----- Original Message ----- From: <Alyherb@aol.com> To: <CARMARTHENSHIRE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, July 29, 2005 11:51 AM > Hello from a new lister. I am looking for the descendants of the > siblings > of Nathaniel SKYRME, son of James Skyrme (a farmer) & Eliza (nee > Scourfield). > He was born at Manorbier, Pembrokeshire in 1845, but everything suggests > that his parents are the same James & Eliza that appear in 1861 & 1871 at > Llangan and Llanfihangel, Abercywyn. Siblings would therefore be John, > Elizabeth, > Anne, James, Louisa, Francis and Thomas. Only Thomas was born in > Carmarthenshire, the remainder in Pembrokeshire. > > Also, can SKS with local knowledge confirm some spellings/locations. The > name of the farm was Pantefinon or Pantolfion, at Abercywyn or Abercowin. > Can't > read the 1861 and 1871 census images very well. > > Lastly, either James SKYRME (b. abt 1823) or one of his sons was said to > have been a JP in Carmarthen. Can anyone confirm this from a trade > directory > around 1871-1881? > > Many thanks, Alyson in Essex. > >