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I've recently started to try and trace relatives again and started with those I can remember. This is my cousin Gaynor. I've found out she died aged 38 on 21.9.1978 in Dinas Cross, Dyfed.
I want to know anything about her life. Whether she had any children. Her father died tragically electrocuted when in a crane and his gib touched an overhead wire so I wondered about her death too.
Any help would be appreciated. She was born in 1940 in Pontypridd to Ted and Ethel Greenaway
Thank you

Look for possible births of children using freebmd

https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/search.pl

VERY easy site to use

Info is too recent for posting on this insecure site.

If you find births.............follow-up by looking for subsequent marriages etc

Also check whether her husband re-married

If this is your Enid she was born in 1956.

Deaths Sep 1978 (>99%)

EVANS ENID GAYNOR 1JY1956 S GLAMORGAN 28 1173

https://www.freebmd.org.uk

Oh dear.......................

That woman was born Evans

I can't see any record of a marriage for Greenaway to Neale (the MMN on Enid's birth reg)

He is recorded as Henry E C Greenway ErikaH.

Henry Edward Christopher Greenaway b 1919.

He actually died along with another man as they had hold of a girder steadying it. The crane was being operated remotely by another man and the wire ropes of the crane touched electric cables. Poor men.

Right................

The father's name was Henry Edward Christopher Greenaway, aged 44 when he died in 1963


Births Jun 1919 (>99%)
Greenaway Henry E C Withey Pontypridd 11a 814

Deaths Sep 1963 (>99%)
GREENAWAY HENRY E C 44 E.GLAMORGAN 8B 296

1939 Register
21 Paget Street, Ynysybwl, Mountain Ash U.D., Glamorganshire, Wales
Edward F Greenaway 05 Apr 1889 Male Colliery Timberman Repairer Below Married 104 1
Dora E Greenaway 04 Jun 1893 Female Unpaid Domestic Duties Married 104 2
Henry E C Greenaway 14 Apr 1919 Male Colliery Hewer Single 104 3
Idwal F Greenaway 31 May 1921 Male Colliery Hewer Single 104 4
Cecil W A Greenaway 21 Sep 1925 Male At School Single 104 5
Dora I E Greenaway 03 Jan 1928 Female At School Single 104 6


EDITED

Just seen your post alviegal....I was looking at the report of his death when you added it ;-)

Birth to fit a death age of 38 in 1978

Surname First name(s) Mother District Vol Page
Births Dec 1940 (>99%)
Greenaway Enid G Neale Pontypridd 11a 900

and her marriage
Surname First name(s) Spouse District Vol Page
Marriages Mar 1962 (>99%)

EVANS Frederick G Greenaway Pontypridd 8b 1135
GREENAWAY Enid G Evans Pontypridd 8b 1135

There are a possible 4 births to the marriage in the Pontypridd area in the time frame between the marriage and her death - use the freebmd site as ErikaH suggested to find them.

She didn't die in 1978!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Read other posts

If she married in 1962 in Pontypridd, and if the Andrea mentioned here is actually Amanda (or else born after emigration) , this seems to be her husband's obituary.

If so, she was still living last September, in Vancouver.


Frederick Gwynfryn Evans

Gwyn was born in Aberdare, S. Wales to parents Ben and Lydia Evans. He was the youngest of 5 children. Gwyn passed away at Richmond General Hospital at age 85.
Gwyn attended technical school where he excelled at technical drawing. He received an apprenticeship with Aberdare Engineering, and graduated as a Steel Fabricator from Llandaff Technical College.
in 1974, Gwyn, with his wife and 3 children immigrated to Vancouver. He was initially employed by Dominion Bridge, and later Burrard Dry Dock, where he worked on the icebreakers Pierre Radisson, Franklin and the Queen of Coquitlam ferry. Following a car accident in 1986, Gwyn learned AutoCad and produced drawings for projects throughout N. America.
In 1980, he and 2 other Welshmen founded the Vancouver Welsh Men's Choir. Gwyn sang with the choir as a tenor for 40 years. In 2016, he was honoured and proud to be chosen as Celtic Person of the Year.
He loved sport and participated in soccer, rugby, golf and table tennis. He was an avid advocate for Tai chi and practiced daily.
Gwyn loved life, nature and his family above all else. He battled serious health problems, but maintained a positive attitude and appreciated every day.
Gwyn is predeceased by his siblings and his son Gareth. Left with precious memories is his wife of 62 years, Gaynor, daughters Andrea (Rob)and Paula (Martin), Wil (Gareth) and grandchildren Katie (Shane), Trevor and Brian.
A celebration of Gwyn's life will take place on Sunday, September 8, 2024. Contact [email protected] for details.
https://vancouversunandprovince.remembering.ca/obituary/frederick-evans-1090110944

There's a photo of him.

Nice one AG ;-) ;-) ;-) ;-) ;-) ;-)

There's a 2010 photo of Gaynor here:

https://www.welshsociety.com/NewsletterJanuary2010.pdf

Great find AG :-) :-)

Funny (ie strange!)

OH was approached several times to join the Vancouver Welsh Men's Choir, and I'm pretty certain one of those who approached him was called Gwyn ................ but that doesn't mean that he was THIS Gwyn Evans!

Having said I couldn’t see a marriage for her parents…………..I re-checked using bride’s name

He is recorded as Greenway and the marriage was in OND 1939

In 1939, Ethel was at the PoW Orthopaedic Hospital in Cardiff. DoB 16/06/1920

Wow lots to follow up on. Thanks everyone.

Name Dora Irene E Greenaway
Death Age 62
Birth Date 3 Jan 1928
Registration Date May 1990
Registration District Pontypridd
Inferred County Mid Glamorgan
Volume 27 Page 982

Name Mr Cecil W A Greenaway
Gender Male
Age 85
Birth Date 21 Sep 1925
Last Residence Westbury-on-Severn, Wiltshire, England
Postal Code District Ba13
Death Date 6 Jul 2010

Name Cecil W A Greenaway
Registration Quarter Oct-Nov-Dec 1951
Registration District Trowbridge
Inferred County Wiltshire
Spouse Weston (Edith E C)
Volume Number 7c
Page number 1196

Possible births of offspring on freebmd