Oldest Schoolmaster 1928

Chimp said:
Could it be Carmarthen maybe.
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I don't think so, it looks to start with CWM. It's a bit clearer on the 1871

1871, Michaelston Lower, Glamorganshire RG10; Piece: 5425; Folio: 92; Page: 32
John Mason 41, Cilgerran
David Mason 16, Glamorganshre
Elizabeth Mason 14, Glamorganshire
Thomas Mason 13, Cilgerran
John Mason 11, Cilgerran
George Mason 8, Cilgerran
Griffith Mason 6, Cilgerran

1861, Kilgerran. RG9; Piece: 4177; Folio: 53; Page: 13
All born Cilgerran
John Mason 33
Elenor Mason 29
Elizabeth Mason 4
Thomas Mason 2
John Mason 3/12
 
Think this has to be them in 1841, but mother's name is ANN???
All born in county. HO107; Piece: 1447; Book: 4, Folio: 15; Page: 22
Kilgerran
Ann Davies 45, ind.
Elizabeth Davies 12
Elinor Davies 9
David Davies 5
 
Chimp said:
I thought I had him in 1861 but not sure now. It was reported that he became headmaster of Talybont school in 1858, but can't seem to find him.
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There was a "Gathering of School Managers at Abercamlais" according to The Western Mail dated 23rd October 1876
On Saturday, the members of the Brecon Archidiaconal School Managers Association held their forty-sixth meeting at Aberearalais, the residence of the Rev. Garnons Williams. The attendance was very large, including most of the clergy of the rev, gentleman's rural deanery, and also the school teachers of most of the national schools in Breconshire and Radnorshire.

Amongst the list of names is Mr D. R. Davies, Talybont. In fact, after the list of all the good Revs. who were there, there is only a Mr Robert Smith and D. R. Davies named, it then says "and a large number of school teachers and pupil teachers", so he was obviously quite important :)

Ann
 
Mealymoo said:
1861, Kilgerran. RG9; Piece: 4177; Folio: 53; Page: 13

Elenor Mason 29
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I see John is a widow in 1871.

FMP has a burial image for an Elinor Mason in Cilgerran on 12th September 1866 aged 35.

In the margin on the right of the page (contains 8 burials) 4 of the burials have what.JPG anyone ?
 
I do that sometimes Ann. So used to using facebook where hitting 'return' posts it.
 
Here's somewhere for you to go Terry - I bet it is quite an evocative place...
http://www.
visitwales.com/attraction-search/attraction-search-results/attraction-search-details?id=1481051&industry=TEA&location=Wales%2c+United+Kingdom&radius=10&filterIds=PropertySubType-5&city=&price=&latitude=51.74714&longitude=-3.223623&ref=B83AD09E5C464DDBBB1FD9D1FAACF6D0

Ann (just as well you can copy and paste the URL :eek:)
 
Half Hour said:
Years ago we watched a movie about a hill in Wales that was just a bit to short to be a mountain so the townsfolk carted all this dirt to the top to get it to qualify as a mountain. Sorry I can't remember the name and if I could I wouldn't be able to spell it :)
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"The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain"
1995, directed by Christopher Monger, starring Tara Fitzgerald (Brassed Off), Ian McNeice (Doc Martin) and Hugh Grant (Hugh Grant in different guises). In 1917, two English surveyors arrive in a Welsh village to measure the local mountain. The villagers are dismayed when these nasty foreigners declare that it's a hill and plot to keep them in the village while they carry earth to the top of the "bump" until it' high enough to be a mountain. There's not much plot, but it's a nice gentle comedy. Although the film is fiction, it's inspired by a real hill - The Garth, or Mynydd y Garth, near Pentyrch in Cardiff - which has bronze age burial mound on the top which overlooks Cardiff and the Bristol Channel. Christopher Monger also wrote a book about it.

http://www.
bbc.co.uk/wales/nature/sites/walking/pages/se_garth_mountain.shtml
 
There's a very probable burial record for David Davies snr on FMP. I know you have a sub with them Chimp. I searched in Pembrokeshire burials 1839 +/-2yrs and he was first on the list.
 
Ann, anyone would think that I make a hobby of haunting dead people :D

Thanks for the pointer Moo, got it now ;)
 
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