Doctor Hywel Rhys

[Fionamoses]

Hi.
I was wondering if anyone could help.
 Myself and some work colleagues are interested in finding out the history of our work place.
It is currently being run as a private care home supporting young adults.
We have spent some time looking online however we have not had much luck with finding out  information about the building or family history of who lived there.
Information we have found is that a Doctor Hywel Rhys lived and worked at the house in the late 1890- 1905. We are very interested in finding out some information for around this time - information regarding family ect.

We also found out that the street name was named after the Doctor - naming it Doctor's Road.
It is now called Neuadd Road but many people still refer to Doctor's road.

The address is Glangarnant House in Garnant near Ammanford.

Thank you for your time.

Fiona

[GrahamSimons]

I've found the archives service ever so helpful
http://www.carmarthenshire.gov.wales/home/council-services/libraries-archives/archives-family-history/

[Fionamoses]

Thank you. Will take a look now

[GrahamSimons]

You might try this source as well: http://newspapers.library.wales/home

I've found two mentions of him but my Welsh is non-existent! Worth searching for him in different spellings too - Rees and Howell. You never know.

He's on the Medical Register for 1887; registered 1871; LSA 1869; MRCS 1870; LRCP 1871

Some doctors had informative obituaries in The Lancet - worth a look, too.

[keyboard86]

Hi I can locate in 1901 residing Glangarnant, Caegurwen, Llanquick, Pontardawre a Howell Rees 54 Single occ Medical Practioner b Maesteg?
Census ref RG13/5065/56/47
Keyboard86

[JJen]

Reference to Dr Hywel Rhys -

http://cwmammanhistory.co.uk/Amman_Valley_History/pages/Aspects_of_Cwmamman.htm

There are numerous newspaper articles in British Newspapers for Dr Howell Rees of Carmarthen.

JJ

[JJen]

Hi I can locate in 1901 residing Glangarnant, Caegurwen, Llanquick, Pontardawre a Howell Rees 54 Single occ Medical Practioner b Maesteg?
Census ref RG13/5065/56/47
Keyboard86

On the next page Glangarnant is also recorded with Arthur and Hannah Jefferies. Arthur is a gardener, so perhaps there was a gardener's cottage within Glangarnant.

JJ

[keyboard86]

Hi again, in 1891 census Howell Rees 44 occ Physician at Tyr Bach, Cwmamman
Census ref RG12/4468/126/25
Keyboard86

[Fionamoses]

Thank you all for helping with the search. I have looked at several newspaper articles and the spelling of his name is different on many documents. Maybe that's  why it's proving to be a little tricky..

Thank you for the info on the Gardener. Will take a look at them now.

Thanks again