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Post by merthyrlad on Nov 21, 2009 13:07:53 GMT 1
BERRY (FAMILY), Lords Buckland, Camrose and Kemsley , industrialists and newspaper proprietors .
All three sons of JOHN MATHIAS BERRY (b. 2 May 1847 in Camrose, Pemb. ; d. 9 Jan. 1917 ) and his wife Mary Ann (née Rowe , of Pembroke Dock ), who moved to Merthyr Tydfil in 1874 , were created peers . J. M. Berry worked on the railway and as an accountant before becoming an estate agent and auctioneer in 1894 . He was the mayor when King George V visited the town in 1912 . The foundation stone of a new Salvation Army Citadel in Merthyr was laid in memory of him in 1936 and he is also commemorated by the J.M. Berry Technical College which was built by his eldest son.
James Gomer Berry James Gomer Berry, 1st Viscount Kemsley GBE (7 May 1883 – 6 February 1968) was a Welsh newspaper publisher.
Berry was the third of three brothers from Merthyr Tydfil in Wales. He originally co-owned The Daily Telegraph with his second brother William and Baron Burnham.
He founded Kemsley Newspapers, which owned The Sunday Times, The Daily Sketch and The Sunday Graphic amongst its titles.
His youngest son, Conservative politician the Honourable Sir Anthony Berry, was killed by the IRA in the 1984 Brighton hotel bombing.
Honours Berry was created a baronet in 1928, and was appointed as an Officer of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem in 1931. In 1936, he was created Baron Kemsley, of Farnham Royal in the County of Buckingham, and raised to Viscount Kemsley, of Dropmore in the County of Buckingham, in 1945. He succeeded upon his death by his eldest son Lionel.
In 1959, he was appointed Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire for "political and public service".
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Post by merthyrlad on Nov 8, 2009 16:38:11 GMT 1
Hi Jon. I have sent you a private message. Please get back to me after you have spoken to The Sinnet's
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Post by merthyrlad on Oct 17, 2009 16:19:33 GMT 1
Hi Jeff Have you managed to speak to the Sinnet's yet please?
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Post by merthyrlad on Jun 30, 2009 18:27:43 GMT 1
There was a big conflab back in the dark ages.Apparently they buried folk on top of each other to save space.Not sure whether records are that accurate now?
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Post by merthyrlad on May 19, 2009 1:49:06 GMT 1
Many thanks Jeff. Can you make contact with them on my behalf and indicate that I would like to get in touch with them please to see if they are the line of Sinnet's which go back to St.David's and hence a distant connection to my family?
Regards
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Post by merthyrlad on Apr 9, 2009 0:29:17 GMT 1
I think I have found it on the Alan George website of Old Merthyr Tydfil via Pant Y Waun www.alangeorge.co.uk/pantywaun.htmThere is an old OS map dated 1930 and Twyn Y Waun is near Dowlais Top. As the reference is to open cast mining in the area I suspect it may have been lost like Pant Y Waun appears to have.
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Post by merthyrlad on Apr 7, 2009 11:50:54 GMT 1
Sorry moreta but definately in Dowlais/Merthyr according to Wales Census
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Post by merthyrlad on Mar 12, 2009 18:21:24 GMT 1
Can anyone tell me where Twyn Y Wain is please as I have come across this street address when researching ancestors? I think it may have been or still is in Dowlais.
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Post by merthyrlad on Mar 12, 2009 12:59:37 GMT 1
Try putting her name into www.ancestry.co.uk if you know roughly where in Ireland she came from. Try the Wales Census on Ancestry for Merthyr and 1871/81/91 and 1901. Also try the Mormon's site which has one of the largest databases in the World. www.familysearch.org/eng/default.aspI have looked on the 1881 Wales Census and found Johanna born about 1853 in Ireland, wife to Edward Brennan also born in Ireland of 6 Upper Taff Street. He was a Steel Chipper Unemployed. They had children James 10, William 6, Catherine 3, Bridget 2, Mary Ann under 1 and a John Crowley 40 who was a lodger. John was born in Ireland in 1841 and was a labourer in the Iron Works. Could this be the family connection?
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Post by merthyrlad on Mar 6, 2009 10:25:45 GMT 1
My late father in law Ken Humphreys (Pentrebach) used to work in the die cast dept. for many,many years.
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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 merthyrlad on Feb 10, 2009 17:28:14 GMT 1
Whilst researching my family tree I was directed to look at the Sinnet family who lived in Blaen Dowlais. They are also referred to in an earlier Census as living in Mountain Hare Road. They appear to have originated in St.David's before moving to Dowlais and William was the Head of the household. William was a mariner before changing to a haulier in Dowlais. My relations on my late Grandmother's side, also from St.David's/Newport Pembrokeshire moved up to Dowlais to live with the Sinnet's after they were orphaned by the Cholera outbreak. Can anyone tell me if they remember the Sinnet's (extended family) or whether Blaen Dowlais is still there please?I think it was near Caeharris close to the slip road and tips.
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Post by merthyrlad on Feb 1, 2009 21:53:12 GMT 1
Was this where the Corona Pop place was near the roundabout? I think Baker's Garage was on the other side of the river?
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Post by merthyrlad on Feb 1, 2009 21:50:43 GMT 1
This pub used to sit at the end of the old iron bridge across the Taff opposite where the fire station is now. When I was in Merthyr College it was a stone's throw to the Iron Bridge Vaults pub and beer used to be 1/6d for normal Rhymney beer and 1/9d for Watneys Red Barrel or Barley Mow or was it Wheatsheaf? We drunk in the corner for fear of any of the teachers coming in or the local bobby as we were still under age.Those were the days hey?lol
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Post by merthyrlad on Feb 1, 2009 14:13:37 GMT 1
I went to Gellifaelog Secondary in the late 50's early 60's and remember the teachers referred to above. I remember the sticks they used as punishment as we were a bunch of idiots in those days who loved to upset the teachers so that we would get the stick en masse. The science teacher had a Charlie Chaplin type which he used to keep oiled to make it supple. Mr Pendry had a short thick one as did Mr Davies Maths. D T Davies was a gent but even he had a stick and pieces of chalk. Dick Pendry was a nice bloke although strict and Mr Davies Geography was also a good fellow. The PE Teacher Mr Eynon? used a board rubber dap or whatever came to hand. Mr Beynon was the Headmaster.I think his Brother died in the Aberfan Disaster. I think Gellifaelog was the only school in Wales that didn't teach Rugby as Mr Eynon was from a football background,much to my annoyance in later life. We played football on The Bont which was made from ash which I think came from the iron works originally. Many a battle we used to have with the Catholic School opposite and particularly when it snowed as we had the higher ground. Does this bring back any memories?
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