Laura Ann Thomas

1889 - 1984  (95 years)

• Name	Laura Ann Thomas
  Born	29 May 1889	Llandanwg, Merionethshire, Wales
  Gender	Female
  Died	30 July 1984	Victoria, BC, Canada
  Buried	Hatley Memorial Gardens, Colwood, Vancouver Island, BC, Canada
  Notes	She was born in about 1889 in or near Harlech, Wales Her mother, Catherine Thomas, died when she, Laura Ann, was only 2 years old (so 1891). Both mother and child died. Laura Ann Thomas lived for awhile, after her mother died, on what he called the Merther or Merthyr farm which was abt 6 or 7 miles from Harlech on the top of a nearby mountain which had a plateau on the top. She lived in a big house with some family and remembered the huge oak beams in the house. She went to school with her husband to be John Williams. Her family lived right in Harlech where her father Griffith Thomas was a tailor and owned his own shop and had an apprentice who never cut the mens trousers properly. The family lived in the concil houses. At least for awhile. Later she went to London and lived (when the Queen? [maybe King Edward May 1910?] died) near the marble arches. She worked at a Dairy Bar. She could have been in London when King Edward the V11 died in May of 1910 just before she came to Canada. Laura Thomas lived with the Milne family when she lived in London. They were very kind to her and treated her as one of the family. She left from their place when she came to Canada in 1910 Laura Ann Thomas came to Canada in 1910 and married her betrothed upon arrival. They had been engaged and he, John Williams also from Harlech, Wales, came to Canada a year or so before her. Laura Ann's family lived right in Harlech where her dad owned his own tailor shop. Laura was engaged to John Williams in Wales. He came to Canada in 1908 and she joined him in 1910. They were married upon her arrival. They lived for a few years with John's brother Bob on "old 28" in the Bryn Mawr district in Saskatchewan. They then moved to 30 miles south of Rosetown, Sask and 6 miles from what is now the Town of Elrose where they homesteaded on NE Section 24, township 25, range 16, West of the 3rd Meridian. John died in 1918 during the flu epidemic. She hired Andrew Houliston to manage the farm and later they were married. Her older brother Dick visited in Canada at one time. She was the midwife around the district after she came to Canada. ======================================================================================= <http://search.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca/sn-1E098F9/view/Deaths/find-adv%2B%20givennames%3D(laura)%20AND%20place%3D(victoria)%20AND%20surname%3D(houliston)%20%2B%2B%2B%2B/1> Name: Laura Ann Houliston Place Victoria Reg. Number: 1984-09-012571Digital Image On-Line Date: 1984 7 30 (Yr/Mo/Day) Age: 95 Event: Death Microfilm #: B13640 (GSU # 2073193) ======================================================================================= http://www.islandnet.com/cgi-bin/ms2/rsd/search?s=90&i=2007092406205341419&m=132&soundex=on&surname=holliston&given=&cemetery=&location=®ion= British Columbia Cemetery Finding Aid Name Cemetery Location Region Reference HOULISTON, Laura A. Hatley Memorial Gardens Colwood, Sooke Road Vancouver Island MC-097 ======================================================================================= 1901 Wales census - Llandanwg, Merionethshire: Name Estimated Birth Year Birthplace Relationship Ann Mary Jones abt 1873 Llandawg, Merionethshire, Wales Daughter Edward Jones abt 1843 Llanbedr, Merionethshire, Wales Head Edward Jones abt 1900 Llandawg, Merionethshire, Wales Grandson Mary Jones abt 1840 Llandecwyn, Merionethshire, Wales Wife Laura Thomas abt 1889 Llandawg, Merionethshire, Wales Visitor [Laura's father staying next door (on same image)]
  Person ID	I3682	Houliston Family Tree
  Last Modified	24 September 2007

  
  

  Father	Griffith Thomas,   b. 1849, Harlech, Merionethshire, Wales
  Mother	Catherine ?,   b. 1850, Llandanwg, Merionethshire, Wales ,   d. about 1891  (Age 41 years)
  Family ID	F1499	Family Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family/Spouse 1	John Williams,   b. 1886, Llanfair, Merioneth, Wales ,   d. 1918, Saskatchewan , Canada  (Age 32 years)
  Married	1910	Earl Grey, Saskatchewan , Canada
  Children	+ 1. Catherine Williams   2. Patricia Williams
  Family ID	F1498	Family Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family/Spouse 2	Andrew Houliston,   b. 20 February 1887, Home Farm, Whittinghame, Haddington, Scotland ,   d. 4 May 1946, Southey, Saskatchewan, Canada  (Age 59 years)
  Married	about 1919	Saskatchewan, Canada
  Children	+ 1. William John (Bill) Houliston,   b. 14 March 1920, At home, Crosswood District, Southey, Saskatchewan , Canada ,   d. 1997, Regina Pasqua Hospital, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada  (Age 76 years)   2. Living
  Family ID	F445	Family Group Sheet  |  Family Chart