Post by laura on Apr 26, 2014 15:31:02 GMT 1
I haven't been on this forum for awhile so hopefully the attachment has worked and hopefully I am doing this correctly!
My grandfather was Hartwell Glyn Watkins - he is the one in the picture. He was born in Merthyr in 1908 and had a sister a few year younger called Muriel. Glyn's parents were Herbert and Margretta Watkins (nee Jones). I don't know much about his parents - something happened a long time ago and it was not discussed. What I do know is that in 1901 Herbert was a lodger at 22 Wellington Street, Merthyr working as a Clothiers Assistant and Margretta was working at the Duke Inn Merthyr.
Sometime during their childhood the children were split and went to live with two different sisters - Aunty Margaret Watkins who later married Thomas Jones from Senghenydd took in Glyn and Muriel went to live with a second sister who married a Mr Lewis. They I think lived in Mountain Ash.
Muriel Lewis as she became never married and died about 10 years ago in a Nursing Home still in the area.
Herbert Watkins was the son of Watkin Watkins from Glanllillo (house) in Llangybi Cardiganshire - and I know more about Watkin than I do about his son. Herbert fought in the First World War but after that I just don't know what happened or why the family was separated. As for Margretta Jones her family were also from Cardiganshire and I have traced her parents to Cilcennin.
I guess I'm wondering if anyone knows much about the places mentioned above. I have found them in the census records going back so just not sure what to do next. Glyn was supposed to become a Minister but didn't want to do that so rebelled and worked as an electrician in one of the mines. He enlisted for the Second World War and was evacuated from Dunkirk injured. He then became a police officer in Corwen (North Wales) where he met and married by Nain. He kept in touch with his Aunty Margaret Jones who lived in Glanllillo until she died but otherwise there doesn't seem to have been much contact except with a couple of cousins - daughters of his father's brother William - Nansi and Gwen.
In addition I have a photo taken of Glyn at J Jenkins Mountain Ash roughly 1909 - does anyone know anything about the Studio?
I know that's quite a lot for one post ... hope that's ok.
Have a lovely weekend
Laura
My grandfather was Hartwell Glyn Watkins - he is the one in the picture. He was born in Merthyr in 1908 and had a sister a few year younger called Muriel. Glyn's parents were Herbert and Margretta Watkins (nee Jones). I don't know much about his parents - something happened a long time ago and it was not discussed. What I do know is that in 1901 Herbert was a lodger at 22 Wellington Street, Merthyr working as a Clothiers Assistant and Margretta was working at the Duke Inn Merthyr.
Sometime during their childhood the children were split and went to live with two different sisters - Aunty Margaret Watkins who later married Thomas Jones from Senghenydd took in Glyn and Muriel went to live with a second sister who married a Mr Lewis. They I think lived in Mountain Ash.
Muriel Lewis as she became never married and died about 10 years ago in a Nursing Home still in the area.
Herbert Watkins was the son of Watkin Watkins from Glanllillo (house) in Llangybi Cardiganshire - and I know more about Watkin than I do about his son. Herbert fought in the First World War but after that I just don't know what happened or why the family was separated. As for Margretta Jones her family were also from Cardiganshire and I have traced her parents to Cilcennin.
I guess I'm wondering if anyone knows much about the places mentioned above. I have found them in the census records going back so just not sure what to do next. Glyn was supposed to become a Minister but didn't want to do that so rebelled and worked as an electrician in one of the mines. He enlisted for the Second World War and was evacuated from Dunkirk injured. He then became a police officer in Corwen (North Wales) where he met and married by Nain. He kept in touch with his Aunty Margaret Jones who lived in Glanllillo until she died but otherwise there doesn't seem to have been much contact except with a couple of cousins - daughters of his father's brother William - Nansi and Gwen.
In addition I have a photo taken of Glyn at J Jenkins Mountain Ash roughly 1909 - does anyone know anything about the Studio?
I know that's quite a lot for one post ... hope that's ok.
Have a lovely weekend
Laura
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