Merthyr Tydfil
The Cyfarthfa ironworks were run by four consecutive generations of the Crawshay family beginning with Richard Crawshay who, in 1791 turned the works from a barely profitable business to one of the most important ironworks in the world. In 1832 Richard's son William Crawshay II built Cyfarthfa Castle, an enormous Norman-style building which overlooks the Cyfarthfa ironworks. Unfortunately, for the Crawshay family, their dominance in Merthyr Tydfil's iron industry was waning and the Dowlais ironworks rose to prominence. Member of Parliament John Josiah Guest owned Dowlais and upon his death in 1852, Dowlais was the biggest producer of iron in the world. As well as its impressive innovation and volume of output, Dowlais also captured the public's imagination after John Josiah Guest's wife Lady Charlotte took over management of Dowlais following his ill health and eventual death, and continued to run the business whilst raising their ten children.
The ironworks began to decline from 1861 and a short depression was reversed in the 1870s by the emergence of coal mining in the area surrounding Merthyr Tydfil with the population peaking in 1911 at 80,990 people.
These are the people in Merthyr Tydfil we are interested in:
- Henry Campbell (1821-?), UNDEFINED ENGINE AND MACHINE MAKING (NOT TEXTILE)
- James Conolly (1821-?), LAND, HOUSE, SHIP--SURVEYOR
- William Walter Cooke (1815-1873), PHYSICIAN, SUGEON, REGISTERED PRACTITIONER, INCLUDING POOR LAW HOSPITALS DOCTORS ETC
- John Crispin (1821-1890), SCHOOLMASTERS AND TEACHERS (DEFAULT)
- David David (1822-?), PHYSICIAN, SUGEON, REGISTERED PRACTITIONER, INCLUDING POOR LAW HOSPITALS DOCTORS ETC
- Edward Davies (1815-1853), PHYSICIAN, SUGEON, REGISTERED PRACTITIONER, INCLUDING POOR LAW HOSPITALS DOCTORS ETC
- Richard Davies (1814-?), SCHOOLMASTERS AND TEACHERS (DEFAULT)
- Evan Jones Davies (1821-1871), AUCTIONEERS APPRAISERS VALUERS HOUSE AGENTS
- Thomas Davies (1819-?), ROAD--CONTRACTOR, SURVEYOR, INSPECTOR
- John Davis (1828-?), LAND, HOUSE, SHIP--SURVEYOR
- James Dawson (1817-1889), ROMAN CATHOLIC PRIEST
- Henry Diddams (1817-1876), SCHOOLMASTERS AND TEACHERS (DEFAULT)
- Lodowick Edwards (1803-?), CLERGYMAN OF THE ESTABLISHED CHURCH (CHURCH OF ENGLAND IN ENGLAND AND WALES, CHURCH OF SCOTLAND IN SCOTLAND)
- Lewis Edwards (1808-1880), POOR LAW SERVICE
- James Emory (1816-?), MINISTER, PRIEST, OF OTHER RELIGIOUS BODIES
- Thomas Evans (1811-?), CHURCH, CHAPEL, CEMETERY--OFFICER, ETC.
- John Evans (1828-?), ARCHITECTS
- Abraham Evans (1809-?), ACCOUNTANTS
- Evan Evans (1803-?), CIVIL ENGINEERS
- Christopher Gay (1826-1870), CHEMISTS DRUGGISTS
- John Henry Goodere (1828-1875), SOLICITOR
- John Griffith (1814-1885), CLERGYMAN OF THE ESTABLISHED CHURCH (CHURCH OF ENGLAND IN ENGLAND AND WALES, CHURCH OF SCOTLAND IN SCOTLAND)
- Thomas Vinson Hagan (1817-1894), OTHER CIVIL SERVICE OFFICERS AND CLERKS
- Robert Harrison (1819-1881), CHEMISTS DRUGGISTS
- William Herbert (1803-?), RAILWAY OFFICIAL - INSPECTORS, SUPERVISORS, CLERK
- Matthew Hirst (1826-?), SCHOOLMASTERS AND TEACHERS (DEFAULT)
- Edward Hole (1823-?), CHEMISTS DRUGGISTS
- Henry John Hollier (1827-1906), SOLICITOR
- John Hughes (1801-?), MINISTER, PRIEST, OF OTHER RELIGIOUS BODIES
- Rowland Hughes (1812-?), MINISTER, PRIEST, OF OTHER RELIGIOUS BODIES
- John William James (1821-1895), PHYSICIAN, SUGEON, REGISTERED PRACTITIONER, INCLUDING POOR LAW HOSPITALS DOCTORS ETC
