Hi Folks, Does anyone have any Info regarding -location and purpose of ALbion House Chepstow int he early to late 1800's Amy help would be appreciated Rgds PeterW.

Ann, This is wonderful! I have already found some of my surnames and I plan to post soon. Thank you one and all. God Bless, Janet USA ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.

Hi Louise. My maiden name was Watts, my g-grandfather married Ellen Toogood from Somerset, they moved to Cardiff, then to Port Talbot eventually my g-mother and family moved back to Hayes Middlesex where I was born, any connection? I left England in 1957 Sylvia in Kentucky USA Lois Watts <shortloee@hotmail.com> wrote: Hello Jim, It has been some time since I have been active on the list and came across one that you wrote in Jan. I have Gould connections who were born in Nettlebridge, Ashwick, Somerset, England, 1800's and whose descendants moved to Bedwelty, Monmouthshire, Wales and finally to Tredegar, Wales where my father was born. His mother (my grandmother) was a Gould. My grandmother was Lillian Maude Gould b. 24 June 1895 in Tredegar. She was the daughter of George E. Gould, b. abt 1866 in Bath, Somerset, England and Sarah Jane (or Ann) Bosley, b. 1868 in Tredegar. I would be interested in exchanging information. Best Regards, Lois >From: "jim @frome" >Reply-To: monmouthshire@rootsweb.com >To: mon list >Subject: [MON] GOULD PARSONS SEAL & TILEY >Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2007 08:52:12 +0000 (GMT) >All the above were immigrants to Monmouthshire from Somerset or >Gloucestershire >in the 19th Century. >Either they, or their descendants married Monmouthshire born spouses. >Seeking >any/all connections. _________________________________________________________________ Need a break? Find your escape route with Live Search Maps. http://maps.live.com/?icid=hmtag3 ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MONMOUTHSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message --------------------------------- Don't be flakey. Get Yahoo! Mail for Mobile and always stay connected to friends.

Hello Jim, It has been some time since I have been active on the list and came across one that you wrote in Jan. I have Gould connections who were born in Nettlebridge, Ashwick, Somerset, England, 1800's and whose descendants moved to Bedwelty, Monmouthshire, Wales and finally to Tredegar, Wales where my father was born. His mother (my grandmother) was a Gould. My grandmother was Lillian Maude Gould b. 24 June 1895 in Tredegar. She was the daughter of George E. Gould, b. abt 1866 in Bath, Somerset, England and Sarah Jane (or Ann) Bosley, b. 1868 in Tredegar. I would be interested in exchanging information. Best Regards, Lois >From: "jim @frome" <paymanfrome@yahoo.co.uk> >Reply-To: monmouthshire@rootsweb.com >To: mon list <monmouthshire@rootsweb.com> >Subject: [MON] GOULD PARSONS SEAL & TILEY >Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2007 08:52:12 +0000 (GMT) >All the above were immigrants to Monmouthshire from Somerset or >Gloucestershire >in the 19th Century. >Either they, or their descendants married Monmouthshire born spouses. >Seeking >any/all connections. _________________________________________________________________ Need a break? Find your escape route with Live Search Maps. http://maps.live.com/?icid=hmtag3

Hi Barbara, I completely blew it!! I got two people mixed up; Margaret married JOSEPH ROBINSON and not James Johnson. Sorry, I inadvertently misled you and other listers.The other details are OK. I hope I didn't cause you all a waste of time. Hope you can help. Ray Edmunds ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ray Edmunds" <wattle@iprimus.com.au> To: <monmouthshire@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, March 30, 2007 3:35 PM Subject: Re: [MON] James JOHNSON, NEWPORT > Hi, Thank you Barbara and John, > I'm fairly confident Margaret was born in c.1796 in Mynyddislwyn, but some > of her siblings were born in Merthyr Tidfil. Her father was Thomas > THOMAS - what else - and mother Mary? She first married Thomas EDMUNDS in > Mynyddislwyn in 1817, he died in 1828 and she married James Johnson about > 1830. Could they be listed under JOHNSTON? > Hope you can help. > Regards > > Ray Edmunds > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <B1oatley@aol.com> > To: <monmouthshire@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2007 7:10 PM > Subject: Re: [MON] James JOHNSON, NEWPORT > > >> Hello Ray, >> >> You don't mention where they were born or year of birth for James and >> Margaret. >> Regards Barbara >> >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> MONMOUTHSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >> the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> -- >> No virus found in this incoming message. >> Checked by AVG Free Edition. >> Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 268.18.18/733 - Release Date: >> 25/03/2007 11:07 AM >> >> >

