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Name	Age	Address
Ellen Roberts Elsie May Curtis Samuel Abrahams David James Davies Morgan Rees Havard Mary Annie Williams Emrys Prosser Elizabeth Algar Annie Elizabeth Davies Mary Ann Rowlands Cyril John Chapman Evan George Davies Thomas John Evans Ivor Penllwyn Evans Edward John William Roderick George Ernest Bradford Edward Evans William Isaac Sarvis Violet Mary Baldwin Hilda Christmas Eliza Ann Davies Alice Evelyn George Mary Hannah Jones Hannah Mary Morgan Elizabeth Edith Morgan Sarah Maud Nicholas Beatrice Elsie Norman Blanche Elaine Paddock Sarah May Parry Jeannie May Price Gwladys Richards Mary Ceridwen Williams Winifred Jane Williams Esther Williams Dora Wyke Harold Bridge Oswald Davies  † James Charles Evans Thomas William Griffiths Ivor Idris Jones Harold Keeves Arthur Lionel Phillips Idwal Rees Alice Chapman Gwladys Ellen Notton Dagmar Railton Margaret Richards Gwladys Trigg Trevor Percival Andrews Harold Egbert Cox Frederick Stanley Cleves Heber Davies Trevor Davies Joshua Dalrymple Cecil Raymond Escott John Emlyn Evans Rees Evans Henry David Jenkins Everett Griffith John Joseph Jenkin Jones Trevor Christmas Jones Austin Reginald Morgan Edward Thomas Pink Conrad Charles Teague Edgar Morris Thomas Harold Stewart Tucker William Trevor Vaughan Arthur John Venables Sidney Welch Olwen Williams Thomas Spencer Palmer	14.2 14.1 12.6 14 15.8 13.8 15.3 13.6 12.7 12.3 12.7 12.4 12 13.3 12.5 11 12 12.2 13.1 13.4 14.1 13.5 14 16.4 12.5 12 11.9 10.8 12.5 13.3 12.9 13.4 12.7 12.6 12.8 10.8 12.7 13.9 11.9 12.1 13.5 13 13.4 12.1 14.9 12.1 16.1 13.8 12.2 14.6 11.6 13 11.5 12.1 17.5 11.6 11.7 12.4 12.3 12.7 14 14.3 13.1 12.5 12.9 13.1 11.3 12.3 12.3 12.4 12.2 12.2	Pentrebach, Llwydcoed 23, Broniestyn Terrace, Aberdare 19A, Seymour St, Aberdare 50, Brecon Road, Hirwain Butchers Arms, , Pontwalby, Glynneath 17, Margaret St, Aberaman 3, Harriett St, Trecynon 23A, Lewis St, Aberaman 3, Prospect Place, Trecynon 35, Corner House St, Trecynon Moss House, Abernant 2, Cledwyn Gardens, Trecynon 81, Gadlys Road, Aberdare 22, Trevor St, Aberdare 12, John St, Aberdare Ashbrook House, Clifton St, Aberdare 17, Stuart St, Aberdare 15, Brynheulog Terr, Aberaman 31, Clifton St, Aberdare 19, Cromer St, Abercwmboi 35, Victoria Sq, Aberdare 54, Cwmaman Rd, Godreaman 24, Seymour St, Aberdare 46, Herbert St, Aberdare Canal Head House, , Aberdare 77, Bwllfa Road, Cwmdare 18, Meirion St, Trecynon 168, Cardiff Rd, Aberaman Park Commercial Hotel, Aberdare 124, Cardiff Rd, Aberaman The Ivies, Trecynon Bryn Villa, Glanville Terr, Mountain Ash 18, King St, Cwmdare 51, Tramway, Hirwain 26, College St, Aberdare 39, Canon St, Aberdare 16, Tudor Avenue, Aberdare 11, Spencer St, Cwmaman 3, Clifton St, Aberdare 12, Exhibition Row, Llwydcoed Dynevor House, Monk St, Aberdare 2, Primrose Terr, Hirwain 1, Belmont Terrace, Aberaman 2, Spencer St, Cwmaman Moss House, Abernant 5, Brondeg Terrace, Aberdare 35, George St, Aberaman Brynderwen, Hirwain Rd, Hirwain 28, King St, Cwmdare Corinthian Villa, Elm Grove, Aberdare 12, Miners Row, Llwydcoed 28, Brynheulog Terr, Aberaman 21, Glanant St, Aberdare 1, Tan-y-bryn St, Aberdare Castle Inn, Cwmdare 4, Catherine St, Aberdare 30, Griffith St, Aberdare 7, Cynon Terrace, Hirwain 20, Dare Road, Cwmdare Lodge Cottage, Penderyn Rd, Hirwain 42, Monk St, Aberdare 15, Cardiff St, Aberdare 30, Herbert St, Aberdare 8, Upper Regent St, Aberdare 3, Jenkin St, Aberdare Godreaman House, Aberdare Graig House, Aberdare 11a, Albert St, Aberdare Brighton Emporium, Aberaman 21, Tudor Tce, Aberdare 23, Harriett St, Trecynon 7, Holford Terr, Cwmdare

