I goggled it and came up with this <<<<My great-grandfather, William Griffiths, was born May 24, 1845, at Waunhelygen, Aberystruth Parish, in the County of Monmouth>>>> Good Luck Antony -----Original Message----- From: powys-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:powys-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Watson Family Sent: 06 October 2012 07:29 To: powys@rootsweb.com Subject: [POWYS] re "WAUNHELYGEN" Llanelly Breconshire Hi, I have found a death of what I think may be one of My Mary Davies aged 15 at WAUNHELYGEN llanelly Breconshire. Genuki says no. Any clues to what the spelling should be? Many thanks Marilyn from Western Australia =================== Visit the Powys Mailing List webpage at: www.jlb2011.co.uk/powyslist.htm ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to POWYS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message
Hi Waun = moor (sometimes meadow) helygen = willow the spelling is correct Mike Powys FHS -----Original Message----- From: C5D <antonylambert@c5d.co.uk> To: powys@rootsweb.com Sent: Sat, 6 Oct 2012 7:56 Subject: Re: [POWYS] re "WAUNHELYGEN" Llanelly Breconshire I goggled it and came up with this <<<<My great-grandfather, William Griffiths, was born May 24, 1845, at Waunhelygen, Aberystruth Parish, in the County of Monmouth>>>> Good Luck Antony -----Original Message----- From: powys-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:powys-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Watson Family Sent: 06 October 2012 07:29 To: powys@rootsweb.com Subject: [POWYS] re "WAUNHELYGEN" Llanelly Breconshire Hi, I have found a death of what I think may be one of My Mary Davies aged 15 at WAUNHELYGEN llanelly Breconshire. Genuki says no. Any clues to what the spelling should be? Many thanks Marilyn from Western Australia =================== Visit the Powys Mailing List webpage at: www.jlb2011.co.uk/powyslist.htm ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to POWYS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message =================== Visit the Powys Mailing List webpage at: www.jlb2011.co.uk/powyslist.htm ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to POWYS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message