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We first meet Henry Watkins (aged approx 20) and Maria Jenkins (aged approx 15) at Lower Wernhir farm, working for the Roberts family. Henry was an agricultural labourer and Maria was a servant.
It appears that love and a marriage followed involving two of those “below stairs”! Henry Watkins and Maria Jenkins appear on the 1851 census as a married couple at another Glascoed house, “Pergoed”.
By now, Henry was a farmer in his own right at Pergoed. And he had married Maria Jenkins, his fellow servant. They married at Llanddewi Fach on 20th March 1846 There must have been love in the air at Lower Wernhir! They lived long and fruitful lives - both died at the ripe old age of 87 and were buried at Mount Zion Baptist Chapel in Glascoed.
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