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14. David Pritchard, born Abt. 1846 in Llandegai, Carnarvonshire, North Wales; died in North Wales. He was the son of 28. Thomas Pritchard and 29. Sarah Jane (Pritchard). He married 15. Margaret Eluned Parry.

15. Margaret Eluned Parry, born Abt. 1851 in Llanllechid, Carnarvonshire, North Wales; died in Bethesda, North Wales ?. She was the daughter of 30. Evan Parry and 31. Elizabeth (Parry).

Notes for David Pritchard:
Aunt Bess (Elizabeth Humphreys Harrington) said her Taid Pritchard had a beard and used to rub it against her face to tease her!

Notes for Margaret Eluned Parry:
In an e-mail dated 4 July 1997 from Brian Lewis Jones, great-nephew to Meg Owens, one of Nell Pritchard Owens' daughters, he writes:

Megan remembers flashbacks of conversation with her mother regarding Margaret Eluned Parry (Nell and Jane's mother of course). Here goes: Margaret Eluned Parry lost her mother at the age of 4 or 6. Normally this would have meant the poor house, poverty, malnutrition and low life expectancy. However, Margaret Eluned was adopted by a *bank manager* and his wife from either Betws y coed (20 miles from Tregarth) or Dolgellau (35 miles from Tregarth?). We have no information concerning her siblings at this stage and it is highly likely that she was adopted as a "cute kid" and that contact with her old family would have been discouraged by the adopted family. In those days this family profession would entail a very comfortable upbringing for Margaret Eluned Parry and this may well explain the quiet confidence in this beautiful woman's expression, and after giving birth to 10 children she deserves a medal!

Marriage Notes for David Pritchard and Margaret Parry:
In the 1881 Census for Civil Parish Llanllechid, Urban Sanitary District Bethesda, Ecclesiastical District Glan Ogwen, David and Margaret are listed as living at #36 Cilfodw Street. David's occupation is listed as Quarryman. The census was dated in April 11, 1881. Ages given were: David - 32, wife Margaret 29, daughter Elizabeth 8, daughter Jane 3 and daughter Margaret 1. John Parry, 17, list only as a "relative" also lived with them and worked as a quarryman.

In the 1891 Census, the family is living at the same address, but David's age is given as 44 (he gained an extra two years...), Margaret as 39, Jane 13, Maggie 11, Mary Grace 9, Anne 6, Evan 5 and Ellen 3. This means that John and William were born after this Census (18 April 1891), and since none of the others are twins, John and William must be the siblings who were twins. David could have been born as early as 1846.

Children of David Pritchard and Margaret Parry are:

Elizabeth (Eliza) Pritchard, born Abt. 1872; died in South Wales ?; met (1) Unknown; married (2) David Roberts Aft. 1885.

Notes for Elizabeth (Eliza) Pritchard:
Her husband was from South Wales. She had at least one daughter, I think. Did her daughter marry a Sparshott?... from Barry, S. Wales...? She also was the mother of Sophie Pritchard. Sophie's father died before the wedding was to take place, and Sophie was raised by her grandparents as their own.

Marriage Notes for Elizabeth Pritchard and David Roberts:
Don't yet know marriage date, but Eliza daughter, Sophie, was fathered by a prior fiancee, who died before they were to be married, so want David Roberts to show second.

More About David Roberts and Elizabeth Pritchard:
Marriage: Aft. 1885

	7	ii.		Jane (Jennie) Pritchard, born October 16, 1877 in Bethesda, N. Wales; died December 1963 in Camden, NY; married (1) John Humphreys July 16, 1903 in Ellis Island, New York; married (2) Evan Thomas 1951 in Utica, NY.
		iii.		Margaret Pritchard, born Abt. 1879 in Bethesda, N. Wales; married William Parry; born in South Wales.

Marriage Notes for Margaret Pritchard and William Parry:
Margaret and William were first cousins, believed to have emigrated, due to lack of work in the slate quarries, to Australia around the same time that Jane Pritchard and John Humphreys emigrated to the U.S., which would be about 1903 or earlier.

iv.

