Wales' first Quadruplets - the harrowing story of the Hughes family

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  • Опубликовано: 19 янв 2025

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  • @Garwfechan-ry5lk
    @Garwfechan-ry5lk 3 месяца назад +523

    My Family are from Tregaron and that is not far away from this tragic place, we still farm in the area, the Hughes family was always a very sad story to listen to, it was believed they had Cholera, Beautiful Headstones, wonderful film Mr Jones, I was born in Buckinghamshire, but brought up as my father and grandfather was Cymraeg first, Diolch yn fawr, my memories bring me to tears at 88 years old. I have subscribed, you have made an old man very happy. Hwyl Fawr.

    • @charleneroberts3109
      @charleneroberts3109 3 месяца назад +26

      I used to live in Tregaron myself and I am not very far away from the school, matter of fact I am very near the school

    • @JMN-n2j3EBE777
      @JMN-n2j3EBE777 3 месяца назад +33

      Thank you! A very sad story but well documented and respectful and interesting. How lucky we all are to live in better times.

    • @LTJones
      @LTJones  3 месяца назад +19

      Diolch yn fawr i chi

    • @LTJones
      @LTJones  3 месяца назад +11

      Thank you very much

    • @traceywestlale8630
      @traceywestlale8630 2 месяца назад +15

      Heartbreaking 😢

  • @helenhughes9420
    @helenhughes9420 3 месяца назад +289

    The quads would have been an absolute miracle in those days. The pain Catherine endured watching her beautiful little miracles die one by one. I can imagine Catherine clinging to Hannah for mercy. Catherine had to be with her family.
    God bless them all may they rest in peace ❤
    It's commendable the Hughes family are remembered.
    Thank you.

    • @LTJones
      @LTJones  3 месяца назад +16

      Thank you Helen

    • @CheshireCat6639
      @CheshireCat6639 2 месяца назад +10

      Absolutely agree, would have said the very same❤❤❤❤💔💔💔💔

    • @deidriblay5919
      @deidriblay5919 2 месяца назад +15

      Hi, I love learning about this very sad story. It would have been so wonderful and a miracle for Catherine and her family and the village to have quads born in those days, and then to have to watch your beautiful baby's die one buy one then to loss you after two children and the man you love... I was wondering were is her grave? I think she should be put with her family now.. so Catherine can rest in peace ❤

    • @marycollins1024
      @marycollins1024 Месяц назад +2

      Beautiful scenery.

    • @diablotinkennel2676
      @diablotinkennel2676 19 дней назад +1

      The wife/mother was named Margaret.

  • @ianwatson3315
    @ianwatson3315 3 месяца назад +253

    Fascinating….imagine this family would never have imagined their story would be told 170 years later and accessible to the world.

    • @finolaomurchu8217
      @finolaomurchu8217 2 месяца назад +9

      Very true.

    • @Bee-ly4gx
      @Bee-ly4gx 2 месяца назад +21

      I always think that when I hear these old stories. If someone wants to tell my story in 170 years it will go like this, she got up made breakfast, cleaned up, made lunch, cleaned up, made tea, cleaned up watched RUclips went to bed.

    • @PhyreReighn
      @PhyreReighn 2 месяца назад +2

      So two died at 4 days old and the other two died weeks later?? This photo clearly shows two at about 6 mo old but also two newborns. The timing and photos are off but nice drawn out story.

    • @ianwatson3315
      @ianwatson3315 2 месяца назад +3

      @@PhyreReighnthey had 8 kids ..they had quadruplets after the other 4 kids..you wasn’t listening was you🙄

    • @ianwatson3315
      @ianwatson3315 2 месяца назад +1

      @@Bee-ly4gx😂

  • @CattisSongbird
    @CattisSongbird Месяц назад +23

    What a beautiful little house and the landscape 😮 but such a sad tragedy for the family 😢 I hope they are together now in peace 🤍

  • @SarahHadigate
    @SarahHadigate 3 месяца назад +343

    This popped up on my feed, and I am so glad I watched it. Such a sad story. A family blessed with 4 new babies, only to have them ripped away again a few days later along with the other children and father. So very sad. It's no wonder the mother took her life, driven mad with grief I dare say, bless her soul. After reading many stories where a suicide occurs, it would not surprise me if Margaret's body was passed out of the window of the house if that is where she was found, she would not have had the grace of going through the door. As for burial, she is most likely outside the graveyard, in unconsecrated ground since she committed the most heinous crime of suicide, and she would not be allowed to have a headstone as suicides were not allowed this privilege. Since we are now living in a different time, wouldn't it be wonderful to be able to locate her burial site, and place her with her family, with a headstone to mark her spot and the reason for her demise. Such a lovely video, great respect to you for showing us. Thank you.

    • @LTJones
      @LTJones  3 месяца назад +15

      Thank you very much

    • @juniperbush1442
      @juniperbush1442 2 месяца назад +38

      Yes it would be wonderful to reunite them. I’m sure in todays world she’d be forgiven for taking her own life

    • @JuliaDoyle-r8n
      @JuliaDoyle-r8n 2 месяца назад +6

      Forgiven by whom!

    • @juniperbush1442
      @juniperbush1442 2 месяца назад +25

      @@JuliaDoyle-r8n By the majority of people. We’re much more aware of mental health these days and the circumstances that can cause it

    • @janetpendlebury6808
      @janetpendlebury6808 2 месяца назад +38

      @@juniperbush1442 I dont think she needs to be forgiven, she did nothing that needs forgiving.

