houses & homes in tredegar part 3 using the census
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Houses and homes in Tredegar
during the 19th century
A Key Stage 2
Educational Resource Pack
Part 3—Using the Census
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From the evidence collected by the
census, we can find out how many people
lived in each house, their names, how old
they were, where they were born, how
they were related and what jobs they had.
Later censuses provide more information
than the earlier ones so we’ll start our
investigation with the 1911 census.
We can find out who lived in each house in Carpenter’s Yard from 1841
up to 1911 because of a document called the census. This was similar
to a register or survey of every house in the whole country. The census
was carried out every 10 years.
What changes in people’s lives took place in
the 19th century and how can we find out
more about them?
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At Carpenter’s Yard, the houses were built against a slope, which meant
that numbers 4, 5, 6 and 7 didn’t have any doors or windows at the
back! In number 8, two families lived on separate floors. In numbers 9,
10, 11 and 12, there were windows at the back but no doors because
they were built on top of numbers 4, 5, 6 and 7— just like flats!
The doors were split in two halves like stable doors and the windows were very small.
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Here is the 1911 census for number 4 Carpenter’s Yard.
There is a typed copy on the next page.
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Nam
e & su
rnam
e
Relati
on
to h
ead o
f family
Age o
f males
Age o
f females
Married
Nu
mb
er of years m
arried
Ch
ildren
bo
rn alive
Ch
ildren
still livin
g
Ch
ildren
wh
o h
ave died
Occu
pati
on
Ind
ustry
Emp
loyer o
r wo
rker
Wo
rking at h
om
e
Birth
place
Nati
on
ality
Infi
rmity
Langu
age spo
ken
Lawrence Higgins Head 31 Married Colliery Repairer
(below ground)
Worker Walsall, Staffordshire English
Annie Matilda
Higgins
Wife 27 Married 2 1 1 0 Walsall, Staffordshire English
George Charles
Higgins
Son 1 Walsall, Staffordshire
Number of Males: 2 Number of rooms in dwelling house: 3 Signature: Lawrence Higgins
Number of females: 1 Address: 4 Carpenter’s Yard, Tredegar, Mon
Total number: 3
This is the 1911 census for number 4 Carpenter’s Yard.
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This is the 1911 census for number 5 Carpenter’s Yard.
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Nam
e & su
rnam
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on
to h
ead o
f family
Age o
f males
Age o
f females
Married
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mb
er of years m
arried
Ch
ildren
bo
rn alive
Ch
ildren
still livin
g
Ch
ildren
wh
o h
ave died
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pati
on
Ind
ustry
Emp
loyer o
r wo
rker
Wo
rking at h
om
e
Birth
place
Nati
on
ality
Infi
rmity
Langu
age spo
ken
William Ridley Head 31 Married Colliery labourer
(underground)
Worker
Tredegar
Iron
Company
Hereford town English English
Margaret Ridley Wife 25 Married 4 2 1 1 Tredegar,
Monmouthshire
English English
Willie Stephen
Ridley
Son 4 Tredegar,
Monmouthshire
English English
William Powell Nephew 16 Single Coal hewer Worker Hereford English English
Number of Males: 3 Number of rooms in dwelling house: 3 Signature: William Ridley
Number of females: 1 Address: 5 Carpenter’s Yard, Tredegar, Mon
Total number: 4
This is the 1911 census for number 5 Carpenter’s Yard.
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This is the 1911 census for number 6 Carpenter’s Yard.
