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Wales (Counties as in 1851-1901) => Wales => Anglesey => Topic started by: Meryll on Saturday 21 June 08 13:04 BST (UK)
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I'm trying to find out whether the William Pritchard of the 28 men on the Llanallgo memorial was my g-g-grandfather who was born in the village and was a diver for the salvage operations on the Royal Charter wreck. He would have been about 30 at the time. He was married to Hannah Mat(t)hew/s and there are two Matthews men named on the memorial as well. William's son (also William) was a sailor and moved to Bangor.
William the diver was the son of David & Jane Pritchard, and his wife Hannah was the daughter of Richard & Ann Matthew.
Does anyone know anything about the rescue & salvage attempts? I have Alxander McKee's book "The Golden Wreck" and Dickens' account from "The Uncommercial Traveller" but I wonder what knowledge or records there might be locally. I'd like to come and do some research, especially if there are to be any commemorative events in October 2009.
The photograph is William Pritchard Senior's granddaughter with husband and son.
Meryll
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A bit of a tidy up.
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Thanks for that, genechaser -- it looks much better without the fingerprints!
Meryll
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Have you looked on Neil Summers site Almwch data,just google Almwch Data, I found it very interesting and useful while researching my Angelsey rellys, Miss Marples.
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I was born in Bangor to Idris and Ivy Pritchard, grandfather Richard, great grandfather William, who originated from Llanallgo, Sir Fon.
My mother has documents, birth certificates etc.
best wishes
hirael boy
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Hello hirael boy
Thanks for your message! I've just returned from a week in Anglesey for the Royal Charter commemorations and have been delving through the local files at the local Records Office.
I think we have a connection -- my Nain's brother was Richard Pritchard and they grew up in Hugh Street, Hirael. I'll send you the details in a PM.
Meryll
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hello and thanks for your message.
I remember your Nain very well of course, our great aunt Polly, who lived behind Garth School.
She would call at our house on a Sunday evening on the way to chapel.
Is the lady in the photograph my Taid's mother, my great grandmother?
With best wishes. I look forward to hearing more
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Got very excited when I found this.
My grandmother was Dick, Willie, Polly & Annie's sister (there were others I believe). Hannah Jones better known as Lala. I have photos of William & Hannah ( my great grandparents).
My father could remember going to David Pritchards funeral with his mother, where there were old men with tarred pigtail in attendance.
I know so little about this side of the family.
Who is the lady in the photo? Is it Hannah Pritchard ( not my nain but the resemblance is uncanny)? I understood her to have some connection to Liverpool. She also always called her children 'the planiks'.
Looking foreward to hearing from you.
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Hello MenaiStrait -- good to hear from you!
Yes, the photo of the lady alone is Hannah/Lala's mother, Catherine Ellen Pritchard, and the previous one shows Lala's eldest sister with husband and son. I'll send you some more information in a PM.
Best wishes
Meryll
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Hello! I'm doing some research on my family tree, and am wondering if my great grandfather, Richard Pritchard, could be a relation to the Pritchards here? It's probably a long shot, but according to the 1911 census he was living in Hugh Street, Hirael, and was born in Llandegai, but I know nothing more about his roots or what his occupation was. I believe he had at least one sister, maybe more siblings. His wife was Jane Ann and they had several children, only 2 alive at the time of the census, my grandmother, Beatrice, and her brother Idwal.
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Hello Tulassi,
I'm afraid we don't have the same Richard Pritchard here, although they were only a couple of streets apart. In 1901 my Nain was living with her mother and siblings at 5 Hugh Street, Hirael and one of her brothers was Richard Pritchard. However on the 1911 Census they were in Ambrose Street: all the children had been born in Hirael and their paternal grandfather was the William Pritchard who I now know was one of the Moelfre Twenty-Eight. My great-uncle Richard was later married, but not to Jane Ann.
The 1911 Census shows your Richard and Jane as married for 6 years: Free BMD gives a marriage in the last quarter of 1901 in the Carnarvon district where two of the spouses were Richard Pritchard and Jane Ann Thomas, which looks likely. The Carnarvon district included Llanrug which 1911 Census shows as Jane Ann's birthplace, and there are two birth entries for Caernarvonshire in the name Jane Ann(e) Thomas, one in 1882 and another in 1884.
I hope you'll find a lead to take you back a stage further, although Bangor was well-endowed with Pritchards. However someone else may have a connection that coiuld help you — best of luck with your search.
Meryll
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Thank you so much for your help! I really appreciate it. My great grandmother was indeed Jane Ann Thomas before she married, and most likely the Jane Ann Thomas born in 1882 (she died in 1957 aged 75). I know she had two sisters, Hannah and Grace, as my grandmother talked about them a lot, but I haven't had any luck finding a census entry for them yet. I would love to know the names of their parents and where they were from.
I am already eager for the 1921 census to come out, lol, so I can find out where my great grandparents (the Pritchards) were living then. I don't think they were in Hugh Street at that time, but I know they were in Seirol Road by the 1930's.
Thank you again for taking the time to help me! :)
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Hi Tulassi,
My grandmother is also Beatrice Gwendoline Roberts that you mention. Married to William and one of their daughters' (Carys) is my mother. I would love to know how you are related? I have followed Taid Roberts back to C18 but have come to a halt with my great-grandparents Richard and Jane Ann Pritchard.
I am looking forward to hearing from you
Kind Regards
Susan
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Hi Smilyone, I am looking into these two families the Pritchard family from 5 Hugh Street, Bangor and also Richard Pritchard and Jane Ann 11 Hugh Street Bangor, the Pritchards from 5 Hugh street are my husbands family and the Pritchard from 11 Hugh Stret are my Fathers Family could you help me i could send you an email im on Ancestry been for years and years my email is (*) . i dont come on here very much as i forget to check on here, so could you get in touch i can talk about my father and his brother they were Richard Pritchards Sisters boys ok look forward to hearing from you, i hope you are on Ancestry as well :)
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This Pritchard Family is My Husbands family. we have gone back very far indeed, on the Island. but i am also looking for My Dads Family, which you are looking into from 11 Hugh Street, Bangor Wales . my email is kathleenpenlon4@yahoo.com , so we can get in touch by email as i would like to ask some delicate questions , greetings to you
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I am the granddaughter of Grace Ann Parry nee Thomas, her sisters were Jane Ann Prichard nee Thomas, Hannah Ellen Thomas, brother David Thomas.
Grace was 98 when she died in 1969, when I was 6. I have few memories of her. My sister has lots of memories of Grandma "Parry".
Just discovered Jane Ann Pritchard and Beatrice Roberts on Ancestry. Would love to try and fill in some gaps in my history, and hope I can fill some gaps for others searching Richard Prichard family of 11 Hugh Street Bangor