Thomas N DAVEY 1864 St Agnes CORN -> Wales & USA (General)

by MJL , Wednesday, September 26, 2012, 19:22 (4436 days ago) @ Jefff

Thanks Slowhands and Jeff.
Thought I would explain the road we've travelled.

Several years ago I tried to trace a cousin of my Grandmother, Mrs, Florence Davey,
with just a letter in 1958 from Florrie from Nanticoke, Pennsylvania, and a post card from the SS George Washington, at Cardiff docks from Florrie and Mary to let my Grandmother know they would be calling in the next day and that they were staying at 78, Robert St. Ynysybwl.

In the South Wales Echo on 1/9/1982, there was a photo of the ship and a report of 1,22 passengers from Canada, USA and Africa, members of the Royal Order of Moose (should have been the LOYAL Order of Moose)

I looked for Florence in places with a connection to my Grandmother, and found nothing at all.

It wasn't until 2/4/12 that I posted on the FOD site after receiving a copy of the ships passenger list, Florence stated that she would be staying at Broadstreet, Littledean, Newnham.

Slowhands tried everything to find her, but she eluded us.

If she had only mentioned that she would be visiting her sister Mrs. Jones in the FOD it would have been so much easier. :-)

Roll foreward five months and a chance find of her marriage on Family Search, hence EUREKA!

Lots more info later, time for tea.

Margaret