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From: donna carlson <>
Subject: Re: [PAGenWeb] Immigrant's port of entry
Date: Sat, 16 Jul 2005 17:13:59 -0500
In-Reply-To: <00b101c583fa$f5fc9140$6101a8c0@yourfh1vwrvr0b>


on 7/8/05 3:23 PM, at wrote:

> Have you searched the Pennsylvania site in Luzerne Cty for perhaps death or
> burial records? This might lead you to someone who remembers the family or
> a church where they were members. I found that the Pa site helped alot when
> looking in the Northumberland county that my family were in. I found
> several burial sites and went from there to find people who remembered my
> immigrant. Also have you put your query on the Lewis message board? I
> found several Cornwall ancestors and families there and happy to say even
> came to England to visit them.
> Good Luck
> L. Quinn (Florida USA)
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Eddie Thomas" <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Friday, July 08, 2005 3:27 PM
> Subject: [PAGenWeb] Immigrant's port of entry
>
>
>> Thanks to all of you who've responded to my query.
>> The Ellis Island records don't cover the period I'm looking at, which is
>> the mid-1870s - probably 1874.
>> My ancestors were employed in the mining industry, at least the men
>> were. From various census entries I've discovered that several of the
>> women worked in a hosiery mill in Nanticoke.
>> The individuals/families I'm interested in are:
>>
>> * Lewis John (b. 1833, Wales) married Martha Thomas (b. 1834, Wales)
>> in 1867, Wales. They emigrated mid-1870s.
>>
>> * Children of Lewis and Martha: Damaris (b. 1855, Wales - father
>> unknown, mother Martha), Elizabeth (b. 1869, Wales), William (b.
>> 1871, Wales), Mary (b. 1873, Wales), Margaret (b. 1878, Pa),
>> Robert (b. 1881, Pa). Assumption: Damaris, Elizabeth, William and
>> Mary emigrated with their parents in mid-1870s.
>>
>> * Damaris married Thomas Davies (b. ? Wales) in 1874, Wales and
>> latterly William Jones (b. 1853, Wales) in Pa?
>>
>> * Children of Damaris and Thomas Davies: Morgan Davies (b. 1877,
>> Pa). Morgan married Maude in 1902, Pa and had William Davies (b.
>> 1902, Pa), Martha (b. 1903), Thomas (b. 1907), Violet (b. 1908)
>>
>> * Children of Damaris and William Jones: Richard Jones (b. 1879,
>> Pa), Elizabeth (b. 1883, Pa), Martha (b. 1884, Pa), Damaris (b.
>> 1890, Pa)
>>
>> * Thomas Edwards (b. 1880, Pa) married Elizabeth Jones (b. 1883, Pa)
>> and had Thomas Edwards (b. 1909), Tallie (b. 1912), Richard (b.
>> 1918), George (b. 1920)
>>
>> I've obtained most of this information from the US censuses of 1880,
>> 1900, 1910 and 1920. Lewis and Martha seemed to have emigrated to
>> Nanticoke, Luzerne County (which is where all of the above looks to have
>> taken place) and stayed there for the rest of their lives. All those
>> with a Wales connection came from in or around Llantrisant, Glamorgan.
>> For information, Martha Thomas is my 3 x great aunt.
>> Hope I've not bored everyone with all this.
>> Thanks again
>> Ed
>>
>>
>
>
May I ask, "What is the Lewis message board?"

Donna
Minneapolis

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