Robert Arnold

  General Notes:

Monumental Inscription

Mount Zion Baptist Chapel, Glascoed

In loving memory
of
Mary,
the beloved wife of Robert Arnold,
who died Feb 4th 1914,
aged 69 years.

Also of John,
beloved son of the above,
who died Nov 2nd 1915,
aged 32 years.

Also
of the above Robert Arnold,
who died Dec 11th 1926,
aged 85 years.

Transcribed at Gwent County Record Office, by Alistair Pitt, on March 28th 1995, from Index of Monumental Inscriptions. ³

  Noted events in his life were:

• Census: 1851, 30 Mar 1851, Maesmawr, Glascoed, Monmouthshire. ⁴

• Occupation: Farmer's son, 30 Mar 1851, Maesmawr, Glascoed, Monmouthshire.

• Census: 1861, 7 Apr 1861, Maesmawr, Glascoed, Monmouthshire. ⁴

• Court: Guilty of Riding his cart without reins, 2 Jun 1866, Town Hall, Pontypool, Monmouthshire. ⁵

• Census: 1871, 2 Apr 1871, Maesmawr, Glascoed, Monmouthshire. ⁶

• Census: 1881, 3 Apr 1881, Spring Terrace, Panteg, Monmouthshire.

• Occupation: Farm labourer, 3 Apr 1881, Panteg, Monmouthshire.

• Census: 1901, 31 Mar 1901, Darren Cottage, Coedypaen, Llangibby, Monmouthshire. ⁷

• Occupation: General labourer, 31 Mar 1901, Llangibby, Monmouthshire. ⁷

• Occupation: Labourer, 13 Oct 1910. according to daughter, Annie Maud's marriage certificate

Robert married Margaret Jayne, daughter of John Jayne and Mary Williams, on 28 Dec 1868 in St. Woolos' Church, Newport, Monmouthshire.¹ (Margaret Jayne was born in 1843 in Glascoed, Monmouthshire ¹ and died Mar Q 1874 in Glascoed, Monmouthshire ⁸.)

Robert next married Mary Williams, daughter of George Williams and Ann (Williams), in 1875 in Monmouthshire.² (Mary Williams was born about 1847 in Llanfrechva Upper, Monmouthshire,⁹ died on 4 Feb 1914 ³ and was buried in 1914 in Mount Zion Baptist Chapel, Glascoed, Monmouthshire ³.)