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-Tracing the family tree

-is an obsession for Welsh people.

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-We like to ask where do you come

-from and to whom are you related.

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-Here at the National Library

-in Aberystwyth...

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-..our experts have been

-investigating your stories.

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-They've found a few colourful

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-The library is a treasure trove

-of information...

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-..detailing every aspect

-of our history.

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-Perthyn's team of experts

-is on hand to guide us.

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-The hard work begins here.

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-A few months ago we asked you

-to send us your family stories.

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-They've been pouring in

-from every corner of Wales.

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-All families

-have intriguing tales to tell.

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-The Perthyn team is here

-to unlock the secrets of the past.

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-This week's story takes me to

-St Cenydd School in Caerphilly...

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-..to meet teacher, Sam Jarrett.

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-Brush your teeth.

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-Brush your teeth.

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-Brush your teeth.

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-Brush, brush, brush.

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-Brush, brush, brush.

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-Brush, brush your teeth.

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-Leaving the house.

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-Sam has taught Welsh

-as a second language for 18 years.

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-I was born near Wolverhampton.

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-My father found work

-in South Wales...

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-..and we moved here

-when I was two years old.

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-One starts with M.

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-"Mynd i gysgu."

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-"Mynd i gysgu."

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-Are you sure?

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-No. "Mynd i'r gwely."

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-No. "Mynd i'r gwely."

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-Well done.

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-Perfect. Well done.

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-Growing up,

-all my relatives lived in England.

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-English was the dominant language

-because we were English.

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-But I always enjoyed

-studying Welsh at school.

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-I felt drawn to it.

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-I studied Welsh as a second language

-and took it for A Level.

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-I was the only one taking it

-for A Level...

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-..and I was the one

-who came from England!

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-I then decided to do a Welsh degree,

-followed by teacher training.

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-Although I'm qualified to teach

-first-language Welsh...

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-..I wanted to teach it

-as a second language.

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-I've been here for 18 years...

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-..and I'm enjoying

-every moment of it.

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-So, Sherlock Holmes, what have you

-discovered in your research?

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-I have an old family photograph

-of my great-great-grandfather...

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-..John Owen Jarrett and his family

-who lived in Birmingham.

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-Although Jarrett is an English name,

-there are several in Merionethshire.

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-I'd like to know if they're related

-to my family of Jarretts.

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-I'd be thrilled to find a connection

-with Merionethshire and Wales.

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-To find out if she's related

-to the Jarretts of Merionethshire...

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-..she must first visit

-Perthyn's experts at the library.

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-Jason Evans has begun researching

-Sam's family tree.

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-By tracing the surname, Jarrett...

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-..we can go as far back

-as the late 18th century.

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-The family hailed from Trawsfynydd.

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-There was a long line of Jarretts...

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-..in Trawsfynydd.

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-They were

-a relatively prosperous family.

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-Here is a record...

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-..of a family wedding...

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-..that took place in 1772...

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-..at Trawsfynydd church.

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-Richard Jarrett

-married Eleanor Morris.

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-Very interesting.

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-There are earlier examples

-of the name Jarrett in Trawsfynydd.

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-I have them here.

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-We're looking again at the parish

-records of Trawsfynydd.

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-In 1746, you can see...

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-..there's a record of

-Jaret Richard's son's christening.

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-There are several references

-to Jaret Richard...

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-..which leads us to believe

-he was the first Jarrett...

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-..in Trawsfynydd.

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-He was the father

-of all the Jarretts in that area.

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-His children

-kept the name Jarrett as a surname.

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-So that's the beginning

-of the Jarrett line.

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-That's good.

-It's what I wanted to find out.

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-I'm so glad

-there's Welsh blood in the family.

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-That's great.

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-Perthyn has confirmed

-that Sam Jarrett has Welsh roots...

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-..dating back to 1720,

-to Jaret Richard in Trawsfynydd.

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-His son, Richard Jarrett,

-of Glanllafar Farm...

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-..was the first

-to use Jarrett as a surname.

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-A surname he passed on to his sons,

-Jarrett Jarrett and Richard Jarrett.

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-Here we have the will...

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-..of Gwen Jarrett.

