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<p>[QUOTE="Batman_2000, post: 52536, member: 481"]Hello again! Thanks for all your efforts - I've been reaching many dead-ends, which is frustrating but it's still fun to follow the (probably unrelated) families <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/biggrin.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":D" unselectable="on" />.</p><p><br /></p><p>I holidayed in the Green Mountains of Vermont many years ago, and loved the area. And we visited Manchester, Vermont, while we were there and thought it quite amusing, since we come from near Manchester in the UK! I can totally understand why people would want to emigrate to Vermont, particularly in the 1800s; all the space and opportunity must have been very enticing.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now, I tried to approach the photo album from a different perspective this weekend, and tried to trace Emily & Elias Griffith, names that are written above a small photo of a quite stern looking woman. No location given, but in 1901 there's a couple in their 20s living in Llanfairfechan, N. Wales. No children. In 1911, they are still in the same town, but Emily is now called Elizabeth Therza... same age and birthplace though. Tracing her husband to 1891, he's with his parents in Llanfairfechan, and families in the street include Roberts (with a child called Humphrey) and a Williams family too. But just like you, I got lost in the names, which are often repeated. Made me smile when I came across a Griffith Griffiths! so that's as far as I got.</p><p><br /></p><p>I also posted a couple of photos to the Rootschat forum, specifically for help with the Welsh that I don't understand. And the one below has been interpreted as 'sister Anty(?) Jane, Scybor Ddu'*. Scybor Ddu is a township on Anglesey, a small place with not much information about it on the web.</p><p>[ATTACH]13282[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>This second one has been interpreted as 'Uncle Stiniog, Grandfather's Brother', where Stiniog is a contraction of the place name Festiniog. The same man also appears on a cabinet card taken in Festiniog.</p><p>[ATTACH]13284[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I'm not sure where all this takes me yet, but every little helps!</p><p><br /></p><p>*Edit: it might not be Scybor Ddu afterall... could be ysgubor, meaning barn.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Batman_2000, post: 52536, member: 481"]Hello again! Thanks for all your efforts - I've been reaching many dead-ends, which is frustrating but it's still fun to follow the (probably unrelated) families :D. I holidayed in the Green Mountains of Vermont many years ago, and loved the area. And we visited Manchester, Vermont, while we were there and thought it quite amusing, since we come from near Manchester in the UK! I can totally understand why people would want to emigrate to Vermont, particularly in the 1800s; all the space and opportunity must have been very enticing. Now, I tried to approach the photo album from a different perspective this weekend, and tried to trace Emily & Elias Griffith, names that are written above a small photo of a quite stern looking woman. No location given, but in 1901 there's a couple in their 20s living in Llanfairfechan, N. Wales. No children. In 1911, they are still in the same town, but Emily is now called Elizabeth Therza... same age and birthplace though. Tracing her husband to 1891, he's with his parents in Llanfairfechan, and families in the street include Roberts (with a child called Humphrey) and a Williams family too. But just like you, I got lost in the names, which are often repeated. Made me smile when I came across a Griffith Griffiths! so that's as far as I got. I also posted a couple of photos to the Rootschat forum, specifically for help with the Welsh that I don't understand. And the one below has been interpreted as 'sister Anty(?) Jane, Scybor Ddu'*. Scybor Ddu is a township on Anglesey, a small place with not much information about it on the web. [ATTACH]13282[/ATTACH] This second one has been interpreted as 'Uncle Stiniog, Grandfather's Brother', where Stiniog is a contraction of the place name Festiniog. The same man also appears on a cabinet card taken in Festiniog. [ATTACH]13284[/ATTACH] I'm not sure where all this takes me yet, but every little helps! *Edit: it might not be Scybor Ddu afterall... could be ysgubor, meaning barn.[/QUOTE]
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