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Anglesey / Re: Richards in Llanerchymedd.
« on: Friday 17 February 12 17:19 GMT (UK)  »
Hei Tall Al,
                More or less satisfied but I fear that I have caught the "Family Tree" bug; a sly little beast that burrows into your spare time, and cannot be exterminated! It's fun though; more fun than clearing snow or chopping firewood.
                                                          Peter the Procrastinator!

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Anglesey / Re: Richards in Llanerchymedd.
« on: Friday 17 February 12 12:23 GMT (UK)  »
Further to my last post.
  I have traced the tree of Ann Parry, the wife of John Richards of Llanerchymedd, and managed to go back almost 50 generations to 400 AD. All male members show themselves as being of the Tribe "Marchudd".
  Notable names include the early House of Tudor beginning with Cynwig ab Iorwerth, (1130): his son, Ednyfed "Fychan"; (1170):  Tudor ab Ednyfed, "Fychan", Knight, (1200): Gwilym ap Gryffydd, Lord of Penrhyn, (1300), and so on. In the early days, the family were Chieftains of the Tribe Marchydd. Mystery solved!

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Anglesey / Re: Richards in Llanerchymedd.
« on: Wednesday 15 February 12 23:12 GMT (UK)  »
Relating to Big All's comments about the forebears of Ann Parry.
 
   I have taken her tree back to the Rev. Harry Parry born around 1570, his son was Owain Parry, B1600 etc ... of interest is that Harry is marked as being of the Tribe "Marchydd'. Any info on this tribal system. Your tips are proving to be invaluable, and the site of great help. Freezing here, with thick snow... brother is in Spain ...damn him!

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Anglesey / Re: Richards in Llanerchymedd.
« on: Sunday 05 February 12 16:26 GMT (UK)  »
Hi,
    Yes, I think that my brother and I should get our heads together in April: both of us are well past our " sell by date" but you never can tell what Lady Luck has in store for us. In the meantime, I have forwarded your comments and we'll work out some plan of attack.
  Thank you for your invaluable assistance in this matter ... should anything else come to light, I''ll get in touch.
 Regards, Viking.

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Anglesey / Re: Richards in Llanerchymedd.
« on: Sunday 05 February 12 11:57 GMT (UK)  »
 Thanks for your detailed reply and yes, my appetite knows no bounds!
I have a brother that is researching the male line of the Richards family: he may well be a member of Ancestry. He has sent me the basic tree but seems to have come to a dead end with John Richards, B 1760, hence my inquiry.  Is it possible to find out who his parents were? How far back do records go for the Anglesey area and where are they held?
 I live in Sweden but I'm visiting the UK in April. John and Ann had ten children and I'm one of twelve...there must be hundreds of relatives out there ...what a task!
         Viking.  (Minus 19C here).

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Anglesey / Richards in Llanerchymedd.
« on: Saturday 04 February 12 13:51 GMT (UK)  »
I'm looking for the forebears of my G4 grandparents.
John Richards, B 26.10.1760. / D 03.1832 (Vicar in Llanerchymedd) Married to Ann Richards, (nee Parry), B 1777, D 1850.
  Both were born in Llanerchymedd. Any info' would be both amazing, and helpful!

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Anglesey / Re: Rhoscolyn Lifeboat
« on: Friday 09 December 11 20:29 GMT (UK)  »
Thank you for your comments on the photograph.
 From what March-hants says, my father must have been 15 or 16 when the photo was taken. Was there an age limit for crew members, at either end of the age range?
Cae Howell, you are correct...the man is Bob Thomas with Moses Thomas on his right side. Moses was the father of the young lad that was lost during the "Timbo" rescue. You may have delivered the post to my father's place in Rhoscolyn...Bryn Bella. He had two brothers and a sister.
Owen ap Anglesey. Here's a tip for you. Never give old photo's or documents to the younger members of the family, without making copies. That old photo was lost many years ago when my eldest sister died. As for being proud of my father: he never once mentioned his service with the lifeboat...it only came to light after he died and one of my sisters saw a photo in the Maritime Museum at Holyhead. I could have done research at the RNLI centre at Poole ... I lived and worked just five minutes from it by boat for over 10 years. Ah well; lost photos, lost chances!

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Anglesey / Re: Rhoscolyn Lifeboat
« on: Thursday 08 December 11 21:00 GMT (UK)  »
Hei Owen ap Anglesey. I have a link to the RNLI Heritage site that shows a photograph of the Rhoscolyn lifeboat crew, giving names, but I have no idea when the photograph was taken. My interest is that my father, Michael Richards, (1898) is shown on the top row, third from the left and yes, there is a Hugh Hughes, middle row, second from the left. My father moved to Holyhead on his marriage in 1926 so we have a guessed time-frame of 1915 to 1925. There was another photograph at home when I was a child that showed the crew, splendidly posed in full oilskins, wearing cork life-preservers. The photo had been taken to commemorate medal awards to some of the crew. It was said, within the family, that the excitement of being a member of the lifeboat crew never left him... he went on to father 14 children!

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Anglesey / Re: Salt Island - Holyhead
« on: Thursday 08 September 11 20:48 BST (UK)  »
Robcol.
   I remember the "Vigilant" drawn up next to your house, in the 1940's but can't remember seeing her in the water. Any info on what happened to her?

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