Hi,Heather, St Matthews was built on the site of St Johns in 1887,about the time that there was a lot of reorganisation and building of churches in the town.Previously,there were only St Marys & St Johns and three outside - Llangyfelach,Llansamlet & Oystermouth. If I find any more info I will let you know. Regards, Tom

Hello Tom Yes, I have now been informed that the St John's Swansea register's are in the process of being indexed. They are awaiting checking and should be released later this year which is good news. I am not sure though if they will help me as it is really the banns book I am after. My Anne Mainwaring married James Thomas in Llanarthney parish church Carmarthenshire on 19th June 1846. I have a copy of the marriage lines. Another Mainwaring researcher said that they were married in St John's Swansea on the same date? I think that James Thomas may have had the banns read in St John's if this was his parish church, but it is a bit strange don't you think? I need to check it out. Are you saying that St John's church has been pulled down and St Matthews has been built on the same site? Why did they change the name of the church any idea? Regards Heather Hi, Heather, The St John's registers are in the West Glamorgan R.O. in Swansea. I understood that the Glamfhs were producing them on microfiche.St Matthews is now on the same site near High St station. Regards, Tom

Hello Everyone, I am new to this list and hope SKS can help me a bit. I live in Yorkshire so am not able to do much researching in South Wales, so hear goes let me tell you if my Welsh connections. My gggrandfather Andrew Pollard died in 1863 in Wainarlwydd near Swansea and I think that my gggrandmother married again to some one called William Lewis who also left her a widow. I beleive her to be living in 1881 at Gower Road,Lougher, her name being Sarah Lewis. Her eldest daughter was married to a Benjamin Howells she was also called Sarah, and they had the General Shop and Post Office at Gower Road. They had in 1881 three sons William P. aged 12 Arthur Lewis aged 10 Herbert E aged 3mths If anyone else is researching this family I would be glad to hear from them or anybody having the 1891 census with more info on it would be very helpful. Thanks in anticipation Anne P Wigglesworth

Hi,Heather, The St John's registers are in the West Glamorgan R.O. in Swansea. I understood that the Glamfhs were producing them on microfiche.St Matthews is now on the same site near High St station. Regards, Tom

sorry we don't ----- Original Message ----- From: "Heather Smith" <heather.smith8@virgin.net> To: <WLS-SWANSEA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, May 05, 2002 12:32 AM Subject: [Swansea] St John's Registers Swansea > Hello, Does anyone have the registers for St John's Swansea, please? > > I am seeking a reading of the banns of James Thomas and Ann Mainwaring 19th June 1846. > > Thanks for any help with this > > Regards Heather > > > ==== WLS-SWANSEA Mailing List ==== > Swansea History Site http://www.swanseahistoryweb.org.uk/ > Genuki Swansea Site http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/GLA/Swansea/ > Glamorgan Family History Society http://website.lineone.net/~glamfhsoc/ > City/County of Swansea http://www.swansea.gov.uk/default.htm >

Hello, Does anyone have the registers for St John's Swansea, please? I am seeking a reading of the banns of James Thomas and Ann Mainwaring 19th June 1846. Thanks for any help with this Regards Heather

Dear Bette I just got your email and I would like to help you if I can. I have researched my Watkins side of the family and I have gone back a consdierably way back. Do you have any more details of your great grandmother??? You never know there could be a link Charles _________________________________________________________________ Join the world’s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com

Hi, I see you have Watkins as part of your name. Have you done any research for Watkins? My Grandmother was Mary Anne Watkins married to my Grandfather Llewellyn Llewellyn and I am trying to find out more about her. thanks, Bette

Hi All I am trying to trace this name. Woollard. What I found so far is Zachariah Priest Woollard - came from Cambridge and he went benkrupt and came to Swansea. He was a Corn Factor. His son Frederick Coles Woollard - he was a potatoe dealer and a beer house keeper he was born in 1819 and dead in 1859. He was married to Ann Vaughan. Their son. This is where I am having diffculties finding information about him. This is what I have so far. Frederick Woollard - he was born in 1856 and he married Ann, not sure what her maiden name is. He was a butcher in the slaughter house in Swansea. They had three children. Fred John (1877), Catherine (1879) and Maria (1880). This is information I have found on the 1881 census, but in 1891 census they have dispeared. So any information on these people will be warmly received Many thanks Charles _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com

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Hi I have an ancestor who operated a pub in Swansea. My great grandfather operated The Farmers Arms in Frog Street in the 1860 / 1890 period Contact me with the type of information that you are seeking David Sunshine Coast Aus kingpins@serv.net.au

