Pontypridd Union Workhouse

[teddymark]

someone did look at the Glyntaff records and William Roberts is not there.
I did get his death cert finally ( I had been off by 2 years) and he died of kidney disease, at age 49. I was also told that if someone was ill they went into the workhouse for medical care.
William was in the Army for 22 years and had a pension so I was surprised he ended up there. Guess a pension wasn't all that much.
will look at the Pontypridd poorhouse site, and will also try Abertridwr.
many thanks for the help. teddy

[osprey]

more than likely, he died in the workhouse infirmary rather than being an inmate of the workhouse. If he was the breadwinner of the family, there may not have been money to pay for his care, so the workhouse infirmary was the only option.

[boycefamilytree]

Hi all,

It may be worth possibly checking the records for St Ilan church which is on the top of the mountain at the borderline of Eglwysilan area over towards Abertridwr.

The area ran from the River Taf on the Glyntaf side of Pontypridd town area up over the mountain towards Abertridwr.

I think these may be held at the Ystrad Mynach council offices.

Regards,
Dave

 Boycefamilytree

[Special Needs Girl]

Hi.

We found all the church records in Cardiff records office.

We also checked the workhouse records there too.

Obviously there is the 100 year rule but we were lucky in that we were allowed to read the report at the discretion of the librarian - we were within months.

Good luck with your search

SNG