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[RoyEvans]

Terry,

"Antiquis temporibus, nati tibi similes in rupibus ventosissimis exponebantur ad necem"

Directed at anyone in particuar?

Roy

[John Tomlinson]

Terry, I went back to the library and found your reference.  Thank you.  The spelling is actually THORENC (no final "e") and with that spelling I was able to Google it – even found an old article and photo for sale on ebay, which I bought.  From what I could see online, I believe the old Chateau has been turned into modern apartments with a part of the old structure preserved.  I was also able to get some good photos from the Red Cross book which you brought to my attention.

John

[Terry_Reeves]

John

Apologies for the confusion, I will wear my spectacles next time. Good luck with your research.

TR

[hywyn]

Kay SS, on 01 April 2007 - 08:47 AM, said:

Tony,

You asked if I could discover why Olive came to be in North Wales. I can not be definitive on this, but after putting together some fragments, I think it was because she was staying with her sister Violet Alice Ione Clayton (nee de Thoren). Violet had married Gerald Edward Cririe Clayton in 1908. Gerald was a barrister and he and his wife lived in Penarwel, Llanbedrog, North Wales. In the Great War Gerald was a 2nd Lieutenant with the Royal Marines, dieing on 5 September 1915 and is buried at the local cemetery at Llanbedrog. It is likely that Olive went to stay with her widowed sister to assist with Violet's children - Ralph, Aymar and Evelyn. Violet eventually sold her house in Penarwel in 1926 just prior to her remarriage to William Eatherley.

Hope this is useful. Best wishes, Kay

I have just come across a reference to Olive in the Deaths part of the BMD section of the North Wales Chronicle dated 19th October 1917. It confirms she died of septic poisoning at Penarwel, Llanbedrog.No reference to Hertingfordbury.

I can confirm that she was buried at Llanbedrog.

Hywyn

[Jim Strawbridge]

hywyn, on 05 August 2012 - 11:31 AM, said:

I have just come across a reference to Olive in the Deaths part of the BMD section of the North Wales Chronicle dated 19th October 1917. It confirms she died of septic poisoning at Penarwel, Llanbedrog.No reference to Hertingfordbury.

I can confirm that she was buried at Llanbedrog.

Hywyn

Hywyn,  Did the obituary say which cemetery or churchyard she is in at Llanbedrog?   Jim

[hywyn]

Jim

No, no mention of the burial location. She is however in the Llanbedrog Parish Register so highly likely the churchyard. I don't know that area all that well in terms of cemeteries etc. It's about 70 miles away from me.
It was a BMD entry not an obit. There may have been a fuller obit elsewhere in the paper but I wouldn't have picked up on it as that area is outside my geographical area of interest.


Hywyn

[Verrico2009]

I've found the probate entry under her full name: she's given as "of White Heather Taplow Buckinghamshire", about 45 miles from the memorial.  So doesn't explain the link either.

[Jim Strawbridge]

Her brother in law is buried in Llanbedrog Cemetery and it seems likely that Millicent will be buried there, too.