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Anne Rees (nee Jones) and her children, possibly taken at Pencaedu, and perhaps on the occasion
of David Rees's funeral in 1901. The only known child who is absent is Gwen,
aged 9 in 1891, who was not there on the 1901 census and is reputed to
have died at a young age. |
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Sarah Jones, sister of the above Ann Rees (Jones) - Sarah married John Price in 1881 and they lived in Brynamman Contributed by Bob Edwards (Sept 2005) |
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Col, from the book Myddfai:Its Land and Peoples by David B James, 1991. Morgan Jones lived there in the early 1800s, he was the grandfather of Anne Jones, second wife of David Rees, Pencaedu |
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Gwrhyd chapel graveyard The adjacent headstones of David and Ann Rees (Pencaedu) - on the right, and Thomas and Catherine Jones (parents of Ann) The inscription for David/Ann Rees is;Er/ cof am/ DAVID REES/ Pencaedu, o'r plwyf hwn,/ bu farw Ionawr 13,1901,/ yn 73 mlwydd oed./ )/ Hefyd baban bychan./ Hefyd am ANN ei briod, a fu farw/ Chwefror 19, 1920, yn 68 mlwydd oed./ And that for Thomas/Catherine Jones; (Photograph by Rina Callingham March 2005) |
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Early C20th rug making toolsContributed by Rina Callingham Jan 2006 Rina has recently been handed down these 'rag rug' making tools by her mother. |
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Rina's mamgu, Mary Rees, used them to make rag rugs, apparently
she inherited them from her own grandmother, Ann Rees. One looks home made, from a knife perhaps, the 'latch hook' in the bigger picture has the name Brown's and a patent number RD673864 and "made in England"
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Gareth Hicks |