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2012-01-09
By: hazel reitz
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can anyone help me please, i am doing a project for my textiles degree , the project is about welsh migration and i want to look for real stories of real people who migrated, the reasons why and where from and to. im lookin for names dates which ships they traveled on and perhaps letters or poetry. also anything about quiltmaking and the influence the welsh had on the americans quiltmaking traditions. I have a few ideas for my final quilt but need to do lots of research first, i would be very grateful for any help thank you so much

hazel reitz

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02/03/12 07:57:55AM @hazel-reitz:

thank you virginia, i will look up all the names you gave me to see if i can find out any more..many thanks x

02/03/12 01:38:17AM @virginia-w-martin:

I am descended from Ralph Lewis, a Quaker born either in Ilan or Eglwysian, Glamorganshire, Wales ca. 1655. His wife was Mary ? and they immigrated to Chester County, PA settling in the Welsh Tract of Wiliam Penn's grant. I believe he immigrated after 1683 and died there in September 1712. His daughter was Lydia Lewis who was born 8 March 1683 in Treverig, Glamorganshire, Wales and married Joseph Sharples, another Quaker living in Chester Co. He was born 28 SEPT 1678 in Cheshire, ENG and his parents, John and Jane Moore Sharples, immigrated to Chester Co., PA IN 1682. I think I have the name of the ship but am in a hurry this morning and no time to look it up. Ralph's father was Ralph Lewis of Llanisher, Wales and his mother Ann Prichard (Richard). I am missing his grandfather's name and would like to find a Welch genealogist to help me find it. The Welch Quaker records are supposedly housed in the Welsh National Library. I also would like to learn his wife's maiden name. The Quakers kept good records and it may be possible to find in The National Library.

Virginia Wheeler Martin

01/11/12 11:41:05PM @hazel-reitz:

thanks gaabi very usefull xxx

01/11/12 07:53:47PM @gaabi:

And there's Y Drych, the Welsh language newspaper published since 1850 and now merged with Ninnau - the Great Plains Welsh Heritage Project has a full set of them on microfiche and a translator - I haven't seen it but I've been told that it used to list everyone coming from Wales, births, deaths, marriages, new business ventures, jobs, and all the US Welsh news.

01/11/12 07:51:07PM @gaabi:

Hey, Hazel - sorry if someone else already mentioned these (I went back through comments but not all the way) and very sorry if you already have these or know about them but two resources that might be good are:

(1) the "Hanes Cymru America." which I got from the lovely people at the Great Plains Welsh Heritage Project http://americymru.net/group/greatplainswelshheritageproject - this is a survey of Welsh settlements, communities and groups in the US in 1872, I'm way late on writing a review of it but it's PACKED with info if you haven't already seen it.

(2) Mary Jenkin's "Making Welsh Quilts" http://www.amazon.com/Making-Welsh-Quilts-Mary-Jenkins/dp/0896892549

There might be some more good resources for your project in our genealogy group http://americymru.net/group/geneology

01/11/12 12:38:42AM @stacy-michelle-jones:

I'm sure some of you know this already, but Jones is the name the English gave to all the Welsh names they couldn't pronounce when they took over. It was easier for them that way, but more difficult for us to research back of course (not something they cared about at the time obviously)!! My moms side is the Wynns, and my dads side is Jones. The Wynns we have traced all the way back to like 700, thanks to Sir John Wynn who wrote a book about our family heritage back then to keep track of it. However, on my dads side I have a hard time tracing it back, and I know he's Welsh too, but I think this is why I have a hard time tracing it.

01/10/12 12:47:56PM @gaynor-madoc-leonard:

Hallo Swansea

Thanks for that. I don't like the sound of Lester "Pick-Axe Handle"! I have enough disreputable people on my Scottish side, as I'm sure there were a lot of border reivers among them. www.genealogymagazine.com/Welsh.html has an article about Welsh migration and 3 of my relatives are mentioned on www.mormonhistory.org in the immigrants list.

Gaynor

01/10/12 11:06:32AM @hazel-reitz:

hi gillian yes i am familiar with jen jones quilt museum in lampeter and shop and the bath museum, all very interesting, the project we are doing for the degree is in collaborationw ith jen jones and the welsh woolen museum...but i am looking for the welsh american connections, names dates places of welsh settler in america for a quilt, i plan to quilt in the nanes as part of the quilting pattern, thanks anyway for your contact hazel xx

01/10/12 10:50:25AM @gillian-morgan:

Hi Hazel, Jenni Jones, Brechfa, Wales is an American lady who is an authority on Welsh blankets and quilting. She has a gallery in her home and she buys and sells 'carthens' (the traditional blankets. She may have published a book, as well.

How about contacting the Museum of Welsh Folk Culture at St Fagan's Cardiff. There is also a quilt gallery in Bath Museum, which probbly has Wesh examples, too.

All the best, it's a fascinating subject, Gillian

01/10/12 10:08:30AM @gaynor-madoc-leonard:

It's not impossible to find marriages before 1835 in the UK. You're right in that it's often hard to find the surname of the woman in those circumstances though. I'd be willing to have a look on the internet to see if I could find anything, if you like.

Best wishes

Gaynor

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