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Christine Hughes Qld Australia
My grandfather Charles Hughes was the youngest son of William Hughes. My grandfather told me his mother was Spanish. My grandfather and his sister Lily left Australia when they were quite young to live in New Zealand.
Mon Mar 30 09:49:39 2009
Brian Wilson from Melbourne, Australia
Our family history records that my wife's great-great-grandfather Joseph Henry Jackson, along with two others including William Hughes, father of Billy Hughes discovered a gold nugget at Bakery Hill (near Ballarat) on 10/6/1858. Our history records that this was the Welcome Nugget, but this is not supported by other records (this nugget contained 2197 oz of pure gold), but it may have been some lesser nugget that they found.However, I can find no record of William Hughes ever migrating to Australia, let alone finding gold there, before returning to England to marry and fathering Billy Hughes. Can anyone help me here?
Tue Mar 11 09:24:04 2008
David Morris. from Hamilton, New Zealand
I have just emergrated from Oswestry nr Llansantffraid, Jane Hughes nee Morris had a number of brother and sisters who lived at Winllan Farm Llansantffraid...Edward being one of the brothers, my Great great grandfather..Visit the church and admire the window (right hand side of Alter) WM dedicated to his mother, a reminder of home for any Aussie.
Thu Feb 28 09:46:49 2008
Kathleen Pritchard
My grandmother sarah ellen hughes was a niece of william's father; her father was robert hughes, they where born in holyhead and the family where shoemakers. they came to live in bodorgan anglesey in a small cottage called the smythey by the now primary school. robert my great grandfather is buried in trefdraeth cemetery. he and my great grandmother went to live at 21 high street malltraeth, bodorgan. they had many children. my grandfather henry william cleverley from newlyn cornwall married my grandmother and they always said what a great man billy was. a good friend of lloyd george. my mother was mary.
Mon Feb 11 09:35:05 2008
Brenda Hughes-Davies, Vancouver /Anglesey
I have information for John Trigge with regard to Owen Griffith Hughes: Owen was the brother of my great grandfather William Hughes.
Mon Jan 28 10:53:52 2008
Kevin Greenan Pimlico London
William Hughes was born in the house right behind our hotel (Blades Hotel, Pimlico SW1) and we tell every Australian guest - almost everyone has their photo taken in front of his former home.
Mon Jan 7 09:42:21 2008
Jan Williams, Balmain Sydney
According to the 1881 Census Billy Hughes' father William Hughes and his sister Mary were born in Holyhead. Billy's mother Jane is supposed to have been 'in service' in London prior to her marriage and presumably met her future husband William Hughes there. It would be interesting to know when Mary Hughes moved to Llandudno and whether William Hughes lived there before his move to work as a joiner at Westminster.
Fri Oct 26 09:29:00 2007
Shirley from Clifton Springs
My great great grandfather David Hughes (who died in South Australia in 1878) was Billy Hughes' uncle or to put it nother way, William Hughes (Billy's father) and my David were brothers. Only problem, who were the parents of William and David? I have some leads pointing to Llanbadrig and Bettws. Any help anyone?Shirley, Clifton Springs, Australia
Mon Sep 17 10:08:32 2007
John Trigge, Adelaide, South Australia
I am chasing a (supposed) link between WM Hughes and my wife's grandmother, Effie Blanche Hughes. If anyone has a family tree of this family I would appreciate any info you could provide.
Wed May 30 08:47:09 2007
Alison Hughes Tucson Arizona
My father's grandparents (Hughes/Morris) were from this area. My aunt is Elizabeth Morris Hughes. Great grandfather moved to England. He was among the first in the country to have a radio installed in his automobile. It was gigantic. I have a photograph of the vehicle with radio that appeared in a local newspaper.
I am going to come to Llandudno with my aunt on March 31 2007 for only one day to breathe the air of my ancestors!
Tue Jan 2 09:41:06 2007
Kate O'Hara from Perth, West Australia
William Morris Hughes was Australia’s longest serving Prime Minister until 1957 when Robert Menzies overtook Hughes’ record term from 1915 to 1923. Hughes’ other record still stands: no parliamentarian has surpassed his 51 years and 7 months of continuous service as a member of Australia’s House of Representatives – from the 1st parliament in 1901 to the 20th in 1952.
He was my mother's uncle's brother's step dad's auntie's great-great grandmother's dad's grandmother's brother!
Sat Mar 4 11:18:34 2006
Rosemary Hutchinson from N. Ireland
William Morris Hughes was a cousin of my gg/father( Walter Morris d.o.b. 1853 and headmaster of St. George's School in Deal.
The following is what A. Dorothy - the above being her g/father wrote about Billy:
'Grandpa had a cousin, William Morris Hughes, who went to Australia. Auntie Ethel remembered being taken to the docks when all the family went to wave him good bye. In those days,if you went to Australia you never expected to see your family again.
He became the Prime Minister of Australia, but we did not know this until he died. His picture was in our papers, along with his abituary, which spoke of his characteristics, one of which was his pawkish humour - just like grandpa! In fact he looked just like grandpa, and also Dad.
The Australians thought well of him because he stuck up for them at the conference of Versailles, at the end of the first world war.
In Australia he was known as Billy Hughes. When Catherine (her sister, another aunt) was in Australia we went to canberra, and were looking round the hall in Parliament building where there were all the busts of the Prime Ministers. Suddenly we both stopped and exclaimed together "Dad!" The likeness was so exact.And when we looked at the inscription, we saw that it was the bust of Billy Hughes!
Sun Aug 14 09:36:05 2005
Pam Wilkinson, Llandudno
Billy Hughes was born at no 7 Moreton Place, Pimlico London, the only child of William and Jane Hughes. William was a native of Llandudno and Jane a native of Llansantffraid, Powys.
On May 28th 1869 his mother was killed in a rail accident at Glastonbury, on her way to visit her parents. After the funeral William Morris Hughes was sent here to live with his father's sister Miss Mary Hughes at "Bryn Rosa", Abbey Road Llandudno.
We live at Bryn Rosa and there is also a plaque here to mark his childhood home.
Before attending the school in Cwlach Road he attended McLaughlan's school which was at the corner of Lloyd St. and Chapel St. where the Welsh Wesleyan Chapel was and now is the Emmanuel Centre.
Sun Apr 25 20:49:36 2004
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