Preece Family Tree

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Er cof am James mab John a Mary Preece o'r lle hwn a fu farw. Hydref 23 1842 yn i oed. Hefyd Elizabeth eu merch yr hon a fu farw Medi 27 1851 yn 3 mis oed. Hefyd John Preece yr hwn a fu farw Ebrill 26 1876 yn 59 oed. Hefyd Mary Preece a fu farw 8 Rhagfyr 1894 yn 76 oed.

In memory of James son of John and Mary Preece of this place who died October 23 1842 aged (i). Also Elizabeth their daughter who died September 27 1851 aged 3 months. Also John Preece who died April 26 1876 aged 59. Also Mary Preece who died 8 December 1894 aged 76.

Graves moved for new road

Siting a new road in Pontypridd will cause upheaval at a town cemetery, where 186 bodies are to be exhumed.

The Capel Sardis cemetery is to be cleared for the new Inner Relief Road, so it is necessary to remove human remains currently interred in the graveyard.

The vestry is to be demolished to clear space for the new road, with some graves moved to accomodate this.

A new vestry will then be built to the rear of the chapel.

Now Pontypridd solicitors Morgan Bruce, acting for the trustees of Capel Sardis, have placed advertisments outlining which plots are to be exhumed.

It is planned to cremate what remains are left, before burying the ashes on a memorial in the new vestry.

But heirs, executors, administrators and relatives will have two months to contact Morgan Bruce, to have their deceased's remains disposed of separately if they so wish.

A full list of all identified remains will be published in the Observer next week.

Relatives sought as remains are moved

Trustees of Capel Sardis have identified the remains of 186 people laid to rest over a century ago and whose remains must now be removed as part of the Inner Relief Road scheme.

The remains will be cremated and reinterred unless the family of the deceased have other wishes.

Those buried at Capel Sardis are:

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James Preece 1842; Elizabeth Preece 1851; John Preece 1876; Mary Preece 1894; Mari Ann John 1864; Henry John 1864; John Preece John 1884.