Waleria Marynowska and Karol Marynowski Waleria and Karol Marynowski were born in pre-war Poland. Their perilous journey, to their final resting place in Wrexham was typical of the hundreds of Poles who lie buried in [more]
Eugen Schreiber was born in Germany on 16 April 1851, he was baptised at Neckarwestheim, Neckarkreis, Wuerttemberg, his father was Gottfried Joseph Schreiber and his mother was Marie Ragine Pauline Zinsstag. By 1881 he had [more]
William Owen was born about 1839 in Erbistock, his father was also named William Owen, a farmer from Dudleston, and his mother Hannah was from Brymbo. The whole family came to Wrexham to live. On [more]
Thomas Leadbeater was born in Sandbach about 1808. The Leadbeater family and their many relations were clockmakers for generations in Cheshire. In 1838 he married Harriet Griffiths who was from Gresford. They were in Wrexham [more]
JAMES JONES was born in Wrexham about 1849 and was the son of Gomer Jones and Mary Jones who were both from Minera. Gomer was a book binder. The family moved from Holt Street to [more]
WILLLIAM JOHN CHESTERTON was born in Hereford about 1839; he was the son of Edward Chesterton a Glover, and Harriet Farrington. A brother named George was born in 1841 and another son Edward in late [more]
Edward Hughes was born about 1879 in Wrexham; he was the son of Noah Hughes a tailor and Maria Jones. Noah had been born about 1841, his father Edward was also a tailor in Denbigh. [more]
Charles Moore was born in Aldergate, Middlesex about 1852. At the age of 19 he was at the Cavalry Barracks in Maidstone, he travelled to Ireland with the Army and in 1877 he married Ellen [more]
HENRY ALLEN JONES 1846 – 1898 HENRY ALLEN JONES 1877 – 1951 Henry Allen Jones senior had been born about 1846 in Llangollen; he was the son of Edward Jones and Elizabeth. When Henry was [more]
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