Hi Jill, thanks for that tip, I will try those villages. I'm pretty sure that it is Vaynor though as my Grandfather also told me his family was from Vaynor and my grandmother's was from Cefn Coed. Best regards, Sharon. > From: "Jill Muir" <jill@shottle.plus.com> > Date: 2 August 2015 7:05:52 PM > To: "'andreas mikellis'" <mikellis@xtra.co.nz> > Subject: RE: [GLA] needle in a haystack > > Hi Sharon, > For 30 years I thought one of mine came from Troedyraur, > Cardiganshire. > Obviously I did a search for him but there were so many called > Benjamin > Davies I had really nothing to go on. Even so went to National > Library and > everywhere else that we could think of to try to discover him. > Searched > newspapers etc. Recently I came across a newspaper report on his > death > which told me where he actually came from in Troedyraur. > > Have you thought that your man too could have said he was from > Vaynor, as it > was the nearest place? From Wikipedia I find: It [Vaynor] is about > four > miles north of the town of Merthyr Tydfil and is within the borders > of the > Brecon Beacons National Park. > > The community includes the three villages of Cefn Coed, Trefechan and > Pontsticill as well as Pontsarn and Vaynor. > > Have you searched in these areas? If no luck there then you should > try the > area five miles from Vaynor. > > Jill > > -----Original Message----- > From: glamorgan-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:glamorgan-bounces@rootsweb.com > ] > On Behalf Of andreas mikellis via > Sent: Sunday, August 2, 2015 3:48 AM > To: GLAMORGAN@rootsweb.com > Subject: [GLA] needle in a haystack > > Hello, > > I'm looking for a John EVANS in the Merthyr / Aberdare area - I > know ; ) > > My G Grandfather John Evans was born in Vaynor in 1875, he married > Gwen > (also nee EVANS). > > I have them in 1901 at 92, Twynyrhodyn Rd and again in 1911 in Mount > Street > Aberdare, with their children, Eloner, Ceinwen, Emlyn and Randall. > > I'm having trouble finding John before he was married though, I know > his > father's name was Thomas EVANS but there seems to be a couple of EVANS > families in Vaynor with father Thomas and son John. I'm hoping I can > find > them by a process of elimination, if he is not related to the other > families. > > My John EVANS worked for a brewery, he died quite young (certainly > before > 1934.). > > Thank you, > > Sharon. > -- > > 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 web site has been prepared to help you use the Glamorgan List > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~glamorgan/ > > - > 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://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ukwales2/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 >