1881 Census: Residents of Pontypridd Union Workhouse
| Name | Mar | Age | Sex | Relation | Occupation | Handicap | Birthplace |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staff | |||||||
| William JOHN | M | 62 | M | Head (Master) | Master Of Workhouse (Munic Off) | Eglwrpc..., Carmarthen, Wales | |
| Elizabeth JOHN | M | 61 | F | Wife (Matron) | Matron Of Workhouse (Munic) | Pendyne, Carmarthen, Wales | |
| Gwen JONES | W | 38 | F | Servant | Nurse Of Workhouse | Cowbridge, Glamorgan, Wales | |
| Sarah Ann DAVIES | U | 36 | F | Servant | Industrial Trainer Of Workhouse | Neath, Glamorgan, Wales | |
| Margaret MAYRICK | U | 40 | F | Servant | Cook Domestic Servant | Llantwitmajor, Glamorgan, Wales | |
| John MATTHEWS | U | 65 | M | Servant | Gardener (Dom) | Redsdale, Northumberland, England | |
| Inmates | |||||||
| Joseph ADKINS | U | 63 | M | Inmate | Stonecutter | Ireland | |
| William ANTHONY | W | 80 | M | Inmate | Blacksmith | Swansea, Glamorgan, Wales | |
| John ARUNDEL | 9 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Pontypridd, Glamorgan, Wales | ||
| Emily ASHCROFT | U | 21 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Tenbury, Hereford, England | |
| John C. BAILEY | 8 | M | Inmate | Scholar | |||
| Sarah BAILEY | 6 | F | Inmate | Scholar | |||
| Mary BATEMAN | U | 19 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Frampton Cotterell, Gloucester, England | |
| William BATH | U | 40 | M | Inmate | Masons Labourer (Stone) | British Subject, Saint Helena | |
| John BIRCH | 5 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Eglwysilan, Glamorgan, Wales | ||
| Benjamin BROCK | 9 | M | Inmate | Scholar | |||
| Patrick BURKE | W | 84 | M | Inmate | Masons Labourer | Ireland | |
| John BURNETT | 14 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Taunton, Somerset, England | ||
| Mary CANWEN | 2 | F | Inmate | ||||
| Daniel COLLINS | U | 52 | M | Inmate | Excavator (Navvy) | Ireland | |
| Thomas COPE | 8 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Llanwonno, Glamorgan, Wales | ||
| Cecilia DANIELS | M | 77 | F | Inmate | Wesley, Gloucester, England | ||
| David J. DAVIES | 3 | M | Inmate | Pontypridd, Glamorgan, Wales | |||
| Ellen DAVIES | U | 39 | F | Inmate | Imbecile | Ystradyfodwg, Glamorgan, Wales | |
| Gwenllian DAVIES | 14 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Pontypridd, Glamorgan, Wales | ||
| Rees DAVIES | U | 20 | M | Inmate | No Occupation | Imbecile | Pontypridd, Glamorgan, Wales |
| Catherine DOBBIN | M | 28 | F | Inmate (Head) | Llantrisant, Glamorgan, Wales | ||
| Elizabeth DOBBIN | 3 | F | Inmate | Llantrisant, Glamorgan, Wales | |||
| Joseph DOBBIN | 6 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Llantrisant, Glamorgan, Wales | ||
| Mary DOBBIN | 1 | F | Inmate | Llantrisant, Glamorgan, Wales | |||
| James DONOVAN | U | 37 | M | Inmate | Masons Labourer | Imbecile | Ireland |
| Thomas ENGLAND | U | 40 | M | Inmate | Coal Miner | Bristol, Somerset, England | |
| Mary ENTWISTLE | W | 77 | F | Inmate | Imbecile | Kenyon, Lancashire, England | |
| John EVANS | U | 63 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | West Felton, Shropshire, England | |
| Isabella FARLING | 2 | F | Inmate | Pontypridd, Glamorgan, Wales | |||
| Eliza FEELY | M | 39 | F | Inmate | Brentwood, Essex, England | ||
| Lewis GEORGE | U | 61 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Pendoylan, Glamorgan, Wales | |
| Dinah GILES | U | 71 | F | Inmate | Charwoman | Llantrisant, Glamorgan, Wales | |
| Thomas GREY | M | 72 | M | Inmate | Iron Miner | West Tharpery, Somerset, England | |
| Elizabeth GRIFFITH | M | 29 | F | Inmate (Head) | Leominster, Hereford, England | ||
| Emma GRIFFITH | 4m | F | Inmate | Pontypridd, Glamorgan, Wales | |||
| Robert GRIFFITH | 2 | M | Inmate | Gloucester City | |||
| William GRIFFITH | 5 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Gloucester City | ||
| Elizabeth HADLEY | U | 18 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Llandaff, Glamorgan, Wales | |
| John HAND | U | 40 | M | Inmate | Moulder (Iron Mann) | Ireland | |
