Williams, Blodwen Llewela 1
| Birth Name |
Williams, Blodwen Llewela 2
The censuses give her name as "Llewella", but the birth record is "Llewela". The former is ten times as common as the latter on the web. |
| Birth Name |
Williams, Blodwen Llewella
Wella's birth certificate says "Blodwen Llewela", but many in the family spelt it Llewella, and both versions were given at her death. Google says that "Llewella" outnumbers "Llewela" by ten to one. She signed "Llewella" on her marriage certificate. |
| Also Known As |
Buxton, Wella
Margaret Wells says that Llewella was always called Blodwen or Wella. |
| Married Name | Buxton, Blodwen Llewela |
| Gramps ID | I0014 |
| Gender | female |
| Age at Death | 62 years, 2 months, 19 days |
Events
| Event | Date | Place | Description | Sources |
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| Birth | 1893-12-05 | 5, Music Terrace, Penydarren (or Musical Terrace) | 3 4 2 5 6 | |
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Event Note
The 1901 and 1911 census returns give Wella's age as one year older than her birth certificate. The birth certificate is right and the census is wrong. |
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| Residence | 1901-03-31 | 85 Roding Road, Hackney, London, UK | 5 | |
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| Residence | 1911-04-02 | 85 Roding Road, Hackney, London, UK | 6 | |
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| Occupation | 1911-04-02 | Embroideress | 6 | |
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| Residence | 1916-12-01 | 59 Christie Road, South Hackney | 7 | |
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| Residence | 1919-02-27 | 59 Christie Road, South Hackney | 8 | |
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| Residence | 1924-10-05 | 59 Christie Road, South Hackney | 9 | |
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| Will | 1955-01-27 | £180 to Cyril, £20 to grandsons, all the rest to Maisie. | 10 | |
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Event Note
Witnesses were Allen John Lloyd Bristow and Ethel Isabel Bristow. |
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| Residence | before 1956-02-25 | 79, Highwood Gardens, Ilford, London, UK | 11 | |
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| Death | 1956-02-24 | 79, Highwood Gardens, Ilford, London, UK | 3 12 11 | |
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| Burial | after 1956-02-04 | Grave 4513, Barkingside Cemetery, Longwood gardens, Barkingside, Ilford, Essex, UK | ||
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| Probate | 1956-05-23 | £3649 gross | 11 | |
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Relation to the centre person (Watkins, Thomas) : granddaughter
Parents
| Relation to main person | Name | Birth date | Death date | Relation within this family (if not by birth) |
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| Father | Williams, John Thomas [I0012] | 1871-03-07 | 1935-01-24 | |
| Mother | Watkins, Annie [I0011] | 1873-06-29 | 1950-06-25 | |
| Sister | Williams, May [I0015] | 1891-11-16 | between 1982-12-00 and 1983-03-00 | |
| Williams, Blodwen Llewela [I0014] | 1893-12-05 | 1956-02-24 | ||
| Sister | Williams, Gwladys Maud [I0009] | 1895-02-10 | 1974-08-07 | |
| Sister | Williams, Peggy [I0016] | 1898-06-04 | 1974-01-01 | |
| Brother | Williams, John Watkins [I0013] | 1900-03-13 | 1971-01-13 | |
| Sister | Williams, Brenda May [I0010] | 1901-08-09 | between 1987-03-01 and 1987-03-31 | |
| Brother | Williams, Ivor Edgar [I0002] | 1903-04-05 | between 1988-10-01 and 1988-10-31 | |
| Brother | Williams, Llewellyn Curwen [I0000] | 1905-02-17 | 1988-04-28 | |
| Brother | Williams, Aneurin Price [I0004] | 1907-05-25 | 1978-05-05 | |
| Brother | Williams, Haydn Cromwell [I0003] | 1909-06-15 | between 1998-09-01 and 1998-09-30 | |
| Brother | Williams, Owen Lloyd [I0001] | 1911-11-07 | 1970-07-01 | |
| Brother | Williams, Hywel Inigo [I0005] | 1913-02-08 | 1997-08-04 | |
| Brother | Williams, Dougie [I0096] | 1916-10-28 | 1945-03-10 |
