David, Road Committee 21 November 1938 [ Treorchy Library - I assume the Rhondda Borough Minutes - it was sent to me.] Jones, Works Inspector, District No. 2 - Retirement. The Surveyor reported that Mr. W.C.Jones, Works Inspector, District No. 2 was due to retire on superannuation Allowance on 3rd January next, after approximately 39 years of service, and that he desired to express his appreciation of the services of a faithful and efficient officer. Recommended: That applications to fill the vacancy be invited from employees in the Surveyors' Department [Road Section] ================== Electoral Register Polling District L Ward - [edge of copy] anyhow Page 54 Autumn 1922 Trealaw 3174 O O Jones, Elvira 58 Brithweunydd Road 3175 R O Whittington Frank 58 Brithweunydd Road 3175 HO HO Whittington Katie 58 Brithweunydd Road And also in next email. These may help. My best wishes, Jill -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of David Rowlands Sent: 07 October 2013 00:27 To: <[email protected]> List Subject: [GLA] William WHITTINGTON, Penygraig I should just like to register my interest in a branch of my family that ended up in the Rhondda. William WHITTINGTON, Penygraig, died at 10.30am, Saturday 18 February 1899, a methodist preacher. I believe he was born in the early 1830s at Penegoes, near Machynlleth, where his faher, John Whittington, had been a sexton. I's be interested in hearing from anyone else with an interest in William Whittington. I know he had children: Griffith Whittington, who was a land surveyor at the tome of his father's death; Rowland Whittington, studying at Aberystwyth with a view to becoming a schoolmaster; and Mary Whittington, a teacher at Ysgol Trewilliam, Penygraig. The on-line Welsh newspapers at the NLW show a Griffith Whittington of 62 Hendrecavan Road, Penygraig, marrying Miss Catherine Morris of Aberystwyth on 26 Dec 1900 (Aberystwyth Observer, 4 Jan 1900). William had two brothers, the more famous of whom, Rowland Whittington (1822 - 7 Feb 1878), known as 'Egwisyn', seems to have been a poet and a religious firebrand who, after some major fuss (which I have not got to the bottom of), went to America, where he died in utter poverty. He was known for having translated an account of the Indian Mutiny into Welsh. His wife died in Tywyn on 30 May 1892. The least well-known of these three was Edward Whittington (Feb 1822 - 27 Dec 1891), gardener of Pwllhobi, Llanbadarn Fawr, near Aberystwyth. His granddaughter, Margaret Jones (1883 - 1955), was my paternal grandmother. I'd be most interested to hear of any information on what became of William Whittington's descendants. I imagine I shall be able to find out some more as I work through the old newspapers and more become available online. However, in case there is anyone else with an interest I thought it best to state mine. (Some of the best information I have got has come through other researchers discovering my messages on the Rootsweb archives some years after I lodge them!) David Canberra (Aberystwyth gynt) --
From the Welsh newspapers online website, I've just found the burial of my 2xg-grandmother Margaret Lewis (nee Lloyd), at "Alltwen Chapel". As the whole family were Anglican, and the service was conducted by an Anglican clergyman, I assume that the "chapel" in question is the church of St John the Baptist in Dyffryn Road, Alltwen. The Googlemap of the area suggests that the building is now in private hands, and I'm not sure from the satellite view whether there are, or were, any gravestones. Can anyone with local knowledge help? Anna