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  • Putting all the Levis in order

    Putting all the Levis in order

    Another tale of Welsh miners in America

    Another tale of Welsh miners in America The idea of one, or more, Watkins ancestors being born in America was tackled a while back, in ‘Cracking a family myth‘. Now another possible source of the tale has emerged, through a family tree on Ancestry. The original story as recounted by cousin Islwyn was about the father of John Watkins, namely my 2x great grandfather Levy. Or Levi – I use the alternative spelling as a way to reduce confusion with my grandfather of the  » »

  • Staying together in Wilkes-Barre

    A Welsh community in America

    A Welsh community in America The Welsh side of the family which emigrated to Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, USA appears to have retained the practice of close-knit communities. There was generally a strong influx to the area from Wales, following the opportunities in coal mining and iron works. And the individual family groups stayed close to each other, at least to start with, as in the Welsh valleys. The picture in 1910 From the 1910 US Census we can see that Grace Price, the child of Thomas Price  » »

  • Cracking a family myth

    Wales to Wilkes-Barre USA

    Wales to Wilkes-Barre USA Great excitement at Cutlock Towers. Wednesday’s visit to cousin Islwyn in Knighton didn’t just fill in missing details on already known relations but, with just the briefest further research, has now revealed where the tales of Pennsylvania connections came from. These connections had become rather mythical to me, as the idea that a part of the Watkins family was born abroad just didn’t stack up. I came back with old birth, marriage and death certificates, burial records from the 1860s to 1880s,  » »