Please reply to "Katie Thomas" <katiet223@yahoo.com> as well as to the list. >From FreeBMD www.freebmd.org.uk it appears that Gabriel T DRAKES was born in Pontypridd registration district in 1912 and in 1943 married Eluned M. THOMAS. So far FreeBMD has only one birth of a child with the surname DRAKES whose mother's maiden name was THOMAS, in 1947, but there may have been more in years that have not yet been transcribed. Another online source gives a death for Eluned Mair DRAKES in 1991 in Pontypridd Registration District and of Gabriel Theophilus DRAKES in 1975 in the same district. I suspect that there may be a living granddaughter with middle name Eluned recorded in more recent birth indexes. Treherbert was in Pontypridd registration district at the relevant dates. It is likely that Katie will welcome any information about the occupation of 'screenman', about Ocean Colliery and about Wesleyan Methodist places of worship in or near Treherbert, as well as likely burial location (Trealaw?) and in what publications if any an obituary or death notice may have appeared shortly after 20th October 1955. There appear to be some relevant Wesleyan records ( simply listed as Methodist after Methodist Union in 1932) held at Glamorgan Record Office, listed at http://www.glamro.gov.uk/adobe/noncon.pdf As the list contains members in all parts of the world it is probably best to use the names of months, or abbreviations for them, rather than purely numeric dates in the UK (20/10/1955) or US (10/20/1955) styles. Jeff list admin, Glamorgan list ----- Original Message ----- From: "Katie Thomas" <katiet223@yahoo.com> To: <glamorgan-admin@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2011 2:28 PM Subject: Edited message > Hi Listers, > > I am seeking info. on/contact with descendants of William Thomas > (1876-1955) and family of Treherbert. 'Will' Thomas was the son of Robert > and Margaret Owen Thomas of Anglesey. Between 1894-1910 he served with the > Royal Welsh Fusileers. On 11/18/1904 in Caernarvon he married Jane Mary > Jones. Will and Jane had four known children born bet. 1905-1914; William, > Robert, Gwladys,and Eluned. Following his Army service Will moved to this > area to work in the collieries. He passed away 10/20/1955 in Treherbert. > He was listed as a retired screenman at the Ocean colliery and living at > 43 Kenry St. The informant was listed as Mrs. Gabriel T. Drakes of > Treherbert. > > I'd like help to identify local cemeteries where the family members may be > buried. In his military records Will's religion was listed as Wesleyan. > Does anyone have a suggestion of which cemetery they may be buried, and > where I can find burial listings for the local cemeteries? > > Thanks. Katie, NY, USA katiet223@yahoo.com >

Hi Kate. Your Gabriel was buried in Treorchy Cemetery it was burial No 55993 if you e mail Anthony PRITCHARD:- Anthony.Pritchard2@rhondda-cynon-taff.gov.uk| and ask him if he could supply a copy of the internment notice and also if there are other members in the plot. A Screenman would have been a surface worker and would have been tipping, sorting and grading the coal, he would have also loaded the different coals into coal wagons in the sidings. Gerwyn <snip>