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Wales (Counties as in 1851-1901) => Flintshire => Wales => Flintshire Lookup Requests => Topic started by: eddie43 on Tuesday 05 January 10 23:00 GMT (UK)
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:) ;)hi everyone. my g.grandfather JOSHUA HEWITT was the Inn Keeper of the Royal Oak, down by the bridge over the river and right opposite the Church, way back in 1868 to 1872/3 he was also a farmer with 14 acres and his eldest
daughter Mary Ann married a local farmer William Pearson from Pothurgan not more than half a mile away.
One of my daughters visited the Inn about 2 years ago and she told me there
were photos on the wall in the bar of young children playing together with some photos of the Inn Keeper and they seemed to be taken a good while ago
and im wondering if they could be my great aunts and uncles, as Joshua and Elllen had 7 or 8 children at the time.
Is there anyone living in that area who could do me the honour of asking the present manager or owner of the Inn if he know just who the famaily are in the photo, maybe theres a name on the back of the photo.
When the eventually left and came back to Lancashire a few years later, another one of my g.aunts Margaret married and when they retired some years later, she went back to live in Bangor with her husband becaused she remembered the haappy days she had there in Bangor as a child, her name when she returned with her husband was Furness. Maybe someone living in the village would remember the name. Thanks a bundle TED
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Hello Ted:
I did speak to someone who use to drink at this pub and I am told that it changed hands again within the last 12 months. The new landlord may have had a clearout. I would be inclined to give the landlord a telephone call and see what he knows.
Regards Eldon.
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Hi Eldon, thanks very much for that info. I did notice that the pics of the Pub, looked as though it had a facelift, all cream and black unlike the time I took
photos of it some years ago,was all white with black timbers, so im gonna do what you suggest and try the new landlord.
The last time I went there it was a lovely summers day and I sat by the old bridge and had a nice pint and enjoyed the day, and that lovely old church
almost next door to the Inn, it mus have been a real quiet country village
way back in 1870.
NICE TO HEAR FROM YOU. TED.
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Hi Ted-
Joshua Hewitt was my 4x great uncle, his sister Elizabeth being my 3x great Grandmother. Any further luck with the Hewitt branch in Bangor?
Hope to hear from you,
Hannah