----- Original Message ----- From: "Joanne Kelly" <jwkelly@insightbb.com> To: <CARMARTHENSHIRE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, July 25, 2005 12:11 AM Subject: Treharnes and Walters about 1830 >I am taking up the investigation of these families after ignoring them for >several years. Thomas and Mary Treharne and their 11 children left >Llanelli for Canada in 1832. Along with them went David Walters, husband >of their daughter Ann. According to family records, the family departed >from Swansea but I don't know the exact date or the name of the ship. Are >there passenger lists for departing ships from Swansea at that time? > > David Walters [b:1810 in Carmarthenshire] left behind his father Thomas > [b:1762 or 3 Llanelli] who appears on the 1833 Llanelli register of > electors as follows: 1296 Walters, Thomas - Cumllethrydfawr, in this > parish - Lease of farm In this parish, - Westfa hamlet > At some point Thomas joined his son and family in Canada for he died there > in 1843. This would lead me to believe he was a farmer, but weren't most > men at that time employed in the mines? > > Thomas Treharne [b: 1789 Llangendierne] was the son of John Treharne [b: > 1751 Llangendierne] who lived at Glynsyllen, Llanelly but is buried in > the parish churchyard at Llangendierne. I think Glynsyllen may have been > the name of his house, but I don't know that for sure. > > Does any of the above sound familiar to anyone on the list? All I have is > names and dates on these families, and I would like to fill in some > background information about them, their occupations, what sort of places > they lived etc. I believe they were Baptists for they joined a Welsh > speaking Baptist church in Canada. Can someone suggest a source for > information on the economic and social conditions of about 1830? I'd like > to know what prompted their departure for the wilderness of Ontario, > Canada. > > Any assistance or hints would certainly be welcomed. > > Joanne Kelly > > >