
Aberdare Boys’ Grammar School
School History

from School Records
Forename | Surname | Age | Address |
William John Elsie Margaret F Lucy Mary Martha S Mary Ann George Ivor Elsie May Winifred E Reginald Lloyd Margaret Mary Annie Elizabeth A Charles J W Gilbert King Catherine Cornelius Francis Morgan Dilys Mary Lizzie Lizzie Olwen Samuel Sarah Jane William Rees Lily Adelaide David William Thomas Ceinwen David John Lotta Eli Bertha Ellen Lizzie Mostyn Frederick Sarah Ernest Lilian Thomas John Viola David John Wm Thomas Winstone Harriet Lilian Catherine Mary Julia Gwenllian Ann Mary Florence Elizabeth Frank Sarah Sidney Edna Morfydd Richard Donald Arthur Douglas Blodwen Catherine Jane Catherine M Etna Jennie John Philip Katie A Lucy Maud Margaret Mary Mary Jane Stephen William John Catherine Harris John Queenie John Olwen John Harold Tudor Bronwen David William Mabel S Percy S Stanley Edith Louisa Gwilym J Jennie Frank Gwyn Hugh Alan William Charles Margaret David John Mary Ann Gwen Eleanor Gwilym T Herbert Margaret Gwen Lena Lily Clarissa Llewellyn Ernest Leoline Aneurin Cyril Augustus David Elizabeth Ellen Martha Muriel Emma Minnie Marion Benjamin Dorothy Geoffrey Lyn Lily Mary Enoch Annie David Edith Edward Thomas George Norton Hannah J May Annie |
Allen Andrews Ashford Berry Bevan Bird Bishop Bosher Boulton Bowen Bowers Bryant Bryant Bryer Burgess Connolly Dance David Davies Davies Davies Davies Davies Davies Dovey Edwards Elias Evans Evans Evans Fine Fletcher Franklyn George Goldstone Gough Griffiths Griffiths Hague Harris Harry Henry Hobby Hughes Ingram James James Jenkins Jenkins Jenkins Jenkins John John Jones Jones Jones Jones Jones Jones Jones Jones Jones Jones Jones Jones Jones Lewis Lewis Lewis MacGuire Manuel Mathias Morgan Morgan Morgan Morgan Morgan Morris Morris Morris Notton Oxenham Oxenham Palmer Parsons Phillips Pierce Powell Powell Powell Price Pugsley Rate Rees Reynolds Rhydderch Richards Roberts Robinson Roderick Stephens Tay Thomas Thomas Thomas Thomas Watkins Williams Williams Williams Williams Williams Williams Wiltshire Woodford |
12 13 15 11 12 12 13 13 13 15 12 – 12 12 11 12 12 13 12 14 12 12 12 12 15 16 16 13 12 14 12 12 13 12 13 13 12 12 13 12 12 12 12 12 15 14 14 12 13 12 12 14 12 12 12 13 13 12 12 14 15 13 16 12 12 13 12 13 12 13 13 12 14 12 15 14 13 11 13 12 12 12 12 13 12 13 13 12 12 11 12 13 15 12 11 12 16 14 13 13 13 13 11 13 12 13 11 13 13 12 14 13 10 13 13 |
Church Villa, Aberaman Post Office, Cwmdare Llanthewy St Mill St Philip St Bwllfa Pl Tramway Brondeg Terrace Navigation Villas, Mountain Ash Rhoswenallt, Abernant Glyngwyn St, Mountain Ash – Cardiff Rd, Mountain Ash Police Station, Penrhiwceiber Graig St Oakland Terrace Bell St The Grange, Aberaman Mountain Ash Penrhiwceiber Ty Gwalia, Hirwaun Hill St Mt Pleasant St Forge Row Queen’s Hotel, Aberdare Clive St St Fagan’s School House Ivor St, Mountain Ash Fforchaman Rd Stuart St Penrhiwceiber Rd Gadlys St Engineers Row Seymour St Cardiff Rd Woodland St, Mountain Ash Cardiff Rd Penrhiwceiber Rd Foundry Rd, Hirwaun Castle Hotel, Aberaman King St Agent’s Row High St, Mountain Ash Glannant St Cross St Jubilee Road Forge View King St, Mountain Ash Mountain Ash Birds Villa, Hirwaun Alma St Merthyr Rd Mt Pleasant St Market St Cemetery Rd Aman St Tanybryn, Mountain Ash Clarence St, Mountain Ash Phillip St, Mountain Ash Rhigos Tramway Highland Place Rhigos Moriah Place Richmond Rd Fforchaman Row Byron St Tramway Rd, Rhigos Mountain Ash London St, Mountain Ash Bryn Sion House, Aberdare Commercial St Canal Head House Jenkin St Monk St Monk St Penrhiwceiber Rd Cadwaladr St, Mountain Ash Campbell Terrace, Mountain Ash Richmond Rd, Mountain Ash Brondeg Terrace Whitcombe St Seymour St Gadlys St Ynyslwyd St Victoria St, Mountain Ash Mountain Ash Jeffrey St, Mountain Ash London St, Mountain Ash Vicarage, Aberaman Granville Terrace, Mountain Ash Cardiff St Pendarren St Llanwonno Road Brynteg, Aberdare Bronallt Terrace Cardiff St Montague Terrace, Aberdare Navigation St, Mountain Ash Bryncarnau Farm, Llwydcoed Carmel House, Trecynon Thomas St Ty Clyd, Hirwaun Whitcombe St Ty Clyd, Hirwaun Tudor Terrace Philip St, Mountain Ash Wind St Richmond Rd, Mountain Ash Nanthir Cottage, Llwydcoed Werfa, Abernant Stuart St Jubilee Road Mountain Ash Pembroke St |
Notes
Cornelius Francis Dance His father worked in the Tinplate Works that once stood at the bottom of Meirion Street in Trecynon.