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Nam
e & su
rnam
e
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on
to h
ead o
f family
Age o
f males
Age o
f females
Married
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mb
er of years m
arried
Ch
ildren
bo
rn alive
Ch
ildren
still livin
g
Ch
ildren
wh
o h
ave died
Occu
pati
on
Ind
ustry
Emp
loyer o
r wo
rker
Wo
rking at h
om
e
Birth
place
Nati
on
ality
Infi
rmity
Langu
age spo
ken
Charles Davies Head 34 Married Coal hewer miner Worker Tredegar,
Monmouthshire
English
Mary E Davies Wife 29 Married 11 5 4 1 Tredegar,
Monmouthshire
English
Eliza Ann Davies Daughter 11 School Tredegar,
Monmouthshire
English
Thomas Henry
Davies
Son 5 School Tredegar,
Monmouthshire
English
Charley Davies Son 2 Tredegar,
Monmouthshire
English
Gladys May
Davies
Daughter 1 month
Tredegar,
Monmouthshire
English
Mary Jones Lodger 20 Single Domestic servant Worker Tredegar,
Monmouthshire
English
Number of Males: 3 Number of rooms in dwelling house: 3 Signature: Charles Davies
Number of females: 4 Address: 6 Carpenter’s Yard, Tredegar, Mon
Total number: 7
This is the 1911 census for number 6 Carpenter’s Yard.
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This is the 1911 census for number 7 Carpenter’s Yard.
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Nam
e & su
rnam
e
Relati
on
to h
ead o
f family
Age o
f males
Age o
f females
Married
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mb
er of years m
arried
Ch
ildren
bo
rn alive
Ch
ildren
still livin
g
Ch
ildren
wh
o h
ave died
Occu
pati
on
Ind
ustry
Emp
loyer o
r wo
rker
Wo
rking at h
om
e
Birth
place
Nati
on
ality
Infi
rmity
Langu
age spo
ken
William John
Little
Head 40 Married Coal miner hewer Worker Rhymney,
Monmouthshire
English
Sarah Ann Little Wife 27 Married 4 3 3 0 Tredegar,
Monmouthshire
English
Thomas John
Little
Son 3 Tredegar,
Monmouthshire
English
William James
Little
Son 2 Tredegar,
Monmouthshire
English
Maggie Louisa
Little
Daughter 10
month
Tredegar,
Monmouthshire
Number of Males: 3 Number of rooms in dwelling house: 3 Signature: William John Little
Number of females: 4 Address: 7 Carpenter’s Yard, Tredegar, Mon
Total number: 7
This is the 1911 census for number 7 Carpenter’s Yard.
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This is the 1911 census for one floor at number 8 Carpenter’s Yard.
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Nam
e & su
rnam
e
Relati
on
to h
ead o
f family
Age o
f males
Age o
f females
Married
Nu
mb
er of years m
arried
Ch
ildren
bo
rn alive
Ch
ildren
still livin
g
Ch
ildren
wh
o h
ave died
Occu
pati
on
Ind
ustry
Emp
loyer o
r wo
rker
Wo
rking at h
om
e
Birth
place
Nati
on
ality
Infi
rmity
Langu
age spo
ken
Alfred Jenkins Head 23 Married Collier hewer Colliery Worker Tredegar,
Monmouthshire
English
Agnes Jenkins Wife 29 Married 3 2 2 0 Tredegar,
Monmouthshire
English
John Alfred
Jenkins
Son 2yr
5m
Tredegar,
Monmouthshire
Sarah Ann
Jenkins
Daughter 7m Tredegar,
Monmouthshire
Number of Males: 2 Number of rooms in dwelling house: 2 Signature: Alfred Jenkins
Number of females: 2 Address: 8 Carpenter’s Yard, Tredegar, Mon
Total number: 4
This is the 1911 census for one floor at number 8 Carpenter’s Yard.
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This is the 1911 census for another floor at number 8 Carpenter’s Yard.
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Nam
e & su
rnam
e
Relati
on
to h
ead o
f family
Age o
f males
Age o
f females
Married
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mb
er of years m
arried
Ch
ildren
bo
rn alive
Ch
ildren
still livin
g
Ch
ildren
wh
o h
ave died
Occu
pati
on
Ind
ustry
Emp
loyer o
r wo
rker
Wo
rking at h
om
e
Birth
place
Nati
on
ality
Infi
rmity
Langu
age spo
ken
John Price Head 69 Married Iron refiner Iron-
works
Worker City of Hereford English
Sarah Ann Little Wife 68 Married 49 11 5 6 Tredegar,
Monmouthshire
English
John Price Grand-
Son
22 Single Collier Hewer Tredegar,
Monmouthshire
English
Arthur Bennet Grand-
Son
9 School Tredegar,
Monmouthshire
English
Number of Males: 3 Number of rooms in dwelling house: 2 Signature: John Price
Number of females: 1 Address: 8 Carpenter’s Yard, Tredegar, Mon
Total number: 4
This is the 1911 census for another floor at number 8 Carpenter’s Yard.
