I AM RESEARCHING my family history on my mother’s side and believe my great grandfather Thomas Lewis was killed in the Llanerch Pit Disaster of 1890 when 176 men and boys lost their lives. My grandmother Susannah Jane Lewis would have been about nine years old at the time of the accident.
Can anyone tell me if there is a list of dependent relatives somewhere so I can be 100% certain that the Thomas Lewis I have found was indeed my relative.
I would like to visit Abersychan with my two sisters in the hope of finding more information about him and this dreadful mining tragedy.
Is there a local historian who might be able to help us?
I can be contacted on epfurr@mac.com.
Eileen Furr
52 Fence Avenue
Macclesfield
SK10 1LT
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