MELIN Y COED - PATAGONIA CONNECTION
Mair Edwards from Bala is the daughter of Walter Gwyn Jones, a
miller from Melin y Coed. He left for Patagonia in 1911 at the age of 18 to
look for a climate that would suit his chest. He worked as a miller there, and
married a woman with family connections to Aberystwyth. Mair owns a
"Family Circle" document which was made in Wisconsin and is about the
family of Elias Garmon Owen, also known as "Taid Gwyndy", who died in
Patagonia about 1955. His nephew, Elias Garmon of Capel Garmon, also moved to
Patagonia in 1911, though he returned to Wales before he died.
There is an illustrated article on the connection on the BBC's
website - navigate through the BBC site to
wales/northwest/sites/history/pages/mairedwards.shtml
Speaking of Patagonia, at one time a Patagonian emigrant, name
not known (can you help?) returned to the district and lived at Pennant. Later
he fell on hard times and had to leave that house. On one occasion some time
later Mr George William Tinsley of Staffordshire, who was now living at
Pennant, fell off his horse. The daughter of this Patagonian man came to his
assistance. As a reward, Mr Tinsley gave her £1,000, which was a great help to
them in their circumstances.
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