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From: "Hugh Watkins" <>
Subject: Re: [MON] PROWSE, Newport
Date: Sat, 9 Feb 2008 02:56:22 +0100
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I had real trouble locating your PROWSE in Newport census
are the pages lost or misindexed?

PROWSE is quite close to PRICE which a local might use as a misspelling

from ap Rees . . .

Welsh: from one of the most common Welsh personal names, Rhys, Old
Welsh Ris 'ardor'. This was the name of the last ruler of an
independent kingdom of Wales, Rhys ap Tewder, who died in 1093
unsuccessfully opposing the Norman advance.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4

Prowse in Devon a variation on prue

1. English: nickname for a redoubtable warrior, from Middle English
prou(s) 'brave', 'valiant' (Old French proux, preux).

just wondering where the Newport Prowse are

Hug W


On 08/02/2008, Richard Fowler <> wrote:
> Hugh Watkins kindly looked up some Prowses and put them on the list.
>
> The quest is for William Prowse bc 1857 Devon lka 1871 Bristol, eldest son
> of William (bc 1831 Christow Devon) and Emma (ne Gibson/Gipson b 1838
> Doddiscombsleigh , Devon ) PROWSE . Hugh spotted his younger brother Samuel
> married to young widow Sarah Paige in Rotherfield Sussex.
>
> The William Prowse mason from Ugborough Devon is not mine but i have met
> some of his descendants and gave them a remarkable personal testimony
> written by their relative who went to the USA c 1908. I had this because we
> wasted 2 years on him before we found 'our' William Prowse in Christow,
> Devon. Christow is not on the IGI whereas Ugborough is.
>
> The London based William Prowse might be one of ours but via an earlier
> generation. Still working on that.
>
> My main reason for this current posting is to say that almost all the
> Prowses connected to Newport, Mon in the last 130 years are 'ours' and
> anyone on the list with connections to the Newport Prowses is welcome to get
> in touch.
>
> Dick Fowler
>
>
>
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