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Lorrie Sandrone, ReadyDale

Thank you for adding your connections.
Visiting Sri Lanka would be very special.
My late Dad was homesick, I think, but he still loved it there.

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Glamorganshire / Re: 'Fairfield', Hawthorn, Pontypridd
« on: Friday 11 February 22 14:51 GMT (UK)  »
Elizabeth Miles   born  1847  died 1837    The daugher of Francis and Diana Spencer who kept an inn in Treforest
Elizabeth  was a widow in 1881 census  she had two young children age  one year old and the other 2 months.  Her husband Shadrach Miles    and sadly died in at the age of 29 years   They married in 1867
She run the Bridgend Inn in Ystradyfodwg  then New Inn in Pontypridd and had 20 staff to help here.
She owned other hotels  Bridge Hotel in Llandrindod Wells   and was the largest Hotel in Wales
She also renamed the hotel the Metropole  and is it still there today and a photo of her is on the walls there.  Her sons William and Francis had now reached manhood and helped her with her Business
She lived in Fairfield House

Heddwch

Hello Heddwch,
Sorry for such a long delay in replying. I only just found your reply.

Thank you for the information. I shall look into this further and see what I can find out. It's all very interesting.

I have certainly heard of the New Inn in Pontypridd. Mum has mentioned it to me several times. I'll ask her about this. :)

All the best
Tricia :)

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The Common Room / Re: Here of sufferance!!!
« on: Sunday 29 August 21 05:03 BST (UK)  »
... One of William's ancestors named relatives "Gine/Gyne" in his will of 1617.
Interesting! My gt gt grandmother was Esther Jeynes / Jeans / Geens. :)
(Sorry for such a late reply!)

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Glamorganshire / Re: 'Fairfield', Hawthorn, Pontypridd
« on: Sunday 29 August 21 04:52 BST (UK)  »
HI  Elizabeth Miles lived in this house in 1911 ....
Kindest regards
Heddwch
Thank you :)
She sounds like a very interesting woman. Do you know if 'Miles' was her married or maiden name, please, because, during the same conversation with this elderly cousin, he mentioned a lady named Elizabeth, or Lizzie.

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Glamorganshire / Re: 'Fairfield', Hawthorn, Pontypridd
« on: Sunday 29 August 21 04:49 BST (UK)  »
My grandfather was a shoeshine boy up to 1914 at Fairfield. ... At 14 he enlisted for WW1 by altering his birth certificate and joined the army.   His family contacted the owners of Fairfield and they paid for his release as he was underage.   He then returned to work for them before he enlisted again later.
What a kind thing to do, so if these are your relatives then 'Thank You ' because without their kindness I wouldn't be here most probably.

That is, indeed, very kind. Thank you for commenting. :)
I have no idea what our family relationship is to this place; just a mention of it being connected, by a now-deceased cousin. I wish I knew more :)

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The Common Room / Re: A family story about a will
« on: Monday 11 January 21 19:00 GMT (UK)  »
... it seems very unlikely that Lady Coventry's last will could have been written as early as 1879. ...
Yes, that does seem unlikely. I shall be downloading it from the GRO, once it is ready, to have a look. And her husband's. :)

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So if the will is relevant, it must be that it refers to the descendants of David Neale, rather than DN himself.
Could be.
I am just trying to sort out what happened for now :)

Thank you for your input. :)

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The Common Room / Re: A family story about a will
« on: Monday 11 January 21 18:55 GMT (UK)  »
Sorry, do not understand.  You have put:

'When she died, she left David Neale a bequest in her will. ....'

She must have died whilst he was still alive, but his wife was ill, so the death has to be 1869 at the latest.

Not the Coventry's.
This was what I was told but, as I said, I was relying on the memory of a woman who was in her 90s when I remember her and who had been a child at the time of the accident.

I learned about the Coventrys from this thread and their story fits - date and place and details. So, as I noted above, it could have been that there was a bequest in the will, but that David died too early to receive it, or it could have been a reward and not a bequest. Or there could be some other explanation :)

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The Common Room / Re: A family story about a will
« on: Monday 11 January 21 16:16 GMT (UK)  »
Yours is a lovely family story even if you never get to the bottom of it all.
Thank you.
Yes, I am enjoying it :)

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one of them bought a baby boy over the counter of his pub from a destitute alcoholic woman.
Not that surprising to me. My mother had a 'great aunt', who was, apparently, given to / taken in by the family as a little girl of two or three. She was very well spoken and well-looked after. Nobody seems to know where she came from. Those who did know were, apparently, sworn to secrecy. I have met her daughter but have never been able to find her origins. :)

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The Common Room / Re: A family story about a will
« on: Monday 11 January 21 14:50 GMT (UK)  »
Thank you to all who have helped me with this.

I had never even heard of Lord and Lady Coventry so I doubt that I would ever have known their story without this thread.

I think that there are a number of possibilities, including:

David Neale did help them, and was left a bequest in Lady Coventry's Will, but never received it because he was long dead by the time of her death.

David Neale wasn't forgotten, and was offered a reward (rather than it being in the form of a bequest in Lady Coventry's Will), which may have involved a small parcel of land, which he would have had to sign for at their London solicitors. He refused this offer because he would not leave his dying wife.

David Neale did help them, but the bequest was just a story, either invented or misunderstood.

David Neale lived there at the time, so knew the story and retold it to his family, but was not personally involved.

At least I know more, now. I have read reports of the incident and seen pictures of the people involved. I'm happy with that and very grateful for the help I have received. Thanks again! :) :)



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