The Hand family came from BREMHILL, Wiltshire, where Henry James Hand  (left) was born. The family has been traced back to John Hand and Elizabeth Collar (m.1807, Bremhill). Henry James Hand (b.1848, Bremhill), Emily's father was a policeman in Brecon, Talgarth, Cefn Coed and Bryn Mawr in South Wales, and later became Deputy Chief Constable of Breconshire (Brecknockshire), retiring in 1918.