of Aberdyfi
During a recent very brief visit to Aberdyfi, Vickie and I met up with a wonderful young lady, 80 year old Margaret Gwenda Williams – aka Gwenda – the widow of my 2nd cousin once removed, Bernard John Phillips Williams. Gwenda was instrumental in sorting out the connection between the Williams family and John Elfyn […]
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John Elfyn Jones (JEJ), schoolmaster at Tywyn Grammar School (as it was then), was our 2nd cousin once removed. I would like to thank everyone who got involved in the research especially Arwel Pearce, Gwenda Williams and Mair Jones. Mair put me in touch with ‘cousin’ Gwenda who visits John Elfyn’s widow, Marion Washington-Jones, quite
I have once again updated The Williams Family Tree and it now has 93,405 individuals, 27,302 families and 8,880 sources. At least that is what my Legacy database informs me! According to the website, there are a mere 93,361 individuals so I must go on a hunt for the missing 44. I have included a
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DAWSON Amongst the information sent to me recently was The Dawson Family Tree from my cousin Jenny – recently married into the Leith and Dawson families. Her husband, Ian Leith White, is descended from the left-hand section of the tree via James Dawson and Ann Roy. Ian’s great, great, grandfather was James Leith who married
My cousin Jennifer married Ian on 4th July and we were there to enjoy the celebration. A fantastic day in superb surroundings. Congratulations to you both. Ian’s middle name is Leith and it turns out he is descended from the Leiths of Leith Hall. The hall is now owned by the National Trust and you
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Well, over 400 actually. That’s the number of individuals added to The Williams Family Tree since my last post. With the kind help from Mandy Parker-Morrissey and Jean Morrissey (nee Harris) I have managed to add numerous members of the Harris family and their cousins including over 50 Strangwards! The crucial factor as far as
Many thanks again for another week full of new information. Mandy Parker-Morrissey has very kindly sent me information about the Morrissey family. Jean Morrisey is my uncle Nev’s sister. She and Mandy will be sending even more information as and when they can. Thanks to both of you. Thanks also to Bernadette Norton who sent
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We have now shot over the 91,000 individual mark thanks to a number of people who have been kind enough to pass on information about their families. Mary Collishaw has added me to her family tree on Ancestry so that I can half-hitch information for the Tingey/Tingay family. The Davis family (Joe and Fred snooker/billiards
As The Williams Family Tree database now contains nearly 90,000 individuals I am attempting to tidy things up and ensure that I have all the details about people correct before I call it a day. Whilst doing this I discovered that Edward Ashley Howell Davey’s maternal grandmother was Mary Amiss, not Mary Tooley. In fact,
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to one and all. Many thanks to all who have contributed to The Williams Family Tree over the last year – there are too many to mention by name. Contributions are always welcome be it information about a single individual, a family, or a complete branch. Financial contributions to