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Wales (Counties as in 1851-1901) => Wales => Cardiganshire => Topic started by: vienna on Monday 02 March 15 10:17 GMT (UK)
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Can anyone tell me if an Irishman living in Aberystwyth in 1879 would have been considered a foreigner .
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If you mean officially the answer is no, but there are places where folk in the next village are considered foreigners! ;D
Skoosh.
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Ireland was a part of the United Kingdom until 1922.
So no more a foreigner than a Welshman, an Englishman or a Scot! ;D
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Thank you for replying so quickly the reason I ask is because my G G Grandfather John Brodigan who was a sailor is refered to as one in an article about a ship wreck in a newspaper from that year .
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At the time Aberystwyth was a busy port and as such there would have been people from all parts of UK living there as well as 'foreigners' from the rest of the world. I remember being told of a Chinese laundry which apparently existed near the harbour in the early part of 20th century.
Dave
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Thanks Dave that's very interesting hes always been a bit of a mystery man in the family Ive been searching for his birthplace for a long time my best bet is Ireland as it seems that's where his surname comes from .
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John Brodigan seaman married Martha Jones , Vulcan Place , Aberywstwyth at St Michaels Church Aberywstwyth on 30 May 1877.
I can`t find either of them in 1881, but Martha is the head in other years.
John died in 1910, so we don`t have the 1911 to check.
It seems like John had a few lucky escapes, and there is more interesting info on John and his family here.
A search just for "Brodigan" has some more surprises. ;)
http://welshnewspapers.llgc.org.uk/en/search/query?query=%22John+Brodigan+%22&date%5Bmin%5D=1804&date%5Bmax%5D=1919
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Thank you for your reply I've looked at the web site you mention , it appears my G G Grandmother was rather to fond of beer.but she probably had a very hard life so I will forgive her for it .