Hi, David: I do not know the street but Think I can find out. I know that my Mother worked there after she married my Dad and they were married in 1903. I will try to get more information. I have been able to find my Grandfather's family but not my Grandmother's. Thanks for any info. Bette in USA

i also have an Isaac Allen - born in Pembrokeshire in the late 1700's he maried in Coity (Bridgend) in 1817 (Mary Lewis) he was a glover and skinner but also had a pub in Bridgend. Only an off chance of a connection but an unusual name. Denise ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robertson" <opalreef@telus.net> To: <WLS-SWANSEA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, April 13, 2002 3:31 PM Subject: [Swansea] Allen > Allen - Roberts - Scotland - Connecticut, USA - Wales - India - Canada > Researching the Allen family: James and Robert who migrated from Scotland (possibly Selkirk) to Hartford, Connecticut, USA about 1635 more or less. One brother stayed in Conn., while the other returned and settled on a farm near Swansea. (Which one, we know not!) The farm remained in the Allen family for about 200 years, passing by marriage to the Roberts name. 1800's, a Charles Allen lived his early and later life in Cardiff, the middle part in Bristol. He had two marriages. We have no names of his wives but know that his children by his first marriage were Isaac and Mary; those by his second John, and two daughters. John went to Australia, had two daughters, and died there. Isaac Allen was born in 1831 (we don't know if in Wales or England), and at 14 apprenticed to the brass finishing trade in Bristol where he stayed for 7 years. He went to the US in 1853, then to India as a missionary for the British Baptist Missionary Society probably about 1863 as a teacher. ! > Of his children, one was Alice, who settled here in Whaletown, British Columbia, Canada. And we're still here - 6 generations later! We wonder if anyone knows of those Allens in Swansea, and how they connected with the Roberts. Cheers. Sue > > > ==== WLS-SWANSEA Mailing List ==== > Swansea History Site http://www.swanseahistoryweb.org.uk/ > Genuki Swansea Site http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/GLA/Swansea/ > Glamorgan Family History Society http://website.lineone.net/~glamfhsoc/ > City/County of Swansea http://www.swansea.gov.uk/default.htm >

Hi, My Grandmother Mary Ann Watkins Llewellyn owned a pub called the Royal Oak in Whitchurch and I would love to find anything about her. My Grandfather was named Llewellyn Llewellyn . thanks, Bette in Indiana USA

It has bee a while since I posted anything I am looking for any information on the pubs or people who owned them in SWANSEA. Sidney Allen Margaret Carroll They both owned a pub and they got married and live at 132 high Street ca 1920's

I am looking for Sidney Allen in Swansea ? He married a Margaret Carroll ca 1890 Shirley ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robertson" <opalreef@telus.net> To: <WLS-SWANSEA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, April 13, 2002 7:31 AM Subject: [Swansea] Allen > Allen - Roberts - Scotland - Connecticut, USA - Wales - India - Canada > Researching the Allen family: James and Robert who migrated from Scotland (possibly Selkirk) to Hartford, Connecticut, USA about 1635 more or less. One brother stayed in Conn., while the other returned and settled on a farm near Swansea. (Which one, we know not!) The farm remained in the Allen family for about 200 years, passing by marriage to the Roberts name. 1800's, a Charles Allen lived his early and later life in Cardiff, the middle part in Bristol. He had two marriages. We have no names of his wives but know that his children by his first marriage were Isaac and Mary; those by his second John, and two daughters. John went to Australia, had two daughters, and died there. Isaac Allen was born in 1831 (we don't know if in Wales or England), and at 14 apprenticed to the brass finishing trade in Bristol where he stayed for 7 years. He went to the US in 1853, then to India as a missionary for the British Baptist Missionary Society probably about 1863 as a teacher. ! > Of his children, one was Alice, who settled here in Whaletown, British Columbia, Canada. And we're still here - 6 generations later! We wonder if anyone knows of those Allens in Swansea, and how they connected with the Roberts. Cheers. Sue > > > ==== WLS-SWANSEA Mailing List ==== > Swansea History Site http://www.swanseahistoryweb.org.uk/ > Genuki Swansea Site http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/GLA/Swansea/ > Glamorgan Family History Society http://website.lineone.net/~glamfhsoc/ > City/County of Swansea http://www.swansea.gov.uk/default.htm

Allen - Roberts - Scotland - Connecticut, USA - Wales - India - Canada Researching the Allen family: James and Robert who migrated from Scotland (possibly Selkirk) to Hartford, Connecticut, USA about 1635 more or less. One brother stayed in Conn., while the other returned and settled on a farm near Swansea. (Which one, we know not!) The farm remained in the Allen family for about 200 years, passing by marriage to the Roberts name. 1800's, a Charles Allen lived his early and later life in Cardiff, the middle part in Bristol. He had two marriages. We have no names of his wives but know that his children by his first marriage were Isaac and Mary; those by his second John, and two daughters. John went to Australia, had two daughters, and died there. Isaac Allen was born in 1831 (we don't know if in Wales or England), and at 14 apprenticed to the brass finishing trade in Bristol where he stayed for 7 years. He went to the US in 1853, then to India as a missionary for the British Baptist Missionary Society probably about 1863 as a teacher. ! Of his children, one was Alice, who settled here in Whaletown, British Columbia, Canada. And we're still here - 6 generations later! We wonder if anyone knows of those Allens in Swansea, and how they connected with the Roberts. Cheers. Sue

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My grandfather was Howell Davies [from Carmarthan] grandmother Margaret Williams[from Solva Pembrokshire] their 1st child Sarah was born 1892 in Swansea so I assume they got married in 1891 can any "lister" look and see if they got married in Swansea and if possible,where?Thankyou. Alun.