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Montgomeryshire / Re: Gittins of Glyn
« on: Wednesday 06 April 05 23:36 BST (UK)  »
A little more information as to why the Christopher Gittin's  family  left Penygelli in the late 1880's.  The family never really heard the real reason but rumors were that Christopher (your Eliza's brother) drank far too much and went into debt and perhaps even disgrace.  He packed up the family and moved to Pontypridd where he secured a grocery store and bakery and built some rental homes in the small town of Cilfynydd.  From time to time his wife Jane Elizabeth (Jones) returned to Penygelli to visit so whether they still had some financial interest in the farm or had just rented it or sold it, we do not know.  By 1910, Richard Gittins the eldest son had married and was working as a foreman at the colliery. He had 3 young sons and a daughter.  Jane Gittins persuaded her husband and son to emmigrate to Alberta Canada where acreages were being given to those who cleared it.  This they did.  Christopher Gittins died in Edmonton in 1919 and Jane Gittins died there in 1933.

How far back have you traced the Gittins family of Penygelli?

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Montgomeryshire / Re: Gittins of Glyn
« on: Wednesday 06 April 05 00:53 BST (UK)  »
Thank you for the information.  I realize when rereading your response  that I made an error.  It was my grandfather's grandfather Richard that took over as the eldest son , the Penygelli farm after his father's death, also named Richard.  As far as your info of the inhabitants of Penygelli in 1851 - I'm of the belief that Sarah Gittins was William's wife not a servant.  As I noted earlier they exchanged farms on the father's death as Richard was the eldest son.

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Montgomeryshire / Re: Gittins of Glyn
« on: Tuesday 05 April 05 21:22 BST (UK)  »
My grandfather Richard Gittins was born at Penygelli in 1875.  They were related to the Gittins on the Bettws farm.  I believe that 
his father Christopher took over the Penygelli farm after his father's death and that a brother who had been at Penygelli went to the other farm.  I think his name was William.  I have some olf info given to me by a cousin that I will look up for you.  I am very interested to know who is listed on the 1851 Census of both the Penygelli and Bettws farm.

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