I instantly knew your “Grampie” was from South Wales. This moniker for grandfather tends to be used down there (I live in North Wales and we don’t use that word, preferring to use “Taid” (pronounced “tide”).
@GenealCymru Thanks for your reply. I'm not too familiar with UA-cam, and comments, but have subscribed to your channel as your video creation was amazing. I've created a large Shutterfly book on my Rees/Morgans Family of Carmarthenshire and Gamoran, and descendants, and given my Welsh cousins copies as they helped with photos, documents and even the carpenter apprentice wood projects from our common, Elias Rees, ancestor. But a video, as you've created, is captivating. Your illustrations were very clever, also. Thanks for sharing on UA-cam and I look forward to seeing your future Welsh genealogy achievements!
Thanks, that really means a lot. You created a really wonderful gift for yourself and your relatives with that book. Last evening, I went through the one my Grampie made to look at his research. I find that video can make our family histories a lot more accessible, because I know not everyone wants to read a long text, but a shorter collection of videos might be just what they need.
I’ve only just found your videos and they are excellent. My Grandmother was brought up on a farm in Bronllys Brecon, she later settled in a village in the Swansea Valley called Abercrave, where my father was born.
I love the few videos of yours that I've watched - the graphics, the story and your voice, itself. My maternal grandmother came from Treyall, Cardigan, born 1888. And your stories are teaching me about her life there and the times. So interesting.
Thanks for the feedback! I really appreciate it and I'm glad you've been enjoying. I've got at least 50 more video ideas in the works so far,m so there will be plenty more to come!
My great grandfather moved from Welshpool during the 19th century in search of work. He could not speak a word of English, only welsh. Looking forward to exploring my family in the years to come.
Nice story. Also have an ancestor from Llangyfelach and moved to Llandovery - I see why he left now! Pretty sure my respective paternal great great grandfathers had a hand in my great grandparents' meeting, too. Both of my great great grandfathers were engine drivers of a similar age, only a few stops apart in Llandovery and Brecon, respectively. Need to look more into railway workers as I hear that there are some great records kept by the companies.
Wonderful! My 3x great grandparents moved from near Llangafog, Carmarthenshire. Elias Rees married Jeanette Morgans there and moved to Merthyr Tydfil, where Elias was a carpenter st Cyfsrthfa Castle. They raisef five dsughters. Many cial miners in the famiky.
Thanks! I'm glad you enjoyed it! Good to hear someone who has similar stories in their ancestry. Not many of my ancestors ended up down Merthyr Tydfil way. One of William's cousins was Dan Isaac Davies was a school headmaster in Aberdare, right near Merthyr, so maybe they crossed paths at some point at the school. I've got a mini-series on him in the works.
I live in a village between Llandybie and Llangafelach. Your video is truly brilliant. A heads up on pronunciation of vouels in welsh. They are flattened. Llandybie is pronounced Llan-du-bee-e (as e at the start of egg?).
Thanks! That really means a lot. I'm glad you enjoyed it. Also thanks for the support on pronunciations. You'll notice in newer videos that I've improved the pronunciation of Llandybïe :)
My great grandparents lived in Fforestfach and they had a child named John Llewellwyn Williams. The names became popular due to a wealthy land owner called John Dillwyn Llewellwyn, who had links to America, he is buried in the local cemetry. If you want any photos in or around Fforestfach, Llangyrfelach, Morriston etc, let me know, i live local and have a 13yr old son who loves history and will happily come galavanting to take some snaps for you. My son has recently been researching his own family tree (hence why we went to see the grave site of John Dilwyn Llewellwyn).
Thanks for sharing and thanks for the offer! It's really cool that your son is getting into the family history. I hope you both have a great time doing it!
