Llandudno Traders in 1901

[Fester]

I was interested Tosh, and commented previously.... but they go back so far now that I can't think of anything to say!

Thanks though, I enjoy all that social history stuff.

[Tosh]

Thanks Fester, I would have died for information like this when I was compiling my family tree.
It is nice to have a little encouragement on these things just to show that people are watching and using the stuff.
Tosh
 D)

[ingriddeleyva@gmail.com]

Hello Helig, I am looking for any Weissbeck in Llandudno  and conway ,my grandmother was the youngest of the seven children from Frankfurt  ,growing up in Scarborough,Ive been looking for family in Wales ,we have been back to Frankfurt recently ,please ask any family to e-mail me,Ingrid

[sunbri]

Hi, One of my sister in Laws Susheela Lourie(Ruthin.) asked me to post the underneath re Llandudno traders in 1901 Herbert Tomkinson Printer
    We are the adopted family of Mr
Herbert Tomkinson,printer in Llandudno.One of his daughters a medical
missionary,Sister Ethel Tomkinson adopted a small Indian girl and
brought her home to Llandudno/Colwyn bay around 1919 when she was 3yrs
old.She was mostly brought up by another of Herbert;s daughter,Ida.
Mr Tomkinson was always called Christmas Father by our mother, Monica."
Thanks for the link.

[suepp]

Hello Helig, I am looking for any Weissbeck in Llandudno  and conway ,my grandmother was the youngest of the seven children from Frankfurt  ,growing up in Scarborough,Ive been looking for family in Wales ,we have been back to Frankfurt recently ,please ask any family to e-mail me,Ingrid

Elsie Weissbeck married a George F Kerridge in 1922,  - Kerridge was the name of the proprieter of the Alexandra Hotel in 1929. There are a few mentions of this family  on the forum

[Lynne C]

 ZXZ recognised a lot of my own ancestors here as traders very interesting thank you

[Hoosons Corner]

Good evening from Northern Cyprus
I am a desendent of the Hooson family. Grocers, chemists etc in Llandudno. In your listings, isn't it Esmor Hooson? The family all lived in Abbey Road.
Best wishes
Carol
Daughter of Mary Brenda Hooson, daughter of Edwin Hooson

[Nemesis]

Your relatives must have lived at what is now Holcombe House.
It has had a number of names, including Wilberforce House.
Best Wishes to you too

[pwelsh1@talk21.com]

Dear Tosh,
My family have lived in Llandudno since the late 1860's.

My 95 year old mother keeps asking us if we know anything about a family/trader called Dunbabin who had a small shop on the other side of the road to the current Marks and Spencer. I can remember the Telefusion TV rental shop at about that site.

We would be grateful for any help you can give.

PJW

[Cambrian]

In the 1922 guide, a W Dunbabin had the Harrington Hotel (71 Mostyn Street) which was opposite where Telefusion (once Brown's) was.

[pwelsh1@talk21.com]

Thank you very much Cambrian!
PJW

[Hoosons Corner]

Re Holcombe House
Yes, my great grandparents lived here. I have stayed at the hotel twice over the past couple of years. It has had a few name changes. It was once Bronalt. My grand father Esmor Hooson MPS father of Bill Hooson MPS built a house in Vicarage Rd and named it Bronalt.

[Cambrian]

I think "Bronallt" is still called that but the street has now been numbered.  It is Vicarage Avenue rather than Vicarage Road.

[SteveH]

Interesting piece of history in this story.......

Could Meghan Markle's wedding ring be made by Wartski's of Llandudno?


http://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/could-meghan-markles-wedding-ring-14089919

Mosaic on doorstep of Goldsmiths Jewellers, Mostyn Street, Llandudno, formerly Wartski's (Image: North Wales Weekly News)

[Hugo]

Hello Helig, I am looking for any Weissbeck in Llandudno  and conway ,my grandmother was the youngest of the seven children from Frankfurt  ,growing up in Scarborough,Ive been looking for family in Wales ,we have been back to Frankfurt recently ,please ask any family to e-mail me,Ingrid

Elsie Weissbeck married a George F Kerridge in 1922,  - Kerridge was the name of the proprieter of the Alexandra Hotel in 1929. There are a few mentions of this family  on the forum

I was in the Conwy Archives today and was looking through the Marriage Register for All Saints Church Deganwy when I noticed the marriage record.      The entry was at No 23 and was on the 16th October 1922,at the time G F Kerridge was a widower aged 29 and his address was the North Western Hotel Llandudno.   His father was Albert Abraham Kerridge (deceased)
Elsie Weissbeck was a spinster aged 24 and lived at 2 Clifton Road  Llandudno, her father was Louis Weissbeck a jeweller