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Offline valerie1

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Family notice
« on: Sunday 09 April 17 19:11 BST (UK) »
Hello I took the following from a Welsh newspaper and translated it to English but I'm still struggling it reads " rev D J Lewis ba Waenfawr( the brother in law Cyfiaith married son) Rev NVR Owen breast haulog wood hill road colwyn bay CA Churches minister and Zion hill Road and Miss Margaret Davies daughter of the late Daniel Davies Brinkley colwyn Bay who are lfaeriou JTC Zion , do you think this is a marriage notice and if yes who is Margaret marrying.
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Re: Family notice
« Reply #1 on: Sunday 09 April 17 19:42 BST (UK) »
post the original or a link to it and I will translate it for you.  it is a marriage notice but has got lost in translation

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Re: Family notice
« Reply #2 on: Sunday 09 April 17 19:55 BST (UK) »
Thank you it won't allow me to copy and paste I found it on Welsh newspapers library 1915 March.  I can photo but can't see how to place a photo here 😊

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Re: Family notice
« Reply #3 on: Sunday 09 April 17 20:14 BST (UK) »
Margaret Davies married the Rev. R Owen, pastor of rhiew rd and seion Welsh om churches,

You do also get the English version  :)

Hope I'm not treading on malijibic's toes here.

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Re: Family notice
« Reply #4 on: Sunday 09 April 17 20:16 BST (UK) »
Is seion and Zion one and the same, you might need an expert translation :) :)

Mike

Edit, marriage registered in Conway district march quarter 1915, 11b 633

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Re: Family notice
« Reply #5 on: Sunday 09 April 17 20:26 BST (UK) »
A fuller translation

OWEN - DAVIES.
On 10 March, at Hermon Chapel, Colwyn Bay, by the Rev D. J. Lewis, B.A- Waenfawr (the bridegroom's brother-in-law) the Rev N V R Owen, Fron Haulog, Woodhill Road, Colwyn Bay, minister of the Rhiw Road a Seion MC [Calvinist Methodist] churches, and Miss Margaret Davies, daughter of the late Mr Daniel Davies, BrynIlwyni,  Colwyn Bay, who was an elder at Seion.


Seion is the welsh version of Zion

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Re: Family notice
« Reply #6 on: Sunday 09 April 17 21:05 BST (UK) »
Thank you Mazi and Mabel very indebted to you.

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