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Name	Age	Address
Eleanor Agnes Evans Muriel Jackson Pattie Mathias Richard Tudor Whiting Edgar Thomas Bessie Dix Thomas Edgar Davies David Trevor Marsh Jones Ernest Trevor James Irene Frances Pratt Harry Condon David Thomas Davies Thomas Alewyn Jones George Thomas Griffiths Nellie Mason Susie Morgan Edwards Lilian Phelps Elsie Pritchard Jones Enid Lea Hilda Margery Jones Mary Hannah Williams Rowland Thomas Davies David John Thomas Alpha Annie Morgan Herbert Pritchard Howell David Christmas Jones Wyndham Thomas Fred Jones Sarah Margaret Jenkins Daniel Jones Henry Lloydwyn Jones James Edward Lewis Henry John Evans John Edwin Howells Sarah Evans George Howell Evans Evan David Jones Mary Ellen Davies Richard Henry Williams Edward John Davies Aneurin Rees Isaac Rees Owen Brinley Morlais Lewis Hettie Maud Davies William John Evans Clifford Llewellyn Thomas Gwladys Christmas David Robert Masters Ivor Richard Morgan Beatrice Sarah Thomas Thomas Richards Nathan Robins Mabel Thomas Cyril James Griffiths Ceinwen Isaac Margaret Halewood John Francis Annie May Jones Gladys Morgan Daniel Hughes Florence Martha Maud Jones Thomas Davies Roach William George Clifford Jefferies Adelina A Michael Annie Hughes Evan Llewellyn Frederick William Oxenham Alice Leonora Williams Idris Jones Lena Maud Evans Mary Phillips Rees William Jones Daniel James Meyler William Samuel Jones Edith May Kent Miriam Nicholas Warren Devonald Lewis Thomas Davies William Thomas Davies William Reginald Welch Ernest Bugler Kate Rees William Rees Annie Rees Griffith Bowden David Frederick George Maggie Jones Alfred Charles Durant Jago Penry Lottyn Jones Thomas John Watkins Dorothy Jessie Charlotte Rees Herbert Victor Todd Jeremiah Islwyn Edwards Alice Arianydd Howells William Garnet Webb Venn John Williams William George Evans Thomas Brinley Reynolds Dorothy Williams Enid Audrey Davies William Jones Sarah Jane Thomas Doris Violet John Henry Richard Mills Annie Margaret Edwards Gaenor Jones Elizabeth Mary Edwards Gwilym Arthur Jones Aaron Gibbon Jennie Harris	13.1 12.3 12.3 12.5 13.6 13.4 13.0 12.4 9.9 10.5 12.1 15.3 13.7 15.9 12.8 13.0 12.5 13.9 10.8 12.9 13.0 12.9 13.3 13.1 13.3 13.7 13.2 13.9 12.0 12.9 12.4 12.4 12.8 12.5 13.0 12.4 12.8 13.2 12.7 13.8 12.8 13.1 12.7 11.1 12.0 14.4 14.2 12.1 13.2 13.5 13.3 11.9 13.6 11.9 12.4 10.0 13.3 14.2 15.6 13.5 12.8 13.5 11.4 14.6 14.6 12.2 12.3 13.7 12.0 14.6 11.1 11.8 13.0 12.4 11.4 12.8 11.8 12.0 12.1 13.6 13.9 15.4 13.7 13.0 13.4 12.0 12.5 11.1 12.3 12.3 11.8 12.9 12.1 12.3 12.8 13.5 13.0 13.1 14.6 14.2 12.2 13.5 13.4 13.0 11.2 13.8 13.3 18.5 13.3 14.2	81, Cemetery Rd, Trecynon Seaton Carew, Aberdare 9&10, Commercial St, Aberdare Industrial Farm, Aberdare Castle Inn, Cwmdare Belle Vue Hotel, Aberdare 43, Oxford St, Mountain Ash 29, Rheola St, Penrhiwceiber 6, Park Lane, Aberdare 39, Station Terrace, Penrhiwceiber 1, South Avenue, Aberdare 16, Wyndham Crescent, Aberaman London House, Ammanford 2, Clifton St, Aberdare 166, Cardiff Road, Aberaman 2, Woodland Terrace, Cwmaman 18a, Whitcombe St, Aberdare Iscoed, Aberdare 18, Commercial St, Aberdare Cowbridge Arms, Aberdare 1, Gwawr St, Aberaman 13, Tirfounder Road, Cwmbach 65, Mill St, Trecynon 24, Glyndwr Cottages, Aberaman Greenhill, Aberaman Station Villas, Llwydcoed 20, College St, Aberdare Castle Hotel, Aberdare 18, Belmont Terrace, Aberaman 22, Harris St, Hirwain* Oakwood, Mountain Ash 109, High St, Mountain Ash 24, Allen St, Mountain Ash Birchgrove, Bailey St, Mountain Ash 10, Union St, Trecynon 23, Sunnybank St, Aberdare 1, Landelyn Villas, Mountain Ash 16, Jubilee Road, Aberaman 110, Jubilee Road, Aberaman 20, Cynon Terrace, Hirwain Bryn Gurnos, Llanwonno Road, Cwmaman 11, Edward St, Miskin, Mountain Ash 10, Belmont Terrace, Aberaman Gadlys Arms, Robertstown 363, Cardiff Road, Aberaman 55, Monk St, Aberdare 5, Tanybryn St, Aberdare Bailey Arms, Miskin, Mountain Ash 3, Gwalia Terrace, Aberaman Godreaman House, Aberdare 1, Foundry Terrace, Mountain Ash 189, Cardiff Road, Aberaman 66, Monk St, Aberdare 2, Clifton St, Aberdare Bryn Goleu, Fox St, Mountain Ash 13, Tudor Tce, Aberdare 3, Alexandra Terrace, Aberdare 17, Pendarren St, Aberdare 7, Pendarren St, Aberdare 111, Cardiff Road, Aberaman 29, Clifton St, Aberdare 50, Monk St, Aberdare Aberaman Farm, Aberdare 114, Jubilee Road, Aberaman 24, Cemetery Rd, Aberdare Bryndorwen, Hirwain Rd, Aberdare 22, Whitcombe St, Aberdare Duffryn School, Mountain Ash 4, Margaret St, Trecynon 88, Gadlys Road, Aberdare 2, Pontprenllwyd, Penderyn 18, Chapel Road, Penderyn 8, Station Road, Hirwain 9, John’s Row, Hirwain 38, Woodland St, Mountain Ash 28, Glyn Gwyr St, Mountain Ash 56, Hirwain Rd, Aberdare 37, Windsor St, Trecynon 1, Horeb Terrace, Llwydcoed 21, Tudor Tce, Aberdare 420, Cardiff Road, Aberaman 7, Philip Row, Cwmbach 7, Philip Row, Cwmbach 39, Windsor Terrace, Abernant Fforchneol Arms, Cwmaman Ynyscynon House, 44, Merthyr Rd, Hirwain Post Office, Capcoch* Bailey St, Miskin, Mountain Ash Mill House, Aberaman Kimla Cottage, Aberffrwd Rd, Mountain Ash 49, Dean St, Aberdare Dean House, Dean St, Aberdare Post Office, Cwmdare Maesgwyn, Cwmdare 183, Cardiff Road, Aberaman Fair View, Penrhiwceiber 52, Brynhyfryd, Cwmaman 18, Tudor Tce, Aberdare 24, Byron St, Cwmaman The Cottage, Cwmaman Station Villas, Llwydcoed 14, Pond Place, Cwmbach 39, Commercial St, Aberdare 48, Gadlys St, Aberdare 2, Woodland Terrace, Cwmaman 3, Belmont Terrace, Aberaman Gnol, Rhigos County School House, Aberdare 31, Penrhiwceiber Rd, Penrhiwceiber 6, Stuart St, Aberdare