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-She was the sister

-of the first Richard Jarrett...

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-..in Trawsfynydd.

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-This is a very long

-and complicated will.

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-There are a few items of interest.

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-"I bequeath unto the said

-Jarrett Jarrett...

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-"..the sum of five hundred pounds."

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-In today's money,

-that would equate to around 20,000.

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-So what did Jarrett Jarrett do

-with all that money?

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-He was very industrious.

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-The first thing he did

-was buy a large house...

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-..in the heart of Trawsfynydd

-and turned it into a pharmacy.

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-He then bought shops...

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-..in Machynlleth, Dolgellau,

-Llangadfan and all over the area.

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-If we consult the 1851 census...

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-..we notice that Glasfryn House

-in the heart of the village...

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-..was the home of Jarrett Jarrett.

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-He's noted as being a merchant

-and farmer...

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-..a landowner of 700 acres.

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-This was

-an affluent and prosperous family.

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-Right.

-So, to which one am I related?

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-Unfortunately, to Richard

-rather than Jarrett...

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-..who had all the wealth.

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-From Glasfryn House, Trawsfynydd...

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-..Jarrett Jarrett

-ran a successful family business.

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-As the owner, he employed brother

-Richard in the shop and pharmacy.

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-Sam is on her way to Trawsfynydd

-to find out more.

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-I've found the grave of Richard

-Jarrett from Glanllafar Farm.

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-He was the first of the family

-to use the name Jarrett...

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-..as a surname.

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-He's my great-great-great-

-great-great-grandfather.

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-I'm very pleased

-to have found his grave.

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-Having been raised on a farm...

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-..Richard Jarrett's sons went on

-to establish a chain of shops...

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-..and pharmacies in the area.

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-Glasfryn was the main business...

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-..providing a valuable service

-to the community.

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-At the beginning

-of the 19th century...

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-..pharmacology was an art,

-rather than a science...

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-..which was passed down

-from generation to generation.

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-The pharmacist would treat

-all manner of ailments...

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-..from farming injuries

-to fatal diseases...

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-..with drugs such as mercury,

-opium and traditional remedies.

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-The Jarretts were well respected.

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-Descendants remained at Glasfryn

-until the 1950s.

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-Sam is on her way

-to meet John Isgoed Williams...

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-..who remembers the last Jarretts

-to live at Glasfryn.

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-The Jarrett family go back

-a long way in Trawsfynydd's history.

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-The Jarretts were regarded

-as Trawsfynydd's entrepreneurs...

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-..to use today's terminology.

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-But my childhood memory

-of Glasfryn...

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-..the house

-where the most influential...

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-..and professional members

-of the family lived...

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-..is of a chemist's shop,

-run by Mr Jarrett himself.

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-The left-hand side of the shop...

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-..served as Trawsfynydd's

-post office.

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-So the shop was at the heart

-of community life back then, was it?

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-Very much so.

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-People say that Glasfryn

-even operated as a bank...

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-..before what we used to call

-back then...

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-..before it was taken over

-by Hong Kong and Shanghai...

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-..Glasfryn was somewhere where money

-was exchanged in those days.

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-The family was also involved

-in social initiatives locally.

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-A few family members are named...

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-..in the village

-historical records...

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-..in the 1823 booklet,

-Cymdeithas Gyfeillgar Trawsfynydd.

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-Each member had a duty...

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-..to seek out those

-who were in poor health...

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-..and who were in need.

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-Initiatives such as this...

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-..operated successfully

-in Trawsfynydd for many years.

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-It's always been

-a supportive community.

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-So this would have happened

-long before the welfare state.

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-Oh, yes.

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-It's been lovely

-talking to you today...

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-..and hearing about the Jarretts

-and their contribution...

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-..to life in Trawsfynydd.

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-As someone who's learned Welsh,

-it's nice knowing...

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-..that some of my family

-were true Welshmen...

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-..and came from

-a Welsh-language stronghold.

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-For me, that's very precious.

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-You can take comfort in the fact...

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-..that you're from the same family.

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-There's an old saying...

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-..that is attributed

-to Gwallter Mechain, who said...

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-.."If the Welsh language

-should die...

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-"..Trawsfynydd

-will be the last place...

