Doug, I may have some information for you. In the book A HISTORY OF CATASAUQUA by James F. Lambert and Henry J. Reinhard, published in 1914, there is a bio sketch on pp. 321 of GEORGE DAVIES, son of Daniel Davies. George was born in the village of Merthr-Tydvil, Glamorganshire, Wales on 9 April 1836. When he was 2 years old, his mother, MARY PHILLIPS Davies died (1838). Seven years later (1845) his father, Daniel Thomas (it doesn't say if this is his last name or not), left Wales and brought his family to NY (there was at least one brother). In 1850, they went to Catty where George worked as a moulder and a machinist under Hopkin Thomas for the Crane Iron Works. There's an extensive history of the Iron Works, started by David Thomas, a Welsh engineer brought over for the purpose by the Lehigh Coal and Navigation Co. based in Mauch Chunk (Jim Thorpe), Carbon Co., PA. On pp. 322 in mentions that George's brother-in-law, James Thomas, whonm he a known since childhood, bought a half-interest in the DAVIES AND SONS FOUNDRY AND MACHINE SHOP. I'll have to dig around to see if I can find any more about this company, but it sounds as if the father, Daniel Davies, started the business, and took in his sons. That means George had at least one brother. I'll bet your Hanna Phillips was somehow connected with Mary Phillips. There's more about George that I can give you if you are interested. Dan Wilson ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hello list, I am looking for any and all information on Thomas Davies, possibly June 17, 1849, Wales or Catasauqua; definitely to married Hannah Philips. They lived in Catasauqua and bore a son, Thomas Davies, b.January 20, 1885. He was later adopted in Bethlehem by Oscar Levi and Minnie Sue Strohl. The family owed Strohl's Fruit Stand on Easton Ave., just east of Liberty High School. This family is a brick wall for me. Adoption records don't seem to be available. Why was he adopted? Who are the ancestors of Thomas and his wife Hanna? etc., etc. Thanks. Doug Strohl born in Bethlehem, PA living in Indianapolis, IN