  • @annehampton5807
    @annehampton5807 3 месяца назад +128

    How could anyone deny a poor mother in utter grief and despair who had lost her entire family , not to be buried with her family is beyond belief. How cruel, life was to her and death. Does anyone know where she is buried? Does she even have a headstone? My heart breaks for her. She should be reburied with her family. How cruel and vile so-called religion has been to so many people, past and present. May they all rest in everlasting peace xxx

    • @JJ-iq8mi
      @JJ-iq8mi 2 месяца назад +11

      Religion, as usual.

    • @katharinecrumpton6314
      @katharinecrumpton6314 2 месяца назад +11

      Totally agree with you. She should be laid to rest with them. Maybe she will rest then

    • @RockDove5212
      @RockDove5212 Месяц назад +20

      ​@@JJ-iq8mi not religion. Jesus Christ never said that. It's the church and law who said it - man made institutions

    • @nancyharman4795
      @nancyharman4795 Месяц назад +12

      I can't help thinking that ground-penetrating radar could locate her remains. At the very least, she should have a headstone. Imagine having to care for her entire dying family right after having given birth under extremely primitive conditions... She was a woman of strength and courage, but there are limits to both qualities. Poor lady lost everything in the end. She decided to follow her loved ones, rather than live without them... 😥

    • @debbiemurray5506
      @debbiemurray5506 Месяц назад +2

      I agree with you whole heartedly

  • @carolinechaney3287
    @carolinechaney3287 3 месяца назад +154

    This is heartbreaking 😢 I wonder where they buried the mum, that poor woman...that vicar had a very cold heart. Thanks for sharing x

    • @LTJones
      @LTJones  3 месяца назад +4

      Thank you

    • @margaretflounders8510
      @margaretflounders8510 2 месяца назад +10

      I wonder if the poor children had even been baptised, their mother denied to be with them, is beyond cruel!..But in those days, it was a Sin..

    • @loua1519
      @loua1519 2 месяца назад +25

      ​@margaretflounders8510 It wasn't a sin. It was the act of a vain, pompous, self righteous, cruel little male.

    • @janetpendlebury6808
      @janetpendlebury6808 2 месяца назад +6

      @@loua1519 In those days suicide was a crime in England and Wales (until 1961) and an attempted suicide usually resulted in the person being prosecuted.

    • @PlaynJane76
      @PlaynJane76 2 месяца назад +18

      Yes Margaret, the quadruplets were baptised on 19 February 1856, and Hannah and Hugh were baptised in 1853 and 1850 respectively.

  • @wendybutler1681
    @wendybutler1681 2 месяца назад +92

    Dad's family came to the mines of the Montana region of the US. I know so little about Wales. I think the language is beautiful and would love to learn it.
    Your photography really showcased exactly what I would have chosen to see.
    The house inside was much more finished than I expected and the rooms much larger.
    What a sad, tragic story. When I lost my son I would have followed if not for the dog he had founnd 16 months earlier. The charming boy still needed me. He kept me here. I could not abandon him after the joy he brought to a sad house as my son was slowly dying.

    • @agbobier2657
      @agbobier2657 2 месяца назад +16

      My heart hurts for you😢

    • @jayjaychadoy9226
      @jayjaychadoy9226 2 месяца назад +9

      My deep condolences. 💐
      My son died too. Feb 22, 2021

    • @pamgrillo3084
      @pamgrillo3084 2 месяца назад +9

      I understand, honey. I lost my 39 year old son last year. I will never be the same. My heart aches for you. Will ask the Lord to visit you.

    •  Месяц назад +1

      🙏💕

    • @marycollins1024
      @marycollins1024 Месяц назад +3

      Hugs.

  • @leighcunningham756
    @leighcunningham756 2 месяца назад +201

    What an incredibly sad story. How many people have turned away from Christianity because of the cruel way in which the suicide victims were rejected = behaving as if they are the final judge rather than showing compassion for the deceased and those left behind. Greetings from South Africa. A well narrated piece.

    • @MumTiffanyTW9
      @MumTiffanyTW9 2 месяца назад +7

      I absolutely love the way you put this video together. You've done a phenomenal job even though I'm no expert. What I love the most is the very natural, comfortable and soft manner in which you tell the story.

    • @melcelese5057
      @melcelese5057 2 месяца назад +8

      Absolutely, Only the Lord too Judge , lest you be ..
      RIP ., Too all those Souls

    • @bubgum00
      @bubgum00 2 месяца назад +5

      @@MumTiffanyTW9Why are you posting this under someone else’s message? If you are talking to the person who made this video then you need to post to them and not to leighcunningham.

    • @LouLou-tl1gv
      @LouLou-tl1gv 2 месяца назад +11

      Up until the early 1980's Irish Roman Catholics who committed suicide where not allowed to be buried in consecrated ground nor have a funeral mass
      Suicide was considered a crime back then
      It has changed thankfully as now they can have a proper burial and requiem mass and deservingly so
      It was an extremely cruel law

    • @melissaphillips6912
      @melissaphillips6912 2 месяца назад +4

      Samson committed suicide....he is mentioned in Hebrews chapter 11...the hall of fame chapter of faithful ones. Man judges on the outside, God judges from the heart.
      She may be the one in Heaven and the priest may be in hell....

  • @momofpeaches8377
    @momofpeaches8377 3 месяца назад +91

    There is a similar tombstone in the cemetery in St. Augustine, Florida. It was a large family and during the yellow fever epidemic only the father survived. The tombstone reads. “Erected by the last member of a once happy family.” Unforgettable.