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-"..where the language

-will be spoken."

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-The Welsh language is ingrained

-in the native population of today...

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-..to the extent it was

-in the old days.

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-It's a privilege that your family...

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-..hailed from such a wonderful place

-as Trawsfynydd.

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-Yes, indeed.

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-Yes, indeed.

-

-God bless you.

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-Thank you very much.

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-My family has lived in England

-for generations and spoken English.

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-It's been wonderful to find out...

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-..that I'm a descendant

-of a long line of Welsh people.

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-You couldn't find a more Welsh place

-than Trawsfynydd.

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-But the question

-I want answered is...

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-..why did my ancestors

-move away to England...

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-..and lose the Welsh language?

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-Sam Jarrett was born

-in the Midlands...

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-..before moving to South Wales

-as a child.

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-We've traced her Welsh roots...

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-..over eight generations

-to the Jarretts of Trawsfynydd.

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-Jarrett Jarrett and brother Richard

-Jarrett were successful businessmen.

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-But how did Sam's branch

-come to live in Birmingham?

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-Perthyn has found that Richard was

-the first to move from Trawsfynydd.

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-Jaret Richard Jarrett, the father of

-Sam's great-great-grandfather...

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-..went to Llangadfan in Powys...

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-..and married into the Owen family

-of the Cann Office Hotel.

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-But more information

-has come to light.

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-Right.

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-What we have here

-is the census of 1851.

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-Jaret Richard Jarrett's family

-lived in a shop in Llangadfan.

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-He and his wife, Jane,

-had three children.

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-Four-year-old RO Jarrett,

-two-year-old Mary...

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-..and seven-month-old Thomas.

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-My great-great-grandfather

-hadn't yet been born.

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-The 1861 census

-is the next document.

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-It shows that John Owen Jarrett...

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-..lived with his uncle,

-Richard Owen...

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-..and two aunts at the Cann Office.

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-It's strange that

-they didn't live with their parents.

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-I wonder where they were

-at the time of the 1861 census?

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-John Owen Jarrett

-was brought up by Richard Owen...

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-..his mother's brother,

-at the Cann Office Hotel.

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-Sam's great-great-grandfather was

-born in Llangadfan, not Birmingham.

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-To discover more about him

-and the Cann Office...

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-..Sam meets local historian,

-Alwyn Hughes.

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-The Cann Office

-was more than just a hotel.

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-It was a cultural centre.

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-There are records of eisteddfodau

-being held here.

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-Most land in the area

-was part of the estates...

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-..of the Earl of Powys,

-Castell Coch, Welshpool.

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-Tenant farmers came here

-to pay rent.

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-The mail coach would pass by

-on the turnpike road...

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-..on its way

-to Machynlleth and Aberystwyth.

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-They would change horses here.

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-The local women

-would come to sell stockings.

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-I hope they hadn't been worn!

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-Or had holes in them!

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-What can you tell me about my

-family's history at the Cann Office?

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-One man in particular stands out -

-Richard Owen.

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-We understand that his sister...

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-..had married

-into the Jarrett family.

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-There are numerous references

-to Richard Owen.

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-This is a photograph of him...

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-..standing outside the Cann Office.

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-He was a very tall and muscular man.

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-He was very talented and was

-renowned for his farming skill.

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-This is a description of him

-by his friend.

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-"He and his two sisters were the

-most welcoming people in Llangadfan.

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-"They helped the old and the needy.

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-"Volumes could be written

-about their generosity.

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-"He was a strong and sturdy man

-who was handy with his fists.

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-"His big, long nose

-was his only drawback.

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-"Usually, it was his nose...

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-"..which showed the obvious effects

-of a fight.

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-"I've been cursed again

-by this big nose," he'd say.

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-"It gets in the way."

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-Something like this is nice.

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-It's almost like meeting someone

-who knew him.

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-The description of his nose and the

-fact he was handy with his fists...

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-You'll certainly remember that.

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-But why did Richard Owen

-raise Sam's great-great-grandfather?

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-Where were his parents?

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-Perthyn has retrieved

-his mother's death certificate.

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-In 1857, Jane Owen Jarrett...

