Category Archives: Religion

Gedeon

Posted on February 9, 2016 by bookvolunteer

Coflein tells us that Gideon Independent Chapel was built in 1830, restored in 1930 and again in 1960. The present chapel…. is built in the Vernacular style with a long-wall entry plan. The facade dates from 1830 with improvements made in … Continue reading →

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What would John James Esq think?

Posted on February 5, 2016 by bookvolunteer

The plot of land, generously donated by John James to the Temperance Cause, now houses Fishguard’s Theatr Gwaun. It not only serves alcohol in its friendly bar but allows us to take the glass into the auditorium. Is John James, who supported the … Continue reading →

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Part 7: Unknown lives. Guesses, Slivers of Information and Cul-de-sacs

Posted on September 19, 2015 by bookvolunteer

W Adams, died June 30, 1941, 64 yrs Pembroke Dock Leah Hunt, died April 28, 1942, 76 yrs West Bromwich Mary J Albrow, died Nov 2, 1942, 87 yrs Stepney Annie E Smith, died Sept 11, 1943, 73 yrs Paddington … Continue reading →

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Part 6: Friends

Posted on September 18, 2015 by bookvolunteer

JESSIE A PRESS, DIED JULY 5, 1945, 83 YRS, STEPNEY The last name on the gravestone is that of Jessie Amina Press who was born in the East-end ward of St George in the East in 1862 – the same … Continue reading →

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Part 5: German Immigrant Families Bombed by the Luftwaffe

Posted on September 17, 2015 by bookvolunteer

AMELIA E BERNING, DIED AUG 29, 1944, 83 YRS, STEPNEY The ninth name on the gravestone is Amelia Caroline Berning. She was born in Yorkshire in 1862 to parents (Ludwig and Caroline Herman) who were recent immigrants from Hannover in … Continue reading →

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Part 4: A Royal Connection

Posted on September 16, 2015 by bookvolunteer

MARY MOULAN, DIED JUNE 8, 1944, 86 YRS, STEPNEY Mary Moulan, the seventh name on this headstone in the graveyard at Nevern, proved difficult to find until we realized that the final ‘n’ of her name, as written on the … Continue reading →

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Part 3: The Landlady

Posted on September 15, 2015 by bookvolunteer

ESTHER A LOH, DIED MAY 4, 1943, 83 YRS PADDINGTON The fifth name on the head stone is that of Esther Anne Loh. She was born Esther Anne Jones, on September 9th 1860 and although her married name might appear … Continue reading →

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Part 2: A Christmas Wedding

Posted on September 14, 2015 by bookvolunteer

SARAH ALLEN, DIED JUNE 16, 1941, 81 YRS STEPNEY The first name on the memorial in Nevern’s Churchyard is that of Sarah Allen who died in 1941, at Llwyngwair. Sarah Jane Lawson was born to James Lawson and Mary Ellerton … Continue reading →

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Part 1: Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me

Posted on September 13, 2015 by bookvolunteer

My next posts will be published one a day during this week so that I can share with you our research into a puzzling list of names on a gravestone in Nevern. I’ll be writing of the lives of the ladies that are listed and the circumstances … Continue reading →

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Keep the babies out of church

Posted on September 1, 2015 by bookvolunteer

The porch of St Brynach’s church, Nevern, welcomes worshippers and visitors into the Church. It also offers warmth, shelter and safety to a family of swallows, one of whom flew out as I walked in, skimming over my head and missing me by … Continue reading →

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The essential accompaniment to Sunday breakfasts – Welsh diaspora, 1960s

Posted on August 25, 2015 by bookvolunteer

To re-live the experience click here. (The Delysé record company was set up in 1954 by Isabella Wallich who was born in Italy to a musical family in 1916, but migrated to Britain with her family at the age of 5. … Continue reading →

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Pwnc (to rhyme with Nunc)

Posted on May 22, 2015 by bookvolunteer

Being the child of a mixed marriage – mother from a Catholic background and father from a Protestant, non-conformist, family – I had thought that those two versions of Christianity were at opposite ends of a very broad spectrum. But Whitsun … Continue reading →

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