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This is the 1911 census for number 9 Carpenter’s Yard.
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Nam
e & su
rnam
e
Relati
on
to h
ead o
f family
Age o
f males
Age o
f females
Married
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mb
er of years m
arried
Ch
ildren
bo
rn alive
Ch
ildren
still livin
g
Ch
ildren
wh
o h
ave died
Occu
pati
on
Ind
ustry
Emp
loyer o
r wo
rker
Wo
rking at h
om
e
Birth
place
Nati
on
ality
Infi
rmity
Langu
age spo
ken
James Freeman Head 38 Married Colliery repairer
underground
Worker St. Giles, Peckham,
London
English
Harriet Freeman Wife 36 Married 7 6 5 1 Tredegar, Bedwellty,
Monmouthshire
English
Doris Heesom Step-
daughter
11 East Dulwich, London English
Harold Heesom Step-son 9 Tredegar,
Llangattock,
Breconshire
English
Harry Freeman Son 6 Tredegar,
Llangattock,
Breconshire
English
Arthur Freeman Son 3 Troedrhiwgwair,
Tredegar,
English
William Freeman Son 6m Tredegar,
Monmouthshire
Number of Males: 5 Number of rooms in dwelling house: 4 Signature: James Freeman
Number of females: 2 Address: 9 Carpenter’s Yard, Tredegar, Mon
Total number: 7
This is the 1911 census for number 9 Carpenter’s Yard.
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This is the 1911 census for number 10 Carpenter’s Yard.
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Nam
e & su
rnam
e
Relati
on
to h
ead o
f family
Age o
f males
Age o
f females
Married
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mb
er of years m
arried
Ch
ildren
bo
rn alive
Ch
ildren
still livin
g
Ch
ildren
wh
o h
ave died
Occu
pati
on
Ind
ustry
Emp
loyer o
r wo
rker
Wo
rking at h
om
e
Birth
place
Nati
on
ality
Infi
rmity
Langu
age spo
ken
Thomas Parry Head 52 Widower 5 5 0 Lamp examiner
below ground
Tredegar
company
Colliery
Worker Sirhowy,
Monmouthshire
Both
Thomas Parry Son 21 Single Collier Hewer Worker Sirhowy,
Monmouthshire
English
Mary Ann Parry Daughter 24 Married <1 Sirhowy,
Monmouthshire
English
Agnes Parry Daughter 17 Single House keeper At home Sirhowy,
Monmouthshire
English
Walter Parry Son 14 Collier Hewer’s
assistant
Worker Tirphil, Glamorgan English
William Parry Son 12 School Tirphil, Glamorgan English
Ann Smothers Boarder 58 Widow Licensed hawker in
old clothes
Worker Swansea, Glamorgan Both
Herbert
Northeast
Son-in-
law
27 Married <1 Collier Hewer Worker Woolwich, Kent English
Number of Males: 5 Number of rooms in dwelling house: 4 Signature: Thomas Parry
Number of females: 3 Address: 10 Carpenter’s Yard, Tredegar, Mon
Total number: 8 [I further certify that I am tenant of 10 Carpenter’s Yard which has 1 room up and 3 down]
This is the 1911 census for number 10 Carpenter’s Yard.
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This is the 1911 census for number 11 Carpenter’s Yard.
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This is the 1911 census for number 11 Carpenter’s Yard.
