Susan Sarandon
From Ffaith
The Oscar winning actress was born Susan Abigail Tomalin - a surname that derives from the Welsh name Thomas. The genealogy of the Tomalin family stretches back to 1280 in Carmarthenshire where the oldest records of a Tomalin are held. But Susan's most recent Welsh roots lie in the Bridgend area, through her father's family, the Guyatts who moved to Bridgend fron England to work as general labourers at Tondu Ironworks. A move that was probably prompted by illegal rabbit poaching for which Charles Guyatt served a six month sentence.
Susan's direct bloodline comes from Charles the rabbit poacher, who eventually emigrated to the Ukraine, lured by high wages, to work in the Welsh-owned Hughesovska Ironworks along with hundreds of others of south Walians.
The family migrated from the Ukraine to New York, where Susan still lives.