Gilbert Barrington Sandry – Mercantile Marine - S.S. Livonia
Ordinary Seaman Gilbert Barrington Sandry – Mercantile Marine, S.S. Livonia Early Life and Family Background Gilbert Barrington Sandry , one of Swansea’s youngest Mercantile Marine casualties of the First World War, was born in 1901 in Maesteg . He was the son of William Henry Sandry and Maria Johanna Schramm , who were married on Christmas Day 1882 at the parish church of Llangyfelach. Gilbert appears only on the 1911 Census , as no other early records survive. 1911 Census At the time of the 1911 Census, the family were living at Glyn Neath , and Gilbert’s father was absent from the home. Gilbert’s mother, Maria , aged 48 , was listed as head of the household and had no recorded occupation. Several of her older children were already in service or working: William (26), a Coal Miner Hewer ; Eveline (20), a Domestic Servant ; and Frances (15), also a Domestic Servant . The younger children— Elsie (11), Gilbert (9), Hilda (7), and Olive (5)—were all recorded as attending s...
