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".
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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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Ann's Family in 1881.....
