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