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Trecefel family diaries,
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Trecefel family diaries,

  • GB 0210 TRECEF
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  • 1839-1947 /

Diaries of Joseph Jenkins, 1839-1870, and his daughter Anne Jenkins, 1886-1947, together with miscellaneous notebooks and papers of members of the Trecefel family, 1859-1947.

Jenkins family, of Trecefel.

Joseph Jenkins diaries,

Diaries of Joseph Jenkins, 1839-1870. The earliest full diary is the one for 1845 and they are written in English as he wished to improve his command of the language. They contain details of agricultural life in rural Ceredigion with daily reports on the weather and his work, references to weddings, funerals, visitors and local events, together with a diary of his voyage to Australia, 1868-1869. Englynion (verses in strict metre) and stanzas in free metre, composed in Welsh in response to events or at the request of other people, are included in the diaries.

Jenkins, Joseph, 1818-1898.

Diary,

Diary, 1845, including impromptu englynion written by Joseph Jenkins at the beginning of the volume after he and his two friends were denied an entry into the Chapel of St. David's College [Lampeter] because of their rustic dress. The englynion were later published in Dan Jenkins (editor), Cerddi Cerngoch (Lampeter, 1904).

Anne Jenkins diaries,

Diaries, 1886-1947, of Anne Jenkins, including details of daily farm tasks such as notes on potatoes planted at Trecefel and orders received; her interest in the well-being of her community; references to the weather; and literary quotations often written in red ink in her earlier diaries. Extracts from her diaries have been included in Bethan Phillips, Rhwng dau fyd : y swagman o Geredigion (Aberystwyth, 1998) and Pity the swagman : the Australian odyssey of a Victorian diarist (Aberystwyth, 2002).

Jenkins, Anne, 1864-1948.

Diary,

A notebook used for diary entries, 1887-1889. On the inside covers she has written 'Diary for 1887 by Anne Jenkins, Trecefel Farm, 2nd Class Honours in Principles of Agriculture and 2nd Class Elementary in Botany May 1887'. Poems by her are written at the end of the volume.

Anne Jenkins notebook,

A notebook, 1901, used to record her experiences as a student in butter and cheese making at the Agriculture Section, University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, 29 July-21 September 1901.

D[aniel] J[ohn] Jones diary,

Agricultural diary of D[aniel] J[ohn] Jones, Pencefn, Tregaron, January-August 1904, grandson of Joseph Jenkins. [He drowned on 28 August 1904 aged 16 along with his brother in the river Teifi near Trecefel]. There is a drawing of the sheep ear-marks used on Trecefel farm on the inside of the back cover.

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