Mary Jane Parry nee Evans
b 11 May 1860 Llangwm Ucha Mon or Llangovan Llangattock
d 1940, buried at St Michaels Church, Glascoed
Daughter of Cornelius Evans and Martha Evans (nee Griffiths)
Wife of Thomas (Tom) Parry
1861 Census
Address Porthcreddig Llangwm 100 acres
Cornelius Evans 37
Martha 23 b Llangwm Ucha
Mary Jane 10 months
1871 Census
Address Penpedairheol Llangattock Breconshire Crickhowell
Cornelius Evans 51 - farmer 166 acres
Martha Evans 33
Mary J 11
Emma 9
John 6
Martha E 4
William 2
1881 Census
Address- Glascoed Vach, Glascoed
Cornelius Evans 62
Martha 42
Mary Jane 20 b. Llangwm Ucha
Emma 18 b. Llangwm Ucha
John 16 b. Llangwm Ucha
William 12 b. Llangwm Ucha
Harriet 10 b. Brecon, Llanfalog
Agnes 8 b. Mamhilad
Tom 3 b. Mamhilad
1891 Census
Address- Glascoed Vach ( number 5 on census, number 4 was Ton, see below)
Cornelius Evans 72 widower farmer
William 22
Agnes 17
Tom 13
1891 Census
Address – Ton, Glascoed, Monmouthshire
Tom Parry 37 b Usk
Mary Jane Parry 31 b Llangwm Ucha
James Parry 2
Ann Parry 1
1901 Census - Glascoed Vach
Thomas Parry 47 b Usk
Mary Jane Parry 40 b Llangwm
James 12 b Glascoed
Ann 11 b Glascoed
William J 9 b Glascoed
Celia 8 b Glascoed
Thomas 6 b Glascoed
Martha E 4 b Glascoed
At some point Thomas and Mary Jane moved to live at Clearwell, Glascoed, a smallholding on the left towards Glascoed Baptist Chapel. This was Tom juniors address at the time of his death in WW1 in 1916.
Tom Parry b 1895
St Michael’s C of E Glascoed, war memorial 1914 -1918 Private T Parry
Also T Parry, no details on war memorial at St Mary’s Church, Usk
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Monmouthshire Regiment
Private Tom Parry 266199
d: 1 July 1916
aged 21 years
Grave memorial reference: pier and face 16B Thiepval
Mum, Annie Mary Robinson, talked a lot about ‘Granny Parry’, I think she spent quite a lot of time with her in the 1920’s and 1930’s, when she was a child.
This is what she recalled …..
As a girl Mary Jane live in a manor house/or her great uncle did/ Treworgan Manor ?? Court ??
Mary Jane recalled riding to church in a carriage.
Sister Emma, went to Boston. Mass, USA. Married James Wilkie. Ran a cab business. Aunt Emma. Aunt Emma’s trunk.
Emma Wilkie, b1863, arrived in Liverpool on a Cunard ship called Laconia on 22 May 1933. Details were:
Housewife, aged 70, Yew Tree Farm, Goytrey, near Usk.
Official number 145925
Sister Harriet, lived in Goytre.
Brother William, lived at Nantygollen Farm, Pontypool
Brother John, son John, grandson Rhydwyn, Rhydymaen Farm, Llandenny.
Sister Agnes, lived in Griffithstown, built with the coming of the railways.
Daughter Dora was a teacher.
Many thanks to Olwen Hughes for all of this information. It’s much appreciated. If you have information about your family I’d be delighted to add any pages you write to the site.