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Glamorganshire / Re: MORGAN - Capel Y Babell, Cwmbwrla
« on: Monday 11 March 13 06:46 GMT (UK) »
I've just found this site by googling Lilian Morgan Cwmbwrla. Why did I do this ? Because by chance, I heard on the BBC news this morning on Radio 4 at 05:30 a.m. just as I was waking up, that a 'Princess Lilian' of Sweden, born in Swansea in 1915 has just died. I've now come to the conclusion that this would be a false trail to investigate the Lilian that you are interested in, as Princess Lilian's maiden name was Davies (found on another website).
However, Lilian Morgan is of great interest to me, as she was the sister of my mother Rachel Mary ('Rae') Morgan (who had a beautiful contralto voice and used to win eisteddfodau galore) and her 2 brothers, ie my uncles Ben and Gwyn. Rae, Ben and Gwyn were not buried in Babell - because by the time of their deaths, Babell had been demolished. Gwyn died in 1986 and my mother, rae, died in late December 2001. I was born in 1950 in Abergavenny, but was christened in Babell Chapel at about 6 months old. I still have the certificate (all in Welsh), somewhere in my files.
I know a little about Lilian because Gwyn's 2 twin daughters (my cousins) are alive and I am in regular touch with them and visit at least once per year. Lilian apparently had a beautiful singing voice and was always singing. She died of an illness. This is all I know about her, but when I phone my cousin tonight, I shall try to find out more about her. The next time I go to Swansea, I shall endeavour to visit the old Babell graveyard to see if I can find something. I know that her parents (my late maternal grandparents, Isaac and Elisabeth Morgan) were buried there. Isaac spent his last few years in my home near Abergavenny with my mother, father and myself (I am an only child) and Isaac died in 1956. His wife Elisabeth died (I think) in 1949 - not that long before I was born in 1950.
However, Lilian Morgan is of great interest to me, as she was the sister of my mother Rachel Mary ('Rae') Morgan (who had a beautiful contralto voice and used to win eisteddfodau galore) and her 2 brothers, ie my uncles Ben and Gwyn. Rae, Ben and Gwyn were not buried in Babell - because by the time of their deaths, Babell had been demolished. Gwyn died in 1986 and my mother, rae, died in late December 2001. I was born in 1950 in Abergavenny, but was christened in Babell Chapel at about 6 months old. I still have the certificate (all in Welsh), somewhere in my files.
I know a little about Lilian because Gwyn's 2 twin daughters (my cousins) are alive and I am in regular touch with them and visit at least once per year. Lilian apparently had a beautiful singing voice and was always singing. She died of an illness. This is all I know about her, but when I phone my cousin tonight, I shall try to find out more about her. The next time I go to Swansea, I shall endeavour to visit the old Babell graveyard to see if I can find something. I know that her parents (my late maternal grandparents, Isaac and Elisabeth Morgan) were buried there. Isaac spent his last few years in my home near Abergavenny with my mother, father and myself (I am an only child) and Isaac died in 1956. His wife Elisabeth died (I think) in 1949 - not that long before I was born in 1950.