Mary Grace Pritchard, born Abt. 1881 in Bethesda, N. Wales; died in Rhyl, North Wales ?; married Robert Ellis.

Notes for Mary Grace Pritchard:

Marriage Notes for Mary Pritchard and Robert Ellis:
Mary Grace and Robert lived in Rhyl, North Wales.

Annie Pritchard, born Abt. 1884 in Bethesda, N. Wales; died in North Wales; married Arthur Becket.

Notes for Annie Pritchard:
Annie and Arthur lived near Manchester, England.

Notes for Arthur Becket:
He and Annie lived near Manchester, England.

vi.

Evan Pritchard, born Abt. 1887 in Bethesda, N. Wales; died Abt. 1903 in N. Wales.

Notes for Evan Pritchard:
Birth and death dates are approximate. Drowned when boat capsized while
fishing at age of 19. This happened before his sister Jane and her daughter Bess emigrated to the U.S. in 1903. Bess couldn't understand why he didn't come home to play with her.

Alan Williams' notes indicate that Evan had a twin, but he didn't have the first name of the twin. It may have been John, as Nell Pritchard Owens' notes had a John, but Alan's did not.

More About Evan Pritchard:
Cause of Death: Drowned; boat capsized

vii.

Ellen (Nell) Pritchard, born March 20, 1888 in Glanogwen, Bethesda, N. Wales; died August 01, 1986 in Tregarth, North Wales ?; married Owen Thomas Owens September 17, 1909 ³⁸; born May 11, 1885 in North Wales³⁸; died 1950 in Tregarth, North Wales ?.

Notes for Ellen (Nell) Pritchard:
Lived at "Valkyrie", 21 Tanrhiw, Tregarth, N. Wales. Nell's sister Jane's
grandson, John Graham, visited Iris and Alf Griffiths in Tregarth in 1983 when Nell was 95 years old. She knew immediately exactly who he was. Nell was also visited in 1984 by Ellen Humphreys, Jane's great-granddaughter by her son William & his son William, Jr.

Another American relative, Bill Milford visited in 1980 when he spent the spring semester at the University of Bath. When he visited again 5 years later, she was confined to bed. See notes for Bill.

More About Owen Owens and Ellen Pritchard:
Marriage: September 17, 1909³⁸

viii.

John Pritchard, born Aft. 1890; died Bef. 1892.

Notes for John Pritchard:
We have always been told there were twins in my grandmother's family. Was John a twin to Evan? Alan Williams' notes on the family indicate that Evan had a twin. Alan didn't have the twin's first name, but also didn't list a John. If John was Evan's twin, he must have died before the 1891 Census, which does not list either John or William.

ix.

William Henry Pritchard, born Aft. 1890.

Notes for William Henry Pritchard:
Did not find William in any Census record. He may have been born before 1892 and died before a Census was taken.

Generation No. 5

24. Owen Humphreys, born Bet. 1818 - 1819 in Dolwyddelan, Wales; died April 07, 1887. He married 25. Elizabeth (Humphreys).

25. Elizabeth (Humphreys), born Bet. 1818 - 1819 in Dolwyddelan, Wales; died March 07, 1894.

Notes for Owen Humphreys:
In the 1851 Census, the family lived on Maes Cariadog, Llandegai.

Owen was 68 when he died, so was born in 1818 or 1819.

More About Owen Humphreys:
Burial: St. Anne's Cemetery, Llandegai, Gwynedd
Occupation: Quarryman

Notes for Elizabeth (Humphreys):
According to her gravestone, Elizabeth was 78 at the time of her death, so was born in 1815 or 1816. However, in the Censuses for 1861, 1871 and 1891, her age is consistent, being given as 42, 52 and 72, which would indicate that she was born in 1818 or 1819. She is shown as a widow in the 1891 Census, living at #22 Gefnan with her son Robert.

More About Elizabeth (Humphreys):
Burial: St. Anne's Cemetery, Llandegai, Gwynedd

Marriage Notes for Owen Humphreys and Elizabeth (Humphreys):
In both the 1861 and 1871 Censuses, Elizabeth was shown to be the same age as Owen, but when she died seven years after him, she was 10 years older!!

