Name: Hannah
Griffiths
Called by Grandkids:
Gu (pronounced Gee, Southern Welsh for grandma)
Birth: 1849,
Newcastle Emlyn, Wales
Death: 1933,
Merthyr Tydfil, Wales
Spouse: Benjamin
Jones
Marriage: before
1882
Children: Daniel
Thomas, David, Joseph, Jack, William, May, Sophia
Parents: unknown
Siblings: unknown
About: Hannah was
born near the west coast of Wales. I know nothing of her early life, only her
birth date and location. I do know that she and her husband settled in the town
of Merthyr Tydfil after marriage, and raised all their children there. They ran
the town post office, though I am not sure when they began to run it, and she
continued to run it even after her husband's death in the early 1900s.
Most of their children stayed close to home. I don't have
specifics on most of the boys, but my great-grandfather, whom I believe was
their eldest child, travelled to Canada with a group of friends, and ended up
staying there and marrying a nice Welsh girl he met in Vancouver BC. The family
came back to Wales to visit once or twice before Gu's death, and my grandmother
remembered her fondly.
David, fondly called Davey, was recovering from a bout of
flu when his mother's hat was swept away by a gust of wind and landed in a
pond. He insisted upon retrieving it for her, and ended up with pneumonia and
died. She always blamed herself for his death. Of the other three sons, I have
no further information beyond names. May and Sophia married and settled happily
with their husbands, staying near their mother. Sophia and her husband had at
least three children I am aware of. Though I suspect that there were other
children in the extended family, I have no record of them at this time.
I actually know relatively little about Hannah's life and
how she lived, so any information from family would be greatly welcome.
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| Hannah with Eliza, Basil, May, Sofia and Ivor ca 1924. |
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