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on people who
had connections with Brechfa and the surrounding area and links
to Websites with references to those people. Intended to be of
benefit to anyone interested in old Friends or Family
Genealogy.
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The Building of Wales - Carmarthenshire and Ceredigion Indirect people connections. This link to Google books
gives details of some of the older Brechfa properties, when they
were built, who designed/built them and links to where the book can
be purchased from. Written by Thomas Lloyd, Julian Orbach and Robert Scourfield.
Reference is made to The Forest Arms, St Teilo, Calvinistic Methodist Chapel, Pant Manal, Ty Mawr, Fforest and Abergolau, home of Daniel Prytherch.
Fforest was built by the Hon Lady Rudd who's arms quarter those of the Lloyds, baronets of Fforest and Woking, Surrey. See Sir John Lloyd. Fforest has been home to many, including Richard Boothby, see also People of Brechfa page.
See also The Francis Jones Archive Carmarthenshire families listed alphabetically by name and house
Information below from Joan Rees January 2008
1 2
Photographs. From let to
right. (1) Taylor's shop and Post Office
showing David John Rees with his 3 children,
Howell, Betty and
Elaine.
David
John Rees was a tailor born in
Brechfa in 1887. His father was David Rees, also
born in
Brechfa and a tailor. Their shop is still in the village, now a
private house. The name "D J Rees and Son" is still
above
the old shop window.
(2)
The Taylors Shop and Post
Office 2007. The Brechfa Post Office has had many homes and at
this time was in the same house as the tailors. The postmistress
was Kitty Howells, David John's
sister in law.
David
John Rees was a deacon for many
years at Bethania chapel, which was sadly closed in 2007. He is
buried in the churchyard
there. Tools
and equipment from D. J. Rees
tailors shop are housed in the Museum of Welsh
Life.
Information
below from
Hywel
Griffiths
December 2007
and
Keith
Walters January/May
2008
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2
3
4
5
6
7
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Photographs.
From let to right.
(1)
Daniel Evans and
(2) his wife Elizabeth Evans.
(3)
The lady at the Post
Office
on her own is
their daughter and sister of Charles Lewis Evans
who built
Glen
View.
Charles
Lewis
Evans
sister
was
a friend of Dylan Thomas's mother.
(4)
People in the Post Office not known.
(5)
Welsh ladies in
Brechfa. Lady far right is Dylan Thomas's mother.
Her
family had farms in Abergwilli and Brechfa according to the Dylan
Thomas center in Swansea. The lady next to her at the table is a
sister of Charles Lewis Evans. He was a brother in
law to
my (Keith Walters) grandmother. He married Lizzie
Maria
Arthur. A relation of theirs is Joan Jones
who lived
in Brechfa in what I think are old age bungalows, number 6 as you
go down a hill to them. It is the one on the end, far left.
(Update. Sadly Joan Jones passed away on October 9th, 2008, aged 85 years. Lasting
Tribute)
(6)
Charles Lewis Evans and Lizzie
Maria
Evans
(Arthur) on their wedding day 08th of March 1894.
(7)
Lizzie Maria Evans (Arthur)
with grandsons Meirion & Glyn Roberts, sons
of Sybil Maud Roberts (Evans). Glyn
was born 1930, Meirion a bit older but by the looks
not a lot. They are seated outside Glen View, next door to the Brechfa
church. Glen
View was a shop 1935 / 1939.
(8)
A
very young Dewi Thomas, Bryn Stores.
Information
above and photograph 1 to 7 provided by Mr Keith Walters.
Keith has
also provide
Certificates for the Marriages of James Saunders to
Mary
Arthur in 1881, Charles Lewis
Evans to
Lizzie Maria Arthur in 1894, Rees Walters to
Margaretta
Arthur in 1904 and the Death Certificate of Lizzie Maria Evans
in
1948.
Hywel Griffiths has provided the birth certificate of Charles Lewis Evans and his wife Lizzie Maria Evans, (Arthur) Hywel's great grand parents. See above for their marriage
certificate. Charles Lewis Evans built Glen View, Brechfa as a bridal
home.
Lizzie Maria Evans was the grand child of William
Evans and Maria Morris, also mentioned above and cousin to Richard
Morris Lewis Scholar and littérateur - (1847-1918),
In
a communication from Mr
Hywel Griffiths details were
given on
the Brechfa
connection of three sides of his family, Evans,
Thomas and Morris.
Select
this link for more
information
from
Keith Walters
and Hywel
Griffiths.
Further information on
some of the above may be found
below
Family Names
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Ieuan Brechfa Poet and
genealogist - [c. 1430-1500], a
native of Brechfa.
