Can anyone help me in researching my father's mother's family who were from Anglesey? Her father, Richard Cadwaladr Griffith(s) was a chemist and postmaster (of LlanfairPG and Llanfairisgaer and, later, of Portdinorwic). His father was Evan Griffith(s) and Richard was born in Llanfihangel Esgeifiog in 1841. Evan's father was Griffith Cadwaladr (the family was clearly still using patronymics), born about 1786 in Llanidan. My grandmother, Richard's daughter, claimed that the family was connected in some way to the well known family Hughes of Plas Goch. This might seem unlikely as both Evan Griffith and his father were labourers but the family tradition seems to have been very strong in this respect and included may details which I have since managed to corroborate (eg a link to the Gee family of Essex and to Fortunatus Wright, a Liverpool privateer). I am aware of the ancient Welsh connections of the Cadwaladr name and also that Cadwaladr was a relatively uncommon name in Anglesey in the early 19th centu. I am hoping that someone will have more information that will enable me to link this family to Hughes of Plas Goch if such a connection exists.
Wynne
