Gwenllian Rees  ‎(I63)‎
Surname: Rees
Given Names: Gwenllian
Married Name: Gwenllian Davies

Gender: FemaleFemale
      
Birth: 1793 53 38 Parc Isaf Farm, Ystradyfodwg, Glamorgan, Wales
Death: 10 September 1871 ‎(Age 78)‎ Candleston, Merthyr Mawr, Glamorgan, Wales
Personal Facts and Details
Birth 1793 53 38 Parc Isaf Farm, Ystradyfodwg, Glamorgan, Wales
Christening 17 July 1793 St.John the Baptist, Ystradyfodwg, Glamorgan, Wales


Show Details Source: Parish Register - Ystradyfodwg St.John the Baptist
Publication: Transcript 1996
Citation Details:  Booklet p.32

Note: Born at Park Isaf

Show Details Source: Parish Register - Ystradyfogwg St. John - Baptisms
Publication: Copy of Entry made 2002
Citation Details:  1793 unnumbered entry

Show Details Note: Copy of original register entry made by GRO 22 Mar 2002
RCD Source Folder Record No. 40.
The original entry gives the address as "Park Ysha" not "Park Isaf" as indicated in the GFHS transcription.
Marriage Richard Davies - 1 May 1824 ‎(Age 31)‎ St.John the Baptist, Ystradyfodwg, Glamorgan, Wales


Show Details Source: Parish Register - Ystradyfodwg St.John the Baptist
Publication: Transcript 1996
Citation Details:  Booklet p.83

Note: ‎(LCP)‎ - By licence; by consent; other personal details in register. Both of Ystradyfodwg.

Show Details Source: Marriage Licence - copy of original

Citation Details:  29 Apr 1824 - NLW A. 124/119 ‎(see below)‎

Show Details Source: Parish Register - Ystradyfodwg St. John - Marriages
Publication: Photocopy of Original Entry
Citation Details:  p.27 No.80 1824

Marriage Licence - Richard Davies 1824Marriage Licence - Richard Davies 1824
Occupation Farmer
Residence from 1841 to 1871 ‎(Age 48)‎ Candleston Farm, Merthyr Mawr, Glamorgan, Wales


Show Details Source: Census Returns - 1841 Glamorgan
Publication: Transcription on CD-ROM 2002
Citation Details:  1423/14 003 023 E.D.3
  Text: Glamorgan Family History Society 1841 Census CD

District Name: Bridgend Enumeration District: 3 Merthyr Mawr

Piece: 1423/14 Folio: 003 Schedule: 023

Address: CANDLESTON FARM

B 45 003 023 CANDLESTON FARM DAVIES RICHARD 55 ‎(c1786)‎
FARMER YES
B 45 DAVIES GWENLLIAN 45 ‎(c1796)‎
- YES
B 45 004 DAVIES RICHARD 15 ‎(c1826)‎
- YES
B 45 DAVIES JENKIN 15 ‎(c1826)‎
- YES
B 45 DAVIES WILLIAM 15 ‎(c1826)‎
- YES
B 45 DAVIES GEORGE 14 ‎(c1827)‎
- YES
B 45 DAVIES REES 20 ‎(c1821)‎
- YES
B 45 DAVIES DAVID 5 ‎(c1836)‎
- YES
  The 1841 census records Gwenllian, aged 45, living with husband Richard, 55, farmer, at Candleston Farm, and their six sons, Richard, Jenkin, William, George, Rees and David.

Note: The 1841 census records Gwenllian, aged 45, living with husband Richard, 55, farmer, at Candleston Farm, and their six sons, Richard, Jenkin, William, George, Rees and David.

Show Details Source: Census Returns - 1851 Glamorgan
Publication: Transcribed to CD-ROM 2000
Citation Details:  H.O.107/2461 712 006
  Text: 2461 1851 CENSUS OF MERTHYR MAWR PARISH, REF.H.O.107/2461, E.D.13 & 15.

