Burials in grave of Mary Ann Knudsen at Box Cemetery Llanelli

Date: 1902 to 1992
Location: Llanelly, Carmarthenshire, Wales, United Kingdom

In the Llanelli District Cemetery, Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, Wales, United Kingdom, formerly known as the Box Cemetery, lies the grave of Mary Ann Knudsen.

Buried in the same grave are eleven other people that bear four different surnames that initially appear to be unrelated.

This page links to the profiles of the individuals and explains the relationship between them all.

We start with Hannah Francis who is not buried in the grave but is the mother or grandmother (including in-laws) of all that are buried in the grave bar William Francis who is her brother.

Hannah was married twice, the first marriage was to James Thomas. They had two daughters, Edith May Thomas and Catherine Jane Thomas. Edith May died in 1887. Catherine Jane Thomas was married twice. Her first marriage to John David Jones produced four children, Violet Jones, William Handel Stanley Jones, David Alan Jones and John Clifford Jones. Violet Jones married John Albert Davies.

The second marriage of Hannah Francis was to Richard James. Hannah and Richard had two daughters, the first Mary Ann James married Capt. Carl Christian Martinus Knudsen. They had a daughter Edith Crystal Knudsen

The second daughter of Hannah and Richard was Amelia Margaret James, who married Gwilym Leyshon. They had four children, Reuben Francis Ronald Leyshon, Raymond Douglas Layshon, James Kenneth Leyshon and Evelyn Leyshon.

We can now begin the process of identifying the relationships of the people buried in the grave. The inscription on the memorial stone begins with:-

In loving memory of M. A. Knudsen. This is Mary Ann (James) Knudsen.

The next inscription refers to Capt. Knudsen. This is Carl Christian Martinus Knudsen.

The next inscription refers to Edith Chrystal their daughter. This is Edith Crystal Knudsen.

The next inscription refers to Amelia Leyshon. This is Amelia Margaret (James) Leyshon.

The next inscription refers to William Francis. This is William Francis

The next inscription refers to John A Davies. This is John Albert Davies

The next inscription refers to Violet Davies. This is Violet (Jones) Davies

The next inscription refers to Douglas. This is Raymond Douglas Layshon,

The next inscription refers to James Kenneth. This is James Kenneth Leyshon.

The next inscription refers to Ronald. This is Reuben Francis Ronald Leyshon

The next inscription refers to Evelyn. This is Evelyn Leyshon.

The final inscription refers to Gwilym Leyshon. This is Gwilym Leyshon.

Each of the profiles linked to above have the respective link to FindAGrave for the specific Memorial ID for the individual on that site. This link [1] will take you to the memorial for Mary Ann (James) Knudsen, the first inscription on the memorial stone.