I am come to a wall in the search for my Great-grandfather, Thomas Evans, not an easy name!
The few things I know for certain are:
He was born in Denbighshire in or near to 1832. He died in Liverpool in 1893. My father said his family were from the rural Ruthin/Mold area and they certainly had connections to Ffronhuelog. His father was called John who had died before 1856 (when Thomas married Maria Gleave in Liverpool). He gave his father's profession as 'farmer', but, knowing Thomas, that could be upping things a bit!
I originally had him as born in Nantglyn to John and Elinor Evans but I really don't think this is right.
I have done a lot of research on line but now I am stumped, there are so many John and Thomas Evans's but none seem to match up.
I have a baptism which is a possibility on March 25 1832 in Cyffylliog, parents John, (miller)and
Elizabeth Evans. The only 1841 census that could fit is Bachymbyd/Felinfred?dd, Fronhuelog Township, but I can't make out the relationships, it might be that the Thomas aged 9 was orphaned and living with family? The other people were Thomas aged 60, miller, Catherine 45, Thomas 20, and young Thomas 9. Millers again, not farmers.
My father who was born in 1898, died a long time ago, Thomas was his Grandfather, but I remember he talked about lovely holidays with his 'cousins' ( not necessarily 1st cousins) at Ffronhuelog, they had one of the first motorbikes in Wales, (Dad fell off and cracked his spine), and when we were round there he always stopped at some old gates and said that was all that was left, it was a quarry by then. He said his 'Uncle' had once been Mayor of Mold, which must have been in the early 1900's.
That's it, it is difficult checking records from France, but I wondered if anything rang a bell with someone, or you could point me in a new direction please!
