Hi Lorna, A book "The North Wales Quarrymen 1874-1922" by R. Merfyn Jones, University of Wales Press, ISBN 0-7083-0829-5. has details of the first Penrhyn Quarry lock-out, (pages 175-209), the lock out of 1900-1903 "Y Streic Fawr" (pages 210-266) and the repercussions (pages 267-294) I quote the last paragraph on page 266 " The hatred that grew between strikers and cynffonwyr was searing and absolute. In those cases where it did soften it did so only after many years, and many families in Bethesda three Quarters of a centuary later knew full well from which camp they were decended." My gggrandfather Owen Morris b1828 Llanllechid was a quarryman.His wife was Ellen Jones b Aber 1836. Regards Maldwyn Davies. Lochcarron. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lorna Jones" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, August 29, 2004 12:40 PM Subject: RE: [CAE] Penrhyn > Hello Barbara > > Thank you for you reply. I would be interested to learn anything about > Penrhyn and I know nothing about the "great strike". I would be very > grateful for anything you can send me. > > Thanks > Lorna > Ryde, Sydney. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Barbara Williams [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Sunday, 29 August 2004 7:02 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [CAE] Penrhyn > > > Hi Lorna > > I have links to some very interesting pages on the Penrhyn slate quarry > and the "great strike" if you are interested. My father's family (both > sides) all seem to have worked there too. > > Regards > Barbara in Sydney via Liverpool > > > > ==== WLS-CAERNARFONSHIRE Mailing List ==== > Cewch ddanfon negeseuon Cymraeg neu Saesneg i'r rhestr hon > This list covers a bilingual area, in which messages in both Welsh and > English are welcome > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > > > ==== WLS-CAERNARFONSHIRE Mailing List ==== > Cewch ddanfon negeseuon Cymraeg neu Saesneg i'r rhestr hon > This list covers a bilingual area, in which messages in both Welsh and English are welcome > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > >

Hi Maldwyn, I have learnt a lot about Penrhyn in the last few days and it is now fairly obvious why my subject (Ellis David Jones) left North Wales. He had a child in Australia in 1878; I don't know when he arrived but I now think it was between 1874 and 1877. Thank you for your input, I will try and come by a copy of the book. Lorna. -----Original Message----- From: Maldwyn davies [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, 30 August 2004 5:56 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [CAE] Penrhyn Hi Lorna, A book "The North Wales Quarrymen 1874-1922" by R. Merfyn Jones...