Dear Vivien, That sounds an interesting book.......how far back in time does it reach? The 1881 census shows a John Laugharne (Ag. Lab.)aged 21 living at Gwaunnydd, Newport, with his parents Daniel (Ag. Lab.)aged 53 (born Newport) and Catherine aged 54. A 19 years old married daughter named Ann Davies is also living with them accompanied by her 9 month old baby Catherine Davies. Daniel and the baby Catherine are the only two born Newport, the rest were all born Nevern. There is a lot of information about deeds for Bury/Berry on The National Library website, but I don't remember seeing anything about employees, especially the Laugharne name in this connection. Bettye Kirkwood, Aust. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Vivien Boyes" <info@vivienboyes.co.uk> To: <WLS-PEMBROKESHIRE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, February 12, 2005 5:03 AM Subject: [WLS-PEM] Laugharne/Newport > Could someone on the list please look up Berry Hill on the Newport > censuses from 1871 onwards and see if a John Laugharne is mentioned as > a servant there? If so I'm interested in discovering where and when he > was born. I'm following up a story in Martin Lewis "Newport Pem. and > Fishguard Revisited" pub 2003 about a John Laugharne from Berry Hill > who drowned in the Nevern estuary (no date given but it was sometime > before 1894 when the bridge was built). I'm curious to know whether > this John Laugharne is connected to any of the Laugharnes of Dinas and > Newport that I'm researching. > > Best wishes > > Vivien > http://www.vivienboyes.co.uk > > > ==== WLS-PEMBROKESHIRE Mailing List ==== > Genuki Wales > http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/ > >