Dear Listers, This week's 'Retrospective Images of Wales' webpages, just uploaded onto my website, include: 1. The remote and windblown Gwrhyd Chapel high on Cefn Gwrhyd in the county of Glamorgan (nine pictures). This feature was first shown on 'Images of Wales' in November 1998. 2. A three-page illustrated account of the life in South Wales of the poet Dylan Thomas (twenty-six pictures). This feature was first shown on 'Images of Wales' in December 1999. As usual, these webpages will be on display for one week. 'Retrospective Images of Wales' is at www.jlb2005.plus.com/walespic/retro/retro.htm Kind regards, John -------------------- John Ball, Ystalyfera, near Swansea, Wales, UK E-mail: john@jlb2005.plus.com John's Homepage: http://www.jlb2005.plus.com/ Images of Wales: http://www.jlb2005.plus.com/walespic/ Welsh Family History Archive: http://www.jlb2005.plus.com/wales/ GENUKI Breconshire Maintainer: http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/BRE/ Joint Administrator - Powys (& BRE/MGY/RAD) mailing lists

Hi Roy, That's bad luck, I know the feeling well, keep trying. Best Wishes, Gaynor

Evening all, I've lived in the Eastern Valley all my life and, Grancher was a title that I heard mostly when I was younger. Seems to me that nowadays, men prefer to be called grandad, grandpa or, if the children have a particular pronunciation problem, e.g. Bampy for grampy. Purely as a different slant on the name, I prefer to be called Grumpy! Sort of suits me I think! All 5 g/kids agree! Roy -------Original Message------- From: XRhiannonPricex@aol.com Date: 03/30/07 21:48:28 To: monmouthshire@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [MON] Grancher Both my grandfathers were Grancha I'm from the South Wales Valleys ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MONMOUTHSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Both my grandfathers were Grancha I'm from the South Wales Valleys

Hi, Thank you Barbara and John, I'm fairly confident Margaret was born in c.1796 in Mynyddislwyn, but some of her siblings were born in Merthyr Tidfil. Her father was Thomas THOMAS - what else - and mother Mary? She first married Thomas EDMUNDS in Mynyddislwyn in 1817, he died in 1828 and she married James Johnson about 1830. Could they be listed under JOHNSTON? Hope you can help. Regards Ray Edmunds ----- Original Message ----- From: <B1oatley@aol.com> To: <monmouthshire@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2007 7:10 PM Subject: Re: [MON] James JOHNSON, NEWPORT > Hello Ray, > > You don't mention where they were born or year of birth for James and > Margaret. > Regards Barbara > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MONMOUTHSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 268.18.18/733 - Release Date: > 25/03/2007 11:07 AM > >

Never thought about that, Sylvia. But as I am born and bred Llandudno, with grandparents from Anglesey, Caernarfonshire, Cardiganshire and Glamorgan, the northern genes seem to outweigh the southern ones. We only spoke north Walian at home. Dewi -------- Original-Nachricht -------- Datum: Thu, 29 Mar 2007 17:03:25 +0000 Von: "sylvia morgan" <sylviamorgan213@hotmail.com> An: monmouthshire@rootsweb.com Betreff: Re: [MON] Nain, Taid, etc > Hi > Isn`t "taid" the north Welsh word for grandfather? > Sylvia > > -- "Feel free" - 10 GB Mailbox, 100 FreeSMS/Monat ... Jetzt GMX TopMail testen: http://www.gmx.net/de/go/topmail