Very nice video. I am from south Wales (Swansea) but have quite a lot of ancestors from Carmarthenshire (Llandovery and surrounding area) whom I am currently researching (Jenkins and Christmas are the first two surnames as some examples). I also have a Welsh speaking friend from Llandybïe who pronounces it 'Llan-da-bee-uh' - a tricky one but thought it worth a mention. Looking forward to more👍
Thanks! I've got a couple groups of ancestors who ended up in Llandovery over the years too. One group of them was very wealthy and there's a couple plaques and one of the stained glass windows in the Anglican Church was commissioned by one of them. No Jenkins' or Christmas' though unfortunately. Also, thanks for the pronunciation help. Such is living in the diaspora, but now the umlaut in Llandybïe makes a bit more sense. It's the only word I've come across so far with one.
@@GenealCymru Were your ancestors of the Rice or Gwynne lines? Those are the two noble families I know of from that area. I know my great grandmother was living in Llwyn-y-Brain (a former manor house) when she married my great grandfather, no doubt she was a servant there although it doesn't say her occupation on the marriage certificate. As for the pronunciation, yeah, I've never seen that before in a Welsh place name either - definitely a tricky one!
@@GenealCymru ps I have found several family graves in the church at Llandovery - Llandingat is the name. If that's the one, let me know and I can try to take some photos of the stained glass windows when next there.
@@familycurious3813 My rich people in Llandingat are the daughters of Watkin Walters (1803-1876). Lizzie Lewis (1843-1909) of Llandingat Villa and Jane Harries (1838-1893) of Windermere House. All three should be buried there, probably with the rest of the siblings. If you do get a chance to go up that way, I would be super grateful if you could take some pictures. That'd be amazing. Lizzie is the one who had the South side stained glass window made in Llandingat Church in honour of her maternal grandparents, David and Mary Jeremy. I know the Jeremys were quite wealthy and keep popping up every once in a while in my research.
Thanks. I'm in the process of learning Welsh as my third language. The language isn't particularly difficult. The issue I'm having is that there's not a whole lot of audio resources that fit my interests that I can listen to to better learn pronunciation.
Really enjoyed this. I have not researched my fathers history but my understanding is he is Welch. His surname is Owens. I subscribed and will.continue listening
Hello I dont know if you saw my message earlier but it's been deleted? Surely you wouldnt have removed it? Just to let you know we are related, I am also Jacob and Mary Davies' great x3 grandchild! 🙂
Hi! I'm so glad you left another comment. I went to reply but UA-cam said it was deleted. That's really exciting! If you'd like to chat, you can send me an email at GenealCymru [at] outlook [dot] com.
We have a Sophia Thomas. We used to think our grandfather Benjamin Jones was ScotIrish until I took a DNA test over 14 yrs ago. I was the first to do it in our family. Found out he was Welsh. My mom didn’t believe me, so she did the DNA😂😂😂. We did know we had some but not as much.
hehe nice. There are definitely a bunch of Benjamin Jones' in my family tree too. Mine normally came from non-conformist (non-Church of England) families.
I got as far as my great great grandmother, who was the one who emigrated. The records I've found so far just say Wales as her birthplace and her father's name was Thomas Thomas 🙄
That's rough. Assuming you're around my age, a 2x great grandparent leaves you with lots of records on the Welsh side at least. People who were born around 1813 and left before the 1st Census make it especially difficult. But any time later than that you at least might get a census hit.
I instantly knew your “Grampie” was from South Wales. This moniker for grandfather tends to be used down there (I live in North Wales and we don’t use that word, preferring to use “Taid” (pronounced “tide”).
@GenealCymru
Thanks for your reply. I'm not too familiar with UA-cam, and comments, but have subscribed to your channel as your video creation was amazing. I've created a large Shutterfly book on my Rees/Morgans Family of Carmarthenshire and Gamoran, and descendants, and given my Welsh cousins copies as they helped with photos, documents and even the carpenter apprentice wood projects from our common, Elias Rees, ancestor. But a video, as you've created, is captivating. Your illustrations were very clever, also. Thanks for sharing on UA-cam and I look forward to seeing your future Welsh genealogy achievements!