Nam
e & su
rnam
e
Relati
on
to h
ead o
f family
Age o
f males
Age o
f females
Married
Nu
mb
er of years m
arried
Ch
ildren
bo
rn alive
Ch
ildren
still livin
g
Ch
ildren
wh
o h
ave died
Occu
pati
on
Ind
ustry
Emp
loyer o
r wo
rker
Wo
rking at h
om
e
Birth
place
Nati
on
ality
Infi
rmity
Langu
age spo
ken
Arthur Ruck Head 27 Married Collier Hewer Worker Llangrove,
Herefordshire
English
Minnie Maud
Ruck
Wife 26 Married 5 3 2 1 Home work At home Tredegar,
Monmouthshire
English
William Henry
Ruck
Son 4 Merthyr Vale,
Glamorgan
English
James Alfred
Ruck
Son 6m Tredegar,
Monmouthshire
Thomas Charles
Ruck
Son 14
m
1 Merthyr Vale,
Glamorgan
Alfred George
Swain
Boarder 20 Single Collier Hewer Worker Dowlais, Glamorgan Both
George Swain Boarder 68 Widower Iron worker Worker Tredegar,
Monmouthshire
English
Mary Ann
Matthews
Boarder 28 Married 6 2 0 2 Charwoman Worker Dowlais, Glamorgan English
Number of Males: 5 Number of rooms in dwelling house: 4 Signature: Arthur Ruck
Number of females: 2 Address: 11 Carpenter’s Yard, Tredegar, Mon
Total number: 7 Thomas Charles Ruck had died—he had been included on the census in error
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This is the 1911 census for number 12 Carpenter’s Yard.
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This is the 1911 census for number 12 Carpenter’s Yard.
Nam
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surn
ame
Re
latio
n to
he
ad o
f family
Age
of m
ales
Age
of fe
male
s
Marrie
d
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mb
er o
f years m
arried
Ch
ildre
n b
orn
alive
Ch
ildre
n sti
ll living
Ch
ildre
n w
ho
have
die
d
Occu
pati
on
Ind
ustry
Emp
loye
r or w
orke
r
Wo
rking at h
om
e
Birth
place
Nati
on
ality
Infi
rmity
Langu
age sp
oke
n
Benjamin Davies Head 38 Married Coal miner Hewer Worker Tredegar,
Monmouthshire
Both
Margaret E Davies Wife 36 Married 16 8 6 2 At home Scwrfa, Tredegar,
Breconshire
Both
Maggie Ann Davies Daughter 14 Scwrfa, Tredegar,
Breconshire
English
Willie Alfred Davies Son 10 School Ystrad Rhondda,
Glamorgan
English
Hannah Jane
Davies
Daughter 7 1 School Tredegar,
Monmouthshire
English
Edward Davies Son 5 School Tredegar,
Monmouthshire
English
David Davies Son 2 Tredegar,
Monmouthshire
English
Reggie Davies Son 2
wk
Tredegar,
Monmouthshire
Steven Sulvan Boarder 28 Single Coal miner Hewer Worker Dowlais, Glamorgan English
Charles Smith Boarder 44 Single Rag gatherer R Marine
Stores
Worker Tredegar,
Monmouthshire
English
Thomas Green Boarder 22 Single Coal miner Hewer Worker Bristol, Gloucestershire English
Number of Males: 8 Number of rooms in dwelling house: 4 Signature: Benjamin Davies
Number of females: 3 Address: 12 Carpenter’s Yard, Tredegar, Mon
Total number: 11
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Read the 1911 census sheets carefully.
What is the average number of rooms for each house?
What is the average number of people living in each house?
Think about the number of rooms and people living in your home. How would you feel about living in one of the houses in Carpenter’s Yard? Try to work out where the people in each house would have slept.
Draw a bar graph to show the different places where people aged over 16 were born.
Why do you think the people born outside Tredegar came here to live?
Find all the places on a map and work out how far they are from Tredegar (use Google maps to do this).
Draw a Venn diagram to show how many people spoke English only, both English and Welsh, and Welsh only.
Investigate if the numbers of Welsh and English speakers changed in Tredegar during the 19th century. Use the Local Studies Collection in Tredegar library to help you with your research.
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This is the 1881 census for numbers 4, 5, 6 and 7 Carpenter’s Yard.