Hello Ray, I had already searched with variation of her surname and also without surname but no record came up for her, have you any details of her on any Census records. And what about any children she may have had by her first husband and also her second husband, have you any details for them. Regards Barbara

It is good I am just adding 8 marriages to the LAPHAM one-name study and the images are clear if small it needs windows MS IE with a Viewpoint plug in which uses active x hugh W On 29 Mar 2007, at 23:35, Peter Williams wrote: > Hugh, > > I am in email contact with someone from another group, who happened to > mention that she had not done much on Wales for the past few weeks, > as this > Nova Scotia database had come online. She said it was very good. > > Regards, > > Peter Williams > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Hugh Watkins" <jonesraglan@aol.com> > To: <monmouthshire@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2007 11:09 PM > Subject: [MON] Welsh Parish Registers on Line > > >> I feel much more confident about this project due in two years after >> seeing this on Cyndis List :- >> >> FamilySearch News Release: >> >> "Early vital records of Nova Scotia, Canada, are viewable over the >> Internet for the first time and for free, thanks to a joint project >> by the Genealogical Society of Utah, FamilySearch, and the Nova >> Scotia Archives and Records Management (NSARM). The records include >> one million names found in birth records from 1864 to 1877, marriages >> from 1864 to 1930, and death records from 1864 to 1877 and 1908 to >> >> 1955. Users can search the database at www.novascotiagenealogy.com. >> Anyone can now search names in the index and view a high quality >> digital copy of the original image online for free at NSARM's Web >> site, www.novascotiagenealogy.com. In the near future, the index and >> images will also be available on FamilySearch.org" >> >> The Welsh joint project is by by the Genealogical Society of Utah, >> FamilySearch, The Church in Wales and The National Library of Wales >> and the above looks like a successful rehearsal of the technology >> >> regards >> >> Hugh W >> >> >> >> -- >> a wonderful artist in Denmark >> http://www.ingerlisekristoffersen.dk/ >> >> Beta blogger >> http://snaps4.blogspot.com/ photographs and walks >> >> old blogger GENEALOGE >> http://hughw36.blogspot.com/ MAIN BLOG >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> MONMOUTHSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' >> without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MONMOUTHSHIRE- > request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message -- a wonderful artist in Denmark http://www.ingerlisekristoffersen.dk/ Beta blogger http://snaps4.blogspot.com/ photographs and walks old blogger GENEALOGE http://hughw36.blogspot.com/ MAIN BLOG

Hugh, I am in email contact with someone from another group, who happened to mention that she had not done much on Wales for the past few weeks, as this Nova Scotia database had come online. She said it was very good. Regards, Peter Williams ----- Original Message ----- From: "Hugh Watkins" <jonesraglan@aol.com> To: <monmouthshire@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2007 11:09 PM Subject: [MON] Welsh Parish Registers on Line >I feel much more confident about this project due in two years after > seeing this on Cyndis List :- > > FamilySearch News Release: > > "Early vital records of Nova Scotia, Canada, are viewable over the > Internet for the first time and for free, thanks to a joint project > by the Genealogical Society of Utah, FamilySearch, and the Nova > Scotia Archives and Records Management (NSARM). The records include > one million names found in birth records from 1864 to 1877, marriages > from 1864 to 1930, and death records from 1864 to 1877 and 1908 to > > 1955. Users can search the database at www.novascotiagenealogy.com. > Anyone can now search names in the index and view a high quality > digital copy of the original image online for free at NSARM's Web > site, www.novascotiagenealogy.com. In the near future, the index and > images will also be available on FamilySearch.org" > > The Welsh joint project is by by the Genealogical Society of Utah, > FamilySearch, The Church in Wales and The National Library of Wales > and the above looks like a successful rehearsal of the technology > > regards > > Hugh W > > > > -- > a wonderful artist in Denmark > http://www.ingerlisekristoffersen.dk/ > > Beta blogger > http://snaps4.blogspot.com/ photographs and walks > > old blogger GENEALOGE > http://hughw36.blogspot.com/ MAIN BLOG > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MONMOUTHSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I feel much more confident about this project due in two years after seeing this on Cyndis List :- FamilySearch News Release: "Early vital records of Nova Scotia, Canada, are viewable over the Internet for the first time and for free, thanks to a joint project by the Genealogical Society of Utah, FamilySearch, and the Nova Scotia Archives and Records Management (NSARM). The records include one million names found in birth records from 1864 to 1877, marriages from 1864 to 1930, and death records from 1864 to 1877 and 1908 to 1955. Users can search the database at www.novascotiagenealogy.com. Anyone can now search names in the index and view a high quality digital copy of the original image online for free at NSARM's Web site, www.novascotiagenealogy.com. In the near future, the index and images will also be available on FamilySearch.org" The Welsh joint project is by by the Genealogical Society of Utah, FamilySearch, The Church in Wales and The National Library of Wales and the above looks like a successful rehearsal of the technology regards Hugh W -- a wonderful artist in Denmark http://www.ingerlisekristoffersen.dk/ Beta blogger http://snaps4.blogspot.com/ photographs and walks old blogger GENEALOGE http://hughw36.blogspot.com/ MAIN BLOG