| Charlotte HARRIS | U | 28 | F | Inmate (Head) | Domestic Servant | Tredegar, Monmouth, England | |
| Harriett HARRIS | 11 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Ystradyfodwg, Glamorgan, Wales | ||
| Joseph HARRIS | 9 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Ystradyfodwg, Glamorgan, Wales | ||
| Thomas J. HARRIS | 1m | M | Inmate | Pontypridd, Glamorgan, Wales | |||
| Thomas HARRIS | W | 77 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Basaleg, Monmouth, England | |
| Henry HARRY | 10 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Pontypridd, Glamorgan, Wales | ||
| William HAWLEY | 59 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | St Clears, Cornwall, England | ||
| David HIBDIGE | U | 83 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Whichapton, Dorset, England | |
| Ely HILL | M | 78 | M | Inmate | Carpenter | Crale St Michael, Somerset, England | |
| Agnes HODGES | 13 | F | Inmate | Llanwonno, Glamorgan, Wales | |||
| Hannah HOWELLS | U | 19 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Aberdare, Glamorgan, Wales | |
| Martha HOWELLS | U | 20 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Aberdare, Glamorgan, Wales | |
| William HUGHES | U | 64 | M | Inmate | Bricklayer | Gloucester, England | |
| David JENKIN | M | 72 | M | Inmate | Tailor | Manortsfy, Pembroke, Wales | |
| Evan JENKINS | U | 67 | M | Inmate | Shoemaker | Pentyrch, Glamorgan, Wales | |
| Morgan JENKINS | U | 28 | M | Inmate | Blacksmith | Aberdare, Glamorgan, Wales | |
| David JOHN | 9 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Pontypridd, Glamorgan, Wales | ||
| Harriett A. JOHN | 6 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Pontypridd, Glamorgan, Wales | ||
| Janet JOHN | U | 27 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Pontypridd, Glamorgan, Wales | |
| Margaret JOHN | U | 26 | F | Inmate | Charwoman | Pontypridd, Glamorgan, Wales | |
| Thomas E. JOHN | 3 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Pontypridd, Glamorgan, Wales | ||
| Thomas JOHNS | M | 51 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Pentyrch, Glamorgan, Wales | |
| Ann JONES | U | 25 | F | Inmate (Head) | Domestic Servant | Eglwysilan, Glamorgan, Wales | |
| Edward JONES | U | 65 | M | Inmate | Woolweaver (Wool Manuf) | Kent, England | |
| Elizabeth A. JONES | 11m | F | Inmate | Ystradyfodwg, Glamorgan, Wales | |||
| Elizabeth JONES | 6 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Eglwysilan, Glamorgan, Wales | ||
| Evan JONES | U | 61 | M | Inmate | Boilermaker | Bedwelty, Monmouth, England | |
| John JONES | 2 | M | Inmate | Llanbradock, Radnorshire, Wales | |||
| Margaret JONES | 10 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Eglwysilan, Glamorgan, Wales | ||
| Mary JONES | U | 60 | F | Inmate | Imbecile | Llanfabon, Glamorgan, Wales | |
| Mary A. JONES | U | 22 | F | Inmate (Head) | Domestic Servant | Llanbradock, Radnorshire, Wales | |
| Rees JONES | U | 81 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Cadoxton Juxta Neath, Glamorgan, Wales | |
| William H. JONES | 2 | M | Inmate | Pontypridd, Glamorgan, Wales | |||
| Mary E. LAY | 8m | F | Inmate | Ystradyfodwg, Glamorgan, Wales | |||
| William LEA | U | 41 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Ireland | |
| David LEWIS | 7 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Pontypridd, Glamorgan, Wales | ||
| George LEWIS | W | 61 | M | Inmate | Moulder | Llantrisant, Glamorgan, Wales | |
| Isaac LEWIS | U | 66 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Llandaff, Glamorgan, Wales | |
| John LEWIS | U | 77 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Llanwonno, Glamorgan, Wales | |
| Lucretia LEWIS | U | 20 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Llantrisant, Glamorgan, Wales | |
| Mary A. LEWIS | M | 41 | F | Inmate | Llanfathla, Brecknock, Wales | ||
| Sarah LEWIS | W | 63 | F | Inmate | Wesley, Gloucester, England | ||
| George LLEWELYN | U | 23 | M | Inmate | No Occupation | Eglwysilan, Glamorgan, Wales | |
| Edmund LLOYD | 11 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Eglwysilan, Glamorgan, Wales | ||
| John LUFF | U | 55 | M | Inmate | Coal Miner | Oakham, Somerset, England | |