    • @blacknight2149
      @blacknight2149 2 месяца назад +3

      Yes I’ve seen that! It’s very famous, many people talk about it and how awful it is. That Yellow fever outbreak was terrible

  • @gilliandianeryan1493
    @gilliandianeryan1493 3 месяца назад +193

    Such a very sad story .Although the mother wasn't allowed to be buried with her family ,she is with them all in Spirit .I don't believe God would have separated them .Rest in Peace together .

    • @jonfishsorth1369
      @jonfishsorth1369 2 месяца назад +12

      Yes sad that’s how the Church ruled the people until not many years ago. My Mum never got over loss of still birth baby although she had 8 of us. Seemed to be the fact that they could not be buried in consecrated ground as not baptised.

    • @clareshaughnessy2745
      @clareshaughnessy2745 2 месяца назад +14

      @@jonfishsorth1369I was brought up as a Catholic and went to convent school. I never really believed in it all, but that ideas of original sin and babies being sent to limbo if they died without being baptised was so horrible to me that it officially killed any interest I might have had in the god I was being taught about. Even at age ten or eleven I knew that any god who would do that was not one I wanted anything to do with

    • @cynthiamartin2197
      @cynthiamartin2197 2 месяца назад +4

      @@clareshaughnessy2745 I was Catholic; many things were preached from man to control man and not abouts God's love for His children. I hope now you've had time to study His specific word to understand the children are the most innocent and loved.

    • @karmar22able
      @karmar22able 2 месяца назад +6

      Church leaders will be accountable for wrong teaching and unloving actions. Each of us will be accountable for our own decision.

    • @carolinelewis9615
      @carolinelewis9615 2 месяца назад +5

      Very touching the way the church leader kept her body away, just a little bit, instead of turning her away from her family, which would have been the traditional thing to do in those times. He showed bravery, understanding and empathy...continue All to RIP

  • @merelhoekstra7330
    @merelhoekstra7330 3 месяца назад +49

    Poor family of eight with 6 little children 😢 may they all rest in peace… ✨✨ 👼🏼👼🏼👼🏼👼🏻💐💐 Beautiful emotional text on the graves…

  • @julibeswick-valentine3690
    @julibeswick-valentine3690 3 месяца назад +50

    Thank you for sharing this tragic story. That poor Mother, she would not have recovered from the birth of her babies. The anguish and helpless she must have felt. The final cruelty of not allowing her to rest with her family in death is hard to hear.

    • @LTJones
      @LTJones  3 месяца назад +2

      Thank you

  • @mimib95
    @mimib95 3 месяца назад +88

    The story would have been very sad just upon hearing it, but you taking the trouble to go there to tell their story brought it to life so thank you for sharing this tragic tale.

    • @LTJones
      @LTJones  3 месяца назад +2

      Thank you very much

  • @TS-bn7zt
    @TS-bn7zt 3 месяца назад +40

    Incredibly sad, I cannot even imagine the sadness and overwhelming grief
    as one by one they all passed away.
    Thank you for bringing us this story and the remembrance of the Hugh’s family.
    Very well done LT.

    • @LTJones
      @LTJones  3 месяца назад +3

      Thank you TS

    • @carolclarke8163
      @carolclarke8163 2 месяца назад +3

      Thank you, LT Jones for bringing this very sad story to us. It's one of the saddest I've ever heard. Visiting the cottage gave me an overwhelming sad emptiness. The gravestones are very beautiful and elaborate, but it must have broken the stone mason's heart a million times before the engravings were completed. I hope their dear mother was reunited with her family, may they all RIP 🙏. I really appreciate your work, have now subscribed and look forward to viewing more of your videos and adventures. Watching from Canada 🇨🇦.

  • @steverock4329
    @steverock4329 3 месяца назад +138

    Excellent video, that poor family, so sad, I can fully understand why the grief stricken mother would taken her own life after what happened, such a shame the church behaved in the manner they did and didn’t treat her with more respect.

    • @LTJones
      @LTJones  3 месяца назад +3

      Thanks Steve

    • @vicnurse5
      @vicnurse5 3 месяца назад +20

      I agree Steve...why oh why or how can these so called religious people deny in death that poor darling woman to not be buried with her loved ones. I am not religious, and probably because of how cruel religion has been and can still be to people.

    • @suzyhajny
      @suzyhajny 3 месяца назад +23

      @@vicnurse5 yes religion can be very cruel. But don't confuse Jesus with religion. Jesus is Love, and even He was very angry with the religious leaders of His day. ❤

    • @susanb2015
      @susanb2015 2 месяца назад +1

      ​@@suzyhajny Jesus was a good man

    • @cgg-n9h
      @cgg-n9h 2 месяца назад +1

      @@susanb2015Jesus was God incarnate, more than a man ❤

  • @missmerrily4830
    @missmerrily4830 2 месяца назад +20

    You have very respectfully brought this very sad story alive for us to learn what happened to the Hughes family. It's important for us to hear the small histories of people too, so thank you.

    • @LTJones
      @LTJones  2 месяца назад

      Thank you very much

  • @blacknight2149
    @blacknight2149 2 месяца назад +28

    Absolutely breathtaking place. I traced my heritage back to Wales. The story of those quads is so heartbreaking. Margaret was so heartbroken she couldn’t bear to live any longer. Losing all 4 plus her first two children and husband. Hod rest her tortured soul 🙏🏻😢

    • @luckylogger7594
      @luckylogger7594 2 месяца назад +5

      My Dad was adopted, but we knew his birth parents and recently traced their ancestery to Wales. His mother was a Morgan from Glammorgan region. My 7th great grandfather Morgan Morgan was the first white family that settled and founded W, Virginia. His son Zackquill Morgan founded Morgantown, West Virginia and fought in the French Indian War and he was a Colonel in the Revolutionary War,

    •  Месяц назад +1

      Amen 🙏

    • @annbond5040
      @annbond5040 25 дней назад +1

      I’d like to think that they are all at peace and happy now. No more suffering and all together. 💕🙏

  • @lisevivier1878
    @lisevivier1878 Месяц назад +13

    Thank you M Jones to give life to the Hughes family.

