Maybe we should list all the names of the quarries and the areas where they are. They usually lived near the quarry where the worked. They walked, and many miles some times to get to the quarry. Also, there were barracks where men from long distances would stay during the week and the go home for the weekend. At the Pehrhyn Quarry, men came in from Anglesey. It's all in the book, but I know there should be something on the Gathering of the Jewels website. Arlene > Hi Glenys and all, > > Another question about the quarries. How could one find out just which > quarry their ancestor(s) worked in? How could one find out for instance > whether they were employed in the Penryhyn quarry or the one at Dinorwic > (or > any others)? Or is there no way of knowing seeing as such vast numbers > worked at Penrhyn? Would one get a map of the area at the time you were > interested in and then just kind of assume due to geographic location of > their home and the nearest quarry - well that is were they worked?? Did > Lord Penryhn totally own all quarries in the end or just the biggest one? > > Regards > Barbara > > > >> There is an article written in todays Chronicle (& shorter piece in > Caernarfon & denbigh Herald) that a Mr Ray Bower is seeking planning > approval to install a six foot slate slab as a memorial to the quarrymen > at > Dinorwic on the hills above Llyn Padarn. It will bear a tribute > inscription > bi-lingually, as well as a poem called "I'r Chwarel ai Phobol" (To the > Quarry and it's people) by Norman Closs to remember the quarrymen from > 1788 - 1969 >> >> Glenys >> >> >> ==== 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 ==== > Gwynedd Family History Society > www.gwynedd.fsbusiness.co.uk/ > > ============================== > 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 > > >
Please excuse my ignorance newbie here but what is the Gathering of the Jewels website? Vicki ----- Original Message ----- From: "Arlene Berta" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected] .com> Sent: Saturday, September 11, 2004 1:59 AM Subject: Re: [CAE] Re Quarrymen Maybe we should list all the names of the quarries and the areas where they are. They usually lived near the quarry where the worked. They walked, and many miles some times to get to the quarry. Also, there were barracks where men from long distances would stay during the week and the go home for the weekend. At the Pehrhyn Quarry, men came in from Anglesey. It's all in the book, but I know there should be something on the Gathering of the Jewels website. Arlene > Hi Glenys and all, > > Another question about the quarries. How could one find out just which > quarry their ancestor(s) worked in? How could one find out for instance > whether they were employed in the Penryhyn quarry or the one at Dinorwic > (or > any others)? Or is there no way of knowing seeing as such vast numbers > worked at Penrhyn? Would one get a map of the area at the time you were > interested in and then just kind of assume due to geographic location of > their home and the nearest quarry - well that is were they worked?? Did > Lord Penryhn totally own all quarries in the end or just the biggest one? > > Regards > Barbara > > > >> There is an article written in todays Chronicle (& shorter piece in > Caernarfon & denbigh Herald) that a Mr Ray Bower is seeking planning > approval to install a six foot slate slab as a memorial to the quarrymen > at > Dinorwic on the hills above Llyn Padarn. It will bear a tribute > inscription > bi-lingually, as well as a poem called "I'r Chwarel ai Phobol" (To the > Quarry and it's people) by Norman Closs to remember the quarrymen from > 1788 - 1969 >> >> Glenys >> >> >> ==== 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/redi r.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=12 37 >> >> >> > > > > ==== WLS-CAERNARFONSHIRE Mailing List ==== > Gwynedd Family History Society > www.gwynedd.fsbusiness.co.uk/ > > ============================== > 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/redi r.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=12 37 > > >