belated mail! a british family received a postcard sent 121 years ago
2024-08-31
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according to fox news on august 29, a postcard that a british boy sent to his sister 121 years ago was finally delivered recently, and his descendants were reunited.
swansea building society is a mortgage company in swansea, wales, uk. earlier this month, the company received a very old piece of mail, which surprised employees. henry darby, the company's marketing and communications director, previously told the media that the delivery of this mail was unusual. the recipient of this postcard is miss lydia davies and the date is august 3, 1903, which means that this postcard is nearly 121 years old.
after someone shared the bizarre experience on social media, the family was finally able to "reunite with their ancestors." the company wrote in a press release that the family members of the sender and recipient were reunited this week at the place where the postcard was received. lydia davies' two great-nieces helen roberts and margaret spooner, and her great-granddaughter faith reynolds were present. the sender ewart davies' 65-year-old grandson nick davies attended the reunion on his behalf.
nick davies told the media: "the only connection for our family reunion is a common ancestor that can be traced back more than 100 years." after digging into family history and genealogy, the family confirmed that the postcard was written by ewart davies, who was 13 years old at the time, to his sister lydia davies. ewart davies and lydia davies are two of the six children of john f. davies, who ran a tailor shop at the recipient address. the postcard was reportedly sent by ewart davies during his summer vacation at his grandfather's house. lydia davies likes to save and collect postcards. there is a message on the postcard apologizing for not being able to "get this thing." lydia's family explained that this thing refers to a pair of postcards.
the family were reunited at west glamorgan archives on wednesday, august 28, with long-lost relatives describing the experience as "extraordinary".
darby said the postcard arrived with other regular mail that day, but it had a stamp from king edward vii from 1903, and he could tell from the handwriting that the postcard was from a specific period. the original address of the postcard appears to be pembrokeshire, wales, about 62 miles (about 100 kilometers) west of the real delivery address. darby said his company was founded 20 years after the postcard was sent, occupying the location of the original residential house when it was established. he told reporters: "the address is correct, but it's 121 years late. we know it was a long time ago, but it's also interesting to know about life on this street 121 years ago." (china youth network compiled and reported)
(source: china youth network)
