Dear Alwyn,
Thank you so much for translating Owen Jones' obituary for me. One
paragraph has given me what has taken 2 years for find out.
Do you know if Merionethshire did a 1797 Land Tax assessment? If so where
would i locate the assessment?
Thanks again,
Pat
-----Original Message-----
From: AlwynapHuw(a)aol.com [mailto:AlwynapHuw@aol.com]
Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2003 8:42 PM
To: WLS-MERIONETHSHIRE-L(a)rootsweb.com
Subject: Re: [MER] Obituary
In a message dated 19/03/2003 23:31:24 GMT Standard Time,
patc121(a)comcast.net
writes:
Would you please be kind enough to translate this for me?
He was a good citizen and took great interest in political and moral issues,
as such he was pleased that the city of Dodgeville had gained a victory over
the saloon supporters in last spring's elections.
He was well liked by all his neighbours as a man willing to help. Visitors
found him a welcome host with his family, and collectors for good causes
found him a generous donator, and like most of the old Welsh settlers he was
a faithful [Ddrychwr]{possibly meaning a supporter of the Drych Newspaper}
It appears that he left Wales in 1851 to travel to the United States,
spending two years in New York, before coming here to Wisconsin where he
settled in the community Dodgeville, working as a miner for a term. In
1862,he married Miss Mary Parry of Garrison Grove, near Dodgeville, and they
settled on a farm which they owned some four miles to the east of this city,
where they lived up to six years ago, when they moved into the town leaving
the farm to two of their sons Cadwaladr and Owen. Mr. a Mrs. Jones had
seven
children, but one died in infancy. Apart from the two mentioned as living on
the farm three others live Dodgeville they are Kate; the wife of George B.
Evans; Richard and Miss Jenny Jones who remains at home with her mother. The
remaining son is William P. Jones and he lives in Nevada.
Mr Jones was one of the best of men and Mrs Jones' is in deep mourning at
her
loss. She had the pleasure of serving him with tireless dedication in his
last illness, as did his children who live here who did their best for such
a
kind loving father.
Owen C. Jones's family was well known to the Rev William R. Edwards,
Scranton, Pa, back in Wales, his parents were friends of the family, and
when
Mr. Edwards came over to this country in 1896 he came to Dodgeville to
visit
Mr. Jones and his family. As Mr. Edwards was good enough to send us a letter
after hearing of Mr Jones's' death I shall allow him to say a word about the
family in the Old Country:
Owen C. Jones was the son of Mr a Mrs. Cadwaladr Jones, Ty Rhos, Waun, Bala,
Merionethshire. His father was one of the fine lads of Cynythog Ganol, a
farm
that lies on the southern side of Waun y Bala, about four and a half miles
away from the town of Bala. Ty Rhos, where Mr Jones was raised was
associated
with Cynythog Ganol; and was often held as one farm. There he was raised
with
many siblings. The old house in Wales has been demolished for some years,
not
even its ruins can be seen
Mr. Jones and his brothers were fine young men, with stronger and healthier
bodies than those of most of the young men of the area, and were well known
for this. They were also known as honest and hard working young men.
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