There is a typed copy on the next page.
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Nam
e &
surn
ame
Relati
on
to
head
of fam
ily
Age
of m
ales
Age
of fem
ales
Married
Occu
pati
on
Birth
place
John Price Head 38 Married Iron worker Hereford
Sarah Price Wife 37 Married Monmouthshire,
Tredegar
Sarah A Price Daughter 18 Unmarried Scholar Monmouthshire,
Tredegar
Winefred Price Daughter 12 Scholar Monmouthshire,
Tredegar
Daniel Price Son 10 Scholar Monmouthshire,
Tredegar
Adeline Price Daughter 8 Scholar Monmouthshire,
Tredegar
Morgan Price Son 5 Scholar Monmouthshire,
Tredegar
Edith Price Daughter 15 month
Monmouthshire,
Tredegar
Margrate Norris Head 45 Widow Limestone breaker Monmouthshire,
Nantyglo
Margrate A Norris Daughter 18 Unmarried Limestone breaker Monmouthshire,
Tredegar
Sarah Norris Daughter 15 Unmarried Scholar Monmouthshire,
Tredegar
Mercy Norris Daughter 9 Scholar Monmouthshire,
Tredegar
Thomas Lloyd Head 52 Married Iron worker Glamorganshire
Harriett Lloyd Wife 44 Married Pembrokeshire
Thomas D Lloyd Son 18 Unmarried Iron worker Monmouthshire
Nam
e &
surn
ame
Relati
on
to
head
of fam
ily
Age
of m
ales
Age
of fem
ales
Married
Occu
pati
on
Birth
place
Sarah A Lloyd Daughter 14 Unmarried Scholar Monmouthshire
Aron Lloyd Son 12 Scholar Monmouthshire
Eliza J Lloyd Daughter 10 Scholar Monmouthshire
Naomi Lloyd Daughter 8 Scholar Monmouthshire
Hannah Lloyd Daughter 6 Scholar Monmouthshire
Emily Norris Boarder 25 Unmarried Charwoman Monmouthshire
Sarah J Norris Boarder’s
Daughter
5 Monmouthshire
Mark Hillman Head 38 Married Green grocer Somerset, Clutton
Emily Hillman Wife 33 Married Monmouthshire,
Tredegar
Alexander Hillman Son 14 Unmarried Labourer Iron works Monmouthshire,
Tredegar
Mary A Hillman Daughter 13 Unmarried Scholar Monmouthshire,
Tredegar
Amelia S Hillman Daughter 6 Scholar Monmouthshire,
Tredegar
William H Hillman Son 4 Monmouthshire,
Tredegar
Frederick Hillman Son 11 month
Monmouthshire,
Tredegar
This is the 1881 census for numbers 4, 5, 6 and 7 Carpenter’s Yard.
Key to colours : No.4 = Pink, No.5 = Yellow, No.6 = Purple, No.7 = Green
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This is the 1881 census for numbers 8, 9 and 10 Carpenter’s Yard.
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Nam
e &
surn
ame
Relati
on
to
head
of fam
ily
Age
of m
ales
Age
of fem
ales
Married
Occu
pati
on
Birth
place
Walter Powell Head 41 Married Engine fitter at Iron
works
Breconshire, Llangynidr
Mary Powell Wife 43 Married Monmouthshire,
Tredegar
Walter Powell Son 15 Unmarried Locomotive cleaner at
Iron works
Monmouthshire,
Tredegar
Thomas Powell Son 12 Scholar Monmouthshire,
Tredegar
William Powell Son 7 Scholar Monmouthshire,
Tredegar
Harriett Powell Daughter 3 Monmouthshire,
Tredegar
George Powell Son 6m Monmouthshire,
Tredegar
Morgan Powell Head 54 Married Iron worker Monmouthshire,
Tredegar
Margrate Powell Wife 52 Married Monmouthshire,
Pontypool
Elizabeth Powell Daughter 18 Unmarried Labourer Refinery Monmouthshire,
Tredegar
John Powell Son 14 Unmarried Iron worker Monmouthshire,
Tredegar
Agnes Powell Daughter 10 Scholar Monmouthshire,
Tredegar
Nam
e &
surn
ame
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on
to
head
of fam
ily
Age
of m
ales
Age
of fem
ales
Married
Occu
pati
on
Birth
place
Benjamin Mansell Head 54 Married Driller in fitting shop at
Ironworks
Monmouthshire,
Tredegar
Mary Mansell Wife 46 Married Gloucestershire,
Winterbourne
Samuel Mansell Son 15 Unmarried Apprentice to Iron
moulder
Monmouthshire,
Tredegar
Stephen Extaner (?) Lodger 28 Unmarried Wagon carpenter at
Ironworks
Dorset, Gillingham
Thomas Harris Lodger 28 Unmarried Dresser at Ironworks Monmouthshire,
Tredegar
Henry Reed Lodger 19 Unmarried Labourer at Ironworks Dorset, Gillingham
This is the 1881 census for numbers 8, 9 and 10 Carpenter’s Yard.
