Heather I'm a bit late catching up with this topic as I've recently come out of hospital. Looking at the map of Dinas Cross which I downloaded a few months ago from http://www.old-maps.co.uk I notice that this branch of the Harries family and my Laugharnes were close neighbours. My great grandfather Benjamin Laugharne, was born in Pen-hwyr in 1861 and his father John Laugharne came from Trap Melyn,( both properties just down the road from Glanymor as you move towards Gideon chapel). His mother, Mary Laugharne, came from the branch of the Laugharne family who kept the Bridge End Inn, diagonally across the road from Glanymor. John and Mary were first cousins. A William Harries appears on Mary and John's wedding certificate in 1859 as one of the witnesses to the marriage, and given the close geographical proximity of the families, I wonder if he was the William Harries from the family you are investigating but , as you say, there were an awful lot of Harries's in the region. Vivien > I'm returning to a line of enquiry I started some time ago. Has anyone > come > across the following: > > Joseph Harries, chemist, Glanymor, Dinas. b. Dinas c. 1831 > His mother was Mary Harries b. Nevern c. 1801. She was also living at > Glanymor in 1881 > > I have what I think was the family in 1851. The father was William > Harries > and there were other siblings. Joseph was unmarried in 1881. > > Doing a neighbour search on the 1881 census locates Glanymor (I think) > towards Pwllgwaelod beach. There are only 5 dwellings listed between > it and the > Island Farm, farmed by the Raymond family. > > Joseph witnessed the will of my ancestor Levi Harries and I am trying > to > establish whether there was a family link between them - there were an > awful lot > of Harries's in that region at the time! > > Many thanks > > Heather > > > http://www.vivienboyes.co.uk