COMPLETED - Richard Howel Rowlands - Caernarfon Herald

[Cariad.bach]

Hi

I'm looking for any advice on where I may find out about the history of the Caernarfon Herald newspaper, and particularly my great great grandfather, Richard Howel Rowlands b.1864 (also known as Dick Herald) who was the Secretary and Cashier at the newspaper from 1885 until his death in 1903.

I have a family photo of his (rather large) funeral procession, but have not been able to find an obituary or anything else online.

I have tried to contact the newspaper directly but my emails are not getting through, I'm really keen to try and research him further, as I have never even seen a photograph of him.

Thank you,

Emma

[Jo Harding]

Hello Cariad.bach,

Have you made an enquiry at the Gwynedd Archives on this matter?

http://www.archiveswales.org.uk/plan-your-visit/gwynedd-archives-caernarfon-record-office/

I am sure that they would have some information on where you can obtain the details you seek.

Another possibility would be to write a letter to the local paper now and ask if anyone has information on Richard Rowlands.

I am sure that someone has quite a bit of information, a case of pursuing relentlessly! 

Jo (Another Rowlands researcher but for Bangor.)

[Cariad.bach]

Hi Jo,

Thanks for your reply, I am planning a visit to Caernarfon at some point - I'm hoping to tie in a visit to the archives with a bit of grave hunting!

I've managed to get a few leads from various messages and emails, and having made contact with some 'new' relatives, I have a photo that *may* be him. I'm yet to find an obit, so a way to go yet, but I love the hunt!

I'm finding that the more I dig with my Rowlands, the more I'm thinking they had some ideas about populating the world - there are an enormous amount of them   

[Jo Harding]

Hello Cariad,bach,

Do you have the entries from the census returns for him?

Are there any other bits of information that might help?

Jo.

[Cariad.bach]

Hi Jo,

I have all his census, birth/marriage indexes and his death cert - he was only 39 when he died of a heart condition. I had been searching for an obit online, but couldn't find one, but have since found out that the Caernarfon Herald hasn't been put online, so it's the archives for me!

I'm interested in finding out more about him, even if it was just a bit about his working life through his obit - he's my gg grandfather, and it doesn't seem so long ago really in the grand scheme of things, so I was hopeful that there may be extra bits to make him more of a person to me, rather than just a set of facts.

Emma

[Cariad.bach]

I've been sent an obit now, so very happy.

Happy Christmas all 

[paula333]

Hi,

Just read your reference to your Great-Grandfather Richard Howell Rowlands. Coincidentally, he is my Great-Grandfather too, through his daughter Annie Jane who went to Canada.

[Cariad.bach]

Hi Paula - sorry, I've not been researching much in the last few years (I had a baby, who is now a crazy toddler), so I've only just seen your message!

I'm dipping my toe back in the Rowlands water, so I'm back again - just waiting for a post to be approved in the photography section that may be of interest to you too

[paula333]

Hi Paula - sorry, I've not been researching much in the last few years (I had a baby, who is now a crazy toddler), so I've only just seen your message!

I'm dipping my toe back in the Rowlands water, so I'm back again - just waiting for a post to be approved in the photography section that may be of interest to you too

Hi Emma, it is now I who must apologize, as I haven't looked at this for awhile and see you posted a reply in October, and may have a photo of interest regarding Richard Rowlands. I an advise that a few years ago we visited the Caenarvonshire and I tried to find his grave in the church yard, but it was horribly overgrown. In any event, my husband and I just did 23andMe DNA testing, so  now I'm again interested in finding out more of the genealogy story.

Paula Grahame ThirdKTHEFR