Hi to all I have a question for more knowledgeable people about the strike. The strike went from 1900 to 1903, but when I was looking at the 1901 census today getting some information about my family - I noticed that all the neighbours (as well as my own family) are all shown as occupation - Slate Quarryman - next column - Worker. Does this mean that they may have worked in one of the other local quarries or would they have been "bradwyr's" (traitors)? I found my g.grandmother Ellen WILLIAMS nee OWENS with her 3 children (Mary Ellen, Jane and Thomas John) living with her parents, she is shown as married (rather than widowed) but no sign of her husband Robert WILLIAMS. I downloaded a few pages of who I thought he could be - but none seem to be the right one. I hope he had gone away to work rather than be a bradwyr, but who knows what any of us would do if faced with starvation. Regards Barbara

Hi Barbara, Many left to work in other quarries, and many went south to the coal mines in Glamorgan. My family went to Glamorgan, where my aunt and uncles were born. Many left for the US to work the mines. Have a look for him in Glamorgan, as well as the other slate quarry towns. I do know many scabs received homes in Llanllechid on Carneddi Road. It was an awful time for all of them. Arlene > Hi to all > > I have a question for more knowledgeable people about the strike. The > strike went from 1900 to 1903, but when I was looking at the 1901 census > today getting some information about my family - I noticed that all the > neighbours (as well as my own family) are all shown as occupation - Slate > Quarryman - next column - Worker. > > Does this mean that they may have worked in one of the other local > quarries > or would they have been "bradwyr's" (traitors)? > > I found my g.grandmother Ellen WILLIAMS nee OWENS with her 3 children > (Mary > Ellen, Jane and Thomas John) living with her parents, she is shown as > married (rather than widowed) but no sign of her husband Robert WILLIAMS. > I > downloaded a few pages of who I thought he could be - but none seem to be > the right one. I hope he had gone away to work rather than be a bradwyr, > but who knows what any of us would do if faced with starvation. > > Regards > Barbara > > > > ==== 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 > > >