Pennant is shown on tourist holiday cottage let sites variously as Pennant Farm or Pennant Cottage, but is known historically as Pennant Hall and Pennant y Priddbwll (Pen+Nant=Top of the Stream, or Valley) (Priddbwll - earth pit, a wolf trap.)or just "Pennant" (not to be confused with the ruined "Pen Nant" above Fronwen).

It is said to have been for a while the home of a returnee from Patagonia, possibly the man named John Jones who lived there in 1841, or in 1861 a Hugh Roberts of Llandegfan. Or maybe he came after that, as he got into financial difficulties, and the house was unoccupied in 1871. Later, a Mr George Tinsley of Staffordshire lived there at least between 1881 and 1901. In a charming twist of fate, the daughter of the Patagonian man came to Mr Tinsley's rescue when he fell off his horse one time, and he rewarded her with a present of a thousand pounds.

It is now to let as a holiday home.





SALE OF BERTH DDU 1922



Berth Ddu Sale 1922





BETHEL - CYFFDY - PENISADRE CONNECTION BY MARY MORRIS

SHOP BETHEL



I have a copy of a marriage certificate which shows that William Jones married Ann Jones on the second of March 1855. They were married at Sion Chapel Llanrwst.

The groom is described as a bachelor aged 25 yrs. He is a labourer and his address is given as Cyffdy, Llanrwst. His father is William Jones, Labourer.

The bride is described as a spinster aged 21 yrs and her address is given as Bethel. Her father is Rowland Jones, Farmer.

The marriage was in the presence of William and Anne Jones.

On the 1861 Census William and Ann are shown at Shop Bethel.
He is aged 29 and a grocer and she is aged 26.
Their children are Catherine A (5), Evan J (3), and Elizabeth (1).

At Ty Capel we have Jane Williams aged 58 who is a miller’s widow living with her brother Robert Jones (39), nephew John (10) and niece Ellin (7)

Living at Ty Bethel are Owen Jones aged 61, a labourer, his wife Elizabeth, aged 61, and daughter Elizabeth (28) a milliner.

In 1871 William and Ann are still at Bethel.
He is now described as a corn dealer.
They now have three more children William (9), John (6) and Thomas 9months.
Margaret Jones aged 27, sister, described as a servant, also lives with them.

Owen Jones is still at Bethel with his wife and daughter. The daughter is now described as a dressmaker.

Also at Bethel are David and Catherine Jones (both 68). He is a master shoemaker

By 1881 William and Ann have left Bethel and Melin y Coed for Llanrwst.
They are living in Penisadre. He is described as a Flour Dealer.
The son William is a Joiner and Cabinet Maker and John is a Clerk at the railway station.
Another son Arthur is shown aged 6.


Above: The rear of Bethel seen from across the stream near the mill.

Now at Bethel are
1 Owen Jones aged 81
The Methodist chapel is shown as being built
2 Robert Roberts aged 63

I came across this family while looking for information about my grandfather, John Lewis Jones.
He was born in 1847, and my father always said he came from Pandy Tudur.
His father was Rouland Jones and mother Elizabeth Evans.
They were married in 1837 at Capel Garrmon.
On the 1841 Census they are shown as living at Glanrafon (Mathebrwd) following Vedw (Fedw) in the enumeration, with children Ann (7) and William (3).

By 1851 Elizabeth is at Tu Hwnt i'r Afon (near Rhyd Llechog). Rouland is not shown, but she is shown as married.
With her are Anne (17), William Evans (13), Margaret (7), John Lewis (4), and twins Jane Evans and Catherine Evans (4m). John Lewis was my grandfather.

I am wondering if this Ann is the one who married William and lived at Melin y Coed.
If so the sister living with them may have been her sister Margaret.
There is a link in Penisadre as Catherine Jones married Edward Morris, a butcher, and was living in Penisadre in1881.
In 1871 Edward Morris and family were living in Scotland St and John L Jones (24) was a lodger.

(Note: The 1991 Census records three families as living in Bethel, which was then still a row of three cottages rather than one home as it is today.

Robert Roberts, 76, lived in one and worked as a road scavenger. He and his wife Jemima, 66, were both Welsh speaking and born in Llanrwst.

The next house was home to Elizabeth Jones, 66, a skirt seamstress. She was Welsh speaking and born in Llanrwst.

In the third house lived Welsh speaking widowed pauper Elizabeth Owen, 77, born in Gwytherin.

According to the 1901 census, Bethel was then home to lead miner John Evans, 30, of Llanrwst and his wife Catherine, 42, of Dolwyddelen. The children were born locally. R O Evans was 5, Margaret 3 and W Saunders 7 months. John Jones, also recorded as a son, was 14 and the only bilingual person in the home.

Bethel is also recorded as being home to shepherd Lewis Hughes, 26, of Cerrig y Drudion and his local wife Lizzie, 21. Both were Welsh speaking. - Ed.)

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RESIDENTS OF TYDDYN GABRIEL 1841 and 1871 - 1901



In the year 1841 the residents of Tyddyn Gabriel were Robert Thomas (60), Jane Thomas (46) and Jane (13).

