With family history, I gather so much, but then have to sort the wheat from chaff. That 1939 Register entry I had forgotten about, then found the basics. Only when you had difficulty, I remembered my difficulty and how I worked around it. No one else was with him in 1939, as there are no redacted entries, only him and his ‘wife’. He is also in the Living Van with Elizabeth and children, though from the dates, there should be more children than spaces redacted; where are they?
I went to Pembrey this morning and there is a huge notice on the gate not to visit, unless you quickly want to leave flowers, so I respected that and did not go in. Using Family search, I cannot find any burials for a Daniel Evans around 1948. Her burial is listed online and if he was there as well, it too would be online. There are plenty of Boswells living and even dying at Pembrey, it must have been a special meeting place for travellers. When did they go to Pembroke, when he died, or did they live in the van for a while?
If Nantycaws is regarding rations, was he trying to get double? There was also a woman there, with both claiming to be married. From past experience of this family, being married probably does not mean to each other. With a stigma about living together, it would be easier to say you were married. But also in traveller culture, they did not marry formally, but still considered it a marriage in the eyes of the Lord. I believe the 1939 Register is different to a census. It listed those who lived there whether they were present or not. For a census, it was only those in the household when the enumerator visited. If Daniel was not in Natycaws that day, it could explain why he was listed with a different date of birth, as it was given by someone else.
How do you know Daniel's great grandmother was Lucy Boswell?