    • @LTJones
      @LTJones  Месяц назад +3

      Thank you so much

  • @TheSonsofFalstaff
    @TheSonsofFalstaff 3 месяца назад +92

    That vicar must have been a hard hearted sod. I couldn't have separated the family.
    Excellent video.

    • @LTJones
      @LTJones  3 месяца назад +2

      Thank you

    • @steventhomas9203
      @steventhomas9203 3 месяца назад +10

      The at was the way back then. So can’t judge on standards of another time frame

    • @TheSonsofFalstaff
      @TheSonsofFalstaff 3 месяца назад +6

      @@steventhomas9203 You're right. I looked into it a bit and found that it was actually against the law to commit suicide.

    • @lesleycooper7544
      @lesleycooper7544 3 месяца назад +16

      That poor lady. Nursed and saw all her babies and husband die. I no wonder she took her own life That vicar should have been more forgiving 💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔😢

    • @ingridhead6574
      @ingridhead6574 2 месяца назад +15

      She is forgiven in the eyes of God ……. Bless their souls ❤

  • @roomullan3050
    @roomullan3050 Месяц назад +7

    Poor Margaret, what grief she suffered

  • @Annie497-f5x
    @Annie497-f5x Месяц назад +5

    To have the miracle of naturally conceived quads who survived birth, only to die from a disease that ravaged this family is beyond tragic. This poor woman lost her children, one by one, then lost her husband. She lost everything and must have felt so overcome with pain and grief. May her soul rest in peace, along with all of her family who tragically died. They are all together, again, in heaven.

  • @andreawood991
    @andreawood991 Месяц назад +9

    Its a wonder anyone survived in those cold, damp, old houses 😢poor family 😢❤❤❤

  • @danetteperez3863
    @danetteperez3863 2 месяца назад +6

    What a beautiful epitaph for the babies!
    How blessed to know that all will be United in the Resurrection! Despite the vicars attempt to exclude.
    Thank you for taking us where we cannot go. God bless you for being respectful .

  • @RetiredProfessor2024
    @RetiredProfessor2024 Месяц назад +5

    What a beautiful country Wales is! I live in California USA, where it is dry. We don’t see much green, except in spring. This is a sad story 😢

    • @LTJones
      @LTJones  Месяц назад

      Thanks for watching. Love California 🇺🇸

  • @GraveVisitations
    @GraveVisitations 3 месяца назад +30

    Very sad a family wiped out like that 💔 unfortunately that was the case back in the 1800'S. Great video mate very well presented and respectfully done 👍

    • @LTJones
      @LTJones  3 месяца назад +1

      Thank you GV

  • @joannedonaldson5818
    @joannedonaldson5818 2 месяца назад +13

    The amount of grief she had was terrible, losing her whole family, and living by herself would been horribly hard on her, god bless her, and hope they all have another life together to grow to be loved and cherished.

  • @Nikki94here
    @Nikki94here Месяц назад +3

    The absolute fury I felt when you said the vicar wouldn't allow that poor mum to be buried with her family. I don't care about the traditions or beliefs he had, absolutely shame on him for not using his discretion with grace. I hope his conscience caught up with him eventually.

    • @LTJones
      @LTJones  Месяц назад +1

      Thanks for watching

  • @fionasaunders7646
    @fionasaunders7646 3 месяца назад +64

    It is the Lord who judges, not the vicar or any body else
    I am certain our creator would forgive her ‘sin ‘of suicidal death and reunite her with her husband and all the children .RIP the Hugh’s family. The days of Glory are waiting for you all.

    • @justjane2070
      @justjane2070 2 месяца назад +1

      I’m sure he would forgive her ! after killing her whole family ?

    • @JJ-iq8mi
      @JJ-iq8mi 2 месяца назад

      Glory? Where was God for this family?

    • @RockDove5212
      @RockDove5212 Месяц назад

      ​@@justjane2070 Jesus didn't kill her family! Disease did

    • @RockDove5212
      @RockDove5212 Месяц назад

      @fionasaunders7646 amen ❤🙏🏻✝️❤

  • @SaoirsenahÉireann1
    @SaoirsenahÉireann1 3 месяца назад +72

    Very cruel times, a devastating story....❤ from Ireland

    • @hablin1
      @hablin1 2 месяца назад +4

      This could have happened in Ireland too and today with modern medicine they could have survived 😢

  • @colleenmckinlay2916
    @colleenmckinlay2916 3 месяца назад +21

    Absolutely heart wrenching. Can’t image that Mother watching all her family pass. Even more upsetting is the church not burying her with her family. Thank you for sharing this story. I just found your channel. Will definitely subscribe. My Grandma was born in Wales and immigrated with my Grandfather and my Mom and two uncles to work in the coal mines of Alberta on the early 1900’s. So, I am very interested in the history of this beautiful land.

    • @LTJones
      @LTJones  3 месяца назад

      Thank you very much

  • @Purple-Haze33
    @Purple-Haze33 Месяц назад +4

    That poor mother loosing her whole family like that,she was heartbroken bless her god would of understood her pain,I'm glad that don't happen no more not giving them a proper funeral R.I.P Margret ❤

  • @catherineloftus1376
    @catherineloftus1376 3 месяца назад +35

    Whatva tragic story, the Wife and Mother must have felt, there was nothing to live for, after the loss of her entire family. What a heart of steel, the Vicer must have had. Never the less she'll have been reunited with her family in Heaven, I'm sure of that. 🎉 R.I.P.

