dressmaker) & Ellinor Griffith a daughter. Really it's
difficult to sort out the status of Thomas Griffiths. he was a tailor & had
an apprentice but would he have owned property? His birthplace is listed as
Cerrigydrudion, but I suspect it was really Llangwm, although he is proving
very difficult to tie down.
Graham