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Carmarthenshire / Re: Donne, Anthony of Carmarthen and London born c 1693
« on: Tuesday 21 February 12 05:12 GMT (UK) »
Thanks Morgan - I'm on quite a steep learning curve right now, but learning far more than I had ever imagined.
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Carmarthenshire / Re: Donne, Anthony of Carmarthen and London born c 1693
« on: Sunday 19 February 12 21:44 GMT (UK) »
Hi Jacqueline. That sounds fantastic, but I'm a bit confused about how to go about this. I'm not a very experienced user of these sites, so don't know what you mean by 'private message' - is that an option somewhere in this site, or do I have to go to Genes Reunited (I don't know that site, so I may have to do a bit of searching.) Whatever, with the information you describe it certainly sounds worth the effort.
Griffith the clockmaker was my g-g-g-grandfather, so that makes us some sort of umpteenth cousins.
Jill
Griffith the clockmaker was my g-g-g-grandfather, so that makes us some sort of umpteenth cousins.
Jill
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Carmarthenshire / Re: Donne, Anthony of Carmarthen and London born c 1693
« on: Saturday 18 February 12 23:27 GMT (UK) »
Hi,
I'm really curious to know more about Anthony Donne's ancestors and descendants. What you have said tallies with what my mother's uncle Walter Donne wrote to us about the family way back in the 1970's. He told us of his great grandfather(?) Griffith Donne being apprenticed to the clockmaking trade in 1794, and spoke of an earlier ancestor, also a clock maker, by the name of Anthony Donne, admitted to the company of watchmakers in 1707. He said that long ago the family had been yeoman farmers at Llangendeirne. This is only a short distance from Kidwelly, so this must be the same family of Donnes. Walter spoke of having seen a family tree, but I have no idea where. He was a very old man at this stage, and although I did meet him once when visiting England in 1977, I did not know any of his daughter's family, and have lost touch. I would love to know how to find the family trees you speak of.
Clock making has been a strong tradition in the Donne family, spanning many generations over a a couple of centuries at least. The most recent one I know of was Morgan Donne, a cousin of my great uncle Walter. Morgan and his father Lewis Donne were in business together in London, and got a US patent for some kind of clock mechanism. Morgan Donne died in 1935, and I don't know if the buisiness continued after his death.
Jill
I'm really curious to know more about Anthony Donne's ancestors and descendants. What you have said tallies with what my mother's uncle Walter Donne wrote to us about the family way back in the 1970's. He told us of his great grandfather(?) Griffith Donne being apprenticed to the clockmaking trade in 1794, and spoke of an earlier ancestor, also a clock maker, by the name of Anthony Donne, admitted to the company of watchmakers in 1707. He said that long ago the family had been yeoman farmers at Llangendeirne. This is only a short distance from Kidwelly, so this must be the same family of Donnes. Walter spoke of having seen a family tree, but I have no idea where. He was a very old man at this stage, and although I did meet him once when visiting England in 1977, I did not know any of his daughter's family, and have lost touch. I would love to know how to find the family trees you speak of.
Clock making has been a strong tradition in the Donne family, spanning many generations over a a couple of centuries at least. The most recent one I know of was Morgan Donne, a cousin of my great uncle Walter. Morgan and his father Lewis Donne were in business together in London, and got a US patent for some kind of clock mechanism. Morgan Donne died in 1935, and I don't know if the buisiness continued after his death.
Jill
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