This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Cobley, Harris, Vaughn in MI. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/kFB.2ACI/2023.1.1 Message Board Post: My Cobley line and Margaret's Harris line were from South Wales, close to Caerphilly. John was born in Bedwas. Originally this line of Cobley's came from Pennsford, Somerset in the south of England. They moved to Wales in the early 1800s for the coal mining jobs. At least three of John's brothers emigrated to the US and all worked in coal mines here in different parts of the country. At least two of his brothers emigrated to Australia and worked in mines there, coal and gold.