David Joseph Pelzer – Royal Naval Reserve, H.M.S. Victory
Trimmer David Joseph Pelzer – Royal Naval Reserve, H.M.S. Victory David Joseph Pelzer was born in 1893 in Swansea , the son of John Hubert Pelzer and Elizabeth Ann Lloyd , who married in 1890 in Swansea. His childhood unfolded in the industrial districts of Thomas Terrace and later Wychtree Street, where the Pelzer family lived among watchmen, furnacemen, and school‑age children typical of early‑20th‑century Swansea. Family Life 1901 Census The 1901 Census records the Pelzer household at 3 Thomas Terrace, Swansea , where John H. Pelzer , aged 33, worked as a Watchman at the Spelter Works , and his wife Elizabeth A. , aged 34, managed the home. Their children present were Philomeane , 11; Leonard , 10; David J. , 8; Alexander , 6; Mary M. , 5; and John H. , 2. The census depicts a busy household with several young children and a father employed in one of Swansea’s major metal industries. 1911 Census By the 1911 Census , the family had moved to 80 Wychtree Street, Morriston . Jo...
