here I go again .
Dundee : I do not rely on death certs which is why I don't readily accept out of hand that the wife's name is Margaret WILLIAMS. I do have the marriage cert of RHjnr and Mary and I am pretty sure you know most of it : married 1919 Pontypridd ; father Robert a collier ; witness Gladys Williams and Emma Thomas , Mary's sister ;ages 26 and 23 ; RH's address Bryn Villa , Gy....Ar.... is all I can read , Mary from Baptist Sq , Blaenllechau .
Annette7 : I have not searched 39 Register for Melba . All my records for her marriage , life in Canada etc agree with your findings and I know they are correct as my mother corresponded with her and I have family photographs and handwritten cards . I will apply for a marriage certificate for Gladys to confirm things , which takes about 6 weeks to Australia . And I'm sorry , I did use the wrong word , I do not have a transcript for Gladys' marriage , only the Marriage Index 1916-2005 , otherwise I would have passed on the information.
I have been trying to solve this problem on and off for a couple of years . I was thinking that maybe the best thing might be for some local research .
I am pretty sure of the name Margaret . My sister is called after her .
As for Hugh I have no information other than the little I have already passed on , and yes I have searched census records etc for a likely family , also war records but there are too many Hughs however it is spelled, coupled with Williams . I'm not saying the information is definitely not there , but that I have not found it .
Mary