Oriel - Crunwere

[smeni]

Research on my grandmother's side of family, shows that my great grandmother had the maiden name of Oriel.  Tracked down G-G-G-grandfather to William Oriel of Crunwere, around 1800s - Anyone else come across this name in their tree?  Great Grandmother was Alice Oriel, and had some sisters and one brother called Harold Oriel Oriel, my aunt recalls him being known as Ariel Oriel(?).

[Orielbenfro]

Dear Sir/Madam

I have spent over 35 years researching the Oriel surname world wide, I have the complete Crunwere Oriel story, which stretches to Caldey Island, up the valleys to Glamorgan, back through Pembroke town and back to Spittal.
I have a vast photographic and document archive on the family, if you wish to give me your latest connection I can take it all straight back for you.
If you ever get to Pembroke Town call in on me and you can study and see all my related Oriel material and I can give you my latest book on the family.

If you just google "Oriel" you will no doubt get much on me. Disregard the Oriels of Australia ~ this side of the surname are descended from the Wiltshire Oriels.

The surname is really settled in 3 areas Pembroke, London and Wilts ~ 35 years ago I set out to find the common ancestor ~ easy ~ 35 years on I'm still trying.

Rgds
Orielbenfro

Oriel a welsh window on a surname

[smeni]

Thank you - I have your book on  the Oriels (you arranged to deliver it to Penarth) and I am away from  UK at present.  It is really interesting to see the family line and it is yet another unusual surname in my list of ancestors. 

[77777]

Hello, I am new to this site. I recently discovered that my family descended from the Oriels of Caldey Island and I am very interested in researching this. Can Orilebenfro please let me know how to obtain his book on the Oriel family. Thank you.

[Morganllan]

Hello James77 

Welcome to Rootschat!

Hopefully Orielbenfro will be along soon to let you know how you can obtain a copy of his book.

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Morgan

[77777]

Hello Morgan and thank you very much.  I had been wondering about that.

[Crunwere]

Hi Smeni - I am from Crunwere (!) but there is no-one better to give you Oriel family info than Orielbenfo who is the authority on the family.
James77 - do a post again back here and then you can p.m. whoever you want.

[smeni]

Thanks Crunwere, have already been in touch with Orielbenfro, have his book and found connection to the Oriels!   One of mine was in service in the Carmarthen area before moving to South Wales - my greatgrandmother was an Oriel, and we always wondered about the name!  Now I know!  By the way, she had a brother called Ariel Oriel! what a tonguetwister!

[Crunwere]

Thats ok - we've been doing village history but never bothered with the Oriels as Orielbenfo had covered the whole family so well we had nothing left to do!!