Wales of Old
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The CLATWORTHY Family
of Glamorgan
Photographs and details provided by Anna Brueton of London, England
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Anna Brueton's grandparents were Evan Gerald CLATWORTHY of Pontardawe, Glamorgan, and Mary Alice ("May") GRIFFITHS of Brynaman, Carmarthenshire. The picture (below) was taken on the occasion of their wedding in Brynaman on 20 September 1905. At the time of the wedding, Evan was running a jeweller's shop in Brynaman, so Anna thinks that's how they met.
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| Above: The wedding party at Brynaman in 1905.
The happy couple are seated in the middle. Other people in the picture include:
Back row, second from right: The Reverend Morlais Jones of St Catherine's, formerly of Gibea Chapel, who created something of a stir when he "crossed the road" to be the first vicar of the newly formed Anglican church.
Fourth from right: Gwilym Vaughan, printer, who founded the Amman Valley Chronicle in 1913, but sold out when the works burnt down two years later. He was politically active in the Liberal Party and stood as a county councillor.
Fifth from right: Presumably Gwilym's wife Sarah (though not a good likeness), known in Brynaman as "Auntie Vaughan", daughter of Richard Jones of Bridgend, Brynaman. Anna's grandmother lived with her before her marriage - Anna assumes she was a relative, but hasn't yet been able to find the connection.
Sixth from right: Benjamin Clatworthy, brother of the groom, and later proprietor of the jeweller's shop in Pontardawe.
Lady in black below Rev. Morlais Jones: The bride's mother, Hannah Rees, widowed nearly 9 years earlier.
Anna adds, The couple on the left may be my Clatworthy great grandparents Thomas and Margaret; they would have been 54 and 52 at the time, and don't look quite old enough. |
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| Above: Evan and May Clatworthy.
Taken circa 1911, when they were living in Heol-y-cyw, with their children Peggy and Don. Evan had by this time given up the jewellery trade and was working as a colliery overman.
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Above: Evan and May Clatworthy.
Taken at the seaside in 1919 (two more children later, including Anna's mother). The two ladies on the left have not been identified.
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Update (16 Dec 2003)
Anna Brueton writes:
Dear John,
As you can see from the message below [from Hugh Clatworthy], your site continues to provide links to "lost" members of my family. Many thanks for all the sterling work you do.
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I showed your photographs (on the 'Wales of Old' site - The CLATWORTHY family of Glamorgan) to my 93 year old father — John Clatworthy — the only son of Thomas Llewellyn Clatworthy, who was a jeweller
[and] watch maker of Ystalyfera / Ystradgynlais. He recognises the lady on the left — she was Lizzie Clatworthy a sister of the Ben Clatworthy mentioned in your article. He thinks Lizzie would have been about 40 when this photograph was taken and married about 1929. At the time he thinks she also had a jewellers shop in the Swansea Valley - possible Pontardawe.
Once again, the posting of photos and details on the "Wales of Old" pages pays off!
Update (21 Oct 2000)
Anna Brueton writes:
I want to say thank you for putting my family photos on your "Wales of Old" site. It has already generated results - I was contacted by someone from the USA who is descended from one of Robert Clatworthy's daughters - a line which I had completely lost after the 1861 census. They had emigrated to Pennsylvania, where her husband had resumed his occupation as a miner.
So posting your photos and details on the "Wales of Old" pages can sometimes pay off!
Acknowledgement
Many thanks to Anna Brueton for allowing me to use her family photographs.
If you are interested in the CLATWORTHY family, or think you can help Anna find out more about any of the people in the photos, send her an e-mail.
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