My Surname interests in Glamorgan~ Welsh Jen

[Welsh Jen]

Hi, Well done on this board, this site should become very full very fast!.
 

My Surname & Area Interests:

Colbert, Colebert & variants = Ireland & Swansea [also pursuing a One Name Study with this Surname, see link below]

Beynon = in Carmarthenshire & Swansea Glamorgan [Note not Gower Beynon's]

Sillick/Sellick = Cardiff & Swansea S.Wales [not much info on this line]

Gould = Swansea S.Wales

Bevan = St Marks, Brynmelyn area Swansea S.Wales

Tooth = Swansea S.Wales [Not much info on this name]

Taylor = Bideford Devon & Brynhyfryd Swansea S.Wales [Builders in Brynhyfyrd] ~ Lots of info on this one to share.

Miller = Bridport Dorset & Swansea S.Wales [portland stone Hauliers]

Cann = Westleigh / Woolfardisworthy Devon (nr Bideford) then later Swansea Glamorgan. ~ Lots of info on this one to share.

Grenfell = St Just Cornwall & Swansea S.Wales [not Pascoe Grenfell, linked to him but much further back in Cornwall]

Hawes = Morriston Swansea S.Wales ~ Lots of info on this line, also interested to hear from all Hawes links in this region.

Evans = (only one in the database) linked to Hawes in Swansea.

Park = Buncrana/Dublin Ireland, Bristol England & Swansea S.Wales

Worner = Martock Somerset & later in Swansea S.Wales ~ Lots of info to share.

Horrell = Swansea S.Wales

Davies x3 = Berwick Loughor nr Llanelli/y Carmarthenshire, Treboeth, Morriston & Fforestfach Swansea S.Wales,~ trying to find information on 2 Great Uncles Talfryn Davies & Iori(s) Davies both both around 1917 / 1919 ~ hey but who doesn't have a Davies in their tree!

Cowlin / Farr / Darch / Way = Timberscombe Somerset – Connections in Swansea Wales through the surnames (Farr and Davies) ~ much information to share with this line

Anyone who wishes to contact me regarding the above please do, I will reply asap.

Welsh Jen
Glam Family History Society Member Number: # 5944

[Jeandrik]

Hi Jen
I'm new to RootsChat and have noticed that you have a lot of information on 'Taylor'.  My father and uncle were builders in Swansea but not from Brynhyfryd but maybe there is a connection somewhere.  My grandfather was Herbert Price Taylor and lived in Cadle Mill, Fforestfach and my great-grandfather was Charles Taylor.  He was originally from Marden, Hereford but moved to Swansea via Llandebie, Carmarthenshire.  Charles was married to Elizabeth in the 1871 Census and she was from Mainstone, Montgomeryshire.  I've checked marriage registers and found a marriage between Charles Taylor and Elizabeth Mills in Leominster in 1858.  Contrary to that I have a Charles Taylor as single in the 1961 Census living with his father John Taylor and his brother John and family.  There seems to be some discrepancy with his age - from the various census reports he was born somewhere between 1827 and 1832.  Any chance that there is a connection?
I'll be visiting Swansea in the summer holidays (I now live in Germany) so hopefully I'll be able to trace some more then.
Here's hoping that you can help me
Jean

[Berlin-Bob]

Hi Jean,

Welcome to RootsChat !  Gruß Gott !, Servus !  Willkommen !

Due to other commitments, Welsh Jen is only "appearing" on RootsChat sporadically, at the moment.
So if she takes a while to answer, please don't feel you're being ignored 
She'll get back to you some time, I'm sure.

In the meantime, enjoy RootsChat, and if you need help tracing your family further, then why not post a request, with all known details, and we 'll see what we can do !

Good luck, good hunting, and much success 
or
Viel Glück, frohes Jagd und viel Erfolg ! 
Bob

[tawe]

Hi
Can tell me who the Davies in the Morriston area that you have
thanx so much.
Tawe

[yorkschris]

Hi Jen,
I am researching Cann family connections with Westleigh in North Devon, and see that you have also researched this family.  As Westleigh is such a small village I feel that our researches may well link at some point.

The earliest family I have is William Cann, b. Westleigh C1802, and his wife Ann, b. Westleigh C1810.  William's occupation was Schoolmaster, and it has been handed down through the family that he only had one arm.  His son John (my g.grandfather) was b.Westleigh C1841 and a house painter by trade.  He was responsible for the redecoration of Tapeley House just outside the village.

I have some records of John's decendants.

Chris