Hi Jeremy
Give me the details you have, where they were living in 1911 and earlier etc
and names of siblings and I'll see what I can find for you........Pembrey
parish is my speciality.....
regards Pauline
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From: "Jeremy Lee" <jez.lee(a)dds-uk.com>
To: "Caliandris" <caliandris(a)yahoo.co.uk>;
<carmarthenshire(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Friday, October 12, 2012 12:35 PM
Subject: Re: [CMN-L] The Evans Family from Pembrey
Hello, Fee, and many thanks for your email, which has certainly given
me
some further avenues of research. I know that in the 1911 census her
father, Thomas, was aged 35 and still living at home with his parents
who were in their 60's. Also living in the family home were an elder
brother and sister, aged 41 and 39 respectively; I'm not sure if these
two ever married. Thomas left 2 years later, in 1913, aged 37, to get
married to Hannah Lewis. They had my mother, Kitty, in December 1915 and
then by 1923 they were both dead (him in 1922, her in 1923). Thomas, her
father, had 7 brothers and 1 sister, so I am in the process of trying to
discover which of these got married and whether or not they had any
children.
Again, many thanks for taking the time to write!
Jeremy
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On 12/10/2012 11:14, Caliandris wrote:
> I should start by saying that I don't have any specific information for
> you, only some ideas. Evans is a terrible name to have to research in
> Wales, much like Jones and Hughes, which I'm stuck with. You have my
> sympathy.
>
> If your mother was fostered out to one of her aunts and uncles, then it
> is likely to have been one who was married by 1915 and probably (but not
> certainly) who already had children of their own. That might help you
> sort the wheat from the chaff in terms of aunts and uncles and at least
> narrow down the candidates.
>
> You could look at school records for Pembrey - I don't have any idea how
> many schools and Sunday schools there might have been. This might offer
> some information.
>
>
> I believe I am right in saying that there were still only a few teacher
> training colleges who accepted women in the 1930s - that might narrow
> down your search. I expect the London Metropolitan Archives might be
> able to tell you which colleges existed and where their records might be.
> I have an ancestor from Carmarthen, Maria Isabel Spivey, who went to
> Whitelands College, Chelsea, but that was some years before your mother.
> Her admission record my well give you a school and other personal
> details, like address.
>
> Good luck with your search!
> Fee
>
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Jeremy Lee <jez.lee(a)dds-uk.com>
> To: CARMARTHENSHIRE(a)rootsweb.com
> Sent: Thursday, 11 October 2012, 11:21
> Subject: [CMN-L] The Evans Family from Pembrey
>
> Dear All
>
> I am currently researching my mother's family in Pembrey, of which I
> know absolutely nothing. My mother was called Kitty Evans and I have
> found out her father was Thomas Evans, a mason, who married Hannah
> Lewis, who worked as a housemaid in 1911 for the Roderick Family at
> Goodig. I think that Margaret Jones, who was working as a cook at the
> same house, later married Thomas's brother, Gwilym! Thomas and Hannah
> died in 1922 and 1923, when my mother (who was born in 1915) was 6/7.
> All I know is that she was raised by an uncle and aunt in Pembrey, but I
> don't know who. Both Thomas Evans and Hannah Lewis had many brothers and
> sisters, so it could have been any of these that raised her.
> Unfortunately, the censuses stop at 1911, otherwise I could have found
> out where she was living in 1931. This would have been shortly before
> she left for London to go to Teacher's Training College (which one, I
> don't know!). She later moved to Wolverhampton and met and married my
> father, Kenneth Lee. As far as I know, she never had any further contact
> with her family in Wales. What caused this estrangement has puzzled me
> (and my late father!) all our lives. If there is anyone out there who
> could shed any light on this story for me, I would be very grateful.
>
> Kind regards
>
> Jeremy Lee
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