Their gravestone is shared with a daughter and is inscribed:

ER COF AM
CATHERINE
MERCH OWEN A ELIZABETH HUMPHREYS
GEFNAN
YR HON A FU FARW MEDI 20 1877
YN 29 MLWYDD OED
HEFYD OWEN HUMPHREYS
YR HWN A FU FARW EBRILL 7 1887
YN 68 MLWYDD OED
HEFYD ELIZABETH HUMPHREYS
YR HON A FU FARW MAWRTH 7 1894
YN 78 MLWYDD OED

which means:
In Memory of
Catherine
Daughter of Owen and Elizabeth Humphreys
Gefnan
who died May 20, 1877
aged 29
Also Owen Humphreys
who died April 7, 1887
aged 68
Also Elizabeth Humphreys
who died March 7, 1894
aged 78

Children of Owen Humphreys and Elizabeth (Humphreys) are:

		i.		Sarah Humphreys, born Bet. 1841 - 1842 in Llanllechid, Carnarvonshire ³⁹
		ii.		John Humphreys, born Bet. 1843 - 1844 in Llandegai, Carnarvonshire, North Wales; died September 17, 1921; married Elizabeth (Humphreys); born Abt. 1844; died March 12, 1927.

Notes for John Humphreys:
John was age 77 at the time of his death.

More About John Humphreys:
Burial: St. Anne's Cemetery, Llandegai, Gwynedd
Occupation: Slate Quarrier

Notes for Elizabeth (Humphreys):
Elizabeth was age 82 when she died.

More About Elizabeth (Humphreys):
Burial: St. Anne's Cemetery, Llandegai, Gwynedd

Marriage Notes for John Humphreys and Elizabeth (Humphreys):
Their common gravestone reads:

ER COF AM
JOHN HUMPHREYS
ANWYL BRIOD ELIZABETH HUMPHREYS
BRYNIAU TERRACE
A FU FARW MEDI 17 1921
YN 77 MLWYDD OED
COFFAD WRIARTH Y CYFIAWN SYDD
PENDIGEDIG
HEFYD
EI BRIOD ELIZABETH HUMPHREYS
A FU FARW MAWRTH 12 1927
YN 82 MLWYDD OED
HYN A ALLODD HON, HI A'I GWNAETH

which translates as:
In Memory of
John Humphreys
Dear Husband of Elizabeth Humphreys
Bryniau Terrace
who died September 17, 1921
aged 77
Remembrance of the Just is Noble
Also his wife Elizabeth Humphreys
who dies March 12, 1927
aged 82
Whatever she tried, she achieved

		iii.		Elizabeth Humphreys, born Bet. 1846 - 1847 in Llandegai, Carnarvonshire, North Wales.
		iv.		Catherine Humphreys, born Bet. 1847 - 1848 in Llandegai, Carnarvonshire, North Wales; died May 20, 1877.

Notes for Catherine Humphreys:
Catherine was age 29 when she died, so was born in 1847 or 1848.

More About Catherine Humphreys:
Burial: St. Anne's Cemetery, Llandegai, Gwynedd
Occupation: Domestic servant at age 14

Humphrey Humphreys, born Bet. 1849 - 1850 in Llandegai, Carnarvonshire, North Wales.

Notes for Humphrey Humphreys:
Humphrey's last name is given as Humphreys in the 1861 Census, but as Pritchard in the 1871 Census, although he is still listed as a son of Owen and Elizabeth Humphreys. His brother Richard's marriage was witnessed by a Humphrey "Prichard"... Are the two the same person? Probably not. People were still sometimes using their father's first name as their own surname even into the 1800's, and this would mean that he was Humphrey "ap Richard", i.e. Humphrey, son of Richard, NOT the son of Owen!

	12	vi.		Richard Humphreys, born Abt. 1853 in Llandegai, Carnarvonshire, North Wales; died September 09, 1923 in North Wales; married Mary Williams September 09, 1874 in St. Anne's Church, Llandegai, Carnarvonshire, Wales.
		vii.		Robert Humphreys, born Abt. 1858 in Llandegai, Carnarvonshire, North Wales.

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