Thanks, that really means a lot. You created a really wonderful gift for yourself and your relatives with that book. Last evening, I went through the one my Grampie made to look at his research. I find that video can make our family histories a lot more accessible, because I know not everyone wants to read a long text, but a shorter collection of videos might be just what they need.
I’ve only just found your videos and they are excellent. My Grandmother was brought up on a farm in Bronllys Brecon, she later settled in a village in the Swansea Valley called Abercrave, where my father was born.
Glad you're enjoying! :D Abercrave isn't too too far from where my family is from. Just down the road closer to Swansea
I love the few videos of yours that I've watched - the graphics, the story and your voice, itself. My maternal grandmother came from Treyall, Cardigan, born 1888. And your stories are teaching me about her life there and the times. So interesting.
Thanks for the feedback! I really appreciate it and I'm glad you've been enjoying. I've got at least 50 more video ideas in the works so far,m so there will be plenty more to come!
Fascinating history! Loved the many illustrations and documents displayed, they really inspire the imagination and bring the past to life.
My great grandfather moved from Welshpool during the 19th century in search of work. He could not speak a word of English, only welsh. Looking forward to exploring my family in the years to come.
Nice story. Also have an ancestor from Llangyfelach and moved to Llandovery - I see why he left now! Pretty sure my respective paternal great great grandfathers had a hand in my great grandparents' meeting, too. Both of my great great grandfathers were engine drivers of a similar age, only a few stops apart in Llandovery and Brecon, respectively. Need to look more into railway workers as I hear that there are some great records kept by the companies.
That's really cool. Meeting across the railway will be a really great story once you have all the details together!
Such a great video!
Thank you!
Wonderful! My 3x great grandparents moved from near Llangafog, Carmarthenshire. Elias Rees married Jeanette Morgans there and moved to Merthyr Tydfil, where Elias was a carpenter st Cyfsrthfa Castle. They raisef five dsughters. Many cial miners in the famiky.
Sorry for typos. Llangafog = Llangadog.
Nice to hear your pronunciations of the Welsh places, which are new to me.
Thanks! I'm glad you enjoyed it! Good to hear someone who has similar stories in their ancestry. Not many of my ancestors ended up down Merthyr Tydfil way. One of William's cousins was Dan Isaac Davies was a school headmaster in Aberdare, right near Merthyr, so maybe they crossed paths at some point at the school. I've got a mini-series on him in the works.
I live in a village between Llandybie and Llangafelach. Your video is truly brilliant. A heads up on pronunciation of vouels in welsh. They are flattened. Llandybie is pronounced Llan-du-bee-e (as e at the start of egg?).
Thanks! That really means a lot. I'm glad you enjoyed it. Also thanks for the support on pronunciations. You'll notice in newer videos that I've improved the pronunciation of Llandybïe :)
@@GenealCymru Where are you located? You have an interesting accent
My great grandparents lived in Fforestfach and they had a child named John Llewellwyn Williams. The names became popular due to a wealthy land owner called John Dillwyn Llewellwyn, who had links to America, he is buried in the local cemetry.
If you want any photos in or around Fforestfach, Llangyrfelach, Morriston etc, let me know, i live local and have a 13yr old son who loves history and will happily come galavanting to take some snaps for you. My son has recently been researching his own family tree (hence why we went to see the grave site of John Dilwyn Llewellwyn).
Thanks for sharing and thanks for the offer! It's really cool that your son is getting into the family history. I hope you both have a great time doing it!