    • @jonfishsorth1369
      @jonfishsorth1369 2 месяца назад

      Ye holier than thou as they say then all the sins they have committed makes me angry.

    • @carolewynn9407
      @carolewynn9407 2 месяца назад +1

      Wasn't up to the vicar, suicide was against the law at that time. Those who committed suicide were not allowed to be buried in consecrated ground. This was how it was, you have to remember this is history.

  • @diannehardwick950
    @diannehardwick950 3 месяца назад +17

    Thank you for telling this tragic story. That poor woman was left bereft. They lie overlooking the beautiful land where they lived.🙏 God bless them all.

    • @LTJones
      @LTJones  3 месяца назад

      Thank you

  • @stephenhowlett6345
    @stephenhowlett6345 3 месяца назад +55

    Unbelievable the vicar wouldn't allow the mum to be buried with her kids, he must have had a heart of stone and not to Christian.

    • @Janeedsleep12345
      @Janeedsleep12345 2 месяца назад +4

      Suicide was viewed very differently back then and he was being a Christian by not allowing her be buried with her kids- it’s still seen very much of a taboo subject now a days

    • @teresacorrigan3076
      @teresacorrigan3076 2 месяца назад

      🇨🇦just suffering. Horrible. You see the hardness of life evidenced in the graveyards.

    • @stephenhowlett6345
      @stephenhowlett6345 2 месяца назад +6

      @teresacorrigan3076 if I had any say I'd rebury that poor woman with her kids , you'd think someone would have done it years ago.

    • @denisescutt1865
      @denisescutt1865 2 месяца назад +1

      He would have been severely judged by God

    • @denisescutt1865
      @denisescutt1865 2 месяца назад +1

      @@stephenhowlett6345 they are together now in heaven. God has great compassion

  • @jojo43488
    @jojo43488 2 месяца назад +21

    Poor family. Grief must have been unimaginable. Inside house feels heavy, sad. Her body should be at the side of her husband and children who she pushed through her own tremendous pain. I ask her soul to be free from purgatory. No one should judge her.

    • @talex1625
      @talex1625 2 месяца назад +4

      Her soul is absolutely not in purgatory.

    • @jojo43488
      @jojo43488 2 месяца назад

      How do you know!?​@@talex1625

  • @safepethaven
    @safepethaven Месяц назад +3

    Such natural beauty in a place of tragedy. Thank you for respecting the ringing of the bell.

  • @shirleybezuidenhout2724
    @shirleybezuidenhout2724 3 месяца назад +22

    Such a sad story 😢 must have been hard to survive under such conditions. Poor mother 😢 her grief was too much to bear. Thanks for sharing 👍

  • @lilgeorge34
    @lilgeorge34 2 месяца назад +18

    Such a sad story, thank you for sharing this with us, If I was you I would get a Facebook group going from Wales asking for donations to get Hannah body exhumed, and buried with her family. This would be the best thing ever.

    • @LTJones
      @LTJones  2 месяца назад +1

      Thank you

    • @only.me.loulou
      @only.me.loulou 2 месяца назад +4

      I was thinking the same thing! Poor mum being separated from all her babies and husband at such an awful time. I hope they know where poor Margaret is actually buried. I'd love to go and lay some flowers for her to show she is still remembered ❤

    • @lilgeorge34
      @lilgeorge34 2 месяца назад +1

      @@only.me.loulou You a softy like me with a big heart, I would love to lay flowers as well.♥

    • @triciaselman9215
      @triciaselman9215 Месяц назад +1

      Good idea

  • @Jkk55
    @Jkk55 3 месяца назад +23

    What a beautiful place so very sad what happened to this poor family 😢it's no wonder the mother unalived herself can you imagine the grief and pain she had to endure?. To add insult to injury she was treated like an outcast! shame on that vicar. Thank you for telling us and remembering this family 👏👏👏👏

    • @LTJones
      @LTJones  3 месяца назад +1

      Thank you

    • @judithcressey1682
      @judithcressey1682 2 месяца назад

      'Unalived herself' ? What kind of language is that ? The poor woman took her own life because of the harsh and tragic realities of her life. You denigrate and neutralise her experience by using simpering meaningless words. She killed herself . It's a harsh and violent thing to do to oneself, however achieved, in the face of unspeakable grief and tragedy. Respect the full weight of her situation and action. Don't diminish it with anodyne non-words.

    • @lanabills4498
      @lanabills4498 2 месяца назад

      Please don't denigrate others. Especially here, especially this story. We are all different. Bless. ​@@judithcressey1682

    • @Bella-qu5pf
      @Bella-qu5pf 2 месяца назад +2

      ​@judithcressey1682 RUclips gets mad so people use subtle words to skirt that, its not an act of disrespect

    • @judithcressey1682
      @judithcressey1682 2 месяца назад

      @Bella-qu5pf I'm aware but my comment is still up (so far).

  • @jujumulligan43
    @jujumulligan43 13 дней назад +2

    I just found your channel. I enjoy your accent very much. I could listen to your story telling all day. A very beautiful area. We don't hear much about Wales. The story is chilling and so very sad. Suicide is so misunderstood and wrongly judged. I have always thought that we must consider what someone has gone through in their lives. In the North American indigenous community there is a saying like this..." Before you judge someone, walk a mile in their moccasins". Thank you very much for sharing this tragedy. Excellent narrative.

