I have found the original piece:- -(}-- PONTARDAWE. Priodas.-Medi yr 28ain, yn eglwys Sant Pedr, priodwyd y llenor a'r cerddor medrius Mr George James, G.T.S.C.Ynysmeudwy; a Miss Mary H. Brazell, Ystalyfera. Dy- munaf eu llongyfarch yn y modd: mwyaf cyn- hes. Sut cafoddy brawd ;?rnser i garu, wys, gan brysurdeb ei waith yn dysgu y fath nifer luosog mewn cerddoriaeth? Gan nad pa mor fedrus yw efe ar danau yr offerytn cerdd, y mae ei "Fair" anwyl yn medru chwareu a,r iinynau tyneraf ei galonl ef yn amgenach na neb, a mawr dda, i'w chalon. Hir oes, iechyd, a llwyddiant fo i'r par anwyl. lOAN. × Pontardawe Wedding - September 28th, in St Peter's church, the marriage (took place) of the accomplished author and musician Mr George James, G.T.S.C. of Ynysmeudwy and Miss Mary H. Brazell of Ystalyfera. I wish to congratulate them in the warmest way. How did the man have time to go courting with such a busy workload teaching music to such vast numbers. Although he is very talented with the strings of musical instruments, his dear 'Mary' is able to play on the tenderest strings of his heart without equal, with great benefit to her heart. May the the dear couple experience long life, good health and every success. Ioan. Hwyl, Deric. websites : South Wales place-names - http://someplacenamesinsouthwales.4t.com Enwau lleoedd - https://sites.google.com/site/enwaulleoedddecymru/ Pontardulais Place-names - https://sites.google.com/site/pontardulaisplacenames/ Pontardulais Public Houses - https://sites.google.com/site/pontardulaispublichouses/ Pontardulais Farms - https://sites.google.com/site/pontardulaisfarms/ Pontardulais Churches and Chapels - https://sites.google.com/site/pontardardulaischurcheschapels/ Dylan and the Bont - https://sites.google.com/site/dylanthomaspontardulais/home/dylan-and-the-bont New York White Horse - https://sites.google.com/site/whitehorsetavernnewyorkvisit/

Dear Deric, That was fantastic - very many thanks for the help and for going to the website and finding the piece. My best wishes, Jill -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Deric John Sent: 24 September 2013 17:42 To: [email protected] Subject: [GLA] Welsh Translation I have found the original piece:- -(}-- PONTARDAWE. Priodas.-Medi yr 28ain, yn eglwys Sant Pedr, priodwyd y llenor a'r cerddor medrius Mr George James, G.T.S.C.Ynysmeudwy; a Miss Mary H. Brazell, Ystalyfera. Dy- munaf eu llongyfarch yn y modd: mwyaf cyn- hes. Sut cafoddy brawd ;?rnser i garu, wys, gan brysurdeb ei waith yn dysgu y fath nifer luosog mewn cerddoriaeth? Gan nad pa mor fedrus yw efe ar danau yr offerytn cerdd, y mae ei "Fair" anwyl yn medru chwareu a,r iinynau tyneraf ei galonl ef yn amgenach na neb, a mawr dda, i'w chalon. Hir oes, iechyd, a llwyddiant fo i'r par anwyl. lOAN. × Pontardawe Wedding - September 28th, in St Peter's church, the marriage (took place) of the accomplished author and musician Mr George James, G.T.S.C. of Ynysmeudwy and Miss Mary H. Brazell of Ystalyfera. I wish to congratulate them in the warmest way. How did the man have time to go courting with such a busy workload teaching music to such vast numbers. Although he is very talented with the strings of musical instruments, his dear 'Mary' is able to play on the tenderest strings of his heart without equal, with great benefit to her heart. May the the dear couple experience long life, good health and every success. Ioan. Hwyl, Deric. websites : South Wales place-names - http://someplacenamesinsouthwales.4t.com Enwau lleoedd - https://sites.google.com/site/enwaulleoedddecymru/ Pontardulais Place-names - https://sites.google.com/site/pontardulaisplacenames/ Pontardulais Public Houses - https://sites.google.com/site/pontardulaispublichouses/ Pontardulais Farms - https://sites.google.com/site/pontardulaisfarms/ Pontardulais Churches and Chapels - https://sites.google.com/site/pontardardulaischurcheschapels/ Dylan and the Bont - https://sites.google.com/site/dylanthomaspontardulais/home/dylan-and-the-bon t New York White Horse - https://sites.google.com/site/whitehorsetavernnewyorkvisit/ -- To send to the list send to [email protected] GLAMORGAN Family History Mailing List archives etc. are at http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/WLS/GLAMORGAN.html - This 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 [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

What a beautiful way to describe someone's courtship!!! You Welsh certainly have a way with words!! I am new to the List and read everything that comes along. It is fantastic Keep it up Kay Armstrong On 25 September 2013 02:42, Deric John <[email protected]>wrote: > I have found the original piece:- > > -(}-- PONTARDAWE. Priodas.-Medi yr 28ain, yn eglwys Sant Pedr, priodwyd y > llenor a'r cerddor medrius Mr George James, G.T.S.C.Ynysmeudwy; a Miss Mary > H. Brazell, Ystalyfera. Dy- munaf eu llongyfarch yn y modd: mwyaf cyn- hes. > Sut cafoddy brawd ;?rnser i garu, wys, gan brysurdeb ei waith yn dysgu y > fath nifer luosog mewn cerddoriaeth? Gan nad pa mor fedrus yw efe ar danau > yr offerytn cerdd, y mae ei "Fair" anwyl yn medru chwareu a,r iinynau > tyneraf ei galonl ef yn amgenach na neb, a mawr dda, i'w chalon. Hir oes, > iechyd, a llwyddiant fo i'r par anwyl. lOAN. > > × > > > > Pontardawe Wedding - September 28th, in St Peter's church, the marriage > (took place) of the accomplished author and musician Mr George James, > G.T.S.C. of Ynysmeudwy and Miss Mary H. Brazell of Ystalyfera. I wish to > congratulate them in the warmest way. How did the man have time to go > courting with such a busy workload teaching music to such vast numbers. > Although he is very talented with the strings of musical instruments, his > dear 'Mary' is able to play on the tenderest strings of his heart without > equal, with great benefit to her heart. May the the dear couple experience > long life, good health and every success. Ioan. > > Hwyl, > Deric. > websites : > South Wales place-names - http://someplacenamesinsouthwales.4t.com > Enwau lleoedd - https://sites.google.com/site/enwaulleoedddecymru/ > Pontardulais Place-names - > https://sites.google.com/site/pontardulaisplacenames/ > Pontardulais Public Houses - > https://sites.google.com/site/pontardulaispublichouses/ > Pontardulais Farms - https://sites.google.com/site/pontardulaisfarms/ > Pontardulais Churches and Chapels - > https://sites.google.com/site/pontardardulaischurcheschapels/ > Dylan and the Bont - > https://sites.google.com/site/dylanthomaspontardulais/home/dylan-and-the-bont > New York White Horse - > https://sites.google.com/site/whitehorsetavernnewyorkvisit/ > -- > > To send to the list send to [email protected] > GLAMORGAN Family History Mailing List archives etc. are at > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/WLS/GLAMORGAN.html > - > This 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 > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >