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Help with place name please - Ohio- COMPLETED- THANK YOU.
« on: Saturday 02 June 07 19:59 BST (UK) »
Can anyone help me with this place name from a letter written by my ancestor George Grindley, home to his family in Wales please?

He says his nephew lives in a place called **** Ohio. It looks like Heatly to me, but I can't find that place anywhere.

Any suggestions please?

Many thanks,

Bev.

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« Last Edit: Sunday 03 June 07 09:22 BST (UK) by bevbee » Logged
Ambrose; Llandilofawr, Pennsylvania.
Grindley; Llandilofawr, Ohio, Louisiana, Washington DC.
Rees(e); Pennsylvania.
Lewis, Llandilofawr.
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Re: Help with place name please - Ohio.
« Reply #1 on: Saturday 02 June 07 20:13 BST (UK) »
It does look like Heatly but can't find that in my U.S. atlas, etc.
There is a place in Ohio called Heath (outside Newark and east of Columbus). Any idea where in Ohio it could be?
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« Reply #2 on: Saturday 02 June 07 21:20 BST (UK) »
Heatley is a discontinued post office, open 1881 to 1892

Heatley, Gallia County, Ohio (later called BIDWELL)

Bidwell:
Named for an 1892 candidate for President of the U.S., John Bidwell. One source says it was originally called Heatley and changed to Bidwell around 1882

Name: Bidwell Post Office
Class: Post Office
History: Established as Heatley Post Office on 14 February 1881, name changed to Bidwell on 28 September 1892.
Citation: Gallagher, John S. and Alan H. Patera. The Post Offices of Ohio. Burtonsville, Maryland: The Depot, 1979. p98
Entry Date: 17-Aug-1992


http://www.getty.edu/research/conducting_research/vocabularies/tgn

maybe near the village of Raccoon in 1880

http://www.topozone.com/map.asp?lat=38.91861&lon=-82.29917

present day

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Re: Help with place name please - Ohio.
« Reply #3 on: Saturday 02 June 07 22:24 BST (UK) »
http://www.mapquest.com/maps/latlong.adp

use
Lat: 38.9167  decimal degrees
Long: -82.2833  decimal degrees

If you zoom to +3 you will see there is a Heatley Rd in Bidwell

zoom out 4 from the bottom you can see the relationship to Cincinnati

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Re: Help with place name please - Ohio.
« Reply #4 on: Sunday 03 June 07 09:21 BST (UK) »
Thank you so much - that explains it then!

I wondered whether it could be Heath, but it didn't look like it in the letter which was written in 1890, so this ties it in perfectly.

Many thanks,

Bev.   Grin
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Ambrose; Llandilofawr, Pennsylvania.
Grindley; Llandilofawr, Ohio, Louisiana, Washington DC.
Rees(e); Pennsylvania.
Lewis, Llandilofawr.
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