Hello Gaynor, Much to my disappointment, Phillip John Williams did not marry Elizabeth Pritchard! But it was worth a try! Thanks again for your efforts Roy -------Original Message------- From: Glan Harris Date: 03/25/07 14:37:23 To: monmouthshire@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [MON] Marriage Hi Roy, You could try ringing the Registrar first, they might tell you which person that Elizabeth Pritchard married. Let me know how you get on. Regards, Gaynor ----- Original Message ----- From: "Roy Davies" <roy.davies43@ntlworld.com> To: <monmouthshire@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, March 25, 2007 12:22 AM Subject: Re: [MON] Marriage Hello Gaynor, Thanks for that........it's the only one that corresponds, so it will be worth a speculative £7 ! Much appreciated Roy -------Original Message------- From: Glan Harris Date: 03/24/07 22:00:21 To: monmouthshire@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [MON] Marriage Hi Roy, There is a marriage entry for an Elizabeth Pritchard with a Phillip John Williams on the same page. Brecknock district, June quarter 1864 ref 11b 181. Could this be a possibility? Best Wishes, Gaynor Harris Cornwall ----- Original Message ----- From: "Roy Davies" <roy.davies43@ntlworld.com> To: "Monweb" <monmouthshire@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, March 24, 2007 9:42 PM Subject: [MON] Marriage > Evening All, > My gg/grandfather, John Williams of Pontypool, was > married to Elizabeth Pritchard of Llanelly,Brecknock.In the 1881 census , > they were 34 and 33 yrs old respectively, and living at High St. > Pontypool, > together with their 5 daughters . My Gran, Rachel was born later (c 1886). > I > have her and some of her sisters birth certificates, giving Elizabeths > maiden name. My problem is, I cannot find the marriage of John and > Elizabeth ! I have searched the Free BMD from 1868 to 1875.......and no > sign > of them! > Can anyone help me please? > Thank you > Roy > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MONMOUTHSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MONMOUTHSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MONMOUTHSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MONMOUTHSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Ray I have looked at the 41 census and no James & Margaret residing in Monmouth Can you answer Barbara query and we may be able to assist here. Best wishes John

