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Diary
January. Tuesday 1
Loading the SS Madey (Maddie?) Wednesday 2 Shift EW and I. Pay £3-7/-. Thursday 3 Shift. Friday 4 Shift. Saturday 5 Shift. Sunday 6 - A Sunday of submission. Meeting at ten in the
morning. Monday 7 Shift 4 til 12. Tuesday 8 - Loading the SS Agnes Ellen. 56 rounds.
Snowing. Wednesday 9 Shift 4 til 12. Thursday 10 Shift. Friday 11 Shift. Saturday 12 Shift. Sunday 13 Prayer Meeting at 2 and 6. Shift midnight
til 8. Monday 14 Raining. Tuesday 15 Shift. Wednesday 16 Shift. Thursday 17 Shift. Friday 18 Took the pigs to Sarn. Bought shoes for
myself, Isaac and WRW. Shift. Pay £3-11/4d. Saturday 19 Ploughing at Tyn Gamfa. Sunday 20 Conwy Pritchard at 2. No chapel, in bed. Monday 21 Shift. Tuesday 22 Shift. Wet weather. Wednesday 23 Shift. Mother and Dick have gone to
town. Thursday 24 Shift. Friday 25 Shift. Saturday 26 Shift. Sunday 27 John Price Cricieth. Monday 28 Shift 4 til 12. Tuesday 29 Shift. Wednesday 30 Shift. Thursday 31 Shift. February. Friday 1 Shift. Saturday 2 Shift. Sunday 3 Jones Rhiw at 2 and 6. Shift 12 til 8. Monday 4 Shift. Tuesday 5 Shift. Wednesday 6 Shift. Buried John Parry Bodwyddog. Thursday 7 Shift. Friday 8 Finished ploughing at Tan y Ffordd. Shift. Saturday 9 Finished building the wall of the barn at
Tan y Ffordd. Buried Ellen Llanllawen. Sunday 10 Prayer meeting at 2. Monday 11 Dayshift. Tuesday 12 Shift. Wednesday 13 Shift. Thursday 14 Shift. Friday 15 Shift. Pay £3-19/4d. Saturday 16 Sunday 17 Lloyd, Porthmadog at two and a young from
Pwllheli at 6, that I had met in the Rhondda. Monday 18 Shift 4 til 12. Tuesday 19 Shift. Wednesday 20 Shift. Thursday 21 Shift. Friday 22 Saturday 23 Sunday 24 Conwy Pritchard. Shift starting at
midnight. Monday 25 Shift. Tuesday 26 Shift. Wednesday 27 Shift. Thursday 28 Catherine Mary, Tan yr Ardds funeral.
Snowing. March. Friday 1 Pay £3-11/4d. Saturday 2 At Bryn Teg putting in the oven. Sunday 3 Jones Rhiw at 2 and 6. Monday 4 Loading the SS Madey 50 rounds. Tuesday 5 Half the morning loading the SS Anne. John
Roberts Carreg Lefain Bach dies. Wednesday 6 Finished loading the Anne 64 rounds.
Went to the level at three. Thursday 7 No work. Mary Roberts funeral. Friday 8 Shift. Saturday 9 Shift. John Roberts Funeral. Sunday 10 Jarvis at 2. Monday 11 Shift 4 til 12. Tuesday 12 Shift. Wednesday 13 Shift. Thursday 14 Loading SS Anne 69 rounds. Friday 15 Dick and Nedw go to the fair. Pay £3-11/4d. Saturday 16 Day shift waiting for the SS Madey. The
amber cow dies. Sunday 17 Jarvis. Shift midnight til 8. Monday 18 Shift. Tuesday 19 Shift. Wednesday 20 Shift. Thursday 21 Shift. Friday 22 Planted potatoes in the patch near the hen
house. Shift. Saturday 23 Evan Williams and I go round the houses
asking for support to get a house for the Rhiw minister. Sunday 24 Hugh Jones Cricieth. Monday 25 Day shift. Tuesday 26 Loading the SS Florence. Pay £3-19/4d. Wednesday 27 Shift. Thursday 28 Shift. Friday 29 Stopped work til Tuesday. Saturday 30 Raining. Took the sheep to Comis
(Common) Sunday 31 Ismael Evans at 2 and 6. April. Monday 1 Quarterly meeting at Pisgah. Tuesday 2 Shift 4 til 12. Wednesday 3 Eliza and I go to town. Took my teeth
out. No work. Loading the SS Anne 350. Thursday 4 Loading the Agnes Ellen 300. Friday 5 Finished planting the border. Shift 4til
12. Saturday 6 Shift 4 til 12. A boat and one person
found at Aberdaron. Toothache. Sunday 7 Conwy Pritchard. Cold. Shift midnight
til 8. Monday 8 Shift. Furrowing the potatoes in the field below the house at Tan y Ffordd. Fine day. Tuesday 9 Shift. Put manure on the potatoes at Tan y
