Thank you for your email. Unfortunately my Thomas and William were not fisherman. Maybe our emails got mixed up. My william was an Iron Turner and his dad Thomas was a butcher/laborer. My men show up in Ireland (Thomas) and Scotland (william), I have no record of them moving to Wales but then I never looked. Maybe your Thomas and William are uncles/brothers to mine. What are the birth dates/location for yours? I'll have to search yours to see if we have a connection. Have you done a DNA test? Maybe we can try that- Thanks for reaching out! Cheers Sent from my iPhone Susan Hemsley Cicala☎ > On Nov 20, 2015, at 4:26 AM, Warren Stoddart via <boyd@rootsweb.com> wrote: > > Hi Susan, > > I happened across your email in ref to the Boys brothers of Swansea NSW. I do not know if we have a connection or not but a brief outline of my Boyds are the following: > > William and Thomas Boyd as I understand it were fisherman along with other trades such as boat building, professional fishinermen etc etc.. in Lake Macquarie and up and down the coast but most of which were carried out in Swansea. > > There is more to the background of William and Thomas Boyd than I have shown here but I don't have it all together as yet and I am simpy seeking to see if you are searching the same Boyds as I am. > > William married ??? in Swansea and my grandmother was one of his children thus making Willaim Boyd my great grandfather. I have never been able to trace who William married or where he was married but I do know that he lived in Swansea and as an extra both William and Thomas streets in Swansea were named for them.!! > > If what I have shown here ties in with your family of Boyds then please get back to me and together we may be able to establish more. > > Sincerely, > Warren Stoddart > Mannering Park NSW > > > > > > > > ==================== > *** Remember to trim your message before hitting send or your message may be held on the server for being too large due to excessive quoting. *** > > > Deleting quotations of earlier messages will help keep within the limits when replying. > > Check your email client's help file if directions are needed. > ====================================== > > > > {{{{{{{{{ Want to HOST a BOYD Tent at events near you? You must be a Member of House of Boyd and have official standing as a Convenor. Contact the President or a Member of the Board to express your interest and get the ball rolling. http://www.clanboyd.org/officers.shtml }}}}}}}} > > > > House of Boyd Society's (HBS) Annual General Meeting (AGM) & Gathering of the Clan 2015 will be held in conjunction with the San Francisco Caledonian Club's 150th Highland Games & Gathering, Labor Day Weekend -- September 5th & 6th, 2015 Please plan on attending! > > Write AGM@clanboyd.org if you would be interested in helping to plan it. > > ______________________________________ > > Support the Fellowship Activities of the Clan. Join the House of Boyd Society! > http://www.clanboyd.org/joinus.shtml > > ==================== > Need to contact the Admin? Want to discuss an Admin Note? Remember -- to keep the flow of the list, Admin notes are not to be replied to on list. Write me off list at Boyd-admin@rootsweb.com > ==================== > > This list is set for replies to go to the list address Boyd@rootsweb.com not just the author of the post. > ==================== > > Can't recall what the beginning of a thread was? Subscribe mid-discussion? Visit the PUBLICLY VIEWABLE archives: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=boyd > > ==================== > Got an issue that is beyond the purview of this list? Write the Help Desk for assistance http://helpdesk.rootsweb.com/ > Honor your fellow subscribers -- follow the Golden Rule! > > ______________________________________ > House of Boyd Society sends HUGE thank you to all of our volunteers. The Society would not be what it is without you! > ______________________________________ > > Want to contribute an article or query to the Dean Road? Contact the Editor at Editor@clanboyd.org > > ==================== > Visit the House of Boyd Society Website http://www.clanboyd.org > ==================== > For Officers and other Contacts, see http://www.clanboyd.org/officers.shtml > > **************************** > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BOYD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message