Families
| Family of Buxton, Walter William and Williams, Blodwen Llewela [F0055] | ||||||||||||||||
| Married | Husband | Buxton, Walter William [I0160] ( * 1886-12-12 + 1951-04-29 ) | ||||||||||||||
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| Narrative |
Remarkably short gestation for Walter Cyril Buxton! Actually, Wella was the first of the Williams siblings to marry, by a long way. She was 19 years old at the wedding and was quite a few months pregnant. Was she hiding a bump with the flowers in the wedding photo? Some family members think that Wella became estranged from the rest of the family, while other family members knew her as close. Was all this caused by her mildly scandalous wedding? In fact, about half of the brides in this family tree seem to be pregnant at the wedding! |
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| Name | Birth Date | Death Date |
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| Buxton, Walter Cyril [I0161] | 1913-10-01 | 1989-05-19 |
| Buxton, Hayden Llewellyn [I0162] | 1916-11-01 | 1919-02-24 |
| Buxton, Maisie Margaret [I0163] | 1923-06-11 | 2010-06-02 |
Media
Narrative
Margaret Wells says that Llewella was always called Blodwen or Wella.
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Brenda says that Llewella went to live back in Wales, becoming separated from most of the family. This is clearly wrong, but it's firmly what Brenda Sennit believed.
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Chris Williams says
Llewella was the oldest of the 13 children and died young and unmarried, probably in childbirth, which is why she was never mentioned !
Which clearly isn't true, so why the rumours about her?
It is true that she was living in Hackney in 1913, aged 19, when she married Walter, a Hackney lad, and had Walter Cyril significantly less than nine months later. Would she have been ostracised for "having" to get married? But clearly she was friends with May and Peggy and Gwladys (the eldest set) decades later.
Ah... she would have been the first of all these Williams kids to marry, by quite a way (May next in 1917) and she married in a hurry and pregnant. Maybe they worried that would happen to all of them?
Narrative
Mike Buxton says:
"Bit more about Wella, she was apparently brought up by Edgar and Beaty Watkins until she was 14 believing they were her parents."
And I've [EJWilliams] heard a similar story about May, too. But why? Maybe Annie really wasn't married! She was young, but not too young. And she was living a married life in her parents' home. And both May and Wella were present in the house in Hackney in 1901, way before Wella was 14. This is really weird.
Was Gwladys brought up by Edgar? Margaret Wells says she doesn't think so.
When did AEWatkins marry Beatty? AEWatkins was born in 1883, so was only 10 years older than Wella. It doesn't make sense that he'd raise her.
Pedigree
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Williams, John Thomas [I0012]
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Watkins, Annie [I0011]
- Williams, May [I0015]
- Williams, Blodwen Llewela
- Williams, Gwladys Maud [I0009]
- Williams, Peggy [I0016]
- Williams, John Watkins [I0013]
- Williams, Brenda May [I0010]
- Williams, Ivor Edgar [I0002]
- Williams, Llewellyn Curwen [I0000]
- Williams, Aneurin Price [I0004]
- Williams, Haydn Cromwell [I0003]
- Williams, Owen Lloyd [I0001]
- Williams, Hywel Inigo [I0005]
- Williams, Dougie [I0096]
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Watkins, Annie [I0011]
Ancestors
Source References
- email from Mike Buxton 26 mar 09 [S0213]
- BMD LLewela birth [S0058]
- Buxton Family Tree from Ancestry.co.uk [S0053]
- Wella birth certificate [S0165]
- Annie Williams 1901 census [S0008]
- 85 Roding Road 1911 census [S0007]
- Hayden Buxton birth certificate [S0553]
- Hayden Buxton death certificate [S0552]
- Wella 1924 postcard [S0688]
- Wella will [S0672]
- Wella probate [S0671]
- Blodwen Death Certificate [S0163]
- Wella BMD marriage [S0057]
- Wella marriage certificate [S0336]