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Name	Age	Address
Evan John Hopkins Ivor Grant Griffiths Margaret May Broom Elsie Evans Margaret Watts Harriett Sophia Catherine Martin David Llewellyn James Winifred Evans Myfanwy Jones† Winifred Doris Flooks Annie Winifred Jones Mariel Davies Annie Mary Lewis Sarah Deborah Davies Margaret May Llewellyn Rachel Jane Thomas Mary Elizabeth Abraham Mary Martha Davies Sophia Jenkins Ivor Edmunds Henry Lewis Elizabeth Dorothy Berry Christiana Evans Maggie May Hughes Glynelen Protheroe Herbert Lendon Berry John Morgan Davies John Edmund Evans David Emrys George Ralph Haydn Harris John Handel Jordan Phillip Harrison Lindsay John Frederick Pardoe John David Powell William George Rees William Ewart Watkins Gwenllian Miles Jennet Mary Williams May Isobel Bromilow Olwen Christmas Agnes Harriet Davies Bronwen Evans Maggie Rose Evans Florence Irene Jones Blodwen Jones Gwendoline Lewis Elizabeth Morgan Amy Slade Gwladys Martin Thomas Joan Thomas Gwladys Mason Mary Walters Edith Mary Abbott Eileen Mary Eggleton Gwenhwyfar Maud Evans Olwen Myfanwy Evans Rachel Mary Evans Norah Irene Norman Mary Ann Parry Edith Leiuthwaite Wyke Frank Beswick Benjamin Griffiths Davies Harry Davies David Edmunds Aaron Gordon Hancock Raymond Jenkin Howells William Cyril Hughes William Albert Jenkins Emlyn Jones Evan William Lewis David John Gerald Mears Dorothy Margaret Bromilow Olivia Gwen Howells† Arthur Reginald Abraham Leslie Newing Collette William Howell Davies Colin Evans Archibald Luther Flooks Daniel David Hughes Thomas Jenkins John Thomas Jones Lewis Henry Lewis Edgar Vivers Teague‡ Thomas John Thomas John Lewis Thomas William Thomas‡ John Edward Walters Howell Williams Katie Roach Ernest Ivor Bowyer William Davies Reginald Saunders Gordon Arthur Lewis Margaret Anne Evans Reginald Knibbs	14.7 13.1 14.7 16.1 15.2 12.3 15.0 15.3 13.4 12.4 14.8 12.8 12.9 15.7 16.5 17.1 14.9 14.4 14.6 14.4 15.8 14.7 12.7 13.0 14.4 12.3 12.9 14.1 12.4 13.2 12.9 11.8 10.1 12.1 12.3 11.5 12.1 12.5 15.0 14.6 15.7 12.5 14.2 12.5 12.9 13.8 12.2 12.7 14.4 11.8 12.9 12.0 13.0 12.8 13.3 13.5 12.8 12.7 13.3 12.9 12.3 13.1 14.0 13.1 12.8 12.8 14.0 13.4 13.2 13.1 12.2 15.0 12.6 13.0 10.4 12.7 14.4 15.6 12.2 14.7 14.0 12.3 13.1 12.1 11.1 12.9 14.9 13.3 12.6 11.0 12.2 11.3 16.4 13.5 12.6	55, Tudor Tce, Aberdare Ashgrove, Abernant Rd, Aberdare 77, Gadlys Road, Aberdare 33, Seymour St, Aberdare 6, David St, Trecynon 110, Cemetery Rd, Aberdare 27, King St, Cwmdare 50, Seymour St, Aberdare Brickyard, Rhigos Dover House, Gadlys Road, Aberdare 15, Wyndham Crescent, Aberaman 79, High St, Hirwain* 52, Brook St, Aberaman Derwen, Trefor St, Aberdare 20, Glyn Hafod, Cwmaman Bryn Celyn, Cwmbach 4, Hawthorne Terrace, Aberdare 24b, Hirwain Rd, Aberdare 13, Wind St, Aberdare 3, Bute Place, Hirwain 40, Windsor St, Trecynon 47, Commercial St, Aberdare 65, Cardiff Rd, Aberaman 1, Holford Terr, Cwmdare 9, Tudor Tce, Aberdare 47, Commercial St, Aberdare 80, Bwllfa Road, Cwmdare 4a, Dare Road, Cwmdare Bryn Villa, Llanwonno Road, Cwmaman 7, Horeb Terrace, Llwydcoed Maesgwyn Cottage, Cwmdare 1, Thomas St, Robertstown Ingledene, Abernant Rd, 1, Maesgwyn Terrace, Cwmdare 1, Spencer St, Cwmaman 2, Dare Villas, Aberdare Training School, Trecynon 25, Phillip St, Robertstown 28, Bridge Road, Cwmbach 35, Victoria Sq, Aberdare Anwylfan, Seymour St, Aberdare 1, Ynyslwyd St, Aberdare Picton House, Trecynon 58, Monk St, Aberdare 9, Ffrochneol Row, Cwmaman 29, Lewis St, Aberaman Castell, Rhigos, Hirwain 34, Lewis St, Aberaman Penrallt, Elm Grove, Aberdare Cefn-y-don, Elm Grove, Aberdare 34, Lewis St, Aberaman 17, High St, Hirwain Fedwhir Lodge, Aberdare 24, Bronallt Terr, Abercwmboi 28a, Fforchaman Rd, Cwmaman 5, Wayne St, Gadlys, Aberdare 9, Miners Row, Llwydcoed 168, Cardiff Rd, Aberaman 1c, Bwllfa Road, Cwmdare 39, Canon St, Aberdare 9, Elm Grove, Aberdare 35, Cemetery Rd, Aberdare 224, Cardiff Rd, Aberaman 91, Brook St, Aberaman 33, Monk St, Aberdare (later M. Ash) 12, Stuart St, Aberdare 16, Glanant St, Aberdare 63, Brecon Road, Hirwain 20, Mary St, Aberdare Oak Hill Villa, Aberaman 27, Cynon Terrace, Hirwain 28, Bridge Road, Cwmbach Post Office, Rhigos 43, Wind St, Aberdare 20, Clifton St, Aberdare 11, Upper Regent St, Aberdare Farmers Arms, Aberdare Dover House, Gadlys, Aberdare 2, Nant Row, Aberdare 59, High St, Hirwain Bryn Rhigos, Hirwain 50, Gadlys Road, Aberdare Hill House, Jenkin St, Aberdare 8, Broniestyn Terrace, Aberdare 16, Pendarren St, Aberdare 17, Pembroke St, Aberdare Nantmelyn House, Cwmdare Bryngolwg Farm, Rhigos 2, Harlech Place, Aberdare 9, Pendarren St, Aberdare 79, High St, Hirwain 11, Cobden St, Aberaman Queen’s Hotel, Aberdare 2, Cefndon Terrace, Hirwain 401, Cardiff Rd, Aberdare

