1939 Register Carmarthen

[Talacharn]

On the 1939 Register for 18 Blue Street, Carmarthen there is a ‘w’ written above the birth year and a backward ‘R’ written before S for Single. The sheet is XDCH Carmarthen 599-3 and looks to be the same ink as when it was written. The entry is Williams Agnes M, who married a Dunbar, b. 09 Jan 1925 and at School. I know the marriage information noted in the left column. Do these additions mean anything?

[softly softly]

Hi, cannot help with regard to the exact query you have requested, but do you know who Agnes was ie her parents, whom she married and her and her husbands death records.

John

[Talacharn]

Yes, the matriarch  was Martha Jane Evans formerly Williams nee Richards. They had five children including my grandfather in Haverfordwest. On the 1939 Register, there are 5 redacted entries and I can only account for 4 of them. It is a complicated family. The notes are the only ones I have seen, so I am wondering if there is a reason.

[softly softly]

Hi, I believe (maybe wrongly) that Agnes was born in 1926 as Agnes Martha Williams with a mmn of Sparrow. Her mother was Lovis May Sparrow born 1902 died 1935. Her father was George Francis Williams.She married Kenneth Alan Dunbar in 1945. He was born 1925 with mmn as Allen.

George Francis Williams then remarried in 1936 to Sarah J Jones. He appears in 1939 as FRANK Williams dob 30.9.1899 and dies as George Francis Williams with same dob in 1978.

Agnes Maria Dunbar died 2010
Kenneth Alan/Allen Dunbar died 2019

I may well have gone down a rabbit hole though

John

[Talacharn]

Yes a rabbit hole.
Birth: Agnes Maria Davies . mmn Williams
Jan-Mar 1926 . Carmarthen . Volume 11a . Page 2170
Parents: Arthur H Davies . Violet May Williams
They divorced and Agnes used Williams.
Marriage: Kenneth Alan Dunbar . Agnes Maria Williams
Jul-Sep 1945 . Carmarthen . Volume 11a . Page 3029
The deaths are correct.
With this family, you need a ferret to sort it all out, as they bred like rabbits.

[softly softly]

Thanks for letting me know,

John

[hanes teulu]

FH sites are peppered with threads about explaining endorsements/additions to the 39 register. Those appearing in the address column can be partly explained. However, elsewhere on the form tends to remain a puzzle.
There's a partly hidden entry on far right of screen - would be interesting to see it in full.

Does the Carmarthen record for William H Mainwaring, born 15 Jan1909, also carry the reversed "R"?   

[Talacharn]

I have not seen William H Mainwaring as I use the library and download relevant images.
The far-right marking seems to be something over 2, though could contain more and its colour looks the same pen that noted the marriage.

[hanes teulu]

Yes, it is an added note - but nonetheless wd. like have liked to see it in full. Have checked thru' the register either side of your Williams' find but only Mainwaring threw up a query in the year column.