Preece Family Tree

Events

Parents

Media

Preece Family at Maesyrhaf

Mary John and family

Attributes

Pedigree

1. John Preece
   1. Margaret John
      1. David Alfred Preece
      2. Trevor Meyrick Preece
      3. Arthur Ewart Preece
      4. Gladys Preece
      5. John Stanley Preece

Ancestors

Gladys Preece *5 July 1900 +27 March 1984

John Preece *about 1858 +19 June 1939

Alfred Preece
*about 1828
+1 February 1904

John Prees
*about 1787
+12 November 1859

Margaret Stephens
*about 1796
+about April 1869

Mary Thomas
*about 1826
+about October 1899

William Thomas
*
+...

Margaret John
*3 November 1862
+24 October 1906

David John *12 May 1822 +5 January 1894

William John
*
+before 1858

Margaret Evans
*
+...

Sarah Jones
*about 1828
+23 February 1897

David Jones
*about 1795
+...

Ann
*about 1799
+before 1871

Source References

1. 1901 United Kingdom Census
   1. • Page: RG13/5002/39/26 f.
2. 1911 United Kingdom Census
   1. • Page: RG14/32384/96
3. 1939 Register
   1. • Page: XKHQ/20
4. General Register Office: England & Wales Birth Index
5. General Register Office: England & Wales Death Index
6. UK Government: National Probate Calendar
   1. • Date: 29 June 1984
      • Page: Gladys Preece
      • Citation:

        PREECE, Gladys of 20 Grawen St Porth Mid Glam died 27 March 1984 Administration with Will Llandaff 29 June Not exceeding £40000 8451803835D

   2. • Date: 7 December 1939
      • Page: John Preece
      • Citation:

        PREECE John of Maesyrhaf Porth Glamorgan died 19 June 1939 Probate Llandaff 7 December to David Alfred Preece ironmonger Trevor Meyrick Preece medical practitioner Arthur Ewart Preece ironmonger and Gladys Preece spinster. Effects £7538 0s. 10d.

7. Western Mail
   1. • Date: 23 June 1939
      • Page: Page 6
      • Citation:

        BURIAL OF MR. JOHN PREECE, PORTH

        Mr. John Preece, of Maesyrhaf, Grawen-street, Porth, was buried in Trealaw Cemetery on Thursday.

        The Rev. J. A. Jeffreys-Jones, vicar of Cymmer, officiated.

        Chief mourners were:- Mr. and Mrs. David Preece, Dr. and Mrs. Trevor Preece, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Preece (sons and daughters-in-law); Miss Gladys Preece, Dr. and Mrs. D. R. Gillies (daughters and son-in-law); Mrs. Diana John J.P. (sister-in-law); Messrs John and Edward Parsons (nephews); Miss Marie Evans and Mrs. Harold Summers (nieces).

        Among those present were Messrs. D. Frank Evans, J.P., J. Lloyd Thomas, Oliver H. Howell, C. H. Jarvis, Cliff Morgan, W. H. Maddocks, Ben Protheroe, R. E. Arnott J.P., W. D. Thomas, Percy S. Phillips, and J. L. Thomas.

   2. • Date: 22 June 1939
      • Page: Page 1
      • Citation:

        PREECE. - On June 19th at Maesyrhaf, Porth, John Preece, beloved husband of the late Margaret Preece. Funeral Thursday 22nd June, 2.30 p.m., for Trealaw Cemetery. Gentlemen only.

8. Wills on file
   1. • Date: 14 January 1928
      • Page: Evan Lewis (1837-1928)
   2. • Date: 22 May 1973
      • Page: Gladys Preece (1900-1984)
   3. • Date: 6 March 1930
      • Page: John Preece (1858-1939)
9. Pontypridd Observer
   1. • Date: 13 November 1926
      • Page: Page 5
      • Citation:

        DEATH & FUNERAL OF MR. W. H. PREECE, TREFOREST.

        It is with deep regret that we chronicle the death of Mr. William Henry Preece, who passed away at the residence of his daughter, Mrs. H. E. Summers, 44, Llantwit Road, Treforest, on Monday. Deceased was a native of Pontypridd, being born in the town 72 years ago. He married Miss Edith Powell, headmistress of the Wood Road Girls' School, who pre-deceased him four years ago. Mr. Preece served for nearly a quarter of a century with the Taff Vale Railway Company and finally retired from the position of stationmaster at Treforest. The funeral took place at Glyntaff Cemetery, Treforest, on Thursday, the Rev. J. Gower Jones M.A. (Vicar of Glyntaff) officiating. The chief mourners were: Mr. J. Preece, Porth, brother; Mr. H. E. Summers, Treforest, son-in-law; Messrs. David Preece and Arthur Preece, Porth; John Parsons and Edward Parsons, Pontypridd; J. Edwards, Treforest, nephews.

        Among the general public were Messrs. W. E. Summers, T. J. Gowan, H. P. Williams, W. Hobbs, G. Mitchell, H. John, J. Jenkins, Percy S. Phillips, J. McGregor, Rhys Davies, F. Davies, A. Liscombe, Oliver Morgan, R. Jones, D. Thomas, E. Hemmings, E. S. Hunt, Griff Morgan, D. Richards, R. T. Richards, J. Harrison, W. Carpenter, Moses Severn, Foulkes Jones, J. O'Donnell, and others.

        For some years the deceased was with his brother, Mr. J. Preece, ironmonger, Porth, and the following gentlemen from Porth gave evidence of the respect with which he was held in that district: Councillor Jack Morgan, Messrs. Tom Davies (chemist), D. Moy John (solicitor), W. Griffith Thomas, Owen Nicholas, Smith Davies, W. S. Morgan, - Gibbon, Robert Farr and others.

        Floral tributes were sent by Mr. J. Preece and family; Mrs. H. E. Summers, daughter; Miss Mary Summers, grand-daughter; Miss Gladys Preece, Welshpool; Mrs. Margaret Parsons, Swansea; Mr. W. E. Summers; Mrs. Kate Edwards, Rhydyfelin; Mrs. Edith Preece, Church Village, and Neighbours and Friends.

10. General Register Office: England & Wales Marriage Index
11. Exeter and Plymouth Gazette
    1. • Date: 20 June 1926
       • Page: Page 2
       • Citation:

         A wedding took place in the Lady Chapel of Exeter Cathedral on Saturday between Miss Ruby Colvin Fryer (younger daughter of the late Mr. J. Fryer, of Saddleworth, Yorks., and of Mrs. Fryer, of Roslyn, Archibald-road, Exeter) and Dr. Trevor Meyrick Preece (second son of Mr. J. Preece, of Porth, Glamorgan, and the late Mrs. Preece). The ceremony was performed by the Rev. R. C. B. Llewellyn. The sub-organist (Mr. F. G. Bradford) played appropriate music, including Mendelssohn's "Wedding March." The bride was escorted by her brother, Mr. Frank Fryer, and was given away by her mother. Mr. D. A. Preece was best man. The bridesmaids were Miss Hilda Preece and Miss Gladys Preece (sisters of the bridegroom).

12. Burial Register - Trealaw Cemetery
    1. • Page: Plot D25
13. Thomas Preece: Gravestone photographs
    1. • Date: 18 April 2018
       • Page: John & Margaret Preece, Trealaw Cemetery
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14. Notice of Interment - Trealaw Cemetery
    1. • Date: 20 June 1939
       • Page: John Preece