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Rosalind Elizabeth Morgan, daughter of Walter Goronwy Morgan and Joan Zillah Haysom, was born in Surrey^G on 26 December 1945.¹ She died aged 79 in Guernsey^G on 19 July 2025. She married first on 22 June 1968, Roland Rees Morgan. She married second on 9 March 1972, Nicholas Reginald Hubert James Wheadon, son of James George William Wheadon and Betty Florence D'Arcy-Gwynn. She married third at the City Hall, San Francisco, California^G, on 26 August 1990, Christopher Robin Sackett.

Thomas Morgan, coal miner, of Glamorgan, was born in Llanelli, Carmarthenshire^G, about 1787.¹ His parents have not been identified. He died aged 65 in Michaelston-super-Avon, Glamorgan^G,² and was buried at St Michael's Church, Michaelston-super-Avon^G, on 15 June 1853.³ He married say 1815, Margaret ___.
     In 1841 Thomas was living at 13 Wood Row, Michaelston-super-Avon, Glamorgan^G, and was recorded in the census as Thos. Morgan, a collier, aged 50+ and born not in Glamorgan. Living with him were his wife Margaret, and children, William, 20+, David, 20+, Sarah, 15+, Daniel, 15+, Walter, 10, Jane, 8, Edward, 6, and Mary, aged two.^4,5
     In 1851 he was living at 14 Woodland Row, Michaelston-super-Avon, Glamorgan^G, and was recorded as Thomas Morgan, a collier ("unable to work" was written and deleted), head of household, married, aged 63 and born in Llanelly, Carmarthenshire. Living with him were his wife Margaret, 61, and children, Jane, 18, Edward, 17, and Margaret, 12.⁶

Rev Thomas Morgan, Baptist minister, of Glamorgan, son of Walter Morgan and Jane Michael, was born in Cwmavon, Glamorgan^G, on 9 March 1850.^1,2,3 He died aged 89 in Neath, Glamorgan^G, on 27 August 1939^3,4 and was buried at Skewen, Glamorgan^G, on 1 September 1939.⁷ He married first at Calvaria Baptist Chapel, Mountain Ash, Glamorgan^G, on 1 March 1881, Jane "Jennie" Richards, daughter of Thomas Richards and Mary Thomas.^1,5,6 She died giving birth to their third child, Walter, in 1885. He married second at St Clears, Carmarthenshire, Wales^G, on 11 December 1888, Margaret E Williams.¹ Margaret was born in St Clears^G about 1858.⁸
     In 1851 Thomas was living at 20 Pelley Street, Michaelston-super-Avon, Glamorgan^G, in the household of his parents Walter and Jane, and was recorded in the census as Thomas Morgan, aged one and born in Michaelstone.⁹
     In 1861 he was living at 1 Church Row, Michaelston-super-Avon^G, in the household of his widowed grandmother, Margaret Michael, and was recorded as Thomas Morgan, a scholar, aged 11 and born in Michaelstone Super Avon. He was living with his widowed mother, Jane, and brother, Rees.¹⁰
     In 1871 he was living at 28 Church Square, Michaelston Lower, Glamorgan^G, in the household of his grandmother, Margaret Michael, and was recorded as Thomas Morgan, a doubler? in the tin works, a visitor, unmarried, aged 21 and born in Cwmavon.¹¹
     In 1881 he was living at 9 Vaughan Street, Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorgan^G, and was recorded as Thos Morgan, a Baptist minister, head of household, married, aged 31 and born in Cwmavon. Living with him were his wife Jennie, 26, and his widowed mother, Jane Williams, aged 51.¹²
     In 1891 he was living at 19 Bryntirion Street, Merthyr Tydfil, Dowlais, Glamorgan^G, and was recorded as Thomas Morgan, a Baptist minister, head of household, married, aged 41 and born in Cwm Avon, Glamorgan. Living with him were his wife, Margaret, aged 32 and born in Llanfihangel, Carmarthenshire, his widowed mother, Jane Williams, 61, and his children, Minnie, 9, Jennie, 7, Walter, 5, and Ceinwen, aged one.¹³
     In 1901 he was living at Burrows Road, Skewen, Glamorgan^G, and was recorded as Thos Morgan, Welsh Baptist Minister, head of household, married, aged 51 and born in Cwmavon, Glamorgan. Living with him were his wife, Margaret, 45, children, Jenny, 17, Walter, 15, Ceinwen, 11, Myfanwy, 9, David P Morgan, 7, Thomas, 5, and Idris, 8 months, and his widowed mother, Jane Williams, aged 71.¹⁴
     In 1911 he was living at Awelfa, 6 Wern Road, Skewen^G, and was recorded as Thomas Morgan, Baptist Minister, head of household, married, aged 61 and born in Cwmavon. Living with him were his wife Margaret, 53, and their children, Ceinwen, 21, Myfanwy, 19, David, 17, Thomas, 15, and Idris, aged ten.¹⁵
     Thomas was minister of the Horeb Chapel, New Road, Skewen, from 1900 to 1928. He visited America in 1903 and preached at the Baptist preaching festival at Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. He travelled from Liverpool on 22 April 1903 on the Oceanic and arrived in New York on 30 April.¹⁶
     Thomas Morgan was recorded in Who's Who in Wales in 1920.¹ An entry also appears on Welsh Biography Online.³