| James MAHONEY | M | 58 | M | Inmate | Coal Miner | Pontypridd, Glamorgan, Wales | |
| William MARTIN | M | 58 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Newchurch, Monmouth, England | |
| Rachel MATTHEWS | U | 28 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Blackwood, Monmouth, England | |
| Edith MAZEY | 9 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Aberdare, Glamorgan, Wales | ||
| Jane MAZEY | 10 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Ystradyfodwg, Glamorgan, Wales | ||
| Margaret MAZEY | 13 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Llanwonno, Glamorgan, Wales | ||
| Emma MC_FARLAN | 6 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Pontypridd, Glamorgan, Wales | ||
| Louise MC_FARLAN | 5 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Pontypridd, Glamorgan, Wales | ||
| Sarah J. MC_FARLAN | 6 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Pontypridd, Glamorgan, Wales | ||
| Mary A. MILES | 8 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Llantwitfardre, Glamorgan, Wales | ||
| Robert MILES | U | 49 | M | Inmate | Coal Miner | Petreston Super Ely, Glamorgan, Wales | |
| Charlotte MOORE | W | 29 | F | Inmate | Llantrisant, Glamorgan, Wales | ||
| George MOORE | U | 66 | M | Inmate | Stone Mason | Monmouth Town | |
| Benjamin MORGAN | M | 70 | M | Inmate | Contractor (Undef) | Cadoxton Juxta Neath, Glamorgan, Wales | |
| Ellen MORGAN | 10 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Llantrisant, Glamorgan, Wales | ||
| Jane MORGAN | 13 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Llantrisant, Glamorgan, Wales | ||
| John MORGAN | U | 55 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Stonehouse, Devon, England | |
| John MORGAN | 8 | M | Inmate | Scholar | |||
| Mary A. MORGAN | 8 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Llantwitfardre, Glamorgan, Wales | ||
| Mary J. MORGAN | 1 | F | Inmate | Pontypridd, Glamorgan, Wales | |||
| Morfydd MORGAN | 9 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Llantrisant, Glamorgan, Wales | ||
| Phebe MORGAN | 11 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Llantrisant, Glamorgan, Wales | ||
| Thomas MORGAN | W | 49 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Bedwelty, Monmouth, England | |
| William MORGAN | U | 66 | M | Inmate | Coal Miner | Bryncethin, Glamorgan, Wales | |
| William MORGAN | 11 | M | Inmate | Scholar | |||
| Winifred MORGAN | U | 26 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Llantrisant, Glamorgan, Wales | |
| Dennis MULLIN | U | 45 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Ireland | |
| John MULVANEY | 73 | M | Inmate | Woolweaver (Wool Cl Manuf) | Ireland | ||
| Edward NEVILLE | U | 43 | M | Inmate | Navvy Excavator | Ireland | |
| Eliza PARKER | U | 29 | F | Inmate | Blind | Pontypridd, Glamorgan, Wales | |
| Margaret A. PARNELL | 14 | F | Inmate | Aberystruth, Monmouth, England | |||
| Mary PHILIPS | 15 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Pontypridd, Glamorgan, Wales | ||
| David PHILLIPS | 9 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Pontypridd, Glamorgan, Wales | ||
| Annie PILOMAN | U | 20 | F | Inmate (Head) | Domestic Servant | Newport, Monmouth, England | |
| Thomas J. PILOMAN | 1m | M | Inmate | Pontypridd, Glamorgan, Wales | |||
| Anna J. POWELL | 5 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Llantwitfardre, Glamorgan, Wales | ||
| Lily POWELL | 9 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Llantwitfardre, Glamorgan, Wales | ||
| Martha POWELL | U | 20 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Naturalized British Subject, America | |
| Rosina POWELL | 7 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Llantwitfardre, Glamorgan, Wales | ||
| Thomas PRICE | 9 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Newport, Monmouth, England | ||
| Mary J. PRIOR | 14 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Merthyr, Glamorgan, Wales | ||
| Charles PUGH | W | 75 | M | Inmate | Coal Miner | Wellington, Shropshire, England | |
| George REES | U | 36 | M | Inmate | Painter | Trellick, Monmouth, England | |
