Fwd for Lynda who has used the wrong address Gareth List Administrator for Dyfed, CGN & PEM. Lookup Exchange http://www.johngareth.freeserve.co.uk/lookup.html Help Page http://www.johngareth.freeserve.co.uk/hicks.html ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lynda Morris" <Lynda.Morris@tesco.net> To: <WLS-PEMBROKESHIRE-L-request@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2001 5:21 PM > I wonder if anyone living in the area would know of, or be able to look up > my grandfather's family. > > In the 1871 Census James James was listed as 43 (i.e. born 1828) at > Whitchurch, Pembs. > > In the 1881 Census James James was listed as 58 (i.e. born 1823) at > Llanhowel, Pembs. I have looked up Llanhowel, which seems to be close to St. > David's, perhaps a small hamlet, and maybe he was a farm labourer? > > It is easy to confuse a 3 for an 8 and v.v. > > Jane James his wife was born in 1836 (consistent on both the 81 and 71 c.) > She was born at St. David's, Pem. > > In 1871 Census the eldest son (but there may have been others who have moved > away) was 14 (i.e. born c. 1857) at Solva, Pems. (There is a query by Solva > so it may be a similar place, but definitely Pembs.). The next child was > born in 1859 in Cardiff, as were all subsequent children. The family stayed > in Cardiff/Penarth. > > If anyone is researching amongst those records and comes across the names > and dates which match, I should be so grateful to know. I know James is not > exactly unusual! Maybe I will have to have a holiday around St. David's - > something I have been longing to do for years! > > Also, out of interest, I would expect my ggrandparents to have spoken Welsh, > but my grandmother always said my grandfather (born when the family had > moved to Cardiff) also spoke Welsh until he was 18. At the age of 90 he > could remember nothing. Would the family have spoken Welsh at home, even > though living in Cardiff and, presumably, going to English speaking schools? > Was there much Welsh spoken in South Wales/Cardiff, and when did English > take over and virtually wipe out the language? Or - was my grandmother > "romanticising" - just thinking of her in-laws, the generation above? > > If anything comes back in answer to this I shall be so very, very grateful - > and delighted - and surprised!!!! > > Lynda > Somerset. > > (Note: my mother said I was Lynda because it meant "beautiful river" in > Welsh. Was she romanticising too?!) > > >