forwarded for Derek ----- Original Message ----- From: "kumalo" <kumalo@supanet.com> To: "Carmarthenshire-L" <Carmarthenshire-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, September 04, 2005 6:46 PM Subject: {not a subscriber} WILKINS, PERROTT, TREHARNE - Request for advice please > Dear List, > > My name is Derek WILKINS (80), I live in Sussex and am seeking your expert > advice on a proposed visit to Carmarthen. I have been lurking on the list > for some time, as recommended. > > I already have some info, gleaned from the web mainly. But a visit to > Llanelly Public Library last year was fruitful as a librarian pointed me > to > local newspapers (Llanelly & County Guardian, April 30 1903) which > featured > my grandfather, William WILKINS, who turned out to be a prominent citizen > of > Llanelly, Chairman of the local Council and on the County Council, a > leader > in the Presbyterian Church, a founder and Secretary of the Welsh Football > Union (Rugby) and of the Llanelly Scarlets, etc. He was born in Llanelly > in > 1862 and died in London in 1926. . > > In the 1881 Census he appears, described as 'Land and Mineral Surveyor' > (at > the age of 18!) in the household of his mother (my gr. Grandmother) Mary > WILKINS, age 62, who is described as 'Proprietor of Colliery employing 11 > men and two boys'. Her husband Thomas (decd) was described in the > Marriage > Certificate as 'Colliery Proprietor'. > > During my visit I will try to get more background but will take a > particular > interest in getting more information on the colliery, which sounds quite a > small one, and its location. > > I should be grateful if an expert on this List would advise me whether to > base myself in Llanelly itself in order to have access to the relevant > records, or to go to Carmarthen. > > Thanking you in advance, > > Regards, Derek Wilkins > >