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Carmarthenshire / Re: John Gower Jones born 21st January 1864 Llanelly Carmarthenshire
« on: Thursday 06 December 18 14:50 GMT (UK)  »
Unfortunately I have no trace in my records of a John Gower born 1853/4.  The nearest one in date that I have in my records is one born in about 1857 but his father was Thomas Gower born about 1812.  As for a William Gower born 1815  the only one that I have was baptised at Pembrey 4 April 1813 his parents being Jonathan Gower and Elizabeth of Dimpath.

My ancestor John Gower was born in 1800, the son of Morse Gower and his wife Mary (Rees).  He did have a brother, William, baptised at Pembrey Church 17 March 1803.  In the 1861 and 1871 Censuses he is listed as a Pitman at the Colliery ie miner.  However he never married.  He died on 27 September 1871  and was buried at the Jerusalem Independent Chapel. Burry Port.

In all  probability, due to the same forenames being used within a famly, there is some connection but this may go back to Morse Gower and his forebears and I have only traced a single line back from him

 

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Unwanted Certificates & Artefacts / Re: Found: Gower-Rees Family Photo, from Bradford, Yorkshire
« on: Friday 12 October 18 14:08 BST (UK)  »
Dear Steve

You mention in your post regarding the Gower-Rees family that you would be writing up the WW1 career of Albert Philip Gower-Rees and I would be most interested in this as he was my great uncle.  This is all the information that I have about that period opf his life and I would be grateful if you could fill in any other details
1914-1918  During the first months of the war he was chaplain to the Sportsmen's Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment.  Early in 1915 he went to France as chaplain of the General Headquarters Staff at St. Omer.  He also held a number of other posts. He was twice mentioned in despatches and won the MC in 1918
November 1918  After the Armistice he was retained by the War Office as assistant chaplain general and preached the official peace service at Cologne
He then returned to his parish at Bradford.

I did meet him and his wfe in about 1947 when he returned to this country on a brief visit. I have also done a lot of research into the various branches of this very large family.

I did reply to the original query under my pseudonym Paterchurch

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Carmarthenshire / Re: John Gower Jones born 21st January 1864 Llanelly Carmarthenshire
« on: Friday 12 October 18 13:46 BST (UK)  »
This is a very large family descending from John Gower 1800-1859 and Elizabeth Williams 1810-1903 that I have very thoroughly researched.  Your John Gower Jones was their grandson being the son of their daughter Elizabeth Gower 1841-1935 and Thomas Jones 1836-1932 and was the second of their 14 children.  He died on 8 May 1949 at 9 Ilton road, Cardiff

From Crockford's 1938
Jesus College, Oxford BA 1891. Deacon 1891, Priest 1892 Llandaff.  Curate of Tredegar 1891-94; Mountain Ash 1895-98; Penmaen 1898-1900; St. Woolos, Newport, Mon 1900-05; Temporary Chaplain to the Forces 1916-1919; Rural Dean of Rhondda 1929-37; Vicar of Glyntaff 1905-37; St. Donats Diocese of Llandaff from 1937 (Gross Income £330, Net £3116 and House) Surrogate from 1906

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Unwanted Certificates & Artefacts / Re: Found: Gower-Rees Family Photo, from Bradford, Yorkshire
« on: Friday 14 December 12 12:34 GMT (UK)  »
I did start to investigate the family of Sarah Atkinson Jowett but as she is not in my direct line I did not complete it.  The results are somewhere amongst my papers but, at the moment, I cannot trace them.  I do remember that the family were involved in the Clockhouse estate lawsuit see www.jowitt1.org.uk/clockhou.htm    This gives the background and family history.

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Unwanted Certificates & Artefacts / Re: Found: Gower-Rees Family Photo, from Bradford, Yorkshire
« on: Thursday 06 September 12 12:00 BST (UK)  »
Hi Kenny
I was very interested in your story of the Atkinson-Jowett family as Albert Philip Gower-Rees  was my grandfather's youngest brother.  My mother and, latterly, I kept in touch with him and then his daughters until Mary died in 2011.  She visited England in 2000 and stayed with us. As I am the custodian of the Gower-Rees family history we had a lot to talk about and she had brought with her many family photographs which I was able to scan including Sarah Emily Atkinson-Jowett's wedding photograph and one of her as an older woman.  If you are interrested do get in touch directly.

Kind regards
Joy

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Pembrokeshire / Re: Pembrokeshire, Missing address
« on: Wednesday 07 July 10 19:28 BST (UK)  »
Hi Ricky

Do you have the history of the White Hart, Pembroke Street, Pembroke Dock from Keith Johnson's Pubs of Pembroke, Pembroke Dock, Tenby and South Pembrokeshire?  Accrding to this the licensee rom 1906 to his death in 1929 wasWilliam McCracken Gray.

If you send me your email address I can send further information

Regards
Joy

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The Common Room / Re: Rossie Reformatory, Montrose.
« on: Wednesday 07 July 10 11:33 BST (UK)  »
Please do you have any information on James Carson, Headmaster, 1903-1944?

Regards
Joy

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Pembrokeshire / Re: Griffith thomas Cadwallader Manorbeir
« on: Monday 01 March 10 03:08 GMT (UK)  »
Thomas Griffith Llewellyn Cadwallader born 3 Mar 1877;  Bapt 5 Apr 1877 Tenby; parents John Merchant Harris Cadwallader/(Lydia)Ann Thomas

John Merchant Harris Cadwallader bapt 10 Jul 1846 Tenby; mar 29 Apr 1876 Cilgerran; parents Thomas Merchant Cadwallader/Ann Harris

Thomas Merchant Cadwallader bapt 1 Jun 1817 Tenby; mar 3 Oct 1843 Tenby; d 1855 or 1865; parents William Cadwallader/Elizabeth Phillips

William Cadwallader bapt 26 Jun 1787 Manorbier; mar 13 Nov 1811 Tenby; bur 13 Jul 1860; parents John Cadwallader/Susannah Williams

Further detailsof previous two ancestors also available but not verified.        Regards - Joy

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Pembrokeshire / Re: COUSINS of Freystrop, Wales
« on: Tuesday 27 October 09 12:41 GMT (UK)  »
Keith

Definitely no William Ivemey in my line so I can't help you. 

Regards
Paterchurch

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