Williams, Gwladys Maud

Birth Name Williams, Gwladys Maud
Also Known As Williams, Gladys 1
Birth Name Williams, Gwladys Morfydd 2 3
Birth Name Williams, Gloria

    Margaret Wells writes:

     

    Gwlad was often known as Gloria by various people in her younger days and her autograph book has dedications to Gloria.

Gramps ID I0009
Gender female
Age at Death 79 years, 5 months, 26 days

Events

Event Date Place Description Sources
Birth 1895-02-10 Talbot Shop, High Street, Penydarren, Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorgan, UK   4 5 6 1
Residence 1895-02-10 Talbot Shop, High Street, Penydarren, Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorgan, UK   4
Residence 1901-03-31 85 Roding Road, Hackney, London, UK   6
Residence 1911-04-02 85 Roding Road, Hackney, London, UK   1
Occupation 1911-04-02   Clerk for a perfumiers 1
Residence 1916-12-11 85 Roding Road, Hackney, London, UK   7
Occupation from 1919-09-00 to 1920-09-20 27, Tudor Street, London, UK Clerk, Globe Newspaper 8 9
Residence 1921-01-17 1, Mayola Road, Clapton, London, UK   10 8
Residence 1922-01-24 38, The Grawen, Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorgan, UK   11
Occupation from 1920-09-00 to 1923-04-00 9-13 Cowcross Street, West Smithfield, London, UK Clerk, Danish Bacon Company 12 8
Event Note

EJWIlliams: I presume that Gwladys left the Danish Bacon Co because she was pregnant: This is May, and Brenda arrived in October, 5 months later.

So the sequence of events was:
1895 Gwladys was born in Wales.
Before 1900 Annie and JTW and all move to London.
1911 Gwladys gets a job in London at the age of 14.
About 1916 Annie takes most of the family back to Merthyr, but Gwladys stays in London. ?
1922 Gwladys and Charlie marry in Vaynor, but Gwladys is still working in London.
May 1923 Gwladys leaves DBC in London. They move back to Merthyr because she is pregnant.
Oct 1923 Brenda is born in Merthyr.
Before 1929 Gwladys and all return to London.

Residence 1923-11-09 1 Rees Street, Twynyrodyn, Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorgan, UK House name is Preswylfa 3 8
Residence   2 Cromwell Street, Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorgan, UK   8
Residence (Unknown) before 1929 4 Offerton Road, Lambeth, London, UK   13
Residence (Unknown) 1929 6, Thornbury Road, Clapham, London, UK   13
Residence (Unknown) 1941 228a Brixton Hill, London, UK   13
Residence 1950-06-28 11A Christchurch Road, Streatham, London, UK   2
Residence 1974 41 Roupell Road Streatham   14
Residence before 1974-08-07 Inglewood, Crown Dale, Norwood, SE19   14
Death 1974-08-07     15 16

Relation to the centre person (Watkins, Thomas) : granddaughter

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father Williams, John Thomas [I0012]1871-03-071935-01-24
Mother Watkins, Annie [I0011]1873-06-291950-06-25
    Sister     Williams, May [I0015] 1891-11-16 between 1982-12-00 and 1983-03-00
    Sister     Williams, Blodwen Llewela [I0014] 1893-12-05 1956-02-24
         Williams, Gwladys Maud [I0009] 1895-02-10 1974-08-07
    Sister     Williams, Peggy [I0016] 1898-06-04 1974-01-01
    Brother     Williams, John Watkins [I0013] 1900-03-13 1971-01-13
    Sister     Williams, Brenda May [I0010] 1901-08-09 between 1987-03-01 and 1987-03-31
    Brother     Williams, Ivor Edgar [I0002] 1903-04-05 between 1988-10-01 and 1988-10-31
    Brother     Williams, Llewellyn Curwen [I0000] 1905-02-17 1988-04-28
    Brother     Williams, Aneurin Price [I0004] 1907-05-25 1978-05-05
    Brother     Williams, Haydn Cromwell [I0003] 1909-06-15 between 1998-09-01 and 1998-09-30
    Brother     Williams, Owen Lloyd [I0001] 1911-11-07 1970-07-01
    Brother     Williams, Hywel Inigo [I0005] 1913-02-08 1997-08-04
    Brother     Williams, Dougie [I0096] 1916-10-28 1945-03-10

Families

    Family of Williams, Charlie and Williams, Gwladys Maud [F0003]
Married Husband Williams, Charlie [I0026] ( * 1891-02-09 + 1974-04-21 )
   
Event Date Place Description Sources
Marriage 1922-06-24 St Gwynno’s Church, Vaynor, Glamorgan, UK   11 17 18
Event Note

Why were they married by licence, and not banns?

John Thomas Williams and Bessie Williams were witnesses. Presumably, this was the Bessie who is Charlie's sister. So was this Gwladys's father, JTW, being a witness? In Merthyr? He was persona non grata by this time, and lived in London apart from the family.

  Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
Williams, Brenda Dorothy Margaret [I0027]1923-10-02

Media

Narrative

Gwladys's husband Charlie was her first cousin, Brenda Wells thinks. But the genealogy doesn't seem to show that.

Narrative

Google says Gladys wins over Gwladys by 12M to 330K.

Narrative

Why would Gwladys need a copy of her birth certificate in 1909? To start work? She'd have been 14.

Pedigree

  1. Williams, John Thomas [I0012]
    1. Watkins, Annie [I0011]
      1. Williams, May [I0015]
      2. Williams, Blodwen Llewela [I0014]
      3. Williams, Gwladys Maud
        1. Williams, Charlie [I0026]
          1. Williams, Brenda Dorothy Margaret [I0027]
      4. Williams, Peggy [I0016]
      5. Williams, John Watkins [I0013]
      6. Williams, Brenda May [I0010]
      7. Williams, Ivor Edgar [I0002]
      8. Williams, Llewellyn Curwen [I0000]
      9. Williams, Aneurin Price [I0004]
      10. Williams, Haydn Cromwell [I0003]
      11. Williams, Owen Lloyd [I0001]
      12. Williams, Hywel Inigo [I0005]
      13. Williams, Dougie [I0096]

Ancestors

Source References

  1. 85 Roding Road 1911 census [S0007]
  2. Annie Watkins death certificate [S0047]
  3. Brenda Wells birth Certificate [S0299]
  4. Gwladys Maud Williams birth certificate [S0046]
  5. Gwladys Williams BMD birth [S0206]
  6. Annie Williams 1901 census [S0008]
  7. Dougie full birth certificate [S0423]
  8. Gwlad's autograph book. [S0406]
  9. Gwlad Globe reference [S0407]
  10. OLWilliams birth certificates [S0345]
  11. Gwladys Williams Marriage Certificate [S0038]
  12. Gwladys's reference from the Danish Bacon Company [S0405]
  13. Margaret Wells 7 feb email secondary source [S0060]
  14. Gwladys and Brenda Wells address book [S0461]
  15. LCWilliams letter and Buxton Family Tree [S0055]
  16. Margaret Wells summary email secondary source [S0059]
  17. BMD Gwladys Williams marriage [S0018]
  18. Charlie & Gwladys marriage register [S0649]