    • @LTJones
      @LTJones  13 дней назад +1

      Thank you so much

    • @jujumulligan43
      @jujumulligan43 13 дней назад

      Meant to say Blessings for the New Year to you and loved ones from North Carolina USA ❤​@@LTJones

  • @krissy1
    @krissy1 2 месяца назад +6

    Thank you for this video. How terribly sad, one cannot imagine the grief the poor mother suffered and to be denied a burial next to her beloved family is cruel beyond words!

  • @bettyfourman5438
    @bettyfourman5438 3 месяца назад +15

    This is the most sad story. Such a lovely family living in their big home ...and the precious children. So blessed in this gorgeous countryside. The wife should be with her family. God rest her soul.

    • @LTJones
      @LTJones  3 месяца назад

      Thank you

  • @lucianaxavier9424
    @lucianaxavier9424 26 дней назад +2

    My heart is broken, such a sad story about this family.. Beautiful place even watching the video feeling of great sadness inside the house.. Only God knows the despair and heart of this mother, God give her a good place with her family, she wanted so much by your side.If one day I could visit this place I would like to take flowers to this family and say prayers for everyone...

  • @jasonmaccoul
    @jasonmaccoul 3 месяца назад +11

    Absolutely fantastic video. A sad story, but retelling it keeps it alive and not forgotten. Although only drawing breath for a few days, we still remember them, and that helps them. Well edited with the drone.

    • @LTJones
      @LTJones  3 месяца назад

      Thank you Jason

  • @soundslikephiladelphia
    @soundslikephiladelphia Месяц назад +4

    They were doing well to have had a cottage that large, and those headstones. Definitely a sad story.

  • @darladellana4961
    @darladellana4961 Месяц назад +4

    The scenery is just gorgeous!

    • @LTJones
      @LTJones  Месяц назад

      Thanks for watching

  • @mizzmary861
    @mizzmary861 Месяц назад +5

    A Mother with no help caring for 6 crying and sick babies, that alone is a heavy load but to have to bury each plus a spouse was too much😢 Curious how they contracted the illness living so remote. Sad story, Thank you for sharing .

    • @LTJones
      @LTJones  Месяц назад +3

      Thank you

    • @brendasmith5848
      @brendasmith5848 10 дней назад +1

      It is a beautiful remote area now, but back in the day it was the "wild west " of Wales. It was a busy lead and siver mining area, dating back to the Roman invasion and before.
      With the decline of the industry many left to work in the Coal mines of South Wales and many to North America. Including my own family.

  • @Jacquline-i8d
    @Jacquline-i8d 2 месяца назад +8

    What a wonderful but sad Story, Quads in those days was an amazing to have all four living until sickness came. Thank You enjoyed the history, surprised the house is left vacant.

  • @TracyW-me8br
    @TracyW-me8br Месяц назад +5

    Its pretty crazy that she carried and delivered healthy quads at home in the 1850s just to lose them all, so.sad.

  • @alisonmckenzie1415
    @alisonmckenzie1415 3 месяца назад +13

    Very sad story of the Hughes Family.Their family home is in a beautiful location. Thank you LT will remember this sad story!

    • @LTJones
      @LTJones  3 месяца назад

      Thank you

  • @MsPixi66
    @MsPixi66 3 месяца назад +13

    What a lovely building made to last.This was very enjoyable ty. R.I.P ❤

    • @LTJones
      @LTJones  3 месяца назад +1

      Thank you very much

  • @lainydepp
    @lainydepp 3 месяца назад +32

    When you like the video before seeing it because you know it's going to be awesome 😊❤

    • @LTJones
      @LTJones  3 месяца назад +3

      Thank you so much

  • @yvonnepetty3400
    @yvonnepetty3400 2 месяца назад +7

    So very sad . My Grandmother was a Hughes. I was born in Wales. Came to S Africa after l was married. I remember my Grandmother showed me where they buried outside the the Church. It was so sad. Thanks for telling us about the story. Very well done. Take care. Xx

  • @RowdyProwdy
    @RowdyProwdy Месяц назад +1

    I am absolutely bawling.
    I pray that our Margaret reunited with her family. My heart is broken for her

  • @Lottie.Bronte321
    @Lottie.Bronte321 2 месяца назад +13

    💔💔💔 Heart wrenching story of this tragic family, especially as they lived in such a beautiful place. I know West Wales very well as we have been holidays there since I was very small, all around Ceredigion.
    Loved you presentation and drone footage too. I felt like I was there.
    It was awful that Margaret the mother was not allowed to be buried with her family. Very hard, strict times.
    Pleased this popped up on my feed! I love social history of ordinary people.

    • @LTJones
      @LTJones  2 месяца назад

      Thank you so much

  • @abbykay4439
    @abbykay4439 Месяц назад +5

    R.I.P. Hughes Family.💐🕯️☁️☀️☁️

  • @michelepascoe6068
    @michelepascoe6068 Месяц назад +3

    How sad. Beautiful place. I'm glad they had their hope in God to be resurrected together one day. I shall be glad to meet them.

  • @anntunaley9974
    @anntunaley9974 14 дней назад +1

    This man could recite the ABCs over and over and I'd listen to him all day long. That accent is amazing

    • @LTJones
      @LTJones  14 дней назад

      Ha thank you 😁

  • @CGH250
    @CGH250 18 дней назад +1

    I have Welsh ancestry. This was such a moving story. Thanks for sharing it. ❤️

  • @crystaldance5731
    @crystaldance5731 3 месяца назад +14

    What a tragic story lt beautiful little cottage so well done lt thankyou ❤️😊👍🏻

    • @LTJones
      @LTJones  3 месяца назад

      Thanks CD

  • @JANDOLING-ej3nn
    @JANDOLING-ej3nn Месяц назад +1

    My great grandparents lost 5 in a diptheria epidemic in Ohio in the 1880s. Viewings were held in the parlor then and visiting children would run about near the casket, exposing them to germs. My great grandparents came back from burying one child to find two more had died while they were out. My great grandmother could not sit at the dining table for many years as the empty places caused her to be overcome with grief. There is a tall oblisk in the cemetery for the family, with those five childrens' death dates all within a short time of each other.