† Oswald Trevor Davies was a WW1 casualty. He was the son of Rees and Rebecca Davies of 11, Spencer Street, Cwmaman. Oswald was killed on 8th February 1918, and was buried at Abbeville Communal Cemetery Extension, France.

Notes

Spring term entry: The pupils Ellen Roberts, Elsie May Curtis, Samuel Abrahams, David James Davies, Morgan Rees Havard and Mary Annie Williams enrolled during January 1911. 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 1911, the school recruited pupils to higher Forms, as well as to Form 1, so for example, Morgan Rees Havard would have entered directly into a higher Form.
The order of pupils in the table is the order in which they were enrolled.

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

Annie Elizabeth Davies was the daughter of a ‘tin worker’. The Cynon Tin Plating works was situated at the bottom of Meirion Street adjacent to the level crossing leading to Robertstown.

Cyril and Alice Chapman of Moss House were children of the Aberdare postmaster.

William Roderick was a member of the large family of Thomas Roderick, the prominent local architect.

William Isaac Sarvis was the son of the well known family of drapers in Aberdare.

Alice George was a daughter of the well known undertaker F.D.E. George.

Trevor Percival Andrews was a son of Zachariah Andrews a theatrical manager in Aberdare. The theatre was the New Theatre, later renamed the Palladium, Canon Street. (This theatre was not the same as The New Empire Theatre; this was housed in the Constitutional Club buildings; ‘New’ because the old wooden Empire Theatre was destroyed by fire. It was situated where the Rock Swimming Baths was later built.)

Idwal Rees of Cwmaman became very well known in Aberdare. He was the first headteacher of the Wlsh school in Aberdare. He has an entry if the Former Pupils section of this website.

Gwladys Ellen Notton was the daughter of William Notton, a schoolteacher, who became headteacher at the Town Council (later Caradog) Primary School.

Cecil Raymond Escott of Catherine Street went on to UCW Aberystwyth. He made a career in the Royal Navy where he attained the rank of Lieutenant-Commander. He settled in the Weymouth area. He was the elder brother of another former pupil, Percy Escott, who concluded his teaching career at Caradog Primary School in Aberdare.

Edward Thomas Pink, (1899–1970), was the middle son, of three, of William George Pink, a master decorator, but who is remembered as being one of the two firemen who were killed in the fire that destroyed Aberdare General Hospital, 27 September 1929. Edward followed in his father’s footsteps and became a master painter and decorator. He lived for most of his life in The Grove, in Aberdare.

 

Amongst the parental occupations of the 1911 intake, there were,
Accountants 2, Architect, Assistant Fireman, Assistant Overseer, Bookclerk, Boot-Repairer, Butchers 2, Butcher’s Manager, Carpenter, Cattle Salesman, Clothiers’ Manager, Coal Inspector, Coal Merchant, Colliers 14, Colliery Agent, Colliery Engineman, Colliery Fireman, Colliery Hitcher, Colliery Manager, Colliery Weigher, Colliry Haulier, Commision Agent, Congregational Minister, No occupatoin 2, Draper’s Assistant, Farmer & Publican, Foreman Mason, Grocer, Hotel Proprietor, House Decorator, Mackintosh maker, Masons 2, Master Decorator, Mechanic with Gas Co., Missionary, Newsagent, Platelayer, Postmasters 2, Printer & Stationer, Publican, Railway Engine-drivers 2, Railway Signalman, Roadman in Colliery, School-Masters 2, Station-Master, Tailor & Draper, Theatrical Manager, Time & Store keeper, Tin plate Rollerman, Tin worker, Undertaker, Warehouseman. No occupation : 2.

 

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