In re Estate of Blythe

WHO WAS "T HOMAS H. BLYTHE?”

When was Thomas H. Blythe born, and when was Thomas Williams born? Nothing could be clearer from the evidence than the birthday and birth year of the decedent. It is true that he made several contradictory declarations about his birthplace, but the proof is that he was born at Mold, on the 30th of July, 1822; and the evidence in this case, as traced in the deposition of Sarah Roberts and others, gives an account of his childhood and youth up to the time of his leaving for California. He went to school at Mold and received an education better than others of his family; went into a draper’s and grocer’s shop at Ruthen, and then into a draper’s shop at Denbigh, and after that into a clothier’s shop at Liverpool, in which situations he obtained that instruction in business which he afterward turned to account in California. The testimony of William Williams, solicitor, Liverpool, as to the reason of Thomas Williams changing his name to Thomas Henry Blythe, because of business difficulties in which he became involved as a builder, is reasonable and credible; and the testimony of John Breeze *303 Roberts, although he was not called in behalf of the Williams…