For those who have access to the Gale online database of British 19th Century Newspapers, the family mourners list published in accounts of DD's funeral on 12 Feb. 1887 could prove interesting. Y Genedl Cymreig seems to have been chiefly interested in the immense list of CM ministers who turned out; the family themselves were given fuller coverage in Y Goleuad's account, which appeared in its edition of Sat. 19 Feb. 1887. Seven children are mentioned as attending (three sons and four married [and so unforenamed] daughters with their respective husbands), plus eight grandchildren ...
I was rather pressed for time when I wrote that message, so I did not transcribe the names; but because not everyone has easy access to the Gale newspapers (and I was the one who started that hare running), I think that it would be a kindness if I now put my omission right. Here they are, in the order printed but with my formatting:
Children:
-- Mr and Mrs Lloyd, Corwen
-- Revd. Thomas and Mrs Gray, Manchester
-- Revd. W. and Mrs Jones, Liverpool
-- Mr and Mrs Edward Ellis, Huyton Quarry
-- Mr Robert Thomas,
-- Mr Richard Thomas, and
-- Mr John Thomas, [all three of] Penmachno
Grandchildren:
-- Mr Francis Lloyd [and]
-- Miss Edith Lloyd [both of] Corwen
-- Mr David Gray [and]
-- Miss Dora Gray [both of] Manchaster
-- Messrs. J. R. Thomas,
-- David Thomas and
-- The Misses Thomas,
-- Emily Thomas, and
-- Lizzie Thomas, [all of] Penmachno
It is not entirely clear whether "the Misses Thomas" is just a joint title intended to apply to the Emily and Lizzie Thomas whose names appear immediately afterwards (as I assumed when counting heads for the purpose of my last message); or whether alternatively "the Misses Thomas" were two older granddaughters who were labelled more formally than two following siblings who were still children.
It is also worth focusing on the fact that the article ascribes three sons to David Davies with the surname
Thomas. It seems not unreasonable to assume that in their case the reporter must have meant "step-children" -- presumably his wife's sons by a previous marriage?
Rol