Tag: Farmer
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A Log Cabin Mystery
It all began with a single photograph. Two of my ancestors standing proudly outside their log cabin home. Logs and sticks woven together to create a warm cradle where they would raise their children… presumably. Did they have children? It was a mystery. See, this heavily deteriorated photograph was the only trace of these ancestors…
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The Orator: Margaret Davies of Llwynon, Cellan
Stretched before Margaret sat a crowd of 90 children from Cellan day school. On this Boxing Day, 1894, she and her husband had invited the students and their teachers to their home for tea. Margaret had just presented each child with a Bible and Christmas card and now they all sat, faces eager, applauding and…
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A Rural Farmer: Thomas Griffith of Olmarch Fawr, Bettws Leiki (1841–1886)
Thomas Griffith was born on March 27, 1841, at Olwmarch Fawr, in the parish fo Bettws Leiki, Cardiganshire, Wales. He was the third son of Anne Davies and William John Griffith, tenant farmers.[1] If his childhood was anything like his eldest brother’s (he wrote a short autobiography in his old age), Thomas spent much of…
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A Quiet Life: Jacob Davies of Hendai, Pencarreg (1825–1875)
Jacob Davies was born around 1825 at Hendai farm in the parish of Pencarreg, Carmarthenshire, Wales. He came from a farming family and was the son of Timothy Davies and Margaret Davies.[1] He probably grew up a Unitarian and continued to be a member of Caeronen Unitarian Chapel as an adult. Jacob lived the majority…