Thomas
Daniels Farmer,
married
Jeannette Thomas - Born 1831
in Brechfa. Died August 1909 in Idaho.
Berwyn
Davies Passed
away on June 27 2005. Born in Brechfa in 1936, Mr Davies was the eldest
son of the late Mr and Mrs Tom and Glenys Davies.
Joshua Davies One
time rector of St Teilo Church
Brechfa was fond of football, once played in a field by the
church. On one occasion he agreed to take the place of a missing
team member at an important match. He was also fond of the
occasional beer, on which subject he is quoted as saying, "Don't
do as I do, do as I
say".
In 1851 the family living at the Vicarage, Brechfa were Joshua 49, Jenette 45, Charles 10, Sophia 8, Elizabeth 7 and Sarah 5
Mary Davies Message Boards - Wife of
David Davies of
Llanllawddog.
Rhys John Davies Politician and
trade union official -
(1877 - 1954) son of Rhys Davies, tinplate worker, a native of
Abergorlech, and Ann (née Griffiths), his wife, who came
from Brechfa.
Daniel
Davis Born 16 September 1793
--
Llystyn, Llanfigangel, Rhos-Corn. Married Sarah Thomas.
Evan Donard Evans (1796-1877), Father of
Alcwyn Caryni
Evans- Father of Alcwyn
Caryni Evans. He acquired more than a
strictly local fame as a schoolmaster and was widely known as
Evans of York.
Jeremy and Evans Ancestors of Reed Berg
HASLAM -
Family Group Sheet.
John and Hetty Evans Family
Group Record - Children of
John Evans and Margaret Jones.
Thomas
Evans (Tomos Glyn Cothi) -
Unitarian
and General
Baptist - Born at Capel St Silin, Brechfa, on the banks of the
river Cothi which gave him his bardic name. Summary details of his Conviction
and
Imprisonment for singing a seditious song.
William Evans and Maria Morris
Carmarthenshire Archives - Births of William Evans &
Maria Morris 1803
& 1807.
Elizabeth Lloyd
nee
Evans. Died, Salt Lake City, 06 Aug
1882, Wife
of Wm. J
LLOYD and daughter of John & Elizabeth EVANS, born Brechfa,
Carmarthen, Wales, 25 Mar 1829.
Evan
Powell James Liverpool Missing
Persons 1899 - Native
of Brechfa.
Reverend
William Jenkins Jenkins
Genealogy - Licensed to
Brechfa 26th March 1787.
Thomas Jenkins Clerk
&
Poet 1774-1843 - Son of Revd. William Jenkins. His Family and
Connections.
Thomas
Evans Jeremy Birthplace: Cerbynau,
Brechfa -
Thomas Evans Jeremy moved from Llystyn, Brechfa to Glantrenfawr,
Llanybydder during the 1850s before setting off to America. In
2004 80 Mormons came to Llanybydder and unveiled a plaque to
their memory. Glantrenfawr was built by Rhys ap Dafydd ap Tomos,
patron to Lewis Glyn
Cothi.
Biography LDS
Biographical Encyclopedia, Andrew Jenson, Vol.
2, pp.651-653.
Jeremy
Families Carmarthen and Beyond by Sian Jones.
Extract
from Thomas
Evans Jeremy Journal January 15th and 18th 1855.
Dai Jones
"Dai
Coch" Aged
six came to Cenarth Farm, Brechfa. Past away on 7th of February
2007, aged 73.
Cyril Joynson Capt. Warwickshire Yeo., T.F.R.O., J. P. co. Carmarthen, b. 1883 ; m. 1914, Elizabeth Mary Isobel, eld. child of Joseph Sivell (See below), and has i SSU c — Margaret.
Joynson Coat of Arms. Information from Armorial families. A directory of gentlemen of coat - armour, page 1075. The Flipbook format is large and text very small. The Coat of Arms is from here.
Richard
Morris
Lewis Scholar and
littérateur - (1847-1918), b.
1847 at Forest Arms, Brechfa, Carms., son of John and Leisa
Lewis. He became principal clerk in H.M. Inland Revenue offices,
Swansea. Translations by him appear in Welsh hymnaries; he also
made metrical renderings in Welsh of passages from Homer's Iliad.
Perhaps his most important contribution is his translation of
Gray's Elegy. He died 20 Sept.1918 and was buried in Brechfa
churchyard. Some of his MSS. are in the N.L.W. (N.L.W. MSS.
2249-50).
Thomas Charles Martell During
conference and on the
day of April 1875, I was in company with Elders W.J. Lewis of
Provo City, and Thomas D. Evans of Spanish Fork City called to go
on a mission to Wales.
Evan
and Anne Morgan Buried at
Brechfa church -
Morgan/Morgans family Brechfa.