  • @christinebories2446
    @christinebories2446 Месяц назад +2

    What a beautiful house bit of the track but amazing the little house still in good condition most probably haunted

  • @Toni-rp3hs
    @Toni-rp3hs Месяц назад +1

    Hi from Australia 🇦🇺
    So sad I had a tears 😢 in my eyes so sad RIP Hughes family 💜🕊️

    • @LTJones
      @LTJones  Месяц назад

      Thanks for watching 🇦🇺

  • @yvonnepagan9912
    @yvonnepagan9912 3 месяца назад +13

    Those babies look about six months old in that photo, so maybe it was “within one year there were seven dead.” I wonder how they looked after them. Imagine all those nappies, soiled clothes, towels. The feeding they’d need, about twenty-four feeds a day! And the mother survived all of them, even after feeding the babies, nursing the sick and cooking and washing! They built em tough in those days! A tiny house for eight to live in. It’s been well preserved. I’m glad I live in todays world, we can survive almost any Illness today, we’re cooled in the heat and warmed in the cold and have so many needs taken care of and in comfort. Such a sad, sad story!😥

    • @SMartypAntsPants
      @SMartypAntsPants 3 месяца назад +6

      I think the image may be AI generated!

    • @ChelleKT1
      @ChelleKT1 2 месяца назад

      @@SMartypAntsPantsit definitely is, twins and two kids of close, but different ages.

    • @SMartypAntsPants
      @SMartypAntsPants 2 месяца назад +2

      @@ChelleKT1 Also, the babies were only days old but the male twin nearest the dad is somehow supporting himself unaided. It's AI

    • @LTJones
      @LTJones  2 месяца назад +7

      It's an AI generated depiction of the family

  • @sarahfrith1984
    @sarahfrith1984 2 месяца назад +6

    Heartbreaking story. Crazy to think the landscape is probably unchanged since the Hughes family were there but the world is totally different place nowadays. Thank you for sharing the story. I’m proud to be from beautiful 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 myself 😊

    • @LTJones
      @LTJones  2 месяца назад

      Thank you Sarah

  • @kategwynne4658
    @kategwynne4658 2 месяца назад +6

    This was very interesting. I like the verse on the children's grave which is so sad but incredibly beautiful. Thanks for this. From Cardiff.

  • @michellescott6435
    @michellescott6435 2 месяца назад +4

    THANKYOU for sharing this tragic story and keeping the memories of the Hughes family alive. God bless them all.

    • @LTJones
      @LTJones  2 месяца назад +1

      Thank you Michelle

  • @1962pjh
    @1962pjh Месяц назад +3

    I enjoyed this story from history.

  • @andreainsley2928
    @andreainsley2928 2 месяца назад +6

    Hello from the U.S. What a sad story. Thank you for sharing it. The scenery is beautiful.

  • @jillnunnen1815
    @jillnunnen1815 2 месяца назад +11

    Losing 6 kids and your husband.....no wonder she went mad. Tragic

  • @nannypat6520
    @nannypat6520 Месяц назад +1

    I lived in the area where 1st Blood was filmed. You’re right, it’s very similar but overall more mountainous. Hope British Columbia BC Canada. This is a Unbelievably sad story.

  • @connielocke9700
    @connielocke9700 Месяц назад +2

    Really a lovely cottage. Sad sad story.

  • @deborahcabot3100
    @deborahcabot3100 2 месяца назад +5

    Oh my, that poor woman, to lose her children, husband and then to have the church turn their backs on her because her heart and soul could not handle the tragedy. Life is cruel at times. Thank you for sharing their story and the beautiful country side of Wales.

    • @LTJones
      @LTJones  2 месяца назад +1

      Thank you Deborah

    • @ChantaleCoulombe-c9t
      @ChantaleCoulombe-c9t 20 дней назад +1

      I dont blame her for was she had to do I wouldnt be able either to survive my loved ones
      blame

  • @annemaguire657
    @annemaguire657 28 дней назад +2

    What a terribly sad sad story, but thank you for sharing 🙏

    • @LTJones
      @LTJones  27 дней назад +1

      Thank you

  • @Mamadukee1
    @Mamadukee1 3 месяца назад +9

    Excellent video, on such a sad story delivered by you with empathy !!!!!🇬🇧

    • @LTJones
      @LTJones  3 месяца назад

      Thank you Maria

  • @reneelipton695
    @reneelipton695 Месяц назад +1

    My family roots are in East TN, USA. Up in the mountains are so many old headstones and a few are just a rock as a marker. So many Confederate soldiers passed through these mountains. I have many family members buried in the cemetery with the latest to be put to rest was my sweet Mama with Daddy. Its a pretty good drive for me to visit but it is so beautiful. I absoulity love to visit old burial sites, something about them brings me that much closer to God. Stay safe Ya'all and blessings from me to you!

  • @ValerieOBrien-x6g
    @ValerieOBrien-x6g Месяц назад +1

    Such a heartbreaking story. The translation of the headstone inscription broke my heart. Beautifully and respectfully told

    • @LTJones
      @LTJones  Месяц назад +1

      Thank you so much

  • @YesterdaysTreasuresAndMore
    @YesterdaysTreasuresAndMore 2 месяца назад +3

    Such a sad story. May they all rest in peace. My first time watching your videos. Such beautiful countryside. Watching fron USA.

