Hi Glen It was almost worn away and very unreadable. I took a photo that came out well. Would you like to look at it? I believe it may say --- Avondale (Avondale is spelled strangely, perhaps in Welsh) looked like Avondaiuch. Then I think I can make out MEDI 6, --- He died September 6, 1869. The Welsh inscription that follows is more lenghthy and unreadable to me. If you will send an address I will post the photos to you. I would be very grateful for the help. Any suggestions on the "star"?? Does it mean anything to an organization, or just a decoration? Nice to hear from you how is school? Regards, Shawn >From: Alayne Jenkins <jinxs104@yahoo.co.uk> >Reply-To: PALACKAW-L@rootsweb.com >To: PALACKAW-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [PA-LAC] Harris Washburn Street Cemetery >Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2001 12:00:11 +0100 (BST) > > Hello Shawn > >What was the Welsh inscription? I may be able to >translate it. > >Glen Jenkins >Swansea >Wales > >--- Shawn Presner <spresner@hotmail.com> wrote: > Dear >List > > On a recent trip to Washburn, I uncovered the > > headstone of my gg gf > > John Harries (Harris) with a lot of help from one > > Iva Hanlon. He died at the > > Avondale Mine Disaster in 1869. > > Now I have uncovered a series of new questions. The > > stone shows a distinct > > "star" placed above the decease's name and a Welsh > > inscription below. Any > > idea what this star may have meant? Surrounding the > > stone, which was broken > > and difficult to read, were fairly recently placed > > hosta plants. They > > encircle the stone. This in itself is not strange, > > but I don't know of many > > family members still in the Scranton area. > > Apparently there is at least > > one. John Harris had 4 children. One daughter, > > Mary Ann, I know nothing > > about. My ggf, Morgan Harris, was his only son. I > > have no Harris relatives > > in Scranton. > > He had two daughters, Elizabeth who married Thomas > > Hughes and > > Jane who married John Matthews. They lived on Hyde > > Park Ave. I know there > > were two gsons (?) Ralph and Art(Hughes) > > One more possibility is that his widow married > > again, their name was Morgan > > and Houck. Does anyone have a connection to these > > names? > > > > Does anyone have a connection to HUGHES or MATTHEWS > > or their descendants in > > the Hyde Park section of Scranton. Perhaps I have > > cousins that care enough > > about this grave, I never knew I had. > > > > Regards, > > Shawn > > > > > > >_________________________________________________________________ > > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at > > http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp > > > > > > ==== PALACKAW Mailing List ==== > > Have you visited the Lackawanna County page lately? > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~palackaw/ > > To unsubscribe: > > >http://www.rootsweb.com/~palackaw/index.html#MailingList > > > >____________________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Get your free @yahoo.co.uk address at http://mail.yahoo.co.uk >or your free @yahoo.ie address at http://mail.yahoo.ie > > >==== PALACKAW Mailing List ==== >Visit the Lackawanna County, PA Archives >http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/pa/lackawp.html >To unsubscribe: http://www.rootsweb.com/~palackaw/index.html#MailingList > _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp