Ellen Arnold ²

   Other names for Ellen were Nellie Arnold, Helen Arnold,⁴ Hellena Arnold and Nelly Arnold.

  General Notes:

NOTES FROM CONVERSATION WITH EDITH CLYDE PURNELL (nee Brown): 19/03/1994

Clyde was brought up by James & Mary Ann Pitt, of Pontnewynydd.

She recalled that her Great-Grandfather, Richard Arnold, was in fact a farmer in his own right, and NOT a Labourer - he had to give up the Farm after going blind. She remembers visiting him - every time he met her, he would beckon her over, feel her head, face & shoulders and say "My, how you've grown", and comment on the rate of her growth. She commented how everyone in Glascoed seemed to be related to each other!

Other things she said to me were that Mary Ann's sister, Aunt Nell (Ellen), lived at the first farm on the way into Glascoed - she married Reg Perrott - they were buried next to James & Mary Ann - also that Mary Ann's (four) sisters were buried in a vault by Mary Ann's grave at Glascoed. ⁵

  Noted events in her life were:

• Census: 1881, 3 Apr 1881, Near Beech Farm, Glascoed, Monmouthshire. ⁶

• Census: 1891, 5 Apr 1881, Upper Twyn, Glascoed, Monmouthshire. ⁷

• Languages spoken: English, 5 Apr 1891, Upper Twyn, Glascoed, Monmouthshire.

• Census: 1901, 31 Mar 1901, Upper Twyn, Glascoed, Monmouthshire. ⁸

• Languages spoken: English, 31 Mar 1901, Upper Twyn, Glascoed, Monmouthshire.

• Census: 1911, 2 Apr 1911, Upper Twyn, Glascoed, Monmouthshire. ²

• Languages spoken: English, 2 Apr 1911, Upper Twyn, Glascoed, Monmouthshire. ²

• Occupation: working at home, 2 Apr 1911, Upper Twyn, Glascoed, Monmouthshire. ² Ellen stayed at home and did not marry until later in life, in order to look after parents according to family oral tradition.

Ellen married Reginald Thomas Perrott, son of John Perrott and Elizabeth Ann Herbert, after 1916.¹ (Reginald Thomas Perrott was born about 1879 in Monkswood, Monmouthshire ³, christened on 20 Apr 1879 in Monkswood, Monmouthshire, died on 15 Dec 1963 ³ and was buried Dec 1963 ? in Mount Zion Baptist Chapel, Glascoed, Monmouthshire ³.)