Hello,
Looking for any info. on a Herbert Williams of Newport,
Monmouthshire; m: wife unk. She died in childbirth with daughter
Margaret.
Herbert was a mine supervisor in the diamond mines of South Africa.
He would later own and run a green grocery store in Stow Hill.
They had 6 children..
Herbert Jr. married a Laura LNUK (He was in a building partnership
with a Price and Dowden).
Cyril owned the VIles soft drink Pty. and later a brewery.
Charlie was a town clerk and a president of a golf club.
Harold possibly married a Ruth Barnes; owned a fish 'n' chip shop and
received a military medal.
Melvern/Melvin married a Betty LNUK; was a chief engineer at the
Alexander docks, Newport. Possibly had to sons.
Margaret (my grandmother) born in Stow Hill married 1921 Newport,
Monmouthshire South Wales; Fredrick George William Hurd; he was an
architect.
Five children..
Joan E. b: 1922, Malpas, Newport, South Wales
Cyril John b: 11 May 1924 Malpas, Newport, South Wales d: 21 Oct 2005
Adelaide, South Australia (my father)
Daphnie b; ? Left home when she was a teenager.
Mollie V. b: 1927 Malpas, Newport, South Wales possibly married a
Phillip LNUK
Jannette abt. 1941 Malpas, Newport, South Wales.
Margaret and Fredrick divorced. Fredrick is believed to have
remarried, with two children. Lived in Croydon, London, England in 1951.
Any help would be appreciated.
Lorraine Margaret McCann nee Hurd.
Adelaide, South Australia.
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