I have recently received copy of a l94l Will which mentions Blanche
Ethel MATTHEWS and her husband Herbert MATTHEWS - both of Glanedw Farm,
Rhulen.
I presume this may be the same farm I have found under Cregrina? If
anyone has any further information on the MATTHEWS family - or knows of
an old photograph showing the farm - I should be most pleased to hear
from you.
Blanche would have been a second cousin to my grandmother. Although I
have not found Blanche's
birth records, I know she was born ca. l888 in Rhulen, Radnorshire,
though brought up by her grandparents - William and Jane POWELL - in
Lyonshall, Herefordshire. I believe she may have been the daughter of
Albert Thomas POWELL, s/o William and Jane, who was widowed early.
It would appear there were earlier links to Rhulen for Blanche -
possibly even at Glanedw Farm itself!
Best regards
Diane Johansen