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-..the sister of Richard Owen,

-Cann Office...

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-..died at the age of 32 from TB.

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-Two years later, her husband died

-of the same disease.

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-It's sad to think that by 1861,

-these four children...

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-..were orphaned...

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-..and separated.

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-I realize

-that it happened 150 years ago...

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-..but I can still feel for them...

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-..and imagine how awful

-it must have been for the family.

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-Following their parents' deaths...

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-..John Owen Jarrett

-was raised in the Cann Office.

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-Perthyn is trying to establish...

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-..why Sam's great-great-grandfather

-left Wales for Birmingham.

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-This is very interesting.

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-What we have here

-is the census from 1871.

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-John Owen Jarrett had left

-the Cann Office in Llangadfan.

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-At the age of 16 years,

-he was an apprentice in Oswestry.

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-This is when Sam's family

-left Wales for England.

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-A decade later...

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-..in 1881...

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-..John Owen Jarrett...

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-..was working as an ironmonger

-in Battersea, London.

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-So he's travelled some distance

-from Llangadfan.

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-But we haven't yet reached

-Birmingham...

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-..so I have to do further research.

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-While Jason continues searching,

-Perthyn has a surprise for Sam.

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-They've found the Welsh branch

-of the Jarrett family...

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-..descendants of the Jarretts

-of Glasfryn, in Trawsfynydd.

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-This is the first time

-for her to meet them.

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-Hello, how are you? Welcome.

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-Thank you.

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-I'm sorry about the weather.

-Come inside.

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-I'm very pleased to meet you.

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-We're through here.

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-This is the family.

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-Let me introduce my brother, Glyn.

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-Hello, how are you?

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-David and Glyn

-asked where in the south I was from.

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-They had also been tracing

-the Jarrett family tree.

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-So there are

-one, two, three, four...

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-..five, six, seven children,

-if I'm correct.

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-Our relative

-and the brother of your relative...

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-..was Jarrett Jarrett, Glasfryn.

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-It was difficult

-working out who's who.

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-The Jaret Richard Jarrett

-who was noted in the census...

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-..wasn't the right one

-on account of his age.

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-Now I realize that I'd been looking

-at the wrong Jarrett Jarrett.

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-What do you know about

-Jarrett Jarrett's son, Richard?

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-He married Jane Owen

-from the Cann Office in Llangadfan.

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-He married into the Owen family.

0:21:120:21:14

-It was nice meeting David, Glyn

-and their families.

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-I'm so pleased to have met

-the other branch of the family.

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-We've shared information.

0:21:230:21:25

-Now that a connection has been made,

-I hope it will continue...

0:21:250:21:30

-..so that we can exchange

-information as we find out more.

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-It's nice to know there are Jarretts

-still living in Trawsfynydd.

0:21:350:21:39

-Keith Jarrett.

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-Keith Jarrett.

-

-People always ask if we're related.

0:21:410:21:43

-I'd like to think we are. I'd be

-thrilled. He'd be our Uncle Keith.

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-Although we share

-a passion for rugby...

0:21:510:21:54

-..our backgrounds

-are completely different.

0:21:540:21:57

-When Glyn asked me why my branch

-had moved to Birmingham...

0:21:570:22:01

-..I couldn't answer him.

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-But Jason has found the answer.

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-John Owen Jarrett,

-my great-great-grandfather...

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-..who was brought up

-in the Cann Office...

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-..was the first to leave Wales.

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-He went to work in Oswestry and then

-to Battersea as an ironmonger.

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-By the time of the 1891 census...

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-..he had moved to Birmingham.

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-Jason thought

-it was natural for a businessman...

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-..to be drawn to a large city

-during the industrial revolution.

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-It sounds likely.

0:22:440:22:46

-So we've finally found the answer.

0:22:480:22:51

-John Owen Jarrett,

-my great-great-grandfather...

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-..was the first to leave Wales.

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-It changed the course

-of my family's history.

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-I regarded myself

-as an English person.

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-Although the English side

-is an important part of my legacy...

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-..I can say, with pride, that

-Welsh blood runs through my veins.

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-To think that I learned Welsh,

-totally unaware of my background...

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-..I feel that I've come full circle.

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