Margaret Annie Pugh: Family History of Ivan Hurst

1905 -

Generation: 1

1.	Margaret Annie Pugh was born in 1905 in New Tredegar, Monmouthshire, Wales (daughter of Thomas John Pugh and Margaret Ann Evans). Margaret married Oswin Taylor in Oct 1935 in Upton, Worcestershire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Generation: 2

2.	Thomas John Pugh was born in 1881 in Tredegar, Monmouthshire, Wales (son of William Thomas Pugh and Mary Ann Bowdich). Thomas married Margaret Ann Evans on 31 Mar 1902 in Bedwellty, Monmouthshire, Wales. Margaret was born in 1882. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

3.
Margaret Ann Evans was born in 1882.
Children:

1. Margaret Annie Pugh was born in 1905 in New Tredegar, Monmouthshire, Wales.

Generation: 3

4.	William Thomas Pugh was born in 1862 in Blaenafon, Monmouthshire, Wales. William married Mary Ann Bowdich on 30 May 1881 in Bedwellty, Monmouthshire, Wales. Mary (daughter of John Bowdich and Eliza Wathey) was born in 1860 in Tredegar, Monmouthshire, Wales. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

5.

Mary Ann Bowdich was born in 1860 in Tredegar, Monmouthshire, Wales (daughter of John Bowdich and Eliza Wathey).

Children:

2. Thomas John Pugh was born in 1881 in Tredegar, Monmouthshire, Wales.

Generation: 4

10.	John Bowdich was born in 1831 in Farrington Gurney, Somerset, England (son of George Bowdich and Ann Maggs). John married Eliza Wathey on 25 Dec 1858 in Bedwellty, Monmouthshire, Wales. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Eliza Wathey
Children:

5. Mary Ann Bowdich was born in 1860 in Tredegar, Monmouthshire, Wales.

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