Morgan Price Trichwmwl

The Family of Morgan Price, Trichwmwl

Morgan Price Trichwmwl was just 4 when his father William died at the young age of 44 in 1823. It must have been quite a struggle for his mother Elinor to bring up the family at Trichwmwl. 

Morgan married Mary Williams of Cilycwm* in 1848 at which time he probably took over Trichwmwl from his mother Elinor who went to live with her elder son William at Penlan, Telych. In fact Morgan also died at the age of 44 in 1863 leaving his widow Mary with three boys aged 15, 14 and 12. The youngest son Morgan died at the young age of 16 in 1866.

Memorial to Morgan Price Trichwmwl at St. Michaels, Myddfai

On 15 July 1870 aged 46 Mary married a second time at Llandovery Registry Office - this time to Thomas Prosser (aged 70), a blacksmith liiving in 1861 at Llwynberllan in Llanfair ar y Bryn parish (Maesyberllan on their marriage certificate). In 1871 the census records

Trichwmwl Myddfai 1871

Thos Prosser, 71, Farmer of 172 acres, Myddfai CMN

Mary Prosser, wife, 47, Cayo (sic), CMN

David Price, Stepson, 23, Cayo (sic), CMN

William Price, Stepson, 22, Myddfai CMN

Thomas Prosser died 9 Aug 1879 aged 82 and was buried with his first wife Gwen at Cefnarthen Chapel. A later post will have more information about the Prosser family.

In the early 1870's David Price married but was widowed early - it is possible his first wife died giving birth to their son David who was born around 1872/73. The young David was with his grandmother at Trichwmwl in 1881.

David probably got to know his second wife Jane Prosser through his stepfather Thomas Prosser (Jane was Thomas' grandaughter) and David and Jane Prosser married in 1880.
William Price, the younger surviving brother married Gwenllian Davies in1875 and in 1881 was farming nearby Bwlchbrane Myddfai and subsequently Dagfa in 1891 and 1901.

Mary Prosser was living alone at Pentrebach near Halfway, Cwmdwr in the 1891 census. It is possible that she lived there for a while with her son David before the family left to farm at Pantyffordd, Senny.  Her MI at Bwlchyrhiw Chapel, Myddfai records that she was with her son William at Dagfa when she died on 16 Mar 1901.

Memorial to Mary Prosser at Bwlchyrhiw Chapel Myddfai

Morgan Price (1819 - 1863), Trichwmwl b. 9 Oct 1819 bp. 19 Oct 1819 MPC bd. 10 Sep 1863 aged 44 [MI 251] = Mary Williams (1826 - 1881), Caio. Married 25 Jan 1848.

• Children:
• David PRICE, Pentrebach, Halfway and later Pantyffordd, Senny (1848 - 1916) b. 25 Feb 1848 at Coydca (sic) Cilycwm (probably Caio*) = 1) Unknown and 2) Jane PROSSER (ca.1858 - 1925). See separate family page.
• William PRICE, Dagfa, Myddfai (1849 - 1923?) later of Colbrook, Llandovery (MI 69 MPC) d. 27 Feb 1923 aged 72 = Gwenllian Davies of Gellifelin Halfway (1849 - 1891) m.19 Jun1875 Llandovery Reg. d. 16 Dec 1891 bd. MPC [MI 64] See separate family page.
• Morgan PRICE (1851 - 1866) Died aged 16 last qtr. 1866 Llandovery Reg.

*Note: Mary mostly registered her home parish as Caio (also spelled Cayo) and David likewise.