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Post by sianwatkins on Sept 1, 2006 18:04:12 GMT 1
hello my name is sian hubbard, nee watkins. ;D
me and my daughter are researching our family history on both sides of my family..
we come across your site via yahoo whilst searching for pengarnddu and was very suprised to get a result.
i know there are lots of photo's of merthyr tydfil and dowlais but i was wondering if anyone had anymore or if they have any information of frances street in dowlais or company row pengarnddu?
or any other photo's of history of the surrounding area...i know this is probably a long shot but hey u can't get anywhere without asking....
we're currently searching the watkins, davies and scourfield parts of the family and most of them were in dowlais or merthyr.
Brilliant site! a real walk down memory lane.
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Post by lookingfordavies on Sept 5, 2006 16:40:02 GMT 1
Would you happen to know anything about the William Davies family of Thomas Street or Newton Street in Merthyr?
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Post by sianwatkins on Sept 7, 2006 11:33:52 GMT 1
Sorry we haven't come across a william davies yet in our family tree, most of our davies family come from dowlais, pengarnddu or cardiganshire. do you know what year william was born maybe we can find a link?
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Post by angel60 on Apr 10, 2008 23:05:59 GMT 1
About what year you looking for in Pengarnddu
I lived there till i was 15 then moved down to penywern the prevabs were up then so it was 8 wern isaf we lived , my Dad died before he could see the prefab , my Mams name was Jenny Davies (Thomas) maiden name my father come from Pant but lived in pengarnddu for years we lived in 4 castle row Pengarnddu.
I have a sister's Alma Mary Edna Betty Gwyneth and my self (Doris) we had two brothers Malcolm And Desmond who have both died. we moved from pengarnddu in the 60s ;D Davies is our last name
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Post by johnthomas on May 13, 2008 20:28:47 GMT 1
My name is John Thomas. I lived in pengarnddu at 3 school row. My father was App Thomas, mother Olwen, sister Megan. We moved to the flats in Dowlais in the 60S. JENNY davies ( Thomas) was my fathers twin sister so we are probably related  . I now live in Gelligear and have 3 children. When I lived in dowlais I worked in Woolworths. I remember betty and Edna well as the house that they lived in had a garden that faced the back of our house . I had other relatives in Pengarnddu, Jean and Gwineth Jones, (Dai) David , and Louis Thomas and I am related to Levi, George & Harold Sinnet who lived in Clond**e . All the best John. |
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Post by angel60 on May 20, 2008 0:21:43 GMT 1
Hi John
remember you well Aunty olwen bottom of the garden has we used to say she did not like thunder and lightning.I often think back to those days , we did not have a lot but it did not stop us being happy in the summer all that freedom how wonderfull, well i got 5 children 14 grandkidds and one greatgrand daughter, so been very busy , nice of you to reply, it would be nice to get a few more on here to chat too, you dont have any pics of pengarnddu do you they are always looking for pics, my two brothers died Mall was first he died of cancer of the prostrate and our Des died up in Asdas store his lungs just stopped working , love to know more about your life and we are first cousins my mum and your dad twins , thanks a lot xx Doris
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Post by johnthomas on Jul 5, 2008 13:33:32 GMT 1
HI DORIS
Sorry for the late reply my details were not on the system correctly, when I lived in dowlais we lived in the flats my dad died at 63 and my mum at 75 my mother still lived in the flats till her death. I moved about with Woolworth and ended up in Reading I then left the company and returned home I was courting a girl from pant called Christine Law who is now my wife. I then worked for Tesco as a store manager and regionl manager for 21yrs and then as a manager with Makro where I retired last year . We have three children Natalie 36 Caroline 34 and Mark 22. Natalie has two girls 2and 4yrs Caroline a boy 3yrs Mark has been to university in YORK and has now got his degree and is looking for work. Natalie is an accountant lives in Llantrisant and Caroline is a school teacher living in Worksop near Sheffield. Now that im retired I often go to Pengarnddu and walk out to the Twynau on the track and up to pond pit past the farm where my dad spent a lot of his time. supprised you remember my mother did not like thunder she also hated strong winds and in Pengarnddu they were strong many a night I spent in the larder in the passage with her. I only have one picture of my dad on tum his horse by the gate to the field at the bottom of the long row of houses by the bridge. My sister Megan his 72 now and lives in Troedyrhiw I will ask her if she has any pictures ,keep in touch.
Thanks for your reply
All the best John.
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Post by merthyrlad on Mar 2, 2009 16:38:42 GMT 1
John
You refer to the Sinnets of Penganddu and I wonder whether they were related to the Sinnet's of Blaen Dowlais (see my other thread) as it is an unusual name?
Your name is Thomas and my relations were Davies's/ Thomas's who moved up from Newport west Wales just before the Cholera outbreak took some of the family.
Mary and her four children lived with and were brought up by the Sinnet's, as Margaret Sinnet (nee Thomas) was the sister of Mary.
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Post by cos on Mar 5, 2009 21:45:46 GMT 1
is the enda married to ronnie brown? and living in penywern?
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. I now live in Gelligear and have 3 children. When I lived in dowlais I worked in Woolworths. I remember betty and Edna well as the house that they lived in had a garden that faced the back of our house . I had other relatives in Pengarnddu, Jean and Gwineth Jones, (Dai) David , and Louis Thomas and I am related to Levi, George & Harold Sinnet who lived in Clond**e . 