Notes

Age on Entry Pupils entering Form 1 were aged 12+ in the early days of the school. There was no Form 2 and the four-year course to School Certificate concluded in Form 5.
In 1904 the school recruited pupils to higher Forms, as well as to Form 1, so for example, Gwilym Arthur Jones would have entered directly into a higher Form.

*Hirwain — as written in the records of this period; Capcoch is now known as Abercwmboi.

 

Muriel Jackson — her home, Seaton Carew, is a house in Abernant Road.

Richard Whiting’s father was a farmer at the Industrial Farm, Trecynon. It was run by the Board of Guardians of the Merthyr Poor Law Union, (Workhouse).

Enid Lea was a daughter of Alfred Lea the jeweller. A jeweller in Commercial Street still bears this name above the shop, (2023).

Hilda Margery Jones' home, The Cowbridge Arms, became the New Market Tavern.

Herbert Pritchard Howell - was a son of John Howell, an auctioneer, of Greenhill House, Aberaman. Greenhill House stood at in a field sandwiched between Brook Street, Aberaman, and the Dare-Aman branch railway line. Greenhill was the home of John Howell, his wife Mary Ann (née Davies) and their 10 children, plus 3 servants. Both husband and wife were Aberaman born and bred. A former pupil of the National Schools in Cardiff Street, John Howell began his working life as a boy collier in the mines, where he stayed for 10 years, before embarking on a varied career that included a few years as a clerk at the Abernant Works under Richard Fothergill. In the 1891 census the Howell family were at the Lamb and Flag, Cardiff Road, but later as a butcher, in Lewis Street, and finally as an auctioneer. He evidently moved up in the world and was in Greenhill House in the 1901 and 1911 census returns. He was High Constable in 1900, and was for many years a local councillor for the Blaengwawr Ward. He died in 1919 in his 73rd year.