Morgan David The David family lived at The Grange, Aberaman. They owned the Black Lion Brewery; were wholesale wine and spirit merchants; owners of the Recreation Grounds and Empire Theatre, Rock Grounds. They were also landowners in the Aberdare and Abergavenny areas. Also horse breeders. Morgan David was a WW1 war casualty and died in 1917. His name is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial.
Lily Adelaide Dovey was the daughter of the publican at the Queen’s Hotel. The building in Canon Street became Montague Burton – ‘the Tailor of Taste’.
Lotta (Charlotte) Evans was the daughter of Rev. Melchizedec Evans, Unitarian Minister at Highland Place. An elder sister of Lotta, Gwladys Elizabeth Evans, married T.J. Lewis and became the mother of the poet Alun Lewis.
Eli Fine was the son of Jacob Fine, a Pawnbroker of Penrhiwceiber.
Mostyn Frederick George was the son of Fred D.E. George, a well known Aberdare undertaker.
Viola Hague was the daughter of the Baptist Minister Rev. George Hague of Hirwaun.
David John Harris was the son of Henry Harris, a licenced victualler of the Castle Hotel, Aberaman.
William Thomas Winstone Harry was the son of Joseph and Celia Eliza Harry. William was a WW1 war casualty and died in 1916. He was in the Royal Navy, and a crew member of H.M.S. Indefatigable. His name is commemorated on the Plymouth Naval Memorial.
Catherine M Jones was the daughter the Calvinistic Methodist Minister Rev. Morris D. Jones.
Olwen Manuel was the daughter of Rev. T. Manuel, a Wesleyan Minister, Trecynon.
Frank Gwyn Notton was the son of the headmaster of the Town (Council) School, Clifton St. He was a WW1 war casualty and died in Belgium in 1917.
Hugh Alan Oxenham, (1894–1978), was the son of William Oxenham, a plumber, Maesydre. He married Olwen Rees Jones (Café Mona family), in 1924. He became a Master Heating Engineer and Plumber.
William Charles Oxenham, (1894–1960) was the son of Lewis Oxenham, a gas fitter, Maesydre. He died in Sully Hospital aged 66.
Muriel Emma Stephens was the daughter of Rev. H.T. Stephens, Minister of Carmel C.M. Chapel.
Minnie Marion Tay was the daughter of an ostler, John S Tay of Abernant. After leaving school, Minnie joined the committee of the Past Student Society in 1919, joining her sister Vera who was already a member. Minnie stayed a loyal committee member until the late 1920s. In 1938 she married Henry T.O. Henneage in Honiton, Devon. Her brother Frank was assistant librarian at Aberdare’s first Public Library. If you look carefully you will find Minnie in this Aberdare Town Tennis Club photograph. Minnie lived until she was 97, and died in Somerset in 1987.
Dorothy Thomas was the daughter of Ben. Thomas, the photographer of Swansea and Aberdare.
Geoffrey Lyn Thomas was the son of Dr Ieuan G. and Jeanie Thomas, of Maesyffrwd, Hirwaun. Later in 1918 as Capt. G.L. Thomas of the Royal Field Artillery, he became a WW1 casualty. He is buried in Marfaux British Cemetery, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Edward Thomas Williams was the son of John Williams, Manager of the Tinplate Works.
In addition to the occupations mentioned above there were 29 children of men working in collieries, 16 with a parent working in a shop, 3 children of teachers, 2 children of policemen, 6 children of railwaymen, and 4 children of surgeons.