Photographs of Soar chapel Penygraig, Rhondda
Memorial stone to Thomas Davies 'Maesyrhaf' Glamorgan.
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 Thomas Davies (my great great grandfather) of the Dunraven Hotel, Tonypandy and of 'Maesyrhaf', Trealaw |
 Soar Chapel, Frwdamos, Penygraig, Rhondda, Glamorgan |
 The memorial stone for the Davies and Jones family at Soar Chapel, Frwdamos, Penygraig, Rhondda, Glamorgan. Showing face No.273d. to Phreswith Elizabeth DAVIES and her husband William JONES |
The Davies, Jones and Bevan family were buried at Soar Chapel, Frwydamos, Dinas & Penygraig, Rhondda.
The graveyard has now been cleared and the chapel is now a very pleasant looking community centre. Whilst the family tombstone to the Jones and Davies family still stands, the Bevan memorial has gone.
'Soarina', a history of this chapel provides a small piece about Thomas Davies here.
- The Family Vault 273b is inscribed :-
- Hefyd am THOMAS DAVIES, Maes-yr-Haf, Trealaw/ Tad yr Rhagddweddedig Ganwyd,Mehefin 30 1815 bu farw Rhagfyr 10 1897/ Bu brawd yn aelodffyddlawn yn Soar Ffrwdamws am/ 60 mlwydd, ac yn ymddiriedolwryn yr Eglwys am 40 mlynydd/ ' Llefais arnat, Arglwydd, adywedais ti yw fy ngobaith am Rhan yn nhir y rhai byr.' /Psalman CXL II 5.
- Hefyd am ELIZABETH DAVIES anwyl Broid yr uchod yrhon a fu farw yn 'Maes-yr-Haf', Trealaw, yn Ionawr 27 1904 yn76 mlwydd oed./ 'Y Bore y Blodeua, ac y Tyf; Prynawn y Torriref ymaith ac y Gwywa'. Hefyd am THOMAS DAVIES, mab hynaf THOMAS ac ELIZABETH DAVIES, 'Maes-yr-Haf ', Ganwyd Tachwedd 13-1848, bu farw Tachnedd 14- 1909. 'Dy ewyllys di a wneler'.
- 273c Also of their son MORGAN DAVIES/ Royal Hotel, Mardy, who died November 21 1896 aged 37 years./ Interred at Mardy Cemetery./ Also of RICHARD their beloved son who died Jan 31901 aged 48 years./ 'Thou art gone but not forgotten, never shall thy memory fade. Sweetest thoughts shall ever linger around the spot where thou art laid.' ' Be ye also ready for in such an hour ye think not the Son of Man cometh.'/
- 273d. Also PHRESWITH ELIZABETH JONES the beloved wife of WILLIAM JONES, Trealaw, and the affectionate daughter of THOMAS and ELIZABETH DAVIES, 'Maes-yr-Haf ', Trealaw./ Who departed this life March 5 1892 aged 38 years/ 'Precious in the sight of the Lord, is the death of his Saints.'/ Also WILLIAM JONES beloved husband of the above who died June 29 1894 aged 51 years/ ''Therefore be ye also ready for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of Man cometh.''/
- Translation of the Welsh is here for non Welsh readers.
- View the Obituary for Elizabeth Davies here. There seems to have been no Obituary in English language newspapers for Thomas Davies, though there seems to be a hint that there was one, shown in 'Soarina'. The Western Mail did carry a small notice regarding his forthcoming funeral.