Barbara Kearns <bkea7361@mail.usyd.edu.au> wrote: "Dolan R.S.O. Radnorshire". Can anybody tell me what this signifies? The person I am researching - a nurse, by the name of Marian Kate Thomas MOORE - lived at 'Old Hall, Dolan, R.S.O. Radnorshire' in 1898, and if I could find out what this means, it might be a start to discovering more about her! =============== Dear Barbara, I think your "Dolan RSO" is probably a misreading of Dolau RSD. Dolau is a village in the parish of Llanfihangel Rhydithon, Radnorshire, and RSD is an abbreviation of Rural Sanitary District which refers to a local government administrative area - see http://vision.edina.ac.uk/types/status_page.jsp?unit_status=RSD There is a photo of Dolau Baptist Chapel in the Welsh Churches and Chapels Collection on my website - http://www.jlb2005.plus.com/walespic/churches/ Kind regards, John -------------------- John Ball, Godre'r Graig, near Swansea, Wales, UK E-mail: john@jlb2005.plus.com John's Homepage: http://www.jlb2005.plus.com/ Images of Wales: http://www.jlb2005.plus.com/walespic/ Welsh Family History Archive: http://www.jlb2005.plus.com/wales/ GENUKI Breconshire Maintainer: http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/BRE/ Joint Administrator - Powys (& BRE/MGY/RAD) RootsWeb mailing lists

I followed John's direction to his website out of curiosity, and whilst there I had a look at St Michael's Church in Llanfihangel Rhydithon (where my Joseph ancestors come from). John has a photograph there of an inscription on a gravestone as follows: Erected by his only surviving brother, to the memory of RICHARD MOORE of Presteign, third son of JOHN and ANNE MOORE, of Old Hall, in this Parish. He died the 11th of February 1860, in the 69th year of his age. Also of THOMAS MOORE Esqr. of OLD HALL, who died June 8th 1872 Aged 75. Is that a coincidence? Moore family from Old Hall in the same parish as Dolau? John Hopkins -----Original Message----- From: powys-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:powys-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of John Ball Sent: Saturday, 10 November 2007 12:48 p.m. To: powys@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [POWYS] Dolau RSD (formerly DOLAN RSO) Barbara Kearns <bkea7361@mail.usyd.edu.au> wrote: "Dolan R.S.O. Radnorshire". Can anybody tell me what this signifies? The person I am researching - a nurse, by the name of Marian Kate Thomas MOORE - lived at 'Old Hall, Dolan, R.S.O. Radnorshire' in 1898, and if I could find out what this means, it might be a start to discovering more about her! =============== Dear Barbara, I think your "Dolan RSO" is probably a misreading of Dolau RSD. Dolau is a village in the parish of Llanfihangel Rhydithon, Radnorshire, and RSD is an abbreviation of Rural Sanitary District which refers to a local government administrative area - see http://vision.edina.ac.uk/types/status_page.jsp?unit_status=RSD There is a photo of Dolau Baptist Chapel in the Welsh Churches and Chapels Collection on my website - http://www.jlb2005.plus.com/walespic/churches/ Kind regards, John -------------------- John Ball, Godre'r Graig, near Swansea, Wales, UK E-mail: john@jlb2005.plus.com John's Homepage: http://www.jlb2005.plus.com/ Images of Wales: http://www.jlb2005.plus.com/walespic/ Welsh Family History Archive: http://www.jlb2005.plus.com/wales/ GENUKI Breconshire Maintainer: http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/BRE/ Joint Administrator - Powys (& BRE/MGY/RAD) RootsWeb mailing lists =================== 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