  • @carolflynn7933
    @carolflynn7933 2 месяца назад +8

    😢 Absolutely heart breaking. God bless them all.

  • @LINDABELLAMY-q3j
    @LINDABELLAMY-q3j 3 месяца назад +11

    😢😢😢😢😢❤❤❤❤❤ extremely sad story but very interesting. They must know where mums buried can she now be found and laid to rest with her husband and babies. ❤❤❤❤❤ thankyou for the video. More please.

    • @LTJones
      @LTJones  3 месяца назад

      Thank you

    • @carogog8765
      @carogog8765 2 месяца назад +2

      I thought the same thing, such a moving story, beautifully told.

  • @shelleyfrancis7889
    @shelleyfrancis7889 14 дней назад +1

    Hartbreaking wow she took care of all her dying family and wasn't Evan allowed to be layed to rest with them ,twisted vicar she deserved to be with her family, beautifully told ❤❤❤❤

  • @andrewfaduk214
    @andrewfaduk214 3 месяца назад +16

    I love watching your videos from my birth country. This is such a a tragedy though.... poor family 😔..
    told so respectfully.
    Regards from South Africa 🇿🇦

    • @LTJones
      @LTJones  3 месяца назад +1

      Thank you Andrew

  • @sarahhernandez5425
    @sarahhernandez5425 2 месяца назад +1

    Absolutely heartbreaking. As a mother, I can't imagine such grief. Although, I'm sure tragedies like that were terribly common. Whole families dying due to illnesses we now know how to prevent or treat. 😢

  • @abdotanjawi2881
    @abdotanjawi2881 3 месяца назад +8

    قصص واقعية ومحزنة ونشكرك على هذا المجهود ونقل لنا هذا الفيديوا الرائع متابع من المغرب

    • @LTJones
      @LTJones  3 месяца назад

      Thank you 🇲🇦

  • @tonymccallion8119
    @tonymccallion8119 3 месяца назад +11

    Very Sad True Life Story.....Well Told L.T Great Video

    • @LTJones
      @LTJones  3 месяца назад

      Thank you Tony

  • @tammybride1453
    @tammybride1453 Месяц назад +2

    Hello I love your work

    • @LTJones
      @LTJones  Месяц назад

      Hi Tammy, thank you very much

  • @mterrylane819
    @mterrylane819 3 месяца назад +10

    Heart breaking story amid hard times, very beautiful area so green

  • @HLStrickland
    @HLStrickland Месяц назад +2

    I just looked. I have have Hughes in my family tree. Born abt 1830ish ... Her name was Isabella.

  • @JCisReal
    @JCisReal 11 дней назад +1

    To imagine the dreams they must've shared never to be had.😢
    What a beautiful home and land it would have been to raise their children.

  • @sivkaldal7958
    @sivkaldal7958 Месяц назад +3

    Lovely hike,but a sad story for sure..

  • @Dai-Verse-IT
    @Dai-Verse-IT 3 месяца назад +9

    Very good presentation of such a sad tale. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿😢👍

    • @LTJones
      @LTJones  3 месяца назад

      Thank you Dai

  • @mash0101-b5j
    @mash0101-b5j 3 месяца назад +9

    Thank you for such a heart wrenching compassionately told story of the Hughes family, the absolute hell that Margaret endured is beyond my experience and full comprehension 😢😢😢❤

    • @LTJones
      @LTJones  3 месяца назад

      Thank you

  • @Oceanbreeze-d9w
    @Oceanbreeze-d9w Месяц назад +3

    Unimaginable sadness

  • @susanryder1437
    @susanryder1437 2 месяца назад +5

    What a sad, sad story. I caught a glimpse of a face moving across the downstairs window before you panned to the upstairs window. Thank you for sharing this tragic tale in such a respectful manner.

    • @LTJones
      @LTJones  2 месяца назад

      Hi Susan, I had a look and I think it's my reflection in the window. Thanks for watching

  • @maureenalder8905
    @maureenalder8905 Месяц назад +3

    Rest in peace to all of them 😢🙏

  • @EmilyLand-WrexhamConcertBand
    @EmilyLand-WrexhamConcertBand 19 дней назад +1

    I don't even know where to begin explaining how sad this story has made me. That poor poor lady, what unimaginable grief she must have felt. No wonder she took her own life in the end. And to have the story set in such a stunningly beautiful place is just so bittersweet. Thank you for doing this video and for respectfully remembering the family. I have just stumbled upon your channel today with this video and I already know I'm going to love it so I have subscribed!

    • @LTJones
      @LTJones  19 дней назад

      Thank you Emily. Thanks for subscribing also. Have a Happy New Year

  • @Nanadina51
    @Nanadina51 Месяц назад +1

    A sad story indeed. I think there was more of that; just went unreported. They had a beautiful place, indeed. Thank you from Minnesota, USA.🇺🇸
    ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

  • @cliffrightmove1527
    @cliffrightmove1527 3 месяца назад +12

    YOU PUT THE BBC TO SHAME,ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT 👍👍👍👍

    • @LTJones
      @LTJones  3 месяца назад

      Thank you Cliff

  • @TheJambulance
    @TheJambulance 2 месяца назад +2

    What a well put together video. My family came from llandanwg and my 3xgreat granparents had about 21 children back in the 1850s. 5 sets of twins and the 11 singlets. By 1865 only 5 survived the rest perishing to typhoid. Very sad times for welsh families then one of the descendents was Meredydd evans folk singer and philosopher. He was my great grans cousin ..