Thanks! Will do. Mona ----- Original Message ----- From: "tippytoe" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, January 13, 2006 6:26 PM Subject: Re: Jean--Re: [BALTGEN-L] Welsh churches in Canton? > Mona, > If they lived in Canton, you might try Greenmount Cemetery. > That is where many of my family are and they lived in and around Canton. > Betty > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "mona everett" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, January 13, 2006 4:22 PM > Subject: Jean--Re: [BALTGEN-L] Welsh churches in Canton? > > > > Jean, > > > > Thank you for the Canton Timeline link--guess I haven't done a web > > search > > for Canton since it went up! > > > > Also, thank you for checking on my question. I have looked at the > > Archives > > and will have a lot of film to look at on my next trip to Baltimore > > (Annapolis). > > > > You are right--there were earlier copperworks (in the area--my family > > was > > at the Locust Point one from 1845-50, and then moved to Canton. My > > earliest ancestor died in 1854--I have no idea where he is buried, as > > his > > obit didn't say and he is not at Mt. Carmel with the others (Mt. Carmel > > opened just months after he died). > > > > Thanks, again, for providing new direction for my research. > > > > Mona > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Jean Johnson" <[email protected]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Friday, January 13, 2006 2:51 PM > > Subject: Re: [BALTGEN-L] Welsh churches in Canton? > > > > > >> Mona, > >> > >> There is a Canton Time Line > >> http://www.cantoncommunity.org/welcome/neighborhood/canton_timeline.html > >> > >> Your church is not mentioned directly. > >> You wrote: > >> > >> " Does anyone know anything about the United Welsh Church that was in > >> Canton? It was > >> established in 1852 in a schoolhouse, with the Rev. Benjamin Davies. A > >> new chapel opened in Jan. 1867. > >> > >> I also found an 1870 mention of "a Welsh house of worship about two > >> miles northeast of the city (Baltimore) near the Canton Copperworks". > >> > >> The timeline abstracted has the following information: > >> > >> In 1847 Canton Methodist Church, first church in Canton, dedicated on > >> Clinton St. between Boston & Toone > >> > >> In 1850 Baltimore Copper Smelting Co. formed in 1600 block S. Clinton > >> St., making 6 million pounds by 1860 > >> > >> In 1865 Welsh copper workers build Presbyterian church on Toone St. > >> under direction of Rev. J. Wynne Jones > >> > >> In 1870 Public School No. 1, known as Kenny school, built on 1st St. > >> (Highland Ave.) between Toone & Elliott > >> > >> Mona, your relatives came in the 1840's to work in copper mining; > >> perhaps there was an earlier copper mine not mentined in this > >> timeline. > >> > >> Also have you looked at the Maryland State Archives website in the > >> Church records section? > >> http://speccol.mdarchives.state.md.us/msa/speccol/catalog/religion/cfm/dsp_churches.cfm > >> > >> Good luck with your search. > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> On 1/11/06, mona everett <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > Hello! > >> > > >> > Does anyone know anything about the United Welsh Church that was > >> > in > >> > Canton? It was established in 1852 in a schoolhouse, with the Rev. > >> > Benjamin Davies. A new chapel opened in Jan. 1867. > >> > > >> > I also found an 1870 mention of "a Welsh house of worship about two > >> > miles northeast of the city (Baltimore) near the Canton Copperworks". > >> > > >> > I am not sure if these are the same church or are two different > >> > ones. > >> > (Neither is Abbott Memorial, which opened later.) > >> > > >> > My family arrived in Baltimore from Glamorgan, South Wales, about > >> > 1844-5 to work in the copperworks, and I am trying to find out where > >> > they worshipped. > >> > > >> > I would like to know where the records of the Canton-area Welsh > >> > churches are (any denomination). > >> > > >> > Thanks for any help or suggestions. > >> > > >> > Mona Everett > >> > > >> > > >> > ==== BALTGEN Mailing List ==== > >> > Please Check Our New web site for the BALTGEN-L mailing list. > >> > http://www.rootsweb.com/~mdbaltim/baltgen-l.htm > >> > > >> > > >> > >> > >> ==== BALTGEN Mailing List ==== > >> The Baltimore County Genealogical Society web site: > >> http://www.serve.com/bcgs/bcgs.html > >> > >> > > > > > > ==== BALTGEN Mailing List ==== > > The USGenWeb/MDGenWeb page for Baltimore Co. > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~mdbaltim > > > > > > > ==== BALTGEN Mailing List ==== > USGenWeb/MDGenWeb site for Carroll Co. http://www.rootsweb.com/~mdcarrol > USGenWeb/MDGenWeb site for Howard Co.http://www.rootsweb.com/~mdhoward > >