4. And my grandfather Henry Tompson was born in Mochre, that pretty little place by a small river. His father John E Tompson was the vicar (1870s). Sadly, his wife Caroline died when Henry was very young, and her gravestone is by the path at the right of the church door...Henry came to Canada, eventually... Did you hear this story about Mochre? One very dark and stormy night, the railway bridge washed out at Mochre. It was an hour before the train was due to come through. It was so black and the rain was coming down so heavily, that the driver would likely not see that the tracks had disappeared. A woman was the first to see this problem. She immediately ran and ran and ran and got to the station before Mochdre, just a minute before the train arrived. Breathlessly, she advised the locomotive engineer. So the train, its products, and all the people were saved that night from destruction. EE 3. -----Original Message----- Behalf Of Shirley Vinall Sent: October 24, 2007 5:13 AM Subject: Re: [POWYS] Registrar in Newtown Dear Derek, I would be grateful to exchange information as I am also interested in the Mantle family in Montgomeryshire and Radnorshire (especially Mochdre and Llanbadarn Fynydd). 2. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Derek Savage" <dereksavage@btinternet.com> Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2007 10:42 PM > Georgina > > The following site gives Birth, Marriage and Death Indexes for North Wales > including Newtown, Montgomeryshire: > > http://www.northwalesbmd.org.uk/bmd_welcome.html > > 1.--Original Message----- > Behalf Of Suttonian1@aol.com > Sent: 23 October 2007 20:23 > Subject: [POWYS] Registrar in Newtown > > Is the Newtown Registration Office online? > > thanks > > Georgina Goodby Fisher > formerly from Sutton Coldfield > now in Orange, Calif 6 miles east of Disneyland > One Name Study of Goodby >