Williams

[tassiedevil]

I have been here in Wales for the past 2 months trying to find the birth records of my great grandfather John Williams..This is all I have found so far. When he left for Australia in 1855 he had been working for James SIMON at Greenfield, Holywell for 9 years. He is shown on the 1851 census for Greenfield as living at  @ Tie Coed and aged 26,with his  mother Ann aged 65
It states on this that he was born at Ceirchiog, Anglesey..while his widowed mother Ann was born at Penlan, Anglesey. Despite`all the searching I cannot find any record.
Am wondering if there is anyone on here that may have some knowledge of these Williams

Cheers
Tassie 

[trystan]

Tassie,

"Tie Coed" is most probably suposed to be "Ty Coed" (with a little "^" above the "y") (This means Wood House) or possibly even "Tai Coed" (which means Wood Houses - and would have been pronounced like your "tai" Coed).

Another possibility is "John" might have been "Ioan" - since "John" is the english of "Ioan" the "I" and the "J" would have been the same in old handwriting.

Just an idea, anyway!
Trystan

[tassiedevil]

Thanks Trystan,, that makes sense to me now as he lived at " Woods Cottages"

I did come across a Joan,,but disreguarded it!!

Guess I will have to try and go through the census again before I go home.

Tassie