Hi...my name is Gillian Osling...my g-g-grandad is the man you speak of...he did indeed settle in cardiff as a merchant seaman from latvia and married a woman from cowbridge call essie llewellyn williams (the 10th letter of the alphabet isn't working on my laptop i'm afraid)...they married in cardiff in 1889 and lived at 265 portmanmoor road, splott, cardiff (there are no houses there now of course)...they had 6 children...essie(unior), ernest(unior), annie, edwin(my g-grandad), elsie and olwyn(is olwyn your mum or nan)? i have so much to discuss with you, i too have been trying to research our ancestry for years and you know the spookiest part of all this is that the merchant seaman from latvia(our ancestor) was born december 22nd 1862...well my birthday is december 22nd, how great is that...i really look froward to hearing from you a.s.a.p...my e-mail address is
shedevilish@hotmail.co.uk i will try and find you on facebook but hope you get to read this too...hoping to hear from you very soon...your cousin Gillian...x