Your wife's decendant would have worked in the Dry Dock at Y Felinheli (formerly Port Dinorwic). This was an important Slate Exporting Port in the 19. and early 20. centuries. Shipbuilding also went on there up to the end of the former century. As a point of interest the largest wooden barque ever built in N. Wales was built there in 1878. It was the ORDOVIC. 800 tons, The builders being Rees Jones and Son. The Rev. Rees Jones was also minister of Bryn Menai Chapel (C.M.) at one time and had also, in his younger days, been a ship builder at Y BERMO (Barmouth). If, as you say O'Rouke was between trips, this was a likely place for him to obtain temporary emplyment. Hope this will of help to you. Regards, T. Meirion Hughes. Editor, www.Cofis-dre-ar-y-we.co.uk www.Cofis.co.ik ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Parsons" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, May 14, 2004 9:05 AM Subject: [CAE] Foundry in Port Dinorwic? > Good morning Listers, > My name is Richard Parsons and I am looking for assistance with the research > of my Wife's Family in the above area ie Port Dinorwic. > John O'ROURKE, my wife's grandfather, was a merchant seaman but in 1913 he > had a job as "Boiler cleaner in Foundry". This must have been an occupation > he had between trips (?). > > What I would like to know is can anyone enlighten me as to what foundry/ies > would have been in the vicinity of Port Dinorwic at that time please? > Richard Parsons > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.682 / Virus Database: 444 - Release Date: 11/05/2004 > > > ==== WLS-CAERNARFONSHIRE Mailing List ==== > Rhagorol - online Gwynedd Archive > http://www.gwynedd.gov.uk/adrannau/addysg/archifau/Rhagorol/cgi-bin/browse_a rchive.pl > > ============================== > 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 >