Key to colours : No.8 = Pink, No.9 = Yellow, No.10 = Purple
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This is the 1881 census for numbers 11 and 12 Carpenter’s Yard.
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Nam
e &
surn
ame
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on
to
head
of fam
ily
Age
of m
ales
Age
of fem
ales
Married
Occu
pati
on
Birth
place
John Curtins Head 37 Married Iron worker Monmouthshire,
Tredegar
Anne Curtins Wife 36 Married Ireland
Ellen Curtins Daughter 15 Unmarried Brickmaker Monmouthshire,
Tredegar
Dennis Curtins Son 11 Scholar Monmouthshire,
Tredegar
Margrate Curtins Daughter 13 Scholar Monmouthshire,
Tredegar
Mary A Curtins Daughter 5 Scholar Monmouthshire,
Tredegar
Michael Curtins Son 2 Monmouthshire,
Tredegar
Nicholas Bryan Lodger 48 Unmarried Labourer Iron works Ireland
James Brown Lodger 25 Unmarried Labourer Iron works Monmouthshire,
Tredegar
Thomas Brown Lodger 21 Unmarried Labourer Iron works Monmouthshire,
Tredegar
James Connell Lodger 27 Unmarried Iron worker Monmouthshire,
Tredegar
Bartholomew Roach Head 66 Married Labourer Iron works Ireland
Anstee Roach Wife 60 Married Ireland
Nam
e &
surn
ame
Relati
on
to
head
of fam
ily
Age
of m
ales
Age
of fem
ales
Married
Occu
pati
on
Birth
place
James McDonagle Head 38 Married Labourer Rail mill Ireland
Bridget McDonagle Wife 29 Married Ireland
Margrate McDonagle Daughter 9 Scholar England
David McDonagle Son 7 Scholar England
Daniel McDonagle Son 7 Scholar England
Ellen McDonagle Daughter 2 England
Ellen Jorden Mother-in-
law
62 Widow Ireland
Timothy Leiahy Head 66 Married Blast furnace labourer Ireland
Mary Leiahy Wife 66 Married Ireland
Dennis Curtin Head 26 Married Iron worker Monmouthshire
Mary Curtin Wife 23 Married England
This is the 1881 census for numbers 11 and 12 Carpenter’s Yard.
Key to colours : No.11 = Grey, No.12 = Green
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Read the 1881 census sheets carefully.
What is the average number of people living in each house in 1881?
How does answer this compare with 1911—more or less crowded?
If we take for granted that the number of rooms in each house in 1881
was the same as that in 1911, where would everyone have slept in each
house in 1881?
Draw a bar graph to show the different places where people aged over
16 were born. Find these places on a map and work out how far they are
from Tredegar.
Are there differences with your results for the 1911 census?
Investigate why people left Ireland and came to places like
Tredegar to live during the 19th century.
Find out what incident took place in 1882 at Tredegar, which
affected the Irish community. Use the Local Studies
Collection at Tredegar library to help you with your research.
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Tredegar 1864
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This is the 1851 census for numbers 4, 5, 6 and 7 Carpenter’s Yard.