Piece: 2461 Folio: 712 Schedule: 006

Address: CANDLESTON HIGHER

DAVIES GWENLLIAN HD W 58 FARMER ‎(194 ACRES)‎
GLA YSTRADYFODWG ‎(c1793)‎
DAVID RICHARD SO U 27 FARMERS SON
GLA YSTRADYFODWG ‎(c1824)‎
DAVID JENKIN SO U 26 FARMERS SON
GLA YSTRADYFODWG ‎(c1825)‎
DAVID WILLIAM SO U 24 FARMERS SON
GLA YSTRADYFODWG ‎(c1827)‎
DAVID GEORGE SO U 23 FARMERS SON
GLA GLYNOGWR ‎(c1828)‎
DAVID REES SO U 20 FARMERS SON
GLA GLYNOGWR ‎(c1831)‎
DAVID DAVID SO U 18 FARMERS SON
GLA GLYNOGWR ‎(c1833)‎
JENKINS RUTH SV U 31 HOUSE SERVANT
GLA LLANGYNWYD ‎(c1820)‎
SHERRAH MARIAH SV U 18 HOUSE SERVANT
GLA LLANILID? ‎(c1833)‎
  Aged 58, widow, farmer of 194-acre Candleston Higher, Merthyr Mawr, with six sons and two servants. Note that the surname of all the sons has been mis-transcribed as DAVID.
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Show Details Note: Aged 58, widow, farmer of 194-acre Candleston Higher, Merthyr Mawr, with six sons and two servants. Note that the surname of all the sons has been mis-transcribed as DAVID.
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Show Details Source: Census Returns - 1871 Glamorgan
Publication: Accessed by Ancestry.com and via fiche at the GRO, Cardiff.
Citation Details:  RG10 5420 Fo.12 Pg.17 Sch.76
  Text: Aged 78, widow, farmer of 180-acre Candleston Farm, Merthyr Mawr, living with son George, 43, three domestic servants and four agricultural labourers.
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1851 Census Image - Candleston Farm1851 Census Image - Candleston Farm



1871 Census Image - Candleston Farm1871 Census Image - Candleston Farm
Data
Death 10 September 1871 ‎(Age 78)‎ Candleston, Merthyr Mawr, Glamorgan, Wales


Show Details Source: Parish Register - Merthyr Mawr St.Teilo
Publication: Transcript 1997
Citation Details:  Booklet p.14

Note: Died at Candleston, aged 78.
Burial 14 September 1871 ‎(4 days after death)‎ St.Teilo, Merthyr Mawr, Glamorgan, Wales


Show Details Source: Monumental Inscriptions - Merthyr Mawr St.Teilo
Publication: Transcript 1998
Citation Details:  MI 215 Booklet p.25
  Text: 215 Sandstone Chest - fair condition - faces North & South:
In memory of/ GWENLLIAN DAVIES/ wife of RICHARD DAVIES/ of Candleston Farm/ who died Sep 10.1871/ aged 78 years./ Neillduedig/ er coffadwriaeth am/ RICHARD DAVIES o Dreganwyllau o'r plwyf hwn/ yr hwn a fu farw Hydref yr 9 1847/ yn 65 miwydd oed./
See photo below - taken in October 2002

media/Gwenllian Davies Merthyr Mawr.jpgmedia/Gwenllian Davies Merthyr Mawr.jpg
Globally unique Identifier EE109611800E994D8B8FFC2CFAD093FEB6AB
Last Change 26 July 2007 - 14:09:09 - by: clandav
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Parents Family  (F48)
Jenkin Rees
1740 - 1839
Gwenllian Jenkin
1755 - 1804
Rees Rees
1786 - 1848
Llewellyn Rees
1788 - 1843
Jennet Rees
1791 - 1865
Gwenllian Rees
1793 - 1871
Mary Rees
1795 - 1865
Margaret Rees
1797 -
Rev. William Rhys
1799 - 1842

Immediate Family  (F20)
Richard Davies
1782 - 1847
Jenkin Davies
1824 - 1893
William Davies
1826 - 1883
George Davies
1827 - 1886
Anne Davies
1829 - 1832
Rees Davies
1831 - 1908
David Davies
1833 - 1886


