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- 1589-1932. (Creation)
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Extent and medium
27 envelopes, 22 folders, 15 volumes, 6 bundles, 1 item.
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Name of creator
Biographical history
David Howell and Gertrude Jones appear to have married in the September quarter of 1901 (GRO marriage indexes, Sept. 1901, Aberystwyth reg. dist., 11b, 63). Gwendoline Marjorie Howell (b. 1906) was the daughter of Elsie Maud Thomson, adopted by her husband W. Edward Thomson, and subsequently adopted by David and Gertrude Howell of Cwmcynfelyn in 1909. Gertrude Howell died 25 April 1915, and her husband David Howell died 28 Sept. 1919, both leaving estates in trust for Marjorie, their only child. Marjorie’s birth appears not to have been registered, and for the purposes of coming-of-age she was later given the court-appointed date of birth of 22 Dec. 1906. W. Edward Thomson, the original adoptive father, is assumed to have died between 1909 and 1911, as according to the GRO marriage indexes, Elsie M. Hodges (sic.) married Anderson W. Blew (c.1866-1935) in the September quarter of 1911 (Paddington, 1a, 184); Elsie M. Blew went on to marry John Murdoch in the June quarter of 1939 (Camberwell, 1d, 1829).
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
These Cwmcynfelyn papers include:
(i) papers deposited by Roberts & Evans, and
(ii) Roberts & Evans (2011) donation (acc. no. 4018001, five large boxes, 2011-04-27), comprising Williams of Cwmcynfelyn family and estate papers, 1784-1906, family correspondence, 1811-1905, family volumes, 1833-1905, and Gogerddan estate papers, c.1800-1898, accumulated by George Griffiths Williams in relation to his employment by the Gogerddan estate. All the donated material is identified in the file level descriptions.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Papers relating to the Davies, Williams and Howell families, successive owners of Cwmcynfelyn [sometimes abbreviated to ‘Cwm’], and related estate papers. The papers relating to the estates of David Howell of Cwmcynfelyn and Gertrude his wife, 1915-1932 (formerly Roberts & Evans C 5/3), mostly concern the guardianship of their adopted daughter Gwendoline Marjorie Howell and the sale of the Cwm estate.
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Accruals
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Arranged chronologically.
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Notes area
Note
Mainly formerly NLW, Roberts & Evans 12/1/1-8, C 2/3-6, C 5/3-4 and Z 69, plus Roberts & Evans (2011 donation).
Note
Preferred citation: CM5.
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Name access points
- Williams, Isaac, 1802-1865. (Subject)
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Archivist's note
The following sources were used in the compilation of this description: Clare Taylor, 'Isaac Williams of Cardiganshire - the Christian poet - an introduction to his nature poetry', T.H.S.C. (1986), pp. 115-126; Francis Jones, Historic Cardiganshire homes & their families (2000), pp. 76-78, ‘Cwmcynfelyn, Llangorwen’; Genealogy of Matthew Davies, http://jevanshughes.users.btopenworld.com/roots/davies.htm (accessed 2011-06-07).