There is a typed copy on next page.
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Nam
e &
surn
ame
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on
to
head
of fam
ily
Age
of m
ales
Age
of fem
ales
Married
Occu
pati
on
Birth
place
Peter Watkins Head 82 Widower Labourer Breconshire
William Watkins Son 23 Unmarried Puddler Monmouthshire,
Tredegar
Jane Andrews Servant 21 Unmarried Housekeeper Glamorganshire
Ann Jones Head 40 Widow Monmouthshire,
Tredegar
Evan Jones Son 8 Monmouthshire,
Tredegar
Thomas Jones Son 9 Monmouthshire,
Tredegar
David Jones Son 2 Monmouthshire,
Tredegar
Ann Bonvil Lodger 38 Unmarried Washer woman Carmarthenshire
Thomas Jones Lodger 29 Unmarried Miner Monmouthshire,
Tredegar
Nam
e &
surn
ame
Relati
on
to
head
of fam
ily
Age
of m
ales
Age
of fem
ales
Married
Occu
pati
on
Birth
place
William Williams Head 33 Married Coal miner Glamorganshire,
Merthyr
Susanna Williams Wife 33 Married Breconshire
Jane Williams Daughter 12 Scholar Monmouthshire,
Tredegar
Thomas Williams Son 9 Scholar Monmouthshire,
Tredegar
Abigail Williams Daughter 2 Monmouthshire,
Tredegar
David Williams Brother 25 Unmarried Coal miner Glamorganshire,
Merthyr
Daniel Williams Boarder 23 Unmarried Coal miner Glamorganshire,
Merthyr
Mary Edwards Head 72 Widow Breconshire
Mary Edwards Daughter 52 Unmarried Washer woman Monmouthshire,
Tredegar
Elizabeth Edwards Grand-
daughter
13 Monmouthshire,
Tredegar
Mary Ann Edwards Grand-
daughter
11 Monmouthshire,
Tredegar
John Edwards Grandson 5 Monmouthshire,
Tredegar
This is the 1851 census for numbers 4, 5, 6 and 7 Carpenter’s Yard.
Key to colours : No.4 = Pink, No.5 = Yellow, No.6 = Purple, No.7 = Green
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This is the 1851 census for numbers 8 and 9 Carpenter’s Yard.
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Nam
e &
surn
ame
Relati
on
to
head
of fam
ily
Age
of m
ales
Age
of fem
ales
Married
Occu
pati
on
Birth
place
Thomas William Head 28 Married Coal miner Monmouthshire,
Mynyddislwyn
Margert William Wife 31 Married Monmouthshire,
Mynyddislwyn
Ann William Daughter 15 Filling mine Monmouthshire,
Mynyddislwyn
Abraham William Son 12 Haulier Monmouthshire,
Mynyddislwyn
Mary William Daughter 9 Monmouthshire,
Mynyddislwyn
Sarah William Daughter 7 Monmouthshire,
Mynyddislwyn
Pendry (?) William Son 1 Monmouthshire,
Mynyddislwyn
William Evans Lodger 19 Unmarried Engineer Monmouthshire,
Mynyddislwyn
John Williams Lodger 24 Unmarried Coal Miner Breconshire, Talgarth
Nam
e &
surn
ame
Relati
on
to
head
of fam
ily
Age
of m
ales
Age
of fem
ales
Married
Occu
pati
on
Birth
place
Robert Morgans Head 60 Married Puddler Glamorganshire,
Merthyr
Plesant Morgans Wife 53 Married Glamorganshire,
Merthyr
Mary Morgans Daughter 29 Unmarried Piler Iron Glamorganshire,
Merthyr
Elizabeth Morgans Daughter 24 Unmarried Piler Iron Glamorganshire,
Merthyr
William Morgans Son 22 Unmarried Piler Iron Glamorganshire,
Merthyr
Mariah Morgans Daughter 13 Coal miner Glamorganshire,
Merthyr
Edwin Morgans Son 7 Coal miner Glamorganshire,
Merthyr
Rosina Morgans Grand-
daughter
5 Glamorganshire,
Merthyr
Alfred Morgans Grandson 2 Washer woman Glamorganshire,
Merthyr
This is the 1851 census for numbers 8 and 9 Carpenter’s Yard.