Notes

Note 		Farmed Candleston with help of sons after death of Richard.
Christening Born at Park Isaf
Christening Copy of original register entry made by GRO 22 Mar 2002
RCD Source Folder Record No. 40.
The original entry gives the address as "Park Ysha" not "Park Isaf" as indicated in the GFHS transcription.
Marriage ‎(LCP)‎ - By licence; by consent; other personal details in register. Both of Ystradyfodwg.
Marriage Signed by Richard. Mark by Gwenllian. Officiating minister was Wm. Rhys, Gwenllian's brother.
Marriage ‎(LCP)‎ - By licence; by consent; other personal details in register. Both of Ystradyfodwg.
Marriage Signed by Richard. Mark by Gwenllian. Officiating minister was Wm. Rhys, Gwenllian's brother.
Residence The 1841 census records Gwenllian, aged 45, living with husband Richard, 55, farmer, at Candleston Farm, and their six sons, Richard, Jenkin, William, George, Rees and David.
Residence Aged 58, widow, farmer of 194-acre Candleston Higher, Merthyr Mawr, with six sons and two servants. Note that the surname of all the sons has been mis-transcribed as DAVID.
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This census image has been obtained from The National Archives, the custodian of the original records, and appears here with their approval on the strict condition that no commercial use is made of it. Requests for commercial publication of this or other census images appearing on this website, should be directed to: Image Library, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey, TW9 4DU, United Kingdom.
Death of spouse "yn 65 mlwydd oed." North side of tomb - more weathered and more difficult to read than Gwenllian's inscription. Also, this side is in Welsh.
Death Died at Candleston, aged 78.
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Sources
Christening Parish Register - Ystradyfodwg St.John the Baptist
Publication: Transcript 1996
Citation Details:  Booklet p.32

Note: Born at Park Isaf
Christening Parish Register - Ystradyfogwg St. John - Baptisms
Publication: Copy of Entry made 2002
Citation Details:  1793 unnumbered entry

Show Details Note: Copy of original register entry made by GRO 22 Mar 2002
RCD Source Folder Record No. 40.
The original entry gives the address as "Park Ysha" not "Park Isaf" as indicated in the GFHS transcription.

Marriage Parish Register - Ystradyfodwg St.John the Baptist
Publication: Transcript 1996
Citation Details:  Booklet p.83

Note: ‎(LCP)‎ - By licence; by consent; other personal details in register. Both of Ystradyfodwg.
Marriage Marriage Licence - copy of original
Citation Details:  29 Apr 1824 - NLW A. 124/119 ‎(see below)‎
Marriage Parish Register - Ystradyfodwg St. John - Marriages
Publication: Photocopy of Original Entry
Citation Details:  p.27 No.80 1824
Marriage Parish Register - Ystradyfodwg St.John the Baptist
Publication: Transcript 1996
Citation Details:  Booklet p.83

Note: ‎(LCP)‎ - By licence; by consent; other personal details in register. Both of Ystradyfodwg.
Marriage Marriage Licence - copy of original
Citation Details:  29 Apr 1824 - NLW A. 124/119 ‎(see below)‎
Marriage Parish Register - Ystradyfodwg St. John - Marriages
Publication: Photocopy of Original Entry
Citation Details:  p.27 No.80 1824
Marriage Parish Register - Ystradyfodwg St.John the Baptist
Publication: Transcript 1996
Citation Details:  Booklet p.83

Note: ‎(LCP)‎ - By licence; by consent; other personal details in register. Both of Ystradyfodwg.
Marriage Marriage Licence - copy of original
Citation Details:  29 Apr 1824 - NLW A. 124/119 ‎(see below)‎
Marriage Parish Register - Ystradyfodwg St. John - Marriages
Publication: Photocopy of Original Entry
Citation Details:  p.27 No.80 1824
Residence Census Returns - 1841 Glamorgan
Publication: Transcription on CD-ROM 2002
Citation Details:  1423/14 003 023 E.D.3
  Text: Glamorgan Family History Society 1841 Census CD

