great orme cemetery

[Hugo]

You've done a tremendous amount of research on your family history Jane and if you do need anything, just post it on the forum and you'll get help from someone.
What would be nice is if any present day Roberts family member could see this and fill in the various pieces of the jigsaw.  I did have a friend and schoolmate called Meirion Roberts aka Rooster who lived in Glanwydden when he was growing up but I did see an obituary in the paper recently and sadly he may have passed away.
There are two or three people that I need to check on first before posting anything, but if there is any definite connection with your family then I'll post it here

[jane B]

Thanks Hugo, what a coup that would be to find more relatives! Finding Emma has been a minor miracle, of all the coincidences that we have been looking at the same time!

[jane B]

I have been trying to find out what happened to the widow of William Roberts at Fforddlas. I thought she was born in Glan Conwy but it was Llanfihangel y Pennant. In 1911 she was a caretaker at the Moriah Chapel in Glan Conwy. She had had two more children Willie, born 1902 and Sally L Roberts born1907 (the year her father died).
Does anyone know where the Chapel is? It was for Calvinistic Methodists.

[Cambrian]

Capel Moriah is on the B5381 road from Glan Conwy to Bryn y Maen.  I believe it has been sold and may now be a dwelling.
If you look on the Ordnance Plan for "Tan y Ffordd" you should see it marked with an "+". It is nearer to Bryn y Maen than Glan Conwy.

[jane B]

Thanks Cambrian. Another question, I am seeking Tyn Ddol, Bettws Abergele,Llanelian Yn Rhos.It was on the 1911 census so probably disappeared now!

[DaveR]

Ty'n Ddol is a house in Betws Yn Rhos, near Abergele.

Llanelian Yn Rhos is a separate village in the same area but slightly nearer Colwyn Bay. My Mum's family come from up there.

Ty'n Ddol:
http://g.co/maps/dxn4z

[jane B]

Thanks Dave, another piece of the jigsaw!

[emma p]

Hi all,
just wanted to say that thanks to all of you on here Jane and I have found each other and have met today. 
Spookily we both had a trip to Birmingham planned for today (to visit the German Christmas Market) and after speaking realised we would both be there at the same time.......so we met up !
It was wonderful to finally meet the cousin i never knew i had and a trip to Liverpool in the New Year is now being organised.
So, again, thankyou all for your hard work and wonderful local knowledge which has bought us together.
 

[hollins]

It has been a great story to read. So pleased for you both.

[snowcap]

start of a new era for you both, its been a great journey for you up to now. made up for you both.

[jane B]

It was great to hug my cousin today! Thanks to everyone for all their contributions in helping us to find names and places, Hugo gets a special mention as he helped hack down the jungle in Capel Ainon cemetery!
Wishing you all the best for Christmas.

[Hugo]

Thanks Hugo......i googled it last night and now i know exactly where it is. I was looking at the wrong garden centre. Wish i could google up that 'tunnel' !
Jane, how much do you wish we could step back in time !! 

Couldn't Google it for you Emma but this is the best I could do.  Through the gate and into the old Cemetery and this is the view you get when you have gone through the tunnel.
On my way to the Cemetery I passed by where the Moriah Chapel once stood. There is no trace of it now as it has been replaced by a huge modern building which has spectacular mountain views. That Chapel was so remote and isolated and is up a very steep and winding road about 2 miles from Glan Conwy. The new house has been called Ty Capel 2010 which is rather fitting.
It  was really lovely news to hear that you and Jane have finally met up and I'm sure that you've got loads to catch up on.  Hope that the reunion is the first of many.          ££$       

[emma p]

Bless you Hugo......those pics are great. 
That new building is fabulous and in a way, i think, still quite 'churchlike'.

It was so good to meet yesterday. I come from such a small family ,a sister and one cousin !. Its ironic really after all we've discovered about this enormous Roberts family. There were soooo many of them. 

[jane B]

I agree that the new building is church like. Thanks for posting the pics Hugo,it will save me trying to find the church. I sent for the death certificates for the family in Fforddlas because they died so young. William aged 40 died of typhoid as did Sarah aged 18. Poor Enoch died aged 18 of pneumonia and Sarah mother had cancer.

[jane B]

Just a little follow on from the last post, present at the death of 2 relatives was William Hughes(brother in law and uncle) from the school house Llwydgoed, Colwyn Bay.is that still standing? Where?