Info wanted - Bedwellty or Ebbw Vale rail filer, ironworks labourer

[meaty]

My ancestor Evan Jones of Aberporth, Cardiganshire was in Bedwellty between 1850s and 1880s working as a rail filer and also a 'labourer in the ironworks'

any info would be appreciated.

one of his addresses was no4 Chapel Row, Bedwellty (1871), the others are illegible on the census returns.

 

[meaty]

i should add that im not asking people to delve into solving my family history but simply to elighten me as to facts of the location and the workplaces, if at all possible

[cardiff]

Hi
1871 census Rg10 piece 5325 folio 9 page 12
4 Chapel Row Bedwellty Monmouth
Evan Jones b 1822 aged 49yrs Aberporth Cardiganshire  occupation-SAWYER
Esther wife b 1831 Aberporth
Mary Richards daughter b 1861
David Jones son b 1871 8 months
 sawyer
worker -timber mill /pit worker sawing timber
His work I presume would have been cutting timber for the pit props under ground.
Has you state he was a rail filer  in 1861
that area started producing iron in 1780
 suggest you go to
http://www.genuki.org.uk
follow links Wales-Monmouthshire- Bedwellty
lots of info for that area on iron works/pits
Hpe this helps
cheers cardiff