Notes

Spring term entry: The pupils Evan John Hopkins to Annie Mary Lewis inclusive enrolled during the Spring or Summer terms of 1910. All the others enrolled in the Autumn term.

Age on Entry: Pupils entering Form 1 were generally 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 1910, the school recruited pupils to higher Forms, as well as to Form 1, so for example, Gordon Arthur Lewis would have entered directly into a higher Form.
The order of pupils in the table is the order in which they were enrolled.

‡William Thomas and Edgar Vivers Teague died in WW1. Details are in the History/War Memorial section of this website.

†Both these girls had to board in Trecynon owing to their homes being in Rhigos.

*Hirwain — as written in the records of this period.

 

Margaret Watts was for years the teacher of the infants’ class at Abernant Primary School. She was the sister of Sam Watts, who was a Headteacher at Hirwaun Boys’ School. She never married, and died in post at the end of the 1950s.

Elizabeth Dorothy Berry was a daughter of Richard Lewis Berry, a photographer, Aberdare Fire Brigade Captain, and town councillor. Her grandfather was the photographer Joseph Lendon Berry of The Globe Studios, who took his camera to various outdoor locations in Aberdare from 1880 until about 1900 when his son R.L.Berry took over the photography business.

Glynelen Protheroe married Herbert Lendon Berry who follows Glynelen in the enrolment list, H. Lendon Berry was a son of R.L.Berry. Their son is Brian L. Berry, who has an entry in the Former Pupils section of this website.

Mary Isobel Bromilow and her twin sister Dorothy Margaret were daughters of the medical practitioner Dr Tarcisius Bromilow of Bridge Road, Cwmbach.

Gwendoline Lewis, (1896–1992), was a daughter of John Lewis, the tailor of Lewis Street, Aberaman. Gwendoline married David Emrys Jones, (1896–1983) and together they ran Café Mona, after Emrys’s father, David Rees Jones, died in 1942. Gwen, Emrys and their daughter Marie continued with the very successful business until April 1961.
Gwen’s younger brother Bertie Lewis entered the Trecynon school in 1912, and became a tailor like his father. Bertie’s shop was at 12 Market St, Aberdare.

Elizabeth Morgan was the daughter of W.J.Morgan a farmer of Castell [Farm], Halt Rd, Rhigos.

Edith Mary Abbott was the daughter of the chauffeur at Fedwhir, Llwydcoed, then the home of the Edwards family who had been at Fedwhir since the mid-eighteenth century.

Lewis Henry Lewis was a relative of Jennie Williams, (née Lewis), the school secretary from around 1940 for the following forty years. She lived all her life in the same house as Lewis. The family ran a butcher's shop.

Gordon Arthur Lewis was the son of John Lewis the Licensed Victualler of the Queen’s Hotel, Canon St. The Queen’s Hotel later became the premises of Montague Burton, clothier.

Amongst the parental occupations of the 1910 intake, there were,
Baker 1, Blacksmith 1, Boot-Dealer 3, Butcher 3, Butcher’s Manager, Chauffeur, Clerks 3, Clothiers 2, Coal Merchant, Colliers 19, Colliery Engine driver, Colliery Engineer, Colliery Engineman, Colliery Fireman 2, Colliery Labourer, Colliery Manager, Colliery Overman, Commercial Travellers 2, Engine driver, Engineman, Farmer, Fireman, Fitter, Grocers 5, Grocer’s Manager, Haulier (Colliery), Head Teacher, House Decorator, Insurance Agent, Insurance Inspector, Insurance Superintendents 2, Ironmonger, Joiner, Labourer, Law Clerk, Licensed Victualler, Medical Practitioner, Mining Contractor, Minister of Gospel, Newsagent, Professor of Music, Publican, Railway Guard, Repairer Colliery, School Attendance Officer, Schoolteacher, Smith, Superintendent of School, Tailor, Timberman, Widow, No occupation and Widows: 11.

 

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