The latter comment below from AGY was a surprise to me. I've no knowledge of such 'dual allegiance' in my non conformist family in early/mid C20th Glamorgan anyway. Although the ancient parish church of Llangiwg was a fair distance away, a local church did open up in 1886. Probably a case of non conformism becoming established in many families 'early on' and remaining the natural choice across the generations. * "It is well known that in Wales those who attend Church at one point of the day generally attend Dissenting places of Worship at another" Llanfihangel Esgeifiog (AGY) Gareth Genuki Wales http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/ Help Page http://home.clara.net/tirbach/hicks.html Cwmgors/Waun http://www.tytwp.plus.com/Waun/Waun.html

Hi Gareth, My late Welsh Dad brought us up to respect all religions and was very upset with the local Dean of the Catholic Church when he chastised our family from the pulpit for attending a funeral of a dear young friend in the Anglican Church. My eldest brother was asked by his family to be a Pallbearer as he and this young 19yr old were old friends and were joining the Air force together. Our family walked out of the church and it took a very remorseful Dean who came to the house begging forgiveness before Dad and Mum relented. All was forgiven but it took many years before our local priests would allow their Catholic Parishioners to enter another church. Dad said this never happened in Wales as all religions were Sacred Houses of the Lord and everyone was welcome. Hence the article about "attending one church in the morning and another in the afternoon"! Kind regards, Mary ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gareth" <tirbach@clara.co.uk> To: "Glamorgan List" <Glamorgan@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, May 18, 2011 10:42 PM Subject: [GLA] Genuki - 1851 Religious Census - again > The latter comment below from AGY was a surprise to me. > > I've no knowledge of such 'dual allegiance' in my non conformist family in > early/mid C20th > Glamorgan anyway. > Although the ancient parish church of Llangiwg was a fair distance away, a > local church did open up in 1886. > Probably a case of non conformism becoming established in many families > 'early > on' and remaining the natural choice across the generations. > > > * "It is well known that in Wales those who attend Church at one point > of the day generally attend Dissenting places of Worship at another" > Llanfihangel Esgeifiog (AGY) > > > Gareth > Genuki Wales http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/ > Help Page http://home.clara.net/tirbach/hicks.html > Cwmgors/Waun http://www.tytwp.plus.com/Waun/Waun.html > > > -- > > To send to the list send to glamorgan@rootsweb.com > GLAMORGAN Family History Mailing List archives etc. are at > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/WLS/GLAMORGAN.html > - > A large amount of information, and a wide variety of useful links, may be > found at http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/GLA/ > > - > The South/West Wales Lookup Exchange and Gareth's Help Pages > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~walesle/wal/AW.html and > http://home.clara.net/tirbach/hicks.html > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > GLAMORGAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >