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Thank you Janice, whenever I see a property of that size I always wonder how they kept it tidy!! I expect they had servants, probably in that wing to the left of the main house. Not for me though.
 
I wondered about only 2 people listed on 1939 register in that huge property. As you say they probably had servants - perhaps no longer live-in by 1939.
I was trying to track use of name Bryn Teg.
 
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Lady Penelope said:
Hello Pedro and Janet, I was very impressed with all the information you discovered about The Leasowes and wondered if you could find anything for a house called Bryn Teg please? I know it is/was at 35 Bracebridge Road and I imagine it was another large property. It appears on the 1911 & 1921 census.

Many thanks.

The family living there were:
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just thought i would look into the family who lived there in 1911/21 and betty gwyneth jones who was only 15 when she died has a probate record and is buried at sutton coldfield cem..her father herbert scott jones died at bryn teg in 1937..probate on anc and he is also buried at sutton..i have gone back as far as herberts father and no sign of the family being born in wales..so either they just liked the name of bryn teg or maybe the previous owners called it by that name

lyn
 
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When she died in 1923 the house was referred to as Bryn Teg
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As it was on 1911 census
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And the 1921 census
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Also in 1937 when her Father died
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but (as posted previously #180) in 1939 it was just 35 no reference to Bryn Teg.
 
What a lot of information. Thank you all. I should think there was a Welsh connection somewhere with Jones and Gwynneth and what a strange name Guthlac is. English though apparently.

I love the way that a question on this forum keeps bringing up more and more. Wonderful.

Penny
 
Lady Penelope said:
What a lot of information. Thank you all. I should think there was a Welsh connection somewhere with Jones and Gwynneth and what a strange name Guthlac is. English though apparently.

I love the way that a question on this forum keeps bringing up more and more. Wonderful.

Penny
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I thought of Wales as well but...
Betty's Father Herbert was born in Leeds
Herbert's Father Evan (more welsh links?) was born in Essex

Betty's mother was born in Birmingham

So a Welsh connection seems to have been a distance back in the line.
 
pjmburns said:
I thought of Wales as well but...
Betty's Father Herbert was born in Leeds
Herbert's Father Evan (more welsh links?) was born in Essex

Betty's mother was born in Birmingham

So a Welsh connection seems to have been a distance back in the line.
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agreed jan that is exactly the info i found..

lyn
 
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