District Name: Bridgend Enumeration District: 3 Merthyr Mawr

Piece: 1423/14 Folio: 003 Schedule: 023

Address: CANDLESTON FARM

B 45 003 023 CANDLESTON FARM DAVIES RICHARD 55 ‎(c1786)‎
FARMER YES
B 45 DAVIES GWENLLIAN 45 ‎(c1796)‎
- YES
B 45 004 DAVIES RICHARD 15 ‎(c1826)‎
- YES
B 45 DAVIES JENKIN 15 ‎(c1826)‎
- YES
B 45 DAVIES WILLIAM 15 ‎(c1826)‎
- YES
B 45 DAVIES GEORGE 14 ‎(c1827)‎
- YES
B 45 DAVIES REES 20 ‎(c1821)‎
- YES
B 45 DAVIES DAVID 5 ‎(c1836)‎
- YES
  The 1841 census records Gwenllian, aged 45, living with husband Richard, 55, farmer, at Candleston Farm, and their six sons, Richard, Jenkin, William, George, Rees and David.

Note: The 1841 census records Gwenllian, aged 45, living with husband Richard, 55, farmer, at Candleston Farm, and their six sons, Richard, Jenkin, William, George, Rees and David.
Residence Census Returns - 1851 Glamorgan
Publication: Transcribed to CD-ROM 2000
Citation Details:  H.O.107/2461 712 006
  Text: 2461 1851 CENSUS OF MERTHYR MAWR PARISH, REF.H.O.107/2461, E.D.13 & 15.

Piece: 2461 Folio: 712 Schedule: 006

Address: CANDLESTON HIGHER

DAVIES GWENLLIAN HD W 58 FARMER ‎(194 ACRES)‎
GLA YSTRADYFODWG ‎(c1793)‎
DAVID RICHARD SO U 27 FARMERS SON
GLA YSTRADYFODWG ‎(c1824)‎
DAVID JENKIN SO U 26 FARMERS SON
GLA YSTRADYFODWG ‎(c1825)‎
DAVID WILLIAM SO U 24 FARMERS SON
GLA YSTRADYFODWG ‎(c1827)‎
DAVID GEORGE SO U 23 FARMERS SON
GLA GLYNOGWR ‎(c1828)‎
DAVID REES SO U 20 FARMERS SON
GLA GLYNOGWR ‎(c1831)‎
DAVID DAVID SO U 18 FARMERS SON
GLA GLYNOGWR ‎(c1833)‎
JENKINS RUTH SV U 31 HOUSE SERVANT
GLA LLANGYNWYD ‎(c1820)‎
SHERRAH MARIAH SV U 18 HOUSE SERVANT
GLA LLANILID? ‎(c1833)‎
  Aged 58, widow, farmer of 194-acre Candleston Higher, Merthyr Mawr, with six sons and two servants. Note that the surname of all the sons has been mis-transcribed as DAVID.
SEE IMAGE BELOW:
This census image has been obtained from The National Archives, the custodian of the original records, and appears here with their approval on the strict condition that no commercial use is made of it. Requests for commercial publication of this or other census images appearing on this website, should be directed to: Image Library, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey, TW9 4DU, United Kingdom.

Show Details Note: Aged 58, widow, farmer of 194-acre Candleston Higher, Merthyr Mawr, with six sons and two servants. Note that the surname of all the sons has been mis-transcribed as DAVID.
SEE IMAGE BELOW:
This census image has been obtained from The National Archives, the custodian of the original records, and appears here with their approval on the strict condition that no commercial use is made of it. Requests for commercial publication of this or other census images appearing on this website, should be directed to: Image Library, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey, TW9 4DU, United Kingdom.