In 1851 Widow Jane Jones, 56, farmed 5 acres at Tyddyn Gabriel with Jane, 23, her daughter, helping at home. Both came from Llanrwst.

In 1871 Jane Thomas, as a 40 year old spinster, was farming 4 acres, as she was ten years later in 1881.

By 1891 Tyddyn Gabriel was home to Daniel Jones, 51, a quarry labourer from Llanelian, and his wife Catherine, 42, from Llangerniew. Their two year old son, John E, had been born in Melinycoed. Daniel's father, widower John Jones, aged 75, originally from Llanfairtalhaiarn, was living with his son Daniel, as also were his cousins John Roberts, 28, and William Roberts, 20, both Quarry Labourers born in Llanelian.

In 1901 Daniel was 40 and working as a miner in a lead mine. His wife was 52 and their son, John E, now 12, was attending school. Also living with them was widower Edward Jones, 45, from Montgomeryshire, also a miner in a lead mine.

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LIFE AND TIMES AT PEN UCHA'R GWYLLT


Above: The path to Pen Ucha'r Gwyllt

Penucha’r Gwyllt in 1841 saw Stone Mason William Davies (49) and his wife Mary (35) living with their children William (10), Hannah (5) and Catherine (3). All were locally born.

In 1851 William Davies 58 was still there aged 68, with Mary now 46, Catherine 13, another daughter Elinor aged 9, Miriam 7, and their youngest, David, aged 3.

By 1861 things had changed and widow Margaret Jones, 49, was farming 14 acres with Robert her son of 16 and Ellin her daughter, aged 7, On census night she probably had her mother staying with her, as another Margaret Jones, a widow of 87, is described as a visitor. All were locally born.



The year 1871 saw John Williams, 37, originally from Gwytherin, farming 4 acres at Pen Ucha'r Gwyllt along with his wife Jane, 36, Daughters Alice, 7, Jane, 5, and Elizabeth 3, and their son John, aged nine months. Jane's mother, Alice Jones, a 69 year old widow, lived with them.

Ten years later in 1881 Jane, now 47, was a widow; her son John, now 10, was in school and another daughter, Margaret, now aged 8, was also at school. Jane's unmarried sister, 40, also called Alice, a cook by occupation, lived with them along with Alice's son John aged 10, who attended school.


Above: Penuchargwyllt

In 1891 Jane was 56 and living with her two year old grand daughter, Margaret Jane Williams.

Ten years later, in 1901, her bachelor son John, now 30, was living with her and working as an agricultural labourer.

Was one of the above the Miss Margaret Williams who in her old age was looked after by Anne of Pont y Clwt?



In time Miss Williams' cow got sick, and she came to ask Hugh Evans Garth Hebog (Uncle of Mr Hugh Ivor Evans, G.H.) to look at it. She was very upset about the sick cow, and this may have contributed to the stroke she then suffered. She collapsed in the house, and Hugh did what he could to make her safe before calling for help. When she died, Anne and Hugh Evans married, bought Pen Ucha'r Gwyllt from the heirs, and lived there for the rest of their lives.


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TYN TWLL, Nant y Rhiw 1841 and 1871-1901



In 1841 Tyn Twll was the home of William Williams, aged 28, His wife Jane, aged 26, and their children Owen, 5, Ellin aged 3, and little one-year old Jane. Working there were Eliza Jones aged 13 and Moses Jones aged 18.

In 1851 William Williams was 39 and farming 35 acres. This year we discover that he is Llanrwst born, though his wife Jane, 36, was born in Gwytherin, as were the children, Owen,14, Elizabeth, 13, Jane, 10, Elinor, 8, Margaret, 4, and Robert aged 1.



In 1861 William Williams was 50 and farming 90 acres. Jane was 47, and the children are now reported as having been born in Llanrwst. Owen is now 25, Elinor 18, Margaret 15, and Robert 12.
Working for them as a carter is John Jones, 50, of Llanrwst



By 1871 William Williams was aged 58, though the census figure was rounded to 60. He was now blind, but described as farming 66 acres. His wife Jane was 56, son Owen 34, daughter Eleanor (the great grandmother of Janet Schappert of Saskatchewan) 26, daughter Margaret 24, and son Robert 21, all the children single. Grandson William, who had been born in Llandudno, was 5. Bala-born farm servant Edward Jones was 15.



In 1881 William, 68, was farming 80 acres, Jane was 55, sons Owen still single at 44 and Robert single at 31. Their servant was Catherine Jones, 23, from Yspytty Ifan.



In 1891 Owen Williams was now head, aged 54 and single, and his brother Roberts was still single at 41. Their widowed mother Jane was 78 and was their housekeeper, with a 25 year old Robert Williams from Llandudno working as a farm labourer, Maggie E Davies of Llanefydd, 21, as Dairy Maid, and Griffith O. Jones of Llanrwst, 15, another farm labourer. None of the household were married.

By 1901 Robert Williams, aged 51, was head and married to Elizabeth of Llanrwst, aged 33. They had an 8 year old son, William, a 7 year old daughter, Jane, a 5 year old daughter Ann E, a 3 year old son Robert O, and a baby daughter, Margaret M, aged 10 months. Robert's brother Owen was now 64, still single, and living on his own means.