1881 British Census (Other family members...)
Dwelling: "Workhouse Bedwellty"
Census Place: Bedwellty, Monmouth, Wales
Source: FHL Film 1342263 PRO Ref RG11 Piece 5248 Folio 110 Page 3
Name | Marr | Age | Gender | Birthplace | Rel. | Occupation |
Rachel HOGAN | W | 42 | F | Tredegar, Monmouth | Pauper | |
John HOGAN | U | 6 | M | Tredegar, Monmouth | Pauper |
I have omitted the other residents - there were 265 at the time! John Hogan is my Great-grandfather who married Lydia Lewis (Noted below living in Stockton-on-Tees...). He is listed here with his mother, Rachel. It seems they experienced terrible family tragedy - John's Father, Erasmus, died 2 years previously from an accident at work. His death certificate records he died of "Paraplegia, Softening of the Cord, and Exhaustion".
An old photograph of Bedwellty Workhouse. In 1929, when the Workhouse system was abolished, this became St. James' Hospital - where my cousin David Jones was born in 1959: |
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Dwelling: 36 Alice St
Census Place: Stockton On Tees, Durham, England
Source: FHL Film 1342178 PRO Ref RG11 Piece 4899 Folio 17 Page 30
Name | Marr | Age | Gender | Birthplace | Rel. | Occupation |
James LEWIS | M | 26 | M | Tredegar, Monmouth | Head | Puddler (Iron) |
Mary LEWIS | M | 27 | F | Tredegar, Monmouth | Wife | |
Eliza A. LEWIS | 3 | F | Tredegar, Monmouth | Daur | ||
Lydia LEWIS | 7m | F | Tredegar, Monmouth | Daur |
James and Mary are therefore my Great-Great-Grandparents. Information on "Iron Puddler" can be found here
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