----- Original Message -----
From: "Huw Daniel" <huw(a)ovlhs.co.uk>
To: "William Jones" <wa.mjones(a)btinternet.com>
Cc: <wls-ogmore-valley(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Sunday, September 06, 2009 1:00 PM
Subject: Re: [WLS-OGMORE-VALLEY] Woman ahead of her time?
Hi Bert,
Looks like a good mystery to solve:-)
Regards
Huw
Secretary, OVLHS
Huw(a)ovlhs.co.uk
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William Jones wrote:
> Dear Huw,
> Miss Maria Thomas appears in the 1891 Census as
> "119 Pwyllyfelin Hut? Maria Thomas Head 41? Living on
> her own means b. Glam. Pontypridd.
> Mary L. James? Cousin29 Teacher of
> Music. B. " "
> Research to continue.
> Best wishes,
> Bert
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: wls-ogmore-valley-bounces(a)rootsweb.com
> [mailto:wls-ogmore-valley-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Huw Daniel
> Sent: 05 September 2009 08:42
> To: wls-ogmore-valley(a)rootsweb.com
> Subject: [WLS-OGMORE-VALLEY] Woman ahead of her time?
>
> Hi All,
> Whilst extracting some information for my electric light
> article
> I came across this snippet from the Central Glamorgan Gazette of
> 16 September 1892...
>
> The only female Mine Owner I have heard mention in this area, if not the
> whole country?
>
> "GOOD NEWS FOR BLACKMILL
> Miss Maria Thomas, of Pwllyfelyn Cottage, Llandyfodwg, has struck a
> spnedid
> vein of coal over feet thick, in the Pantyfud Valley, about half-a-mile
> above Blackmill. It is supposed to be the Red Ash vein, and the one that
> the
> Yorkshire Company are now sinking to. This place is a mile from Miss
> Thomas`
> first level which she opened some years ago. This seam is on the rise
> under
> the whole of Glynogwr Mountain".
>
> --
> Regards
>
> Huw
> Secretary, OVLHS
>
> Huw(a)ovlhs.co.uk
>
>
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