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From: brian watson <>
Subject: [WALES-GEN] RE: JOHN JONES & DAVID JONES PONTYCYMMER
Date: Tue, 02 Jan 2001 09:04:40 -0800


Hi all!

I thought I'd start the New Year by reposting my interests:

I'm looking for info on my maternal ggfather - JOHN JONES & gfather-
DAVID JONES.
Both of them were coalminers PONTYCYMMER & in 1905 their address was :
14 Albany Road.
Does anybody know the name of the pit in Pontycymmer??

DAVID JONES married CATHERINE WILLIAMS on17 July 1905 and on the
marriage certificate both JOHN & DAVID were listed as Colliers - was
that just another name for a coalminer or could it mean that they did a
different job???

DAVID & CATHERINE JONES had 3 children:
1. CECIL JONES(b. abt 1906) who married FLORRIE ?? and their first
child was AUDREY JONES (b.21 Dec 1928).
2. JACK JONES(b.abt 1910)
3. ELIZABETH ANN JONES(b. 21 Aug 1914).

DAVID JONES went to work on the coal mines in SOUTH AFRICA in 1920 and
CATHERINE, JACK & ELIZABETH joined him in 1921 and they all remained in
S.Africa. CECIL stayed in Wales and we lost contact with him.

I live in hope that someone out there has some link to my family and
will contact me!!

Cathrine Watson

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