Could SKS tell me a little about this place. It appears my GGgrandad, Thomas EDWARDS and
GGgrandmom, Mary MASON registered the birth of my Ggrandad, Edward EDWARDS here 9 April
1839. Thomas was listed as a Manufacturer. I would like to know a little about the place,
area and what he might have manufactured. James Morgan Edwards.
James,
My first suggestion was going to be a "flannel manufacturer" but I wanted to be
certain before I replied. Many people produced woolen flannel out of their homes in a
cottage industry before they were put out of business by the big mills that came about in
the market towns (Newtown, Llanidloes, etc.).
Presumably, the following entry is your EDWARDS family in 1851, village of Caersws, but no
dwelling names are listed for those in the village. Perhaps "New Inn" is the
"Talbot Inn" shown in the 2nd entry below, where there were MASON's living
-- not uncommon for a woman to go to her parents' for the birth of her child and this
may be Mary's brother and his wife living there by 1851 as they're not old enough
to be her parents.
1851 Census, Parish of Llanwnog:
EDWARDS Thomas h m 40 Mfr., flannel MGY
Llanwrnog Caersws /f439/p12
EDWARDS Mary w m 40
MGY Llandinam Caersws /f439/p12
EDWARDS Thomas s u 18 Weaver MGY
Llanwrnog Caersws /f439/p12
EDWARDS Edward s u 11 Scholar MGY
Llanwrnog Caersws /f439/p12
EDWARDS John s u 7
MGY Llanwrnog Caersws /f439/p12
EDWARDS Edwin s u 5
MGY Llanwrnog Caersws /f439/p12
EDWARDS Richard s u 1
MGY Llanwrnog Caersws /f439/p12
Also in Llanwnog (Village):
MASON Thomas h m 56 Innkeeper&fmr 29a MGY
Llanwrnog Talbot Inn /f422/p10
MASON Jane w m 55
MGY Llanwrnog Talbot Inn /f422/p10
MORGAN Thomas gs u 4
MGY Llanwrnog Talbot Inn /f422/p10
OWEN Thomas sv u 24 Farm lab. MGY
Llanodloes Talbot Inn /f422/p10
CLAY Joseph sv u 15 Farm lab.
MGY Llanidloes Talbot Inn /f422/p10
NEWELL Ann sv u 28 General servant MGY
Llanwrnog Talbot Inn /f422/p10
Regards,
Julie Preston
juliefpreston(a)sbcglobal.net
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Subject: EDWARDS-MASON of New Inn, Caersws, Llanwnog, Montgomery
Could SKS tell me a little about this place. It appears my GGgrandad, Thomas EDWARDS and
GGgrandmom, Mary MASON registered the birth of my Ggrandad, Edward EDWARDS here 9 April
1839. Thomas was listed as a Manufacturer. I would like to know a little about the place,
area and what he might have manufactured. James Morgan Edwards.