Marlea Llewellyn - May 27, 2012
Not sure if anyone has this woman but the parents' names sound so familiar. I came across this obit on find a grave and just thought what beautiful pics of her hope someone can enjoy them...
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Llewel
lyn&GSiman=1&GSst=37&GSsr=121&GRid=48791245&
Billie Harris - May 28, 2012
Thanks, Marlea. I'll add a brief bit on her in the Ohio and in the Pennsylvania chronology postings.
According to Ancestry, Thomas Llewellyn (1855-1892), her father, was the son of Peter and Jane Ann Llewellyn. Thomas was born 1824 Merthyr Tydfil, South Wales, and died Oct. 25, 1892 Cook Co., Ill. Peter was born 1824 and died 1893. Jane Ann, Thomas' mother, was born 1814 and died 1888. Thomas and Elizabeth's only children were Elizabeth and a daughter Gwendolyn
I wonder if Thomas was a brother of Noah llewellyn who's found in Trumbull County 1869; that's where Elizabeth Summerhays lived. By that year Noah had married Cecelia Davis and both were from Wales. They had . 6 children: Carline born 1869 OH, David 1871 OH, William 1872 OH, Elizabeth 1875 OH, Aldine 1878 PA and Frederick 1880 PA.
Marlea Llewellyn - May 29, 2012
That is great Billie. But no as to Noah. Noah is my GGGgrand father. His parents were William and Elizabeth. I am thinking they were possibly cousins. I remember from the Welsh census that Noah had a much younger brother Richard and older sister Mary and a sister Janet. There had to be something happening in Wales at the time because I have noticed a lot of people left there1865-1869 from the montmouthshire region. So why Trumbull County? There were many in that and the connecting areas. I would love to see the ship records they came on, but I have yet to find that information. I suspect they would give a lot of info. My maternal grandmother came from germany and I found the ship with her info. It broke open a reality that none of us never knew...... Then when searching the census found that my Mom had 2 or 3 brothers from her dad's first marriage that did not make it very long after birth. 3 others did but lost their mother when they were very young. He then married my grandmother and had 8 more children. Most of this info came from ship registry and census.... amazing isn't it.
Billie Harris - May 29, 2012
I've added to the summary that you descend from Noah. That might be helpful to those of us researching in that area. And yes, it's amazing what's contained in records...if only we could find more.
Marlea Llewellyn - May 30, 2012
it seems apparent to me that the huge influx during that time was due to the civil war ending. One would have to believe that all those poor people looking for a better life would be hard pressed to find one during the war. Also, you would imagine if the South won, there would be less of surge. As a lot of the poor before them came as indentured servants. Would they ever get their freedom? That would be a major factor in my thinking if I was there in that time. I don't know of course, but I bet that influx to New Zealand of Welsh immigrants was higher during the civil war era.