Hi Anne. I have a connection with Morgan in Abertillery. My g aunt Ann
(Jenkins) Morgan lived there and her son Joseph Austin Morgan was a
colliery official in Abertillery. Last contact was 1915. Do you know the
collieries there? Does this family sound familiar? Don't know the husbands
given name. Sally
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From: Eagle Spares - Anne <anne(a)eaglespares.co.nz>
To: BlaenauGwent-L(a)rootsweb.com <BlaenauGwent-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Date: Sunday, September 26, 1999 4:11 PM
Subject: [BlaenauGwent] purnell/Morgan families
I have been able to find out a bit more information on Walter James
& Maria
Purnell (Nee Morgan) who
came to New Zealand from Oakdale in 1927.
Walter & Maria were both born in 1889 and married in 1911, although Walter
was
working the Oakdale colliery when they emigrated there births were
registered in Pontypool, and they were married in Abertillery.
Maria left 7 brother behind in Abertillery they were Leslie, Lot, Arthur
John,
Gomer, David, George, Ivor all surname Morgan.
He brother Tom Morgan preceded her to New Zealand and her sister Polly
Hilliard and
Polly's husband came to NZ also.
I would be interested hearing if there are any of the Morgan Relatives
still in
Abertillery or Oakdale, and could anyone tell where Abertillery is
in relation to Oakdale.
If anyone else has connections with the Purnell/Morgan family we are
preparing a
book for our forthcoming reunion and we can make copies
available.
Anne Purnell New Zealand
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