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Hi Rosie, It was nice to get a reply from you. Any further information you have I would be grateful to receive it. As I mentioned my father James ran away from home when he was 14years and came to South Wales, and worked for all his life at Oakdale Colliery. He worked until he was 75 and died at the age of 77 when I was 15 yrs of age. He always listened to radio programmes in welsh.As a child I remember him saying that his sister was an organist in a Cathederal somewhere in North Wales. He always listened to music on the radio and did say that a brother of his was a music composer, however I don,t know whether this is true or not. My father never had a birthday as far as I recall as neither he nor anyone else knew of his date of birth. It is really good to know where my father originated from and my wife and I will be visiting Meifod in the summer and were wondering if Trout Cottage still exists. Regards, Gerald.

Hi Rosie, Just seen by accident your message re John Price. My Grandfather was John Price, Born in 1846 at Trout Cottage, Nantymeichied, Myfod, Montgomeryshire. His wife was Eleanor . He had the following children :- Margaret 1868, John Thomas 1871, Edward 1873, Allison 1875, Margaret Jane 1878, James 1880 (My Father) and Ellis 1886.

Following the death of his first wife he married Mary Evans and had the following children :- Mary Elizabeth 1889, Catherine Blodwen 1891, David 1893, Evan 1895, Edward 1898, Ethel 1900, Agnes 1900. Up until a few months ago my fathers, family was a mystery as he ran away from home to South Wales when he was 14 years of age. He was also a blacksmith as was his father John. This may be helpful to you.