| Jane REES | M | 49 | F | Inmate | Llandilos, Montgomery, Wales | ||
| John REGAN | 10 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Dowlais, Glamorgan, Wales | ||
| Frances RODERICK | 10 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Llantwitfardre, Glamorgan, Wales | ||
| John ROSSER | M | 61 | M | Inmate | Coalminer | Pembroketown | |
| Rees ROSSER | U | 59 | M | Inmate | Coal Miner | Imbecile | Llangattock, Brecknock, Wales |
| Philip ROWE | M | 75 | M | Inmate | Excavator (Navvy) | Llansells, Cornwall, England | |
| Ezron ROWLANDS | U | 29 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Imbecile | Pontypridd, Glamorgan, Wales |
| Catherine RYAN | 11 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Ireland | ||
| Honoriah RYAN | 4 | F | Inmate | Llanwonno, Glamorgan, Wales | |||
| James RYAN | U | 61 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Ireland | |
| Johannah RYAN | M | 33 | F | Inmate (Head) | Ireland | ||
| Mary RYAN | 7 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Merthyr, Glamorgan, Wales | ||
| Patrick RYAN | 1 | M | Inmate | Llanwonno, Glamorgan, Wales | |||
| Phillip RYAN | 12 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Ireland | ||
| William J. RYAN | 6 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Llanwonno, Glamorgan, Wales | ||
| John SADDLER | U | 75 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Llantrisant, Glamorgan, Wales | |
| George SALMON | W | 69 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Oderley, Worcester, England | |
| Emma SAUNDERS | M | 30 | F | Inmate (Head) | Wells, Somerset, England | ||
| Thomas SAUNDERS | 3m | M | Inmate | Pontypridd, Glamorgan, Wales | |||
| William SAUNDERS | 10 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Bristol, Somerset, England | ||
| Walter J. SAY | 3 | M | Inmate | Llanwonno, Glamorgan, Wales | |||
| Isaac SMITH | 8 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Llantwitfardre, Glamorgan, Wales | ||
| Mary SMITH | 6 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Llantwitfardre, Glamorgan, Wales | ||
| Arthur SMYTH | 2 | M | Inmate | Llantwitfardre, Glamorgan, Wales | |||
| Mary E. STEPHENS | 13 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Llanwonno, Glamorgan, Wales | ||
| Thomas STEPHENS | 8 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Llanwonno, Glamorgan, Wales | ||
| Miles TAYLOR | W | 51 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Wartford, Hereford, England | |
| Evan THOMAS | M | 62 | M | Inmate | Coal Miner | Aberystreth, Monmouth, England | |
| John THOMAS | W | 83 | M | Inmate | Stone Mason | Swansea, Glamorgan, Wales | |
| Martha THOMAS | 15 | F | Inmate | Bristol, Somerset, England | |||
| Sarah THOMAS | U | 56 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Beaufort, Monmouth, England | |
| William THOMAS | M | 72 | M | Inmate | Coalminer | Llandovery, Carmarthen, Wales | |
| Thomas TURNER | M | 33 | M | Inmate | Painter | Brecon Town | |
| Thomas WATKIN | U | 69 | M | Inmate | Puddler (Iron Manuf) | Pontypool, Monmouth, England | |
| William WATTS | U | 66 | M | Inmate | Blacksmith | St Lawrence, Pembroke, Wales | |
| Maurice WELSH | U | 61 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Ireland | |
| John WESTON | M | 73 | M | Inmate | Sawyer | Chirton, Wiltshire, England | |
| Elizabeth WILKINSON | W | 35 | F | Inmate | Manorbier, Pembroke, Wales | ||
| George J. WILKINSON | 5 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Llanwonno, Glamorgan, Wales | ||
| Charlotte WILLIAMS | M | 64 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Llanelly, Brecknock, Wales | |
| Edward WILLIAMS | W | 68 | M | Inmate | Plasterer | Rhuddlan, Flint, Wales | |
| Joseph WILLIAMS | W | 68 | M | Inmate | Shoemaker | Newport | |
| Moses WILLIAMS | U | 71 | M | Inmate | Quarryman (Stone) | Risca, Monmouth, England | |
| Robert WILLIAMS | M | 70 | M | Inmate | Woodcutter (W Merch) | Chepstow, Monmouth, England | |
| William WILLIAMS | 10 | M | Inmate | Imbecile | Ystradyfodwg, Glamorgan, Wales |
Total residents: 178
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