The only possibility I can think of is Friog. It's on the coast, just south
of the Mawddach estuary.
JM
----- Original Message -----
From: "Watson Family" <watsonb(a)iinet.com.au>
To: <WLS-MERIONETHSHIRE-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Saturday, March 15, 2003 6:09 AM
Subject: Re: [MER] Place names
Hi Alwyn,
Many thanks for looking up the marriage index for me (I didn't
know
one existed).I was going to go to the Merioneth Record office as a
last
resort but would they only have the same info that you have been able to
gather for me?Did try that e-mail address for Dolgellau but it bounced.
It looks like you may be right about that birth for Richard will reorder
the film and have another look.I did photocoy it at the time and notice
their abode was "Firiog" or something like that.Ever heard of it?
Really looking forward to seeing Wales.
cheers Marilyn
At 08:59 PM 13/03/03, you wrote:
>In a message dated 13/03/2003 11:59:19 GMT Standard Time,
>watsonb(a)iinet.com.au writes:
>
> > Hi Alwyn,
> > Yes did look at that entry but Richard's mother was Jones.Read
> > the film at LDS but the only Lewis Thomas was marrying a Catherine
> > Griffiths so concluded that it was not my Richard.Which was quite a
> > blow.Will get in touch with Dolgellau who knows I might stike it lucky
> > What was the English version of the name "Celynin" you sent me
> > Many thanks
> > Marilyn
> >
>
>I have had a look through the Merioneth marriage index, but cannot find a
>marriage between a Lewis Thomas and a Catherine other than the marriage
of
>Lewis Thomas and Catherine Griffith who were married in
Llangelynin on
15th
>March 1820.
>
>Because of the Welsh naming system and the lateness of surnames becoming
>fixed in rural Merionethshire it is possible (but unfortunately not
certain)
>that Catherine Griffith and Catherine Jones are the same
individual. If
her
>father was either John Griffith or Griffith Jones she may have
been
referred
>to as either Jones or Griffith. If you still have access to the
film it
may
>be worth checking to see if there is a Catherine daughter to John
Griffith /
>Griffith Jones born in the area at about the right time for your
Miss
Jones.
>
>Lewis Thomas and Catherine Griffith had a daughter, Ann, baptised on 14
April
>1822 at the Wesleyan Methodist Chapel in nearby Llanegryn (LDS
Film no
>0813547). It might be worth checking that out to see if the additional
>details suggest that this is the same or a different Lewis and Catherine
to
>the parents of Richard & Griffith baptised in Llangelynin.
>
>There is no English name for Celynin (although it is sometimes spelled
>Celynnin). It is difficult to find on a map because the church of St
Celynin
>(Llangelynin) is not in a village, it is in a spectacular
isolated
position
>right on the sea shore - and well worth a visit when you make
your trip
to
>Merionethshire.
>
>The easiest way to find it is to look for the village of Llwyngwril,
which is
>in Celynin parish, and follow the coast line southwards.
>This link (if it doesn't brake) will take you there on
Multimap.com
><A
HREF="http://www.multimap.com/map/browse.cgi?X=257500&Y=307500&a...
ight=300&client=public&gride=257357&gridn=307534&srec=0&coordsys=gb&addr1=&a
ddr2=&addr3=&pc=LL372QL&advanced=&scale=10000&out.x=11&out.y=12">LL372QL</A>
>
>If the link does brake go to
>http://www.multimap.com/
>and put the postcode LL37 2QL in the search box.
>
>All the best
>
>Alwyn
>
>
>
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