- Frank James (1823-1902), SOLICITOR
- Charles Herbert James (1818-1890), SOLICITOR
- William Jenkins (1825-1895), ACCOUNTANTS
- William Jinkins (1824-?), ACCOUNTANTS
- Thomas Jones (1827-?), OTHER CIVIL SERVICE OFFICERS AND CLERKS
- William Jones (1804-?), BROKERS, FACTORS, COMMERCIAL AGENTS (NOT - MINE, QUARRY, INSURANCE)
- Henry Kirkhouse (1782-1866), MINE - OWNER, AGENT, MANAGER
- George Kirkhouse (1830-1865), PHYSICIAN, SUGEON, REGISTERED PRACTITIONER, INCLUDING POOR LAW HOSPITALS DOCTORS ETC
- John Kyle (1805-1869), OTHER CIVIL SERVICE OFFICERS AND CLERKS
- David Lewis (1826-?), MEN OF THE NAVY (INC COASTGUARDS)
- William Lewis (1813-?), BANKERS
- John Llewellyn (1823-?), MEN OF THE NAVY (INC COASTGUARDS)
- George Lunn (1823-?), MINISTER, PRIEST, OF OTHER RELIGIOUS BODIES
- Peter Malone (1827-?), AUTHORS EDITORS JOURNALISTS AND CREATIVE ADVERTISING WORKERS
- John Marsh (1813-?), PHYSICIAN, SUGEON, REGISTERED PRACTITIONER, INCLUDING POOR LAW HOSPITALS DOCTORS ETC
- Edward Martin (1807-1892), MINE - OWNER, AGENT, MANAGER
- John Milward (1801-1857), LAW CLERK
- John Morgan (1816-1885), SOLICITOR
- William Morgan (1820-?), ACCOUNTANTS
- Robert Mullet (1808-1888), CHEMISTS DRUGGISTS
- Thomas Nangham (1800-?), SCHOOLMASTERS AND TEACHERS (DEFAULT)
- Thomas Overton (1821-1858), VETERINARY SURGEONS
- George Overton (1813-1883), SOLICITOR
- Thomas Lance Phillips (1819-1869), PHYSICIAN, SUGEON, REGISTERED PRACTITIONER, INCLUDING POOR LAW HOSPITALS DOCTORS ETC
- William Powell (1825-?), SCHOOLMASTERS AND TEACHERS (DEFAULT)
- Edward Price (1806-?), CLERGYMAN OF THE ESTABLISHED CHURCH (CHURCH OF ENGLAND IN ENGLAND AND WALES, CHURCH OF SCOTLAND IN SCOTLAND)
- Thomas Symes Prideaux (1814-1885), ENGAGED IN SCIENTIFIC PURSUITS (INC INVENTORS AND SCIENTIFIC QUALIFIERS)
- Thomas Rees (1825-?), MEN OF THE NAVY (INC COASTGUARDS)
- James Richards (1804-1867), MINISTER, PRIEST, OF OTHER RELIGIOUS BODIES
- Samuel Roberts (1811-?), PHYSICIAN, SUGEON, REGISTERED PRACTITIONER, INCLUDING POOR LAW HOSPITALS DOCTORS ETC
- David Roberts (1802-?), MINISTER, PRIEST, OF OTHER RELIGIOUS BODIES
- Jonathan Rogers (1811-1874), CLERGYMAN OF THE ESTABLISHED CHURCH (CHURCH OF ENGLAND IN ENGLAND AND WALES, CHURCH OF SCOTLAND IN SCOTLAND)
- William Rowland (1826-1891), ARCHITECTURAL, MONUMENTAL--CARVER, SCULPTOR
- William Rowlands (1806-1894), CLERGYMAN OF THE ESTABLISHED CHURCH (CHURCH OF ENGLAND IN ENGLAND AND WALES, CHURCH OF SCOTLAND IN SCOTLAND)
- James Ward Russell (1812-1880), SOLICITOR
- Thomas Stephens (1822-1875), PHYSICIAN, SUGEON, REGISTERED PRACTITIONER, INCLUDING POOR LAW HOSPITALS DOCTORS ETC
- Thomas Stollard (1813-?), OTHER CIVIL SERVICE OFFICERS AND CLERKS
- John Thomas (1826-?), LAND, HOUSE, SHIP--SURVEYOR
- William Thomas (1823-?), ARCHITECTURAL, MONUMENTAL--CARVER, SCULPTOR
- Thomas Thomas (1804-?), OTHERS CONNECTED WITH LAW
- Walter Thompson (1810-1855), BANKERS
- Thomas Thompson (1801-?), FARM - BAILIFFS STEWARDS FOREMEN
- Samuel Truran (1799-1860), BROKERS, FACTORS, COMMERCIAL AGENTS (NOT - MINE, QUARRY, INSURANCE)
- James Walkinshaw (1812-?), ACCOUNTANTS
- Enoch E Williams (1809-?), MINISTER, PRIEST, OF OTHER RELIGIOUS BODIES
- John Williams (1827-?), DENTISTS AND DENTISTS ASSISTANTS
- Morgan Williams (1809-?), OTHER POST OFFICE OFFICERS AND CLERKS
- Morgan Williams (1815-?), CIVIL ENGINEERS
- William Wolt (1801-?), SCHOOLMASTERS AND TEACHERS (DEFAULT)