Tovey snippets

Edwin (Ned) Tovey - my maternal grandfather.  His son, Keith Tovey,
said that "Ned did quite a bit of boxing."  Jacqui asked if the
matches were with people in town (Malad, St John), and Keith said,
"Oh, no, they'd come from all over." He boxed both with bare knuckles
and brass knuckles.  I don't know what the deciding factor was or
who has the brass knuckles now.

Ned Tovey's first wife was Florabel Owens Daniels.  They were married
in 1915 and she died in 1917.  They had two children:  Keith and
Florabel.  Ned later married Doshia Jones and had one child with
her, Rees.  Ned died in 1928 as a result of a driving accident
during the construction of the Elkhorn dam.

The Tovey brothers sang at funerals and major get-togethers.

Keith Tovey's sister, Florabel, called him Brawd on good days (Welsh
for brother), but also called him "Nickel Nose" and said that he
was so tight that he screwed his socks on in the morning.