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The Story of Carmarthenshire
By David Morgan
David Morgan was born in Swansea around 1850 and wrote the book over the period 1881, 1891 and 1901. He lived at Bridge Street, Llandeilo and married Mary Samuel. He read extensively and found abundant material about Carmarthenshire scattered throughout numerous books and decided to bring the salient parts together a book about the county that was both easy to read and understand. The text and images of The Story of Carmarthenshire was originally printed in sepia in a slightly smaller format than A5.
David was a member of the Carmarthenshire Antiquarian Society and a teacher at Ffairfach Council School, Llandeilo, in 1909.
This Cd is a copy of his work in Adobe pdf format, bookmarked and fully searchable.
1901 census 1891 Census 1881 Census
The information is sketchy but this is what has been discovered:
David Morgan married Mary Samuel in the second quarter of 1878 at Llandilofawr.
Mary Samuel was
living with her parents, John and Catherine, in 1861 and
with
her widowed mother in 1871.
There are
too many
possibilities
for David Morgan born in the Swansea area
to locate him.
There are intriguing entries in the 1901 1891 and 1881 censuses.
The
fact that Aldwyth Morgan was an assistant teacher in 1901 - was this
Ffairfach?
The unusual names given to some of the children.
A possible marriage for John Samuel and Catherine Paget at Llandilofawr in the third quarter of 1848 which probably explains the Paget in the eldest son's name.
1901 Census RG13/5106/12/15 Schedule 80
7 Bridge Street, Llandilo Fawr
David Morgan
Head, married, aged 51.Schoolmaster.
Born Swansea, Glamorgan
Language: Both
Mary Morgan
Wife, married aged 49.
Born Llandilo, Carmarthenshire
Language: Both
Wilfrid P. Morgan
Son, single, aged 21. Railway Clerk.
Born Llandilo, Carmarthenshire
Language: Both
Aldwyth K. Morgan
Daughter, single, aged 18. Assistant Teacher.
Born Llandilo, Carmarthenshire
Language: Both
Claudia B. Morgan
Daughter, single, aged 16.
Born Llandilo, Carmarthenshire
Language: Both
John S. Morgan
Son, single, aged 13.
Born Llandilo, Carmarthenshire
Language: Both
Margaret A. Griffiths
General Domestic Servant, single aged 14.
Bom Llandilo, Carmarthenshire
Language: Both
1891 RG12/4511/52/13 Schedule 90
7 Bridge Street, Llandilofawr
David Morgan
Head, married, aged 41. School Master.
Born Swansea, Glamorgan
Language: Both
Mary Morgan
Wife, married, aged 39.
Born Llandilofawr, Carmarthen
Language: Both
Wilfred Paget Morgan
Son, single, aged 11. Scholar.
Born Llandilofawr, Carmarthen
Language: English
Aldwyth Kate Morgan
Daughter, aged 8. Scholar.
Born Llandilofawr, Carmarthen
Language: English
Claudia Blanche Morgan
Daughter, aged 6. Scholar.
Born Llandilofawr, Carmarthen
Language: English
John Samuel Morgan
Son, aged 3. Scholar.
Born Llandilofawr, Carmarthen
Language: English
Elizabeth Ann Davies
General Domestic Servant, single, aged 15.
Born Llanwrda, Carmarthen
Language: Both
1881 RG11/5390/52/7 Schedule 52
7 Bridge Street, Llandilofawr
Catherine Samuel
Head, Wife, aged 68. Income from House.
Born Narbeth, Pembroke
David Morgan
Lodger, married, aged 31. Elementary Teacher.
Born Swansea, Glamorgan
Mary Morgan
Wife, married, aged 29.
Born Llandilo, Carmarthen
Wilfrid Paget Morgan
Son, aged 1.
Born Llandilo, Carmarthen
Elizabeth Davies
Servant Domestic, unmarried, aged 15.
Born Llandilo, Carmarthen
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