Hi Another possibility is that your ancestors were involved with pit-prop trade. Pit props were an important export from the area around Bordeaux, particularly to south Wales. They had children in Ruardean (Forest of Dean- forestry (pit-props?) - mining), Bordeaux (pit-props) and Llanharry (mining) - so there could be a connection. My French teacher told me that this trade between S Wales and SW France is one of the reasons Rugby is so popular in the Bordeaux area. Regards john Farnhill Cardiff

Hi John That sounds like another good possibility. Although he was an AG LAB in 1861 he did later become a collier so who knows what might have gone on in between. Thank you that idea. Eirwen -----Original Message----- From: John Farnhill Sent: Thursday, June 02, 2011 6:55 PM To: Glamorgan@rootsweb.com Subject: [GLA] re WEBB BORN IN FRANCE Hi Another possibility is that your ancestors were involved with pit-prop trade. Pit props were an important export from the area around Bordeaux, particularly to south Wales. They had children in Ruardean (Forest of Dean- forestry (pit-props?) - mining), Bordeaux (pit-props) and Llanharry (mining) - so there could be a connection. My French teacher told me that this trade between S Wales and SW France is one of the reasons Rugby is so popular in the Bordeaux area. Regards john Farnhill Cardiff -- To send to the list send to glamorgan@rootsweb.com GLAMORGAN Family History Mailing List archives etc. are at http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/WLS/GLAMORGAN.html - A large amount of information, and a wide variety of useful links, may be found at http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/GLA/ - The South/West Wales Lookup Exchange and Gareth's Help Pages http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~walesle/wal/AW.html and http://home.clara.net/tirbach/hicks.html ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GLAMORGAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

There was a contingent of Welsh who went as Ironworkers to France but they may have been just slightly earlier then your family's move there. I am not sure how long the iron workers were going to France though, so worth a look anyhow. Go to the Glamorgan List Archives, http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ And simply put 'France' in the Subject matter and see what comes up. There is an interesting message from the late Brain Wagstaffe, about these Iron Workers written on 04 Dec 2000 My best wishes, Jill Glamorgan Mailing List's website http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~glamorgan/ -----Original Message----- From: glamorgan-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:glamorgan-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of John Farnhill Sent: Thursday, June 02, 2011 6:56 PM To: Glamorgan@rootsweb.com Subject: [GLA] re WEBB BORN IN FRANCE Hi Another possibility is that your ancestors were involved with pit-prop trade. Pit props were an important export from the area around Bordeaux, particularly to south Wales. They had children in Ruardean (Forest of Dean- forestry (pit-props?) - mining), Bordeaux (pit-props) and Llanharry (mining) - so there could be a connection. My French teacher told me that this trade between S Wales and SW France is one of the reasons Rugby is so popular in the Bordeaux area. Regards john Farnhill Cardiff -- To send to the list send to glamorgan@rootsweb.com GLAMORGAN Family History Mailing List archives etc. are at http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/WLS/GLAMORGAN.html - A large amount of information, and a wide variety of useful links, may be found at http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/GLA/ - The South/West Wales Lookup Exchange and Gareth's Help Pages http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~walesle/wal/AW.html and http://home.clara.net/tirbach/hicks.html ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GLAMORGAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Sorry Jill, I seemed to have given the impression that the family lived in Wales at the time but they actually moved to Wales later on (about 1869 or so). Thanks anyway - I've had some really enlightening replies and I don't feel quite so in the dark about what was going on at the time. Best Wishes Eirwen -----Original Message----- From: Jill Muir Sent: Friday, June 03, 2011 7:23 AM To: Glamorgan@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [GLA] re WEBB BORN IN FRANCE There was a contingent of Welsh who went as Ironworkers to France but they may have been just slightly earlier then your family's move there. I am not sure how long the iron workers were going to France though, so worth a look anyhow. Go to the Glamorgan List Archives, http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ And simply put 'France' in the Subject matter and see what comes up. There is an interesting message from the late Brain Wagstaffe, about these Iron Workers written on 04 Dec 2000 My best wishes, Jill Glamorgan Mailing List's website http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~glamorgan/ -----Original Message----- From: glamorgan-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:glamorgan-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of John Farnhill Sent: Thursday, June 02, 2011 6:56 PM To: Glamorgan@rootsweb.com Subject: [GLA] re WEBB BORN IN FRANCE Hi Another possibility is that your ancestors were involved with pit-prop trade. Pit props were an important export from the area around Bordeaux, particularly to south Wales. They had children in Ruardean (Forest of Dean- forestry (pit-props?) - mining), Bordeaux (pit-props) and Llanharry (mining) - so there could be a connection. My French teacher told me that this trade between S Wales and SW France is one of the reasons Rugby is so popular in the Bordeaux area. Regards john Farnhill Cardiff -- To send to the list send to glamorgan@rootsweb.com GLAMORGAN Family History Mailing List archives etc. are at http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/WLS/GLAMORGAN.html - A large amount of information, and a wide variety of useful links, may be found at http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/GLA/ - The South/West Wales Lookup Exchange and Gareth's Help Pages http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~walesle/wal/AW.html and http://home.clara.net/tirbach/hicks.html ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GLAMORGAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message -- To send to the list send to glamorgan@rootsweb.com GLAMORGAN Family History Mailing List archives etc. are at http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/WLS/GLAMORGAN.html - A large amount of information, and a wide variety of useful links, may be found at http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/GLA/ - The South/West Wales Lookup Exchange and Gareth's Help Pages http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~walesle/wal/AW.html and http://home.clara.net/tirbach/hicks.html ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GLAMORGAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message