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I do have names, supported by and taken from the following certificates, which arrived today. 

An 1899 marriage certificate for a Charles Emile Derraven (age 28, seaman) and a Margaret Jane Lugton (age 25).
Charles's father, also Charles Emile Derraven (decd), a ship's carpenter.
Margaret's father, William Lugton, also a ship's carpenter.

A  1928 marriage certificate for a Charles Emile Derraven, (age 49, ship's boatswain) and Rose Lilian Anstice (age 21).
Charles's father, also Charles Emile Derraven (decd), an architect.
Rose Lilian's father was Charles Valentine Anstice, a boiler maker.

A 1943 death certificate for a Charles Derraven, age 72, boatswain (retd) M.S. of 4 Mill Parade, Newport.
The informant was R. L. Derraven, widow of the deceased, at the same address.

Since the Anstices were known to be river pilots and so on, I suppose it's reasonable to assume that they could have some contact with a bosun's family.

I do have some tree info for the Anstices (not sure I'm allowed to say where?) and from that I think Charles Valentine Anstice was Charles Valentine Griffin Anstice, (1868-1932) son of Charles Anstice (c1835-1915) and Sarah Ann Griffin. I have some census entries for them.

I don't have a Lilian, daughter of Thomas George Anstice yet, but the address suggests more than mere coincidence.

Does this tie with your information?

Regards,
Martin

My stepfather was born there in the mid 20s and it was renamed/reclassified in 1930. I'm not *that* familiar with Cardiff, but I believe this is the hospital where my grandfather was treated for cancer in 1970/1 and it was, as you say a a fine place if still slightly intimidating for the 8 year old me.

Martin

[...] Thomas George Anstice, I have found his grave stone, and it reads as DOD as Jan. 2nd 1941 aged 86 of mill parade which is in the pill area of newport. [...]

Sorry to wake up an old thread, but would you know of any connection to Rose Lilian Anstice, (1907-1989)?

My stepfather, Ivor, was born in 1926 and his birth certificate says his mother, Rose, was a domestic servant in Cardiff.

Ivor married in 1954 and his marriage certificate says he was living at 4 Mill Parade, Newport.

As far as I can tell Ivor's father died in 1943 so he might well have been living with his mother.

Martin

I know I'm a bit late to this discussion, but thought it would be useful to say that 30A Cowbridge Road, Cardiff was a fictitious address used to disguise the origins of people born in a workhouse. This fact comes from http://www.workhouses.org.uk/index.html?about/addresses.shtml and while I'm not associated in any way with http://www.workhouses.org.uk/ I must warn you that it's a really interesting site, so don't start reading it late at night if you have to go to work in the morning...

Martin