Tuesday, March 14, 2017

William Williams

I'm on a frantic quest to find a castle.  There must be a castle somewhere in England or Wales that is related to Dru's family.  Yes, it's Hargreaves time!

After researching my side of the family for so long, I'm knee deep in Hargreaves and Jones (Dru's dad's mom's maiden name) genealogy.  I thought I was stuck, but then found that Dru's dad's mom's dad's mom's dad was named William Williams.  Wow!  That should be easy to find records.  Who names their kid with a duplicate name like that?  It must be unique.  So I thought.  How inexperienced I am in Welsh anything.

On just one town census in 1861, I found the following names.

* Not one, not two, not three, but seven William Williams
* 2 Robert Roberts
* 1 Evan Evans
* 2 Hugh Hughes
* 1 Owen Owens
* 1 Lewis Lewis

Therefore, I'm stuck again.