Preece Family Tree

Adoption Paper Form.

This is to certify that I Evan Steadman Griffiths of 6 Milton Street Cwmaman, Aberdare, the Father of the female child whose [name is] Winiffred Griffiths, being born January 4th, 1897, do hereby certify that I do give the above name child to my sister and brother in law whose residence is at Police Station Crickhowell to adopt her has their own child and that I am willing for they to insert their own name to her from the first Monday in August viz 5th 1901. As ??? in my hand this fourtneenth day of November 1901.

Signed Evan Steadman Griffiths

Witness R. F. Thomas, ???, ??? Cwmaman

6 Milton Street
Cwmaman
Aberdare Jul 19th

Dear brother and sister,

I dare say that you are anxious for a word or two to inform you how we are getting on, the children and myself are very well at present only Willie he has had a slight rupture but coming on alright again. I do hereby fulfill my promise to you about little Winnie she is all right and I am willing to let her come as your own child any day.

Therefore if you can come up here Eliza come for her or else myself and the housekeeper she is a ??? from Gloucestershire that's the reason this letter is written in English that she might understand what I am writing about send a word by return, from your brother

E S Griffiths