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As I was typing my message, Ken has put on an E mail address, so Good Luck with your search!

Jan

Hello Chris

I've been searching RootsChat recently for any further info about Idris Wynne Parry and his family, as I know they emigrated to New Zealand, and I found various messages you had written and received.  Would you be kind enough to get in touch with me as I would like to find out if you have have more info re the family?

I already know quite a bit, as I have done my own (verified) independent research, but would like to add a bit more, if possible.

The parents of Idris Wynne and his sister Gwyneth Aelwen were John Parry and Elizabeth Williams. 

From my notes:

Marriage:     Mar 1906   
PARRY  John     Llanrwst  11b 446   
WILLIAMS  Elizabeth     Llanrwst  11b 446

Date: 21st February 1906  on the marriage certificate

(Elizabeth Williams was daughter of my G Grandfather's eldest sister, Elizabeth Roberts  -  technically my first cousin, twice removed.)

Births Mar 1908   
Parry  Gwyneth Aelwen    Birkenhead  8a 465 
Births Mar 1907 
Parry  Idris Wynne    Birkenhead  8a 440      (I have copies of both these birth certificates.)

In 1911, Idris Wynne is staying with his Auntie Jane in Llanrwst, while his parents and sister are at home in Birkenhead, Cheshire at 19 Woodchurch Road, Oxton, and John is a shopkeeper.

I W, his mother and sister emigrated to New Zealand in 1915, following his father, John, who had already gone out to NZ in 1913, escorting his brother's future wife.  (John's  youngest brother, Hugh Griffith Parry (b 1883) had also emigrated to New Zealand, some time between 1911 and 1914, and later returned to the UK in 1944 with his wife Hannah Davies Parry after retirement, to settle in North Wales.)

I'd really like to find out if anyone knows for sure what Idris Wynne did after going to New Zealand, as I can't find him on the Electoral Registers there.  Did he get married and have children, or not?  If you can help, I'd be most grateful....

Jan

Hi

In February, I applied for my late father's service records, as I am the only surviving member of the family, and I followed all the procedures and form-filling, as designated.  As I could remember his service number, and a number of odd clues from childhood, I filled in as much as possible on the forms, sent off a cheque for £30 with a copy of the death certificate, and had an interim letter of acknowledgement, saying the info would probably take about 3 months, which is exactly right.  This morning, the copy of my father's service record arrived through the post.

If you are not au fait with the RAF jargon, they enclose a printout of abbreviations used on the record, and you can forward a copy to the Air Historical Branch which can, presumably, transcribe what you can't work out for yourself.

My original application went to RAF Disclosures, Room 6, Trenchard Hall, Royal Air Force, Cranwell, Sleaford, NG34 8HB.

If you are, like me, trying to piece the family jigsaw together, you will find the info useful.  Good luck with it!

Hello Ainslie

I have bought a copy of the Llanaber MIS, as many of my ancestors are also buried there.  I, too, walked through the churchyard, at the time, very overgrown, and I have found the Gwynedd FHS MIs invaluable.  If you think any others would be buried there, it's well worth getting a copy of your own.

Agnes Mansel is buried in Section B, 0457, page 60 in the book, just below the road and to the right of the church as you look at the main door.  The MI reads:
Here Lie The Mortal Remains of AGNES MANSEL, for 20 years the faithful and beloved wife of the Rev; SPENCER PERCEVAL MANSEL.  She died at Borthwen in this parish, Nov; 30th, 1835, aged 48. "Whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth" (Chest)

I hope this helps with your quest and  I have had so much help from others via RootChat over the years.

If you contact me directly, I can send one of my photos of Llanaber Churchyard, pointing in more or less the direction your ancestor would be buried. It appears to be too big to post on here.