Teulu (Family History) Evan Morgan.
Annie
Price The Reverend William
Nantlais
Williams Married
the daughter of T. Price, minister of Brechfa.
Further reference.
Dalton
and Prytherch On 17th December 1795 Daniel Prytherch married Margaret Dalton. Daniel was
descended from Rhys of Llandovery, who died in 1699. Margaret
descended from James Dalton who died in the 1720s. Daniel Prytherch
died in 1809, his wife Margaret survived him by ten years although in
poor health. They lived at Abergoleu, a house between Brechfa and Horeb
on which a slate plaque can still be seen reading, 'This House was
Erected by Daniel Prytherch Gent in the Year of our Lord 1774'. A plaque in Brechfa
Church commemorates their lives.
Margaret's
brother James was the husband of Catherina Augusta who died in
1813. James returned to Carmarthen with their children where he
died in 1823. His daughter, Caroline Catherine Dalton married her
cousin Daniel Prytherch of Abergolau. He became Mayor of
Carmarthen and Deputy Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire. They had 13
children, who had the name Dalton as a Christian name.
The
Royal connection. King George III.
The
King married his first wife, Hannah Lightfoot in 1759. One of the
king's daughters by Hannah, Sarah, married James Dalton of Carmarthen,
a doctor and an officer of the East India Company. They had two
daughters - Charlotte Augusta Catherine and Caroline (who was mother of
Margaret Augusta). Hannah Lightfoot - The Fair Quaker Active Forum which includes many family links including Prytherch.
Buried in the chancel of Saint
Peter's
Parish Church, Carmarthen is Charlotte Augusta Catherine
Dalton (died
1832 aged 27 years), grand-daughter of King George III and his first
wife, Hannah. Sharing her tomb is her niece, Margaret Augusta Prytherch
(died 1839 aged 8 years), great-grand-daughter of the king. See also Mystery royal burial site found.
William Eliezer Prytherch Calvinistic
Methodist
minister - 1846 - 1931 Oct. 1868 he took charge of the churches
at Brechfa and Pont-ynys-wen.
Joseph Sivell
Landlord of Forest Arms, Brechfa. Cyril Joynson (see above) married
Elizabeth Mary Isobel Sivell, Josephs eldest child. Notice in London
Gazette, 23 february, 1937 - Estate of Benjamin Daniels late of Peny Bont
Benjamin
Thomas Married Lettice
Davies on 3
Dec 1847. Also married Susan Roberts on 8 Mar 1857.
William
Thomas Gwilym Marles was his
bardic
name - Dylan
Thomas literary ancestor, namesake and great uncle. He was named
after the Marlais river near his birthplace at Brechfa. A
Unitarian chapel was established at Llwyn Rhydowen, north of
Llandysuls in 1733. He was the minister from 1860. At the old
Unitarian chapel of Llwyn Rhydowain, dating from 1834, a memorial
stone to Gwilym Marles wife and youngest child rests against the
chapel wall. A memorial cross commemorating the Rev.William
Thomas lies in front of the new chapel.
Further reference Dylan
Thomas:
Chronology Under
Milk Wood
- Narration by Richard Burton.
Lloyd
and Bess Williams Chapel couple's 76
years together -
Couple from west Wales who married as teenagers.
Hugh
Williams A Brief Biography -
Chartist and Alleged
Leader of the Rebecca Riots of 1843 in South West Wales.
William Nugent Williams Prominent Elder
of the
Seventeenth Ward, Salt Lake City, Utah - Born March 17, 1851,
near Brechfa, Carmarthenshire.
Clarissa
Williams President
Heber J.
Grant called Clarissa to
serve as the sixth president of the Relief Society in April
1921.
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Brechfa WW1
Heroes
Name
Rank
Regiment
Cemetery
From
Davies, Evan Henry
Trooper Australian
Infantry-12th Light
Horse Cairo War Memorial
Egypt Brechfa
No:1766 - Rank: Private - Age: 25 - Enlisted
10-1-1916 -
Occupation: Labourer - Died of malaria 12-1-1919 - Home: Sydney
NSW
James Thomas,
Gunner, 218777, Royal Garrison Artillery. James was born at
Llanfihangel, the Son of Henry Thomas, of Lan Meredith, Brechfa. James
enlisted at Carmarthen into the Royal Garrison Artillery, and was
attached to their No. 1 Depot, on Home Service. James died of sickness
on the 28th June, 1916 aged just 19, and is buried at Gwernogle
Congregational Burial Ground. There is an error on the war memorial, as
the date there shows 1918. From
The Carmarthenshire Roll of Honour - Pencader
War Memorial
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