Gwenllian Williams (18 November 1842-1874, born Maesyrhaidd, Conwil Cayo). On November 28 1868 Gwenllian married Lewis Davies (May 22 1845- 20 February
1895, born Llannon, Cardiganshire, buried Lot 118, Jerusalem Cemetery, Waukesha, Wisconsin). On the marriage certificate she is shown as Gwenllian Williams, spinster living at
Pantadam, father William Williams a farmer. Gwenllian had four known children:
- Mary Williams (11 April 1865 - 12 April 1919, born Pantadam, Cayo) was the daughter of Gwenllian Williams and
an unknown father (father's name blank on birth certificate}. On Mary's wedding certificate for her marriage to Timothy Davies, Mary's father was named as William Williams (Merchant seaman).
However, William Williams was the name of her grandfather and there is no evidence that a seaman of the same name ever existed. In 1891
she was a general servant at the Gethin Arms in Lower Merthyr Tydfil (Abercanaid). Mary Williams married Timothy Davies
(22 January 1858 - 5 November 1918,born in Felindre, Llansadwrn, Carmarthenshire) in Merthyr Tydfil on 23 February 1892. Timothy Davies had been
staying with his uncle Jacob Davies (1822-1899) at 11 Canal Row, Abercanaid.
See The family of John and Susanna Davies for more about
Timothy's ancestry. In 1901 and 1911 they lived at 36 Gethin Street, Abercanaid, Merthyr Tydfil when Timothy was a collier. They had:
Timothy Davies
1858-1918
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1865-1919
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Arthur Price
1890-1951
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1894-1949
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Gwenllian Davies
1895-1964
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Daniel Rees
1893-1968
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- Elizabeth Ann Davies (1894-1949) born Abercanaid, died Gwaun Cae Gurwen. She married Arthur Price (1890-1951) and had
a number of children. See The family of Arthur and Annie Price.
- Gwenllian Davies (1895-1964) born Abercanaid, died on June 24 1964 in Swansea Hospital while resident at 27 Abernant Road,
Cwmgors. She was a milkmaid on the 1911 census. She married collier Daniel Rees (1893-1968) and had
May Rees (1918-1941) and Glyndwr Rees (1919-1978) in Cwmgors. Both died unmarried and without children. May apparently had meningitis when she was
a nurse at a Swansea hospital.
Glyndwr Rees
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May Rees
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May and Glyndwr Rees
Dan and Gwen Rees
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May Rees and Annie Price
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- Gwenllian Williams subsequently had William Lewis Davies (July 12 1869 - September 5 1927) with Lewis Davies.
William Lewis Davies was naturalized a US citizen on May 3 1915 having arrived in the USA in 1881 according to the 1900 census. He married Mary (May) Davies (1867-1942)
on April 8 1896 and had:
- Gwen Davies (1899-1985)
- Gwilym Davies (1902-1982). He married Doris E. Williams (1910-2007) (see
obituary) August 29 1931. They were medical missionaries in Cameroon, West
Africa before returning to the Waukesha, Wisconsin area. They had five daughters.
- Evan Bowen Davies (1904-1979), physician. Married dentist Margaret Mary McFarlane (1911-1967) June 21 1938.
They had 5 children.
- Llewellyn A Davies (1908-1992, died Long Beach, Los Angeles, California). Married Margaret Jane Morris (1909-2007) on June 27 1935.
- John Davies (1870- ) also with Lewis Davies. On 1871 census aged 5 months at Panatadam, Cayo. Lewis Davies had another John
with his second wife, suggesting that this John Davies died young.
- Hannah Mary Davies (1872- ). On 1881 census as a granddaughter aged 8 with grandparents John and Ann Pugh in Cayo.
After Gwenllian's death, Lewis Davies married Anne Pugh (1852-1918) in 1875 and had a number of other children. The Davies family emigrated to Waukesha County, Wisconsin, USA and
are recorded in Welsh Pioneers of Waukesha County. Mary
Williams did not go with them.
The following poem celebrating their marriage was published in Seren Cymru 30 April 1875:
DAU BENNILL
Ar briodas MR LEWIS DAVIES, Pantadam, a
Miss ANNE PUGH, Penlan y ddau o blwyf
Caio.
Ar ol bod yn weddw annyddan,
Yn byw ar oer aelwyd ei hun,
Ei gysur ar goll oedd yn mhobman,
Edrychai ei lygaid am fun;
Canfyddodd un ddel a wresogodd
Ei fynwes o gariad 'r ail waith;
Ymunodd a geneth fwyn ffyddlon,
I gydfyw er gwell ac er gwaeth.
Dwy galon a unwyd a'u gilydd,
Mewn heddwch dros byth y bo rhai'n,
Yn anwyl a hoff byddont beunydd,
I'w poeni na ddeled cas ddrain;
Rhagluniaeth a'i gwenau fo arnynt
Wrth redeg eu gyrfa yn nghyd,
A ffrwythed yr undeb, o rinwedd
Tra fyddont hwy byw yn y byd.
IOAN AP TOMOS