Very nice video. I am from south Wales (Swansea) but have quite a lot of ancestors from Carmarthenshire (Llandovery and surrounding area) whom I am currently researching (Jenkins and Christmas are the first two surnames as some examples). I also have a Welsh speaking friend from Llandybïe who pronounces it 'Llan-da-bee-uh' - a tricky one but thought it worth a mention. Looking forward to more👍
Thanks! I've got a couple groups of ancestors who ended up in Llandovery over the years too. One group of them was very wealthy and there's a couple plaques and one of the stained glass windows in the Anglican Church was commissioned by one of them. No Jenkins' or Christmas' though unfortunately.
Also, thanks for the pronunciation help. Such is living in the diaspora, but now the umlaut in Llandybïe makes a bit more sense. It's the only word I've come across so far with one.
@@GenealCymru Were your ancestors of the Rice or Gwynne lines? Those are the two noble families I know of from that area. I know my great grandmother was living in Llwyn-y-Brain (a former manor house) when she married my great grandfather, no doubt she was a servant there although it doesn't say her occupation on the marriage certificate. As for the pronunciation, yeah, I've never seen that before in a Welsh place name either - definitely a tricky one!
PS Do you speak Welsh or have you thought about learning it? Doing so at the moment. Can send some suggestions if interested.
@@GenealCymru ps I have found several family graves in the church at Llandovery - Llandingat is the name. If that's the one, let me know and I can try to take some photos of the stained glass windows when next there.
@@familycurious3813 My rich people in Llandingat are the daughters of Watkin Walters (1803-1876). Lizzie Lewis (1843-1909) of Llandingat Villa and Jane Harries (1838-1893) of Windermere House. All three should be buried there, probably with the rest of the siblings. If you do get a chance to go up that way, I would be super grateful if you could take some pictures. That'd be amazing. Lizzie is the one who had the South side stained glass window made in Llandingat Church in honour of her maternal grandparents, David and Mary Jeremy. I know the Jeremys were quite wealthy and keep popping up every once in a while in my research.
You accent is not Welsh, yet you do pretty well in mastering the Welsh pronunciations. How is that?
Thanks. I'm in the process of learning Welsh as my third language. The language isn't particularly difficult. The issue I'm having is that there's not a whole lot of audio resources that fit my interests that I can listen to to better learn pronunciation.
Really enjoyed this. I have not researched my fathers history but my understanding is he is Welch. His surname is Owens. I subscribed and will.continue listening
Glad you enjoyed! I hope your Owens research goes well when you get to it :)
My 3rd great grandfather is from Cardiff
My ancestor, Edward Davis (1829-1872) came to America c. 1846 as a Puddler. Could he have been your uncle?
Probably not. Out of all my Davies families, I don't recall any of them using the name Edward.
Hi I'm pretty sure we're related my greatmother was Mary Davis who married an O'Connor
Amazing! If you'd like to get in touch, please send me an email: GenealCymru [@] outlook [dot] com
Hello I dont know if you saw my message earlier but it's been deleted? Surely you wouldnt have removed it? Just to let you know we are related, I am also Jacob and Mary Davies' great x3 grandchild! 🙂
Hi! I'm so glad you left another comment. I went to reply but UA-cam said it was deleted. That's really exciting! If you'd like to chat, you can send me an email at GenealCymru [at] outlook [dot] com.
@@GenealCymru Okay. 🙃
We have a Sophia Thomas. We used to think our grandfather Benjamin Jones was ScotIrish until I took a DNA test over 14 yrs ago. I was the first to do it in our family. Found out he was Welsh. My mom didn’t believe me, so she did the DNA😂😂😂. We did know we had some but not as much.
hehe nice. There are definitely a bunch of Benjamin Jones' in my family tree too. Mine normally came from non-conformist (non-Church of England) families.
I got as far as my great great grandmother, who was the one who emigrated. The records I've found so far just say Wales as her birthplace and her father's name was Thomas Thomas 🙄
That's rough. Assuming you're around my age, a 2x great grandparent leaves you with lots of records on the Welsh side at least. People who were born around 1813 and left before the 1st Census make it especially difficult. But any time later than that you at least might get a census hit.