Key to colours : No.8 = Yellow, No.9 = Green
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This is the 1851 census for numbers 10, 11 & 12 Carpenter’s Yard.
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Nam
e &
surn
ame
Relati
on
to
head
of fam
ily
Age
of m
ales
Age
of fem
ales
Married
Occu
pati
on
Birth
place
Edmund James Head 80 Widower Sawyer Glamorganshire,
Gelligaer
James Waren Son-in-law 30 Married Collier Monmouthshire
Susanna Waren Daughter 28 Married Monmouthshire,
Tredegar
James Waren Grandson 8 Scholar Monmouthshire,
Tredegar
Edmund Waren Grandson 1
day
Monmouthshire,
Tredegar
John Griffith Head 36 Married Haulier Monmouthshire,
Tredegar
Mary Griffith Wife 28 Married Denbighshire, Tredegar
Mary Ann Griffith Daughter 7 Monmouthshire,
Tredegar
William Davies Lodger 18 Unmarried Haulier Breconshire, Llangynidr
Rachel Davies Lodger 21 Unmarried Forge Labourer Breconshire, Llangynidr
Sarah Jones Lodger 27 Widow Laundry woman Glamorganshire, Neath
Nam
e &
surn
ame
Relati
on
to
head
of fam
ily
Age
of m
ales
Age
of fem
ales
Married
Occu
pati
on
Birth
place
Richard Williams Head 76 Married Coper (?) Paper (?)
Miner formerly
Carmarthenshire,
Llangyndeyrn
Mary Williams Wife 72 Married Carmarthenshire,
Llangyndeyrn
Ann Williams Daughter 24 Unmarried Polling mine Breconshire, Llangynidr
Mary Williams Lodger 23 Unmarried Polling mine Monmouthshire
This is the 1851 census for numbers 10, 11 & 12 Carpenter’s Yard.
Key to colours : No.10 = Pink, No.11 = Yellow, No.12 = Purple
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Read the 1851 census sheets carefully.
What is the average number of people living in each house in 1851?
How does answer this compare with 1881—more or less crowded?
If we assume that the number of rooms in each house was the same in
1851 as 1911, where would everyone have slept in each house in 1851?
Draw a bar graph to show the different places where people aged over
16 were born.
Using Google Maps, find all these places on a map and work out how far
they are from Tredegar.
Are there differences with your results for 1911 & 1881?
Study the maps and tables in an article by John Hilling
(in the Gwent Local History Journal, 2006) about the people
who moved into Tredegar during the first half of the 19th
century. Use the Local Studies Collection at Tredegar library
to help you with your research.
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Did the population of Tredegar change
during the 19th century?
The 1841 census in Great Britain was the first census that recorded
every person’s name living in every house in the UK. Censuses were
also carried out in 1801, 1811, 1821 and 1831.
Owing to the way that the census information was collected before
1841, we have to compare how the number of people living in the
ancient parish of Bedwellty changed during the 19th century rather
than just focusing upon Tredegar.
Bedwellty Parish included the towns of Tredegar, and most of the towns
of Rhymney, Ebbw Vale and Blackwood.
A map of the ancient parish of Bedwellty is shown on the next page.
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Using the census data on the next page,
draw a line or bar graph to show how the
population in the parish of Bedwellty
changed from 1801 to 1901.
What reasons can you think may help explain
the shape of the graph?
Right: Map of the ancient
parish of Bedwellty Brynmawr
Ebbw Vale
Rhymney
Aberbargoed
Tredegar
Oakdale
Blackwood
Abertysswg
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Year Population of Bedwellty
1801 1,132
1811 3,958
1821 5,404
1831 8,567
1841 19,929
1851 24,544
1861 28,548
1871 33,697
1881 34,685
1891 35,628
1901 40,831