Hi John, Carol, Alison and Carrol, Thank you for your responses to my email. Thomas lived on a smallholding of 26 acres in the small parish of Llangurig before moving south where he was employed in a steel works in Merthyr Tydfil at some period between 1871 and 1881. He left for Canada and arrived in 1888 in the Kamloops area to work on the Douglas Lake Cattle Ranch. There would have been sheep on the farm in Wales so it would have been completely different although of course he would have been working in the open air which he would have missed when working in the steel works. Thomas became a foreman on the ranch, a position he held for many years before leaving in April 1912 to go into partnership with a friend and buying the Northern Transfer Company. Sadly Thomas had his leg amputated in the August and died in the October age 52 years, he never married. I wonder how Thomas came to hear about the job at the Douglas Lake Ranch as I am sure that he wouldn't have travelled all the that way without some idea of what he was going to do. The journey in Canada would have been easier than in the past before the railway as it had been opened a couple of years earlier. Thank you for the website addresses, they will keep me busy however the "ancestors on board" one goes from 1890-1960 so doesn't cover the year Thomas left Wales. I may be able, however to look at sailings to give me an idea where he was likely to have sailed from and to I have Thomas' death record and also his entry on the 1901 Census where he was living in the Yale & Cariboo District however I have been unable to find him in 1911. Are there any other censuses available for searching on line? Thanks again for your help. Regards, Margaret H ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Steitz" <johnst@luckbros.com> To: <powys@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, July 27, 2007 1:52 AM Subject: Re: [POWYS] Sailing to Canada from Wales in 1888 > Margaret > Your ancestor was a smart man to head to Kamloops, a beautiful area. I > believe all the records that remain are in Ottawa. There were several > collecting points along the way up the St Lawrence. Regardless, I have heard > that many of the ship documents to Canada were lost in a fire but I would be > looking in Ottawa if I were you. Best of luck. > John > > -----Original Message----- > From: powys-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:powys-bounces@rootsweb.com] On > Behalf Of Brian & Margaret Harvey > Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2007 7:56 PM > To: powys@rootsweb.com > Subject: [POWYS] Sailing to Canada from Wales in 1888 > > Hi everyone, > > Thomas Jones, one of my ancestors left Wales about 1888 to sail to Canada. > He was born in Llangurig, Montgomeryshire but I think I have found him > working as an "Iron baller" and lodging in Merthyr Tydfil in 1881. I am > hoping someone can tell me from which port he would be likely to have sailed > and also where he would disembark on arrival in Canada. His final > destination was the Kamloops area of British Columbia and I will be grateful > for any help and suggestions. > > Regards, > Margaret Harvey > > =================== > Visit the Powys Mailing List webpage at: www.jlb2005.plus.com/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.jlb2005.plus.com/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 >

Dear Margaret Am really pleased to see that you have managed to pick up the threads of your FH.? I hope this means that you are feeling better! Still no baby!!!! Ruth -----Original Message----- From: Brian & Margaret Harvey <bgh-mgh@teanstaffs.fsnet.co.uk> To: powys@rootsweb.com Sent: Fri, 27 Jul 2007 9.15pm Subject: Re: [POWYS] Sailing to Canada from Wales in 1888 Hi John, Carol, Alison and Carrol, Thank you for your responses to my email. Thomas lived on a smallholding of 26 acres in the small parish of Llangurig before moving south where he was employed in a steel works in Merthyr Tydfil at some period between 1871 and 1881. He left for Canada and arrived in 1888 in the Kamloops area to work on the Douglas Lake Cattle Ranch. There would have been sheep on the farm in Wales so it would have been completely different although of course he would have been working in the open air which he would have missed when working in the steel works. Thomas became a foreman on the ranch, a position he held for many years before leaving in April 1912 to go into partnership with a friend and buying the Northern Transfer Company. Sadly Thomas had his leg amputated in the August and died in the October age 52 years, he never married. I wonder how Thomas came to hear about the job at the Douglas Lake Ranch as I am sure that he wouldn't have travelled all the that way without some idea of what he was going to do. The journey in Canada would have been easier than in the past before the railway as it had been opened a couple of years earlier. Thank you for the website addresses, they will keep me busy however the "ancestors on board" one goes from 1890-1960 so doesn't cover the year Thomas left Wales. I may be able, however to look at sailings to give me an idea where he was likely to have sailed from and to I have Thomas' death record and also his entry on the 1901 Census where he was living in the Yale & Cariboo District however I have been unable to find him in 1911. Are there any other censuses available for searching on line? Thanks again for your help. Regards, Margaret H ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Steitz" <johnst@luckbros.com> To: <powys@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, July 27, 2007 1:52 AM Subject: Re: [POWYS] Sailing to Canada from Wales in 1888 > Margaret > Your ancestor was a smart man to head to Kamloops, a beautiful area. I > believe all the records that remain are in Ottawa. There were several > collecting points along the way up the St Lawrence. Regardless, I have heard > that many of the ship documents to Canada were lost in a fire but I would be > looking in Ottawa if I were you. Best of luck. > John > > -----Original Message----- > From: powys-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:powys-bounces@rootsweb.com] On > Behalf Of Brian & Margaret Harvey > Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2007 7:56 PM > To: powys@rootsweb.com > Subject: [POWYS] Sailing to Canada from Wales in 1888 > > Hi everyone, > > Thomas Jones, one of my ancestors left Wales about 1888 to sail to Canada. > He was born in Llangurig, Montgomeryshire but I think I have found him > working as an "Iron baller" and lodging in Merthyr Tydfil in 1881. I am > hoping someone can tell me from which port he would be likely to have sailed > and also where he would disembark on arrival in Canada. His final > destination was the Kamloops area of British Columbia and I will be grateful > for any help and suggestions. > > Regards, > Margaret Harvey > > =================== > Visit the Powys Mailing List webpage at: www.jlb2005.plus.com/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.jlb2005.plus.com/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.jlb2005.plus.com/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 ________________________________________________________________________ Get a FREE AOL Email account with 2GB of storage. Plus, share and store photos and experience exclusively recorded live music Sessions from your favourite artists. Find out more at http://info.aol.co.uk/joinnow/?ncid=548.