Residence Census Returns - 1871 Glamorgan
Publication: Accessed by Ancestry.com and via fiche at the GRO, Cardiff.
Citation Details:  RG10 5420 Fo.12 Pg.17 Sch.76
  Text: Aged 78, widow, farmer of 180-acre Candleston Farm, Merthyr Mawr, living with son George, 43, three domestic servants and four agricultural labourers.
SEE IMAGE BELOW:
This census image has been obtained from The National Archives, the custodian of the original records, and appears here with their approval on the strict condition that no commercial use is made of it. Requests for commercial publication of this or other census images appearing on this website, should be directed to: Image Library, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey, TW9 4DU, United Kingdom.
Death of spouse Monumental Inscriptions - Merthyr Mawr St.Teilo
Publication: Transcript 1998
Citation Details:  Booklet p.25 MI# 215
  Text: 215 Sandstone Chest - fair condition - faces North & South:
In memory of/ GWENLLIAN DAVIES/ wife of RICHARD DAVIES/ of Candleston Farm/ who died Sep 10.1871/ aged 78 years./ Neillduedig/ er coffadwriaeth am/ RICHARD DAVIES o Dreganwyllau o'r plwyf hwn/ yr hwn a fu farw Hydref yr 9 1847/ yn 65 miwydd oed./
  "yn 65 mlwydd oed." North side of tomb - more weathered and more difficult to read than Gwenllian's inscription. Also, this side is in Welsh.

Note: "yn 65 mlwydd oed." North side of tomb - more weathered and more difficult to read than Gwenllian's inscription. Also, this side is in Welsh.
Death of spouse Newspaper Death Announcement - Cardiff & Merthyr Guardian
Publication: Saturday 23 October 1847
  Text: "Oct. 4, Mr. Richard Davies , of Tregunllo, near Merthyrmawr, in this county, much respected, leaving a widow and a large family and relatives to deplore his loss"
Death of spouse Death Certificate - Bridgend, Glamorgan, Wales
Citation Details:  Register Entry No.68 - 4 Oct 1847 - see image
Burial of spouse Parish Register - Merthyr Mawr St.Teilo
Publication: Transcript 1997
  Text: Booklet p.14; died at Candleston Farm, aged 65.
Death Parish Register - Merthyr Mawr St.Teilo
Publication: Transcript 1997
Citation Details:  Booklet p.14

Note: Died at Candleston, aged 78.
Burial Monumental Inscriptions - Merthyr Mawr St.Teilo
Publication: Transcript 1998
Citation Details:  MI 215 Booklet p.25
  Text: 215 Sandstone Chest - fair condition - faces North & South:
In memory of/ GWENLLIAN DAVIES/ wife of RICHARD DAVIES/ of Candleston Farm/ who died Sep 10.1871/ aged 78 years./ Neillduedig/ er coffadwriaeth am/ RICHARD DAVIES o Dreganwyllau o'r plwyf hwn/ yr hwn a fu farw Hydref yr 9 1847/ yn 65 miwydd oed./
See photo below - taken in October 2002
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Media

Multimedia Object		1871 Census Image - Candleston Farm1871 Census Image - Candleston Farm  ‎(M140)‎
Type: Electronic

Multimedia Object		1851 Census Image - Candleston Farm1851 Census Image - Candleston Farm  ‎(M139)‎
Type: Electronic

Multimedia Object		media/Gwenllian Davies Merthyr Mawr.jpgmedia/Gwenllian Davies Merthyr Mawr.jpg  ‎(M138)‎
Type: Tombstone

Multimedia Object		Marriage Licence - Richard Davies 1824Marriage Licence - Richard Davies 1824  ‎(M549)‎
Type: Manuscript
Richard Davies
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Family with Parents
Father
Jenkin Rees ‎(I106)‎
Birth 1740
Death 19 April 1839 ‎(Age 99)‎ Gelli, Ystradyfodwg, Glamorgan, Wales
15 years
Mother
 
Gwenllian Jenkin ‎(I107)‎
Birth 1755
Death 14 June 1804 ‎(Age 49)‎ Gelli, Ystradyfodwg, Glamorgan, Wales