Ffordd. It rained at eating time. Wednesday 10 Went to load the SS Anne 66 rounds from
7 til eight in the morning. Thursday 11 Shift. Friday 12 Shift. Saturday 13 Filling a form for bacon at Llangwnadl. Sunday 14 RH at 2. Prayer meeting at 6. Monday 15 Loading the SS Madey 49 rounds. Tuesday 16 Shift. Started planting the big patch. Wednesday 17 Loading the SS Anne 67 rounds. Thursday 18 Shift. Friday 19 Shift. Working til 5 waiting for the
Madey. Saturday 20 Loading the SS Madey 49. Stopped Thomas
Williams and WJ Williams both from Penygroes. Sunday 21 Jones instead of Price. Monday 22 Shift 4 til 12. Tuesday 23 Loading SS Anne 66 rounds. Wednesday 24 Shift til 12. Thursday 25 Shift til 5 waiting for the Florence. Friday 26 Loading the SS Florence 64 rounds. Pay £3-18/4d. Saturday 27 Shift 4 til 12. Sunday 28 Jones, Rhiw. Shift midnight til 8. Monday 29 Shift 12 til 8. Tuesday 30 Loading the SS JJ Monks. Shift 12 til
8. May. Wednesday 1 Shift. Thursday 2 Shift. Friday 3 Shift. Heavy rain. Saturday 4 Sunday 5 Prayer meeting at 2 and 6. Monday 6 Day shift. Tuesday 7 Shift. Isaac, Wil and Robin Bach head for
Bangor. Wednesday 8 Shift. Thursday 9 Loading SS JJ Monks 55 rounds. Pay £3-17/4d. Friday 10 Shift going through the level. Saturday 11 Shift. Sunday 12 Jones Rhiw at 2. Prayer meeting at 6. Monday 13 - Shift
4 til 12. Tuesday 14 Shift. Wednesday 15 Shift. Thursday 16 Shift. Friday 17 Shift. Saturday 18 Shift expecting the ship. Bob goes to
Namor with WR. Sunday 19 Hugh Jones Cricieth. Monday 20 Shift starting at midnight. Tuesday 21 Shift. Working the bees. Wednesday 22 Loading the SS JJ Monks 55 rounds.
Stormy night lightning every second. Thursday 23 Rain all day. William Owen
Bryntirions funeral. Friday 24 Shift. Saturday 25 Pay £3-18/10d. One weeks pay at seven
shillings. Loading SS Florence 60 round. Heavy rain. Sunday 26 Prayer meeting at 2 and 6. Monday 27 Loading SS Anne 66 round. Working the
bees. Tuesday 28 Loading Agnes Ellen 300 tons started at
three. Three quarters in work. Wednesday 29 Loading the Florence 200. Clearing
stone. Thursday 30 Shift. Friday 31 Shift. June. Saturday 1 Shift. Sunday 2 Owen Ty Llwyd at Pisgah two o clock. Prayer
meeting at 6. Monday 3 Shift 4 til 12. Tuesday 4 Shift. Wednesday 5 Shift at Benallt seven til 5. Thursday 6 Shift at Benallt. Friday 7 Shift at Benallt. Pay £1-19/10d. Saturday 8 Shift at Benallt. Eliza and Bob go the
cooperative. Put the eggs under the hen. Sunday 9 RM Williams. Heavy rain. Monday 10 Shift at Benallt. Tuesday 11 Shift at Benallt again. Wednesday 12 Shift at Benallt. Start of the
preaching festival at Pisgah. Thursday 13 Preaching at Pisgah, R Von Owen and
Conwy Pritchard. Friday 14 Had a form to fill in from Wrexam. Saturday 15 Shift. Sunday 16 Thomas O Ellis Aberdaron. The heifer has a
calf. Llun 17 Shift finishing clearing at Benallt. Shift. Tuesday 18 Shift at Nant. Rain all day. Wednesday 19 Shift. Thursday 20 Shift. Friday 21 Shift. Pay £4-3/4d. Saturday 22 Shift. Sunday 23 Ellis O Lloyd Porthmadog. Prayer meeting
at six. Monday 24 Shift 4 til 12. Tuesday 25 Shift. Wednesday 26 Day shift. Strangers at the works. Thursday 27 Shift 4 til 12. Friday 28 Shift. Saturday 29 Shift. 10/- for Isaac. Sunday 30 Jones instead of Price. July. Monday 1 Shift. Tuesday 2 Shift. Wednesday 3 Shift. Thursday 4 Shift. Pay £4-3/4d. Loading the Agnes
Ellen 58 rounds. Friday 5 Shift. Saturday 6 Carrying hay at the lower end of the
hovel field at Tan y Ffordd. Sunday 7 Jarvis at two. Monday 8 Shift. Tuesday 9 Shift.
