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Denbighshire / Re: Henry Wilson Powlson
« on: Thursday 05 August 10 03:28 BST (UK) »
Hello Mouse !
Have only just seen your April enquiry so anything I write may already be in your hands.
I do not belong to the Powlson family but a couple of years ago I did some research for my late brother who was given an apprenticeship in the late 1940s by the then proprietor Charles Jones. We lived in Erw Wen Road where the small printing works was located. After Charles died the business later was taken over by a London company but the Powlson name lives on.
The locations of Conway and Aled which you refer to were in fact the BMD Registration Districts for Colwyn Bay which was in the parish of Llandrillo yn Rhos.
Re. burials - the main cemeteries were the municipal one at Bronynant and the churchyard at Llandrillo. These are at opposite ends of Dinerth Road which you could find on Streetmap.com or similar. Colwyn Bay now comes under Conway County Council so Google them to check the whereabouts of the burial register for Bronynant but the church register may still be at the church unless it was filled up and passed to the County Archives at Ruthin.
Death, funeral notices etc would be in the North Wales Weekly News available at Ruthin or Colwyn Bay Library as the Powlsons were a prominent local family. Would like to help but I am too far away !
I assume you may already have the census for HWP from 1861 to 1901, if not let me know and I will send. I can also send pages from 1889 up to 1936 from Trade directories listing and advertising Powlsons who were at several locations in CBay before finally settling in Erw Wen Road. One of them lists Arabella as a Music Teacher.
Kind regards
Stan
Have only just seen your April enquiry so anything I write may already be in your hands.
I do not belong to the Powlson family but a couple of years ago I did some research for my late brother who was given an apprenticeship in the late 1940s by the then proprietor Charles Jones. We lived in Erw Wen Road where the small printing works was located. After Charles died the business later was taken over by a London company but the Powlson name lives on.
The locations of Conway and Aled which you refer to were in fact the BMD Registration Districts for Colwyn Bay which was in the parish of Llandrillo yn Rhos.
Re. burials - the main cemeteries were the municipal one at Bronynant and the churchyard at Llandrillo. These are at opposite ends of Dinerth Road which you could find on Streetmap.com or similar. Colwyn Bay now comes under Conway County Council so Google them to check the whereabouts of the burial register for Bronynant but the church register may still be at the church unless it was filled up and passed to the County Archives at Ruthin.
Death, funeral notices etc would be in the North Wales Weekly News available at Ruthin or Colwyn Bay Library as the Powlsons were a prominent local family. Would like to help but I am too far away !
I assume you may already have the census for HWP from 1861 to 1901, if not let me know and I will send. I can also send pages from 1889 up to 1936 from Trade directories listing and advertising Powlsons who were at several locations in CBay before finally settling in Erw Wen Road. One of them lists Arabella as a Music Teacher.
Kind regards
Stan