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Above: Number 4 Old Chapel Road is listed in the
1881 census as the residence of
David and Elizabeth LEWIS, my great great grandparents (a different line from EDWARDS on the previous page).
Also listed as living here was my grandfather,
William
LEWIS, who was raised by his grandparents. He would have been 19 years old at the time and
serving with the Royal Navy.
The current owner of the house graciously invited us inside for a brief visit.
We found ourselves inside a cozy two-up, two-down
residence commonly built for miners during the 19th century.
The steep stairs to the upper bedrooms were hidden behind a side wall of the compact living room,
and a warm kitchen was directly behind the back wall. As a special unexpected bonus of the visit we
were treated to seeing and handling the original deeds of the property, written on parchment, signed
and sealed with wax!! As expected, my ancestors were not listed as owners but were renters instead.
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Above: Number 1 Old Chapel Road is barely visible at the far left of this photo. According to her death record, Gwenllian LEWIS, the mother of William LEWIS, was living at this address when she died in 1902. (I didn't have this information when I took these photos.) |
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Above: Around the corner and a few
houses down is 81 High Street. (This view is the side entrance.) It is listed in the 1881 and 1891 censuses as the home
of
Gwenllian LEWIS, her husband Thomas LEWIS, and their children Thomas, Howell, and Martha.
(William's father was
Thomas PARRY.)
In the 1891 census, Gwen's brother,
John LEWIS,
and his sons, David and Dan, were also living at this address.
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On a subsequent visit to Wales (in 2002), I learned that William LEWIS' future wife,
Margaret
THOMAS, was living just a short walk from here. You're invited to see where the
THOMAS
home was by turning to page three.
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More photos of Cefn Coed:
Alan and George's Cefn Coed y Cymmer John Ball's Restrospective Images of Wales |
*Unless otherwise noted, all photos
on this website were taken by Venita
who also holds the copyright. Should you wish to download any of them for any purpose (other
than your own enjoyment), please credit Venita
as the photographer and add my homepage URL:
http://homepage.mac.com/venitar/home.html
Comments are appreciated!
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