Carrying hay in the field nearest to Conion. Wednesday 10 Shift. Thursday 11 Loading the Agnes Ellen 45 rounds, she
went off before we finished. Friday 12 Shift. Wet Weather. Saturday 13 Shift Wet weather. Sunday 14 RC Pritchard at 2 and 6. Monday 15 Shift. Tuesday 16 Shift. Wednesday 17 Shift. Thursday 18 Shift. Pay £4-11/2d. Still very wet
weather. Friday 19 Shift. Saturday 20 Shift. Sunday 21 Prayer meeting at 2 and 6. Shift midnight
til 8. Rained all night. Monday 22 Shift. Tuesday 23 Shift. Wednesday 24 Shift. Thursday 25 Shift. Carrying hay in the upper end of
the chapel field, its been cut for two weeks, carrying hay at Tyn Morthwyl as
well. Friday 26 Shift. Saturday 27 Went to Abersoch to fetch the boat. Sunday 28 Chambers from Liverpool. Monday 29 Day shift. Tuesday 30 Loading the Agnes Ellen. Wednesday 31 Shift. Pay £4-11/2d. August. Thursday 1 Shift. Friday 2 Shift. Loading the SS Catherine 44 rounds. Saturday 3- Shift. Sunday 4 No chapel, Did a shift with the lads from
Llanfrothen. Monday 5 Shift. Tuesday 6 Thomas my brothers here. Wednesday 7 Organising a preacher for the second
Sunday. Thursday 8 Slept all day. Jini Clwt y Bont and
Willie were visiting. Friday 9 Put the oven in at Tyn Morthwyl. Shift 4
til 12. Saturday 10 Shift 11 til 3. Sunday 11 Open Sunday. Shift midnight til 8. Monday 12 Shift. Tuesday 13 Shift. Wednesday 14 Shift. Thursday 15 Shift. Pay £4-10/4d. Friday 16 Shift. Saturday 17 Too windy for fishing. Sunday 18 Ellis Owen Lloyd Porthmadog. Monday 19 Shift. Tuesday 20 Shift. Wednesday 21 Shift. Thursday 22 Shift. Friday 23 Shift. Saturday 24 Shift. Dick mows the barley at Tan y
Ffordd. Sunday 25 Owen Owens Ty Llwyd. Heavy rain. Monday 26 Pay £4-10/4d. Tuesday 27 Rain had thought of going to Ffatri.
