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WELSH ROW in Canton, Baltimore, Maryland USA--only remaining structures from 100s of rowhouses built to house the Welsh copper smelter workers and their families who settled this section on Baltimore in the 1840s.
PHOTO FOUND IN LLANELLI ATTIC--picture of David Davies and family in New Mexico, USA, 1880. David was born in Wales and came to Baltimore as a baby. He likely went to New Mexico to work with the silver or copper there and died there in 1881. He is buried in Baltimore.Hi,Just curious if any of the folks on Americymru trace their Welsh roots back to any copper smelter workers in South Wales? Particularly any that came to the US in the 1840s-50s to smelt copper in Baltimore, MD? My DAVIES/DAVIS and REESE/REES families lived in Llanelli (Seaside and Wern), Pontardulais (Llwyn Adam Farm), and Swansea (Cnap Coch) at least, before coming to the US.I have not been able to find any living relatives in Wales and think it is a shame, as it is not that long ago that these people left for America.Thanks!Mona
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Hello All, I've been a member of Americymru for a couple of years, so this isn't a "stranger" asking. I am also on the Board of two non-profit Welsh-American organizations--the Welsh National Gymanfa Ganu Association www.wnnga.org and the Great Plains Welsh Heritage Project www.welshheritage.org . The WNGGA puts on the wonderful North American Festival of Wales each September, which draws people from all over, including Wales. We also bring over Welsh performers, choirs, and speakers for the 4-day event.The NAFOW has a link on Americymru from the home page.
The GPWHP has a wonderful Welsh museum and archives and also holds one of the only complete collections of Y Drych on microfilm. Y Drych is the only Welsh-American newspaper (now called Ninnau & Y Drych) and dates from the 1800s, with the earlier years written totally in Welsh. The museum offers obit look-ups and translations for a modest fee. The GWPHP also holds a terrific Welsh Heritage Weekend every other October, drawing people from all over the US and even from Wales and holds other events throughout the year. Both of these organizations are in need of items to sell as fundraisers. Notecards (and maybe calendars) with pictures of Wales are wonderful and not generally available over here. I have made some from some of the photos I have taken on my trips to Wales, but am looking for other (and better) photographers to donate some images that we can make into notecards and Christmas cards and St. David's cards (and maybe calendars). If you have some images you'd like to donate to these 2 causes, you can email me high resolution jpegs, along with your name and copyright date,which we will include on the photo, and a short statement giving us permission to use them for the above causes. I will mail you a copy of the finished notecard(s) and the gratitude of both organizations if you send your postal address. The photos here are of some of the GPWHP Board members in a local parade in Wymore, and Welsh Language Lessons at NAFOW 2009, and the From Wales to the Great Plains mural at the GPWH Centre in Wymore, NebraskaThank you very much, Mona Everett mona_sydd_yma@yahoo.com |
