Hi Anna Have you seen this marriage? 1802 26th December St Peters Carmarthen Thomas Thomas and Margaret Prosser could be a start ........perhaps the children were not baptised with the middle name Prosser but adopted it at a later stage........that is what my own grandfather done because his name was David Thomas to distinguish himself from all the other Dai's in the Llanelly area!! Pauline Pauline ----- Original Message ----- From: <AnnaDinahThomas@aol.com> To: <CARMARTHENSHIRE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, September 19, 2005 9:09 PM Subject: Re: [Cmn-L] quiet list > Hi Pauline > > I have the name Daniel Thomas from a lady who's trying to find out about a > Dr E M Prosser Thomas. I searched the Pigots Directory for 1830 looking > for > Thomas and found a Daniel Thomas who appeared to work at Prosser's > Warehouse > in Lammas Street. I also found Prosser & Son in the same street. My > husband's grandfather Tom Prosser Thomas was shown as living in Tenby at > the time of > his marriage in 1915. His father was given as William Prosser Thomas, > engineer. The closest I've come to a William Prosser Thomas, engineer is > a son > living with his father Thomas Thomas, tailor. William and one of his > siblings > is shown as engineers. This family were living in Green, St Mary's > Pembroke. > I've been unable to trace William beyond 1881 and Tom from before his > marriage in Cornwall. I know there were members of Tom Prosser Thomas's > family > living in Ystalyfera, Glamorgan . When I saw Thomas and Prosser in > Lammas > Street it occurrred to me that perhaps the Prosser Thomas could have come > about > through marriage. It could equally be, I suppose one branch of the > family > dropping the 'Prosser'. > > This is proving more difficult than my great grandfather John Davies! > > Regards > Anna > > > ==== CARMARTHENSHIRE Mailing List ==== > Carmarthenshire Place Names Database - Looking for a farm etc you cannot > find - Contact - PeterWihl@compuserve.com - Let him know the name of the > Farm House etc etc - He will search the Database >