Shift. Wednesday 28 Shift. Thursday 29 Went to Ffatri and bought a pair of
clogs. Friday 30 Shift. Saturday 31 Shift. September. Sunday 1 Hugh Jones Cricieth. Shift 12 til 8. Monday 2 Shift. Tuesday 3 Shift. Wednesday 4 Shift. Thursday 5 Shift. Griffith Jones Ty Rhedyn dies. Friday 6 Shift. At Meillionydd harvesting honey. Saturday 7 - Disease
on the bees at Meillionydd. Sunday 8 Jarvis at 2. Monday 9 Day shift. Tuesday 10 Shift. Wednesday 11 Shift. Thursday 12 Shift. Pay £4-10/4d. Friday 13 Shift. Finished carrying the corn at Tan y
Ffordd. Everyone apart from Erw and I have gone to the Association of Welsh
Presbyterians. Saturday 14 Shift. Went to fetch the oilcan 134. Sunday 15 The Baptist minister from Rhoshirwaun at
Pisgah. Monday 16 Shift. Tuesday 17 Shift. Wednesday 18 Shift. Thursday 19 Shift. Friday 20 Shift. Wet weather. Saturday 21 Half. Went to get the boats up very stormy, the sea gets into Tyn Borth (Rhuol) Sunday 22 RW Jones Cricieth. Shift midnight til
8. Monday 23 Shift. Tuesday 24 Shift. Wednesday 25 Shift. Owen bach Tan y Graig dies. Thursday 26 Shift. Friday 27 Shift. Pay £3-19/4d Saturday 28
Finished cutting the corn at Parc. Sunday 29 Jarvis. Monday 30 Went to town to the Quarterly Meeting. October. Tuesday 1 Owen bach Tan y Graigs funeral. Loading
the Agnes Ellen. Wednesday 2 Shift. Thursday 3 Friday 4 Saturday 5 Sunday 6 EJ Parry Barmouth. Monday 7 Shift 4 til 12. Tuesday 8 Shift. Wednesday 9 Shift. Thursday 10 Shift. Pay £4-3/4d. Friday 11 Shift. Saturday 12 Shift. Sunday 13 Shift 12 til 8. Monday 14 Shift. Tuesday 15 Shift. Wednesday 16 Shift. Had a letter from Williams
America. Thursday 17 Shift. Friday 18 Shift. Saturday 19 Had a letter from the south. Sunday 20 EO Lloyd at 2. Monday 21 Shift. Loading the SS Anne. Shift at
Benallt shifting stone. Tuesday 22 Shift in the yard. Wednesday 23 Shift. Thursday 24 Loading the SS Catherine 42 rounds. Pay
£4-1/4d. Friday 25 Shift. Saturday 26 Shift. Bob has toothache. Sunday 27 Conwy Pritchard didnt turn up. Prayer
meeting at 2 and 6. Monday 28 Shift. Tuesday 29 Shift. Wednesday 30 Shift. Thursday 31 Went to the fair at Sarn. November. Friday 1 Shift. Saturday 2 Shift. Sunday 3 RW Jones Cricieth. Fine day. Monday 4 Thanks for the harvest. Rain in the
morning. Katie Tyn Gamfa dies. Tuesday 5 Shift. Wednesday 6 Shift. Thursday 7 Shift Friday 8 Shift. Saturday 9 Half. Katie Tyn Gamfas funeral. Sunday 10 Monday 11 Shift 4til 12. Tuesday 12 Shift. Wednesday 13 Shift. Thursday 14 Day
shift. Expecting a ship. Friday 15 Shift. Saturday 16 Shift. Sunday 17 John Pydeilus ( Bugeilus ?) at Pisgah.
Edward Bodsara dies. Monday 18 Conwy Pritchard promises again to come and
preach. Tuesday 19 Loading the SS JJ Monks. 54 rounds. Pay
£3-14/4d. Wednesday 20 Shift 4 til 12. Thursday 21 Shift. Friday 22 Shift. Saturday 23 Shift. Sunday 24 Prayer meeting at 2 and 6. Monday 25 Shift. Tuesday 26 Shift. Wednesday 27 Shift. Thursday 28 Shift. Friday 29 Shift. Saturday 30 Shift. William Roberts Peniel Terrace
leaves. December. Sunday 1 Prayer meeting at 2 and 6. Monday 2 Dayshift. Tuesday 3 Shift. Pay £4-3/4d Wednesday 4 Shift went to Sarn to load the traction. Thursday 5 Went to Sarn the wood wagon didnt
come. Friday 6 Shift. Saturday 7 Shift. Toothache. Sunday 8 No chapel got a cold. Monday 9 No work. Tuesday 10 No work. Wednesday 11 Had a letter from William Roberts. Thursday 12 Sent a letter to W Roberts Nantmor. Friday 13 Earthquake in the evening. No work. Saturday 14 William R Williams leaves. No work.
Election day. Sunday 15 Rain all day. Monday 16 Day shift. Tuesday 17 Shift. Wednesday 18 Shift. Thursday 19 Shift. Pay £2-1/4d. Friday 20 Shift. Saturday 21 Shift. Sunday 22 Conwy Pritchard ar 2 and 6. Rain all day. Monday 23 Shift loading wood on the traction at
Sarn. Tuesday 24 Shift moving stone out. Wednesday 25 An auction at the school to buy gifts
for the soldiers. Thursday 26 Shift. Friday 27 Shift. Saturday 28 Shift. Sunday 30 Shift. Monday 31 Shift. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Diary's from Mr E Morris, thank you very much. |
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