Marriage: 17 September 1783 -- St.Michael, Michaelston-super-Avon, Glamorgan, Wales
2 years
#1
Brother
Rees Rees ‎(I1658)‎
Birth 1786 46 31
Death 1 April 1848 ‎(Age 62)‎ Gelli, Ystradyfodwg, Glamorgan, Wales
2 years
#2
Brother
Llewellyn Rees ‎(I1659)‎
Birth 1788 48 33
Death 24 September 1843 ‎(Age 55)‎ Bettws, Glamorgan, Wales
3 years
#3
Sister
Jennet Rees ‎(I108)‎
Birth April 1791 51 36 Ystradyfodwg, Glamorgan, Wales
Death 2 July 1865 ‎(Age 74)‎ Ystradyfodwg, Glamorgan, Wales
2 years
#4
Gwenllian Rees ‎(I63)‎
Birth 1793 53 38 Parc Isaf Farm, Ystradyfodwg, Glamorgan, Wales
Death 10 September 1871 ‎(Age 78)‎ Candleston, Merthyr Mawr, Glamorgan, Wales
2 years
#5
Sister
Mary Rees ‎(I111)‎
Birth March 1795 55 40 Ystradyfodwg, Glamorgan, Wales
Death 15 August 1865 ‎(Age 70)‎ Primrose Cottage, Ystradyfodwg, Glamorgan, Wales
3 years
#6
Sister
Margaret Rees ‎(I110)‎
Birth December 1797 57 42 Ystradyfodwg, Glamorgan, Wales
2 years
#7
Brother
Rev. William Rhys ‎(I109)‎
Birth October 1799 59 44 Ystradyfodwg, Glamorgan, Wales
Death 16 May 1842 ‎(Age 42)‎ Capel, Llantrisant, Glamorgan, Wales
Family with Richard Davies
Husband
Richard Davies ‎(I20)‎
Birth 1782 42 31 Fanhalog, Llanwonno, Glamorgan, Wales
Death 4 October 1847 ‎(Age 65)‎ Candleston, Merthyr Mawr, Glamorgan, Wales
11 years

 
Gwenllian Rees ‎(I63)‎
Birth 1793 53 38 Parc Isaf Farm, Ystradyfodwg, Glamorgan, Wales
Death 10 September 1871 ‎(Age 78)‎ Candleston, Merthyr Mawr, Glamorgan, Wales

Marriage: 1 May 1824 -- St.John the Baptist, Ystradyfodwg, Glamorgan, Wales
6 months
#1
Son
Jenkin Davies ‎(I146)‎
Birth 1 November 1824 42 31 Ystradyfodwg, Glamorgan, Wales
Death 14 September 1893 ‎(Age 68)‎ Englefield, Berkshire, England
14 months
#2
Son
William Davies ‎(I150)‎
Birth 1826 44 33 Bodringallt, Ystradyfodwg, Glamorgan, Wales
Death 26 August 1883 ‎(Age 57)‎ Stockland Farm, St.Fagans, Glamorgan, Wales
1 year
#3
Son
George Davies ‎(I151)‎
Birth 1827 45 34 Brynchwith, Llandyfodwg, Glamorgan, Wales
Death 17 February 1886 ‎(Age 59)‎ Candleston Farm, Merthyr Mawr, Glamorgan, Wales
2 years
#4
Daughter
Anne Davies ‎(I543)‎
Birth 1829 47 36 Brynchwith, Llandyfodwg, Glamorgan, Wales
Death 7 August 1832 ‎(Age 3)‎ Maendy, Ystradyfodwg, Glamorgan, Wales
2 years
#5
Son
Rees Davies ‎(I152)‎
Birth 1831 49 38 Brynchwith, Llandyfodwg, Glamorgan, Wales
Death 7 November 1908 ‎(Age 77)‎ Whitney Farm, Merthyr Mawr, Glamorgan, Wales
2 years
#6
Son
David Davies ‎(I153)‎
Birth 1833 51 40 Brynchwith, Llandyfodwg, Glamorgan, Wales
Death 6 January 1886 ‎(Age 53)‎ Warren Farm, Merthyr Mawr, Glamorgan, Wales


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