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Offline cacasmum

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Swansea
« on: Monday 15 November 10 15:46 GMT (UK) »
 Can anyone help my grandmother Josephine Monica Donovan left Ireland to work in Swansea exact date not known but she was  living there in 1913.
She worked as a housemaid in St Helens Road Swansea would anyone know if this street still exsist.

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Re: Swansea
« Reply #1 on: Monday 15 November 10 15:48 GMT (UK) »
Yes, St Helen's Road still exists. Check it out on Google maps.
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Re: Swansea
« Reply #2 on: Monday 15 November 10 17:10 GMT (UK) »
Some of the houses on that road are quite imposing; some of the well to do of 19th century Swansea lived in them!

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Re: Swansea
« Reply #3 on: Monday 15 November 10 18:06 GMT (UK) »
Thanks to you both
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