Individual Details

Sydney "Sid" DAVIES

(14 Aug 1903 - 25 Nov 1961)

Events

Birth14 Aug 1903Cwmafan, Glamorganshire
Residence1911with his parents - 10, Copper Row, Cwmafan, Glamorganshire
Residence19 Jun 1921with his father - 8, Penhydd Street, Pontrhydyfen, Glamorganshire
Occupation19 Jun 1921miner - Oakwood Colliery, Pontrhydyfen, Glamorganshire
Marriage1931Neath Registration District, Glamorganshire - Gwladys Mary GRIFFITHS
Residence (family)29 Sep 193912, Oakwood Row, Pontrhydyfen, Glamorganshire - Gwladys Mary GRIFFITHS
Occupation29 Sep 1939colliery hewer - Pontrhydyfen, Glamorganshire
Death25 Nov 1961Pontrhydyfen, Glamorganshire
Probate9 Mar 1962Llandaf
BurialJerusalem Cemetery, Pontrhydyfen, Glamorganshire
Miscellaneous

Families

SpouseGwladys Mary GRIFFITHS (1905 - 1997)
ChildMary DAVIES SRN (1932 - 1996)
FatherWilliam DAVIES (1869 - 1946)
MotherSelina "Sinah" JENKINS (1873 - 1946)
SiblingElizabeth "Lizzie" DAVIES (1898 - 1978)
SiblingMargaret "Maggie" DAVIES (1900 - 1997)
SiblingWilliam Lloyd DAVIES (1910 - 1979)

Notes

Marriage

Name: Sydney Davies
Spouse Surname: Griffiths
Date of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar 1931
Registration district: Neath
Registration county (inferred): Glamorgan
Volume Number: 11a
Page Number: 1061

Probate

Probate was granted to his widow Gwladys Mary Davies. His effects were valued at £126 (£1,927.80 in 2005).

Miscellaneous

Sid was secretary of the local branch of the Labour Party. Secretary of the Independent Order of Oddfellows (Flower of Avon Lodge). He was one of the founders of the Pontrhydyfen Operatic Society. During WW2 he was chairman of the choral society. He was stage manager to the Pontrhydyfen Dramatic Society.