Walter Morgan, schoolmaster, son of Rev Thomas Morgan and Jane "Jennie" Richards, was born in Dowlais, Glamorgan^G, on 14 August 1885.^1,2 He died aged 69 in Bognor Regis, Sussex^G, on 1 November 1954.^3,4,5 He married in the Tabernacle Chapel, Pontypridd, Glamorgan^G, on 5 August 1913, Elizabeth Hannah "Lillie" Morgan, daughter of William Morgan and Elizabeth Davies.^6,7 They were married by Walter's father, the Revd Thomas Morgan. Walter's mother Jennie died in 1885, shortly after his birth.
     In 1891 Walter was living at 19 Bryntirion Street, Merthyr Tydfil^G, in the household of his father Thomas and stepmother Margaret, and was recorded in the census as Walter Morgan, aged five and born in Dowlais.⁸
     In 1901 he was living at Burrows Road, Skewen, Glamorgan^G, in the household of his father Thomas and stepmother Margaret, and was recorded as Walter Morgan, aged 15 and born in Dowlais.⁹
     In 1911 he was living at 44 Albert Terrace, Dewsbury, Yorkshire^G, and was recorded as Walter Morgan, a secondary schoolmaster, single, aged 25 and born in Dowlais, Glamorgan.¹⁰

Walter Morgan, coal miner, of Glamorgan, son of Thomas Morgan and Margaret ___, was born in Llanelli, Carmarthenshire^G, about 1830.¹ He died aged 25 in Cwmavon, Glamorgan^G,² and was buried at St Michael's Church, Michaelston-super-Avon, Glamorgan^G, on 26 May 1856.⁵ He married in Neath^G in 1849, Jane Michael, daughter of Rees Michael and Margaret Williams.^3,4
     In 1841 Walter was living at 13 Wood Row, Michaelston-super-Avon, Glamorgan^G, in the household of his parents Thomas and Margaret, and was recorded in the census as Walter Morgan, a collier, aged 10 [rounded down] and born not in Glamorgan.⁶
     In 1851 he was living at 20 Pelley Street, Michaelston-super-Avon^G, and was recorded as Walter Morgan, a collier, head of household, married, aged 20 and born in Llanelly, Carmarthenshire. Living with him were his wife Jane, aged 21 and also born in Llanelly, and their son Thomas, aged one and born in Michaelston.⁷

Walter Goronwy Morgan, dental surgeon, son of Walter Morgan and Elizabeth Hannah "Lillie" Morgan, was born in Dewsbury, Yorkshire^G, on 17 May 1916.¹ He died aged 77 in Les Bourgs Hospice, St Andrew's, Guernsey^G, on 9 October 1993.² He married in Surrey^G in 1940, Joan Zillah Haysom, daughter of Ralph Haysom and Winifred Elizabeth Palmer.³