----- Original Message ----- From: "Billie R. McNamara" <billie@tnhillbillie.net> To: <Recipient list suppressed> Sent: Tuesday, April 27, 2004 10:12 AM Subject: TN-ALL Welsh Immigrant History Lecture Sunday > A last-minute opportunity arose, so we are taking advantage of it! > > If you have Welsh ancestry (hurrah! <g>) or have an interest in the Welsh > people, coal mining, iron industry, or pre-statehood history in East > Tennessee, you simply must join us for a FREE, SHORT, presentation on > Sunday afternoon, May 2nd. > > Don't know if you've got Welsh roots? Let's hope you're one of the tens of > thousands in East Tennessee who do! Check www.korrnet.org/welsh/ and click > on the link to Welsh Surnames for a very short list. > > Please feel free to forward this message to other individuals and mailing > lists where it would be appropriate. > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > > Brief intro: Several prominent Welsh immigrants settled in Tennessee > pre-statehood. Later, a group of Welsh settled in Scott County, TN, in the > 1850's, but the settlement failed. After the Civil War, hundreds of Welsh > immigrants came to Knox, Anderson, Roane, Loudon, Campbell, Hamilton, and > other areas to work primarily in the coal and iron industries. Knoxville > Iron Works (now The Foundry banquet hall) was a principal employer. > > When: Sunday, May 2, 1:30 p.m. > > Where: St. James' Episcopal Church Parish Hall Conference Room, 1101 North > Broadway, Knoxville 37917. St. James' predecessor, the Church of the > Epiphany, was home to many of the Welsh who settled in the nearby > Mechanicsville section of Knoxville. > > What: Presentation by Eirug Davies, Ph.D. > > About the Speaker: Dr. Davies is an Associate Member of Harvard's Celtic > Department where he has conducted several seminars on Welsh subject > matters. A native of Llannon, Cardiganshire, Wales, he is a graduate of > the University of Wales and holds a M.Sc. degree in Physics from the > University and a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering. > > -This is a USGenNet Safe-Site Mailing List - http://USGenNet.Org/ >