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