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Post by jules67 on Nov 27, 2012 1:31:40 GMT 1
Hello all....hoping someone might be able to help with my research into my family tree. My maternal grandfather was born in Merthyr in 1889. in 1891 the family were living at no 2 Grawen on Brecon Road. His father was George Henry Harry. The family seem to of moved to Liverpool in about 1900 but were back in Merthyr by 1909 when at 18 my grandfather Alfred James Harry signed up for the army. the address on his documents is 15 Corporation street.
Id be interested to know if i still have any decendants in the area.
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Post by Carolyn on Jan 5, 2013 17:02:09 GMT 1
Harry is not a common name.
Edward Jones thinks the person below is related but is not sure and so apologies in advance if he is wrong!
Decendants through the female line will have any surname and so will be hard to trace
but I can ask at the Family History Meeting 8th January
A.M Harry
Tel: (01685) 722206
27 The Parade, Merthyr Tydfil, CF47 0ET
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Post by jules67 on Jan 23, 2013 17:23:31 GMT 1
Hello Carolyn.
sorry, I have just seen your reply.
No, its not a common name. Seems my Harrys settled in the Merthyr area from Somerset.
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Post by jules67 on Dec 31, 2013 16:40:22 GMT 1
George Henry Harry was living with his wife Mary and family at 15 Corporation Street in 1911. his occupation was 'a trainer of athletes'. this seems an odd occupation to have....especially in a place like Merthyr!
I wonder could anybody shed any light on this please?
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Post by mikemerthyr on Dec 31, 2013 18:37:32 GMT 1
Hello jules67 There are two entries in the 1918 ABSENT VOTERS LISTS for service men living at 15 CORPORATION ROAD MERTHYR TYDFIL
ALFRED JAMES HARRY army number 265 rank given B.S.M (possibly battery sgt major ) serving in ROYAL FIELD ARTILLARY.
ALBERT BENJAMIN HARRY army number 240477 rank given CORPORAL serving in 1/5TH WELSH REGIMENT.
The 1920 electoral lists show living at 15 CORPORATION STREET PENYDARREN MERTHYR TYDFIL
GEORGE HARRY, MARY HARRY, ALBERT BENJAMIN HARRY , THOMAS LEWIS
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Post by jules67 on Dec 31, 2013 19:43:20 GMT 1
Thank you Mike Merthyr...that info is all new to me. I have copies of military records from 1909 when Alfred was 19. he enlisted and then bought himself out 56 days later. I didn't know he had gone back into service.
thanks again.
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Post by mikemerthyr on Jan 2, 2014 15:33:44 GMT 1
No problem jules He would have been called up for service anyway if he did not have a reserved occupation from 1916 onward, and especially as he had been in the army previous even for only a short time. His parents were still living at 15 CORPORATION STREET up until 1935.
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Post by jules67 on Jan 2, 2014 17:10:42 GMT 1
thank you again Mike.
It also seems my Grand dad Alfred was married briefly in 1911 to Suzanne Jessie Jones. but she seems to of disappeared off to the US (or Canada) and remarried and later disappeared again and remarried again (bigamously of course!!) I found this out trying to find a record of my grandparents marriage with no success. But I guess he was already married to Suzy...so was never free to marry again. How sad.
Alfred and Nell met in Liverpool and raised their 6 children there. my mum was the youngest and sadly she was only 12 when Nell died and 20 when her father Alf died, so I didn't have the pleasure of knowing them.....which is why we know so little. but Merthyr was always home to Alf. My mum said he talked about it often.she always wanted to come there...but sadly never did. x
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