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Merionethshire / Llanaber/Barmouth
« on: Saturday 12 December 09 00:06 GMT (UK) »
My gggGrandmother was born in Llanaber in about 1802. I think her parents were Owen and Ann Griffiths.
Family stories tell that she worked in the Hunts Cross area Of Liverpool for the family of the Earl of Salisbury where she became pregnant by the Heir. she had her son Mark Owen in Widnes.He became a weelwright/carpenter and the founder of a large family of many branches that all have the same story.In the 1841 census he is an apprentice in St Helens where he spent the rest of his life.
Elizabeth is shown in the Llanaber 1841 census as a female servent.1851 and 1861 finds her back in Liverpool where she was working as houseservant and cook respectivley.
She is back in Barmouth in1871 where she was running the Anchor Inn and was caring for her 2 nieces Dorothy b 1856 and Margaret Griffith b 1861 Grey. ( Both the girls are shown on the 1861 cesus with their parents Hugh and Mary Gray at the Anchor. Hugh is a Carpenter and Inn holder. Elizabeth & margaret Griffith gray were still there in 1881.
Margaret married John Evans (tailor) and moved to dolgellau where they had 7 children.
Thomas Morris b 1882 The name Evans is not shown on the censuses for him.
John Hugh Evans b 1884
Owen Griffith Evans b 1887
William Gray Evans b1890
Griffith Griffith Evans b1893
Ellen Evans b1895
Mary Elizabeth Evans b1899.
Can anyone give me any info on Elizabeth or Mark prior to 1841? Did she return to live with her family until Mark was grown? Did Mark help Hugh Grey with his carpentry untill he left to take up his apprenticeship? Do I have the right Parents for Elizabeth? How could Elizabeth, the young Welsh country girl have found work with such an employer as an Earl?
Does any one know if any of the descendents of the Evans family still live in the area as I would love to get in touch.
I would be delighted to hear from anyone with any info which might fill the gaps in my knowledge of my Welsh family.
Family stories tell that she worked in the Hunts Cross area Of Liverpool for the family of the Earl of Salisbury where she became pregnant by the Heir. she had her son Mark Owen in Widnes.He became a weelwright/carpenter and the founder of a large family of many branches that all have the same story.In the 1841 census he is an apprentice in St Helens where he spent the rest of his life.
Elizabeth is shown in the Llanaber 1841 census as a female servent.1851 and 1861 finds her back in Liverpool where she was working as houseservant and cook respectivley.
She is back in Barmouth in1871 where she was running the Anchor Inn and was caring for her 2 nieces Dorothy b 1856 and Margaret Griffith b 1861 Grey. ( Both the girls are shown on the 1861 cesus with their parents Hugh and Mary Gray at the Anchor. Hugh is a Carpenter and Inn holder. Elizabeth & margaret Griffith gray were still there in 1881.
Margaret married John Evans (tailor) and moved to dolgellau where they had 7 children.
Thomas Morris b 1882 The name Evans is not shown on the censuses for him.
John Hugh Evans b 1884
Owen Griffith Evans b 1887
William Gray Evans b1890
Griffith Griffith Evans b1893
Ellen Evans b1895
Mary Elizabeth Evans b1899.
Can anyone give me any info on Elizabeth or Mark prior to 1841? Did she return to live with her family until Mark was grown? Did Mark help Hugh Grey with his carpentry untill he left to take up his apprenticeship? Do I have the right Parents for Elizabeth? How could Elizabeth, the young Welsh country girl have found work with such an employer as an Earl?
Does any one know if any of the descendents of the Evans family still live in the area as I would love to get in touch.
I would be delighted to hear from anyone with any info which might fill the gaps in my knowledge of my Welsh family.