Margaret Halewood was a daughter of Edward Halewood a Boot, Clog & Shoe Dealer. The mother of the School’s deputy headmaster, P.E. Phillips, (PEP), was Ellen Halewood – a member of this footwear manufacturing family.

Adelina Ann Michael was a cousin of James ('Jimmy') Michael, the first British cyclist to capture a world title, and who died on board an ocean liner heading for America in 1904. Earlier census returns show the two lived in the same Aberaman house, when Jimmy was a butcher's delivery boy - presumably delivering on his bike !

Alfred Jago’s father was a colliery accountant with Nixon’s Collieries of Mountain Ash. The family departed district in 1918. Alfred joined the Royal Engineers in WW1. He died in Cornwall in 1959.

Dorothy Jessie Charlotte Rees - was a sister of Alderman F. Rose Davies, CBE JP. Their father was a tinplate assorter. Dorothy Rees became a very long-serving teacher of French at Aberdare Girls Intermediate School, Plasdraw. Later in life she became Mrs Dorothy Schaaf.

Jeremiah Islwyn Edwards, of Cwmdare post office, was a brother to Nancy Edwards who became the mother of Dafydd Roberts, the dental surgeon.

Alice Arianydd Howells was the third of the five daughters of Edward & Margaret Howells. Edward Howells of Maesgwyn was a farmer and landowner. The farm was on the right as one ascended Cwmdare Road. The family was known as ‘Howells of Maesgwyn’. As an adult, Alice lived with three of her sisters in Broniestyn House, Trecynon. The 5th and youngest sister, Mildred, was the only one who married. Alice became headmistress of the Open Air School, Trecynon; her sister Edith was a headmistress in Abercwmboi; and Gwen another sister was a nurse. The eldest, Winnie, was at home, looking after the sisters.
Mary (‘Mari’) Howells the school’s peripatetic strings teacher was a cousin of these sisters.

Thomas Brinley Reynolds, deputy Head, acting Head, (1946 to 1950), and eventually Head of Aberdare County School for Boys, (1952 to 1954).

Enid Audrey Davies was a daughter of the well known colliery manager Thomas Luther Davies of The Cottage, Cwmaman. Thomas Luther Davies, (1861–1936), was born in Aberdare and became very well known in the district. He was manager at Fforchaman Colliery (1901); Aberaman Colliery (1910); an AUDC Councillor (Liberal) for the Aberaman Ward; member of the GCC Education Committee; Governor of the Aberdare County Schools from 1906, and later Chairman of Governors; a Poor Law Guardian, and he was made an Alderman of the GCC in 1913. He also lectured to various local societies and was a Christadelphian Preacher.

Gwilym Arthur Jones was lodging with the headmaster W. Jenkyn Thomas. Gwilym had transferred from Friars School, Bangor.

Aaron Gibbon became a teacher and lived in Abercynon for most of his life. He died in 1969 following a car accident in Broadstairs Kent.

 

 

Amongst the parental occupations of the 1904 intake, there were,
Accountant 1; Auctioneer 1; Blacksmith 1; None 11; Boilermaker 1; Boot & Shoe dealer 1; Boot salesman 1; Bootmaker 1; Brewer’s Manager 1; Builder & undertaker 1; Butcher 1; Caretaker 1; Carpenters 2; Clerks 2; Clerk in Holy Orders 1; Colliers 17; Colliery clerk 1; Colliery Managers 2; Commercial Traveller 1; Cooperative Stores Manager 1; County Court Clerk 1; Drapers 3; Engine drivers 2; Engineer 1; Farmers 3; Farmer & Estate Agent 1; Farrier 1; Firemen 2; Foreman 1; Foreman mason 1; Grocers 4; Haulier 1; Hosier 1; Innkeepers 6; Insurance Superintendent 1; Ironmonger 1; Jewellers 2; Labourer 1; Lessee of market 1; Manager of Brickworks 1; Manager of Coal Washery 1; Manager of dairy 1; Manufacturer of artificial teeth 1; Masons 2; Ministers of the Gospel 3; Plumber 1; Quarryman 1; Schoolmasters 2; Schoolmistresses 3; Sewing machine agent 1; Shoemaker 1; Signalman 1; Timberman 1; Tinplate assorter 1; Wagon repairer 1; Weigher 1; Winding Engineman 1.

 

 

 

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