Hi Isn`t "taid" the north Welsh word for grandfather? Sylvia From: "Dewi Evans" <d_gen@gmx.de> Reply-To: monmouthshire@rootsweb.com To: monmouthshire@rootsweb.com Subject: [MON] Nain, Taid, etc Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2007 15:35:48 +0200 my brother and I used to call both our grandfathers "Taid", whereas, our grandmothers were known as "Nain" and "Nana". No idea why - perhaps the men were used to responding to all names under the sun - they just knw instinctively when they were being spoken to. Here in Germany, my now 3 year old daughter doesn't have that problem - my parents are now Nain and Taid, and my wifes are Oma and Opa. Referring to the language aspect - it is important to me that my daughter speaks Welsh, it is important for her that she also learns English, and with growing up in Germany, and having a German mother, it is also important to speak German. So she is growing up with all 3. Granted she took a bit longer to start speaking than her cousin who is 2 days older, but she did have to process 3 languages instead of just the 1. Now she understands all 3 and if I tell her something in Welsh, she turns round and repeats it word for word in German to her Oma and Opa. I can only concur with Brian that children know instinctively which language to use with whom. Dewi -------- Original-Nachricht -------- Datum: Thu, 29 Mar 2007 07:42:08 -0400 Von: Brian Davies <bedavies@bellsouth.net> An: monmouthshire@rootsweb.com Betreff: Re: [MON] Blaenavon > Other events in my life have kept me from paying much attention to this > thread - but -the most commonly used affectionate term for 'grandfather' > in south Wales is/was (in my experience) Bamp or Bampa. I always used > the former term in Newport and our daughters in Aberystwyth the latter > term for my wife's father from Dowlais. With a grand daughter imminent > in London this is, as they say, 'under active consideration' here in > Dixie land. > > Learning languages early? It is common experience that young children > seem to know instinctively which language is which, certainly in Wales. > > Brian Davies > > Emeritus Professor B E Davies PhD, C. Chem, FRSC > 107 Teeside Drive > Anderson SC 29625-6937 USA > tel: (864) 646-7876 > > > > -- "Feel free" - 10 GB Mailbox, 100 FreeSMS/Monat ... Jetzt GMX TopMail testen: http://www.gmx.net/de/go/topmail ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MONMOUTHSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message _________________________________________________________________ MSN Hotmail is evolving - check out the new Windows Live Mail http://ideas.live.co.uk

my brother and I used to call both our grandfathers "Taid", whereas, our grandmothers were known as "Nain" and "Nana". No idea why - perhaps the men were used to responding to all names under the sun - they just knw instinctively when they were being spoken to. Here in Germany, my now 3 year old daughter doesn't have that problem - my parents are now Nain and Taid, and my wifes are Oma and Opa. Referring to the language aspect - it is important to me that my daughter speaks Welsh, it is important for her that she also learns English, and with growing up in Germany, and having a German mother, it is also important to speak German. So she is growing up with all 3. Granted she took a bit longer to start speaking than her cousin who is 2 days older, but she did have to process 3 languages instead of just the 1. Now she understands all 3 and if I tell her something in Welsh, she turns round and repeats it word for word in German to her Oma and Opa. I can only concur with Brian that children know instinctively which language to use with whom. Dewi -------- Original-Nachricht -------- Datum: Thu, 29 Mar 2007 07:42:08 -0400 Von: Brian Davies <bedavies@bellsouth.net> An: monmouthshire@rootsweb.com Betreff: Re: [MON] Blaenavon > Other events in my life have kept me from paying much attention to this > thread - but -the most commonly used affectionate term for 'grandfather' > in south Wales is/was (in my experience) Bamp or Bampa. I always used > the former term in Newport and our daughters in Aberystwyth the latter > term for my wife's father from Dowlais. With a grand daughter imminent > in London this is, as they say, 'under active consideration' here in > Dixie land. > > Learning languages early? It is common experience that young children > seem to know instinctively which language is which, certainly in Wales. > > Brian Davies > > Emeritus Professor B E Davies PhD, C. Chem, FRSC > 107 Teeside Drive > Anderson SC 29625-6937 USA > tel: (864) 646-7876 > > > > -- "Feel free" - 10 GB Mailbox, 100 FreeSMS/Monat ... Jetzt GMX TopMail testen: http://www.gmx.net/de/go/topmail

Is Tregaron considered North Wales when it comes to Taid? My Lloyd family were from that area originally and they said Tadcu and Mamgu. Janet USA ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.