Roger....I suppose you have this Thomas, of Wales & Scranton, genealogy link? Any our your "Elizabeth's"? FYI, Robbie http://www.thomasgenweb.com/thomas01.html -----Original Message----- From: Roger Davies Sent: Sunday, April 6, 2008 9:54 AM To: PALACKAW@rootsweb.com Subject: [PALACKAW] Scranton deaths c 1880 I have just discovered my ggg grandmother Elizabeth Thomas living in Scranton in the 1880 census, age 59, widowed at home. She had been consistently understating her age by 10 or more years since her arrival in the US in 1867 - she was actually born in Wales in 1810. She must have died fairly soon after 1880, given her real age. I am in England, so a visit to Scranton Library is probably not on the cards! Is there anyone on the list who visits the library and would be prepared to have a look at their death index to see if her death is recorded there please? I would be most grateful, and happy to reciprocate with any UK census or BMD lookups for the list. Thanks Roger ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PALACKAW-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message
Thanks for this Ralph, but unfortunately not my lot. Thomas is a very common name in Wales. Because of the patronymic naming system they used until about 1800, about 90% of Welsh people share 40 surnames. It certainly makes genealogy a bit of a challenge! Thanks anyway Roger ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ralph Robinson" <rwrobinsonii@msn.com> To: <palackaw@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, April 06, 2008 3:17 PM Subject: Re: [PALACKAW] Scranton deaths c 1880 > Roger....I suppose you have this Thomas, of Wales & Scranton, genealogy > link? > > Any our your "Elizabeth's"? > > FYI, Robbie > > http://www.thomasgenweb.com/thomas01.html > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Roger Davies > Sent: Sunday, April 6, 2008 9:54 AM > To: PALACKAW@rootsweb.com > Subject: [PALACKAW] Scranton deaths c 1880 > > I have just discovered my ggg grandmother Elizabeth Thomas living in > Scranton in the 1880 census, age 59, widowed at home. She had been > consistently understating her age by 10 or more years since her arrival in > the US in 1867 - she was actually born in Wales in 1810. > > She must have died fairly soon after 1880, given her real age. I am in > England, so a visit to Scranton Library is probably not on the cards! Is > there anyone on the list who visits the library and would be prepared to > have a look at their death index to see if her death is recorded there > please? > > I would be most grateful, and happy to reciprocate with any UK census or > BMD lookups for the list. > > Thanks > > Roger > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PALACKAW-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 > PALACKAW-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message