Thomas & Davies Surname
in the 1841 Census of Brynmawr

This page provides a table of all those individuals with the surnames Thomas and Davies in the 1841 Census for Brynmawr, Llanelly Parish, Breconshire, Wales. The names have been taken from the recently released CD ROM version of the 1841 Census of Breconshire. Names, ages, occupations and places of residences that are not clear in the census are accompanied by a question mark or series of question marks. My own ancestors are found on the two tables. In 1841 John and Mary Thomas and family were living on Somerset Street, while the family of David and Hannah Davies were living a couple blocks away on Glamorgan Street. John Thomas' son John married David Davies' daughter Elizabeth in 1844, and they along with the remainder of the Thomas family emigrated to America four years later in 1848. John and Elizabeth Thomas settled in the Hyde Park/Scranton section of Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, where John resumed his work as a coal miner.

Jeffrey L. Thomas
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Part I: Thomas

Name

Age

Occupation

Address

Born Breconshire?

Comments

David Thomas

55

Miner

Beaufort Street

No

 

Margaret Thomas

50

 

do

No

 

Margaret Thomas

15

 

do

No

 
           

George Thomas

40

Grocer

King Street

No

 

Elizabeth Thomas

35

 

do

No

 
           

William Thomas

15?

Plasterer

Bailey Street

Yes

living w/ family of John James, Shoe M(?)

           

Griffith Thomas

50

Collier

Cross Street

No

living w/family of William Hughes, Collier

           

William Thomas

30

Miner

Cross Street

No

 

Mary Thomas

25

 

do

Yes

 

Mary Thomas

6 mos

 

do

Yes

 
           

Alfred Thomas

25

Collier

Worcester Street

No

 

Margaret Thomas

25

 

do

No

 

Henry Thomas

2 mos

 

do

Yes

 
           

Marg Thomas

25

 

Worcester Street

No (I)

living w/family of John Dowd, Tailor

Margaret Thomas

1

 

do

No (I)

living w/family of John Dowd, Tailor

           

John Thomas

45

Collier

Somerset Street

Yes

 

Mary Thomas

45

 

do

Yes

 

John Thomas

20

Collier

do

Yes

 

Elizabeth Thomas

15

 

do

Yes

 

Thomas Thomas

10

 

do

Yes

 

Charlotte Thomas

5

 

do

Yes

 

Jeremiah Thomas

2

 

do

Yes

 
           

Howell Thomas

40

Mason

Somerset Street

Yes

 

Mary Thomas

40

 

do

Yes

 

Job Thomas

15

Mason

do

Yes

 

Martha Thomas

10

 

do

Yes

 

Samuel Thomas

11

 

do

Yes

 

Thomas Thomas

7

 

do

Yes

 

Sarah Thomas

3

 

do

Yes

 
           

Lewis Thomas

20

Miner

Somerset Street

Yes

living w/family of Thomas Lewis, Ag Lab.

William Thomas

10

Miner

do

Yes

living w/family of Thomas Lewis, Ag Lab.

           

Jane Thomas

75

 

Somerset Street

No

living w/family of David Stephenson, Minister

           

William Thomas

25

Halier(?)

Davis' Buildings

Yes

 

Ann Thomas

20

 

do

Yes

 

Rachel Thomas

2 mos

 

do

Yes

 
           

Mary Thomas

10

Female Servant

Davis' Buildings

No

living with Ann Williams, Grocer

           

Thomas Thomas

35

Blacksmith

Beaufort Street

No

 

Margaret Thomas

35

 

do

Yes

 

Walter(?) Thomas

11

 

do

No

 

Theophelus Thomas

8

 

do

No

 

Martha Thomas

6

 

do

No

 

Thomas Thomas

3

 

do

No

 
           

John Thomas

20

Carpenter

Market Square

No

living w/family of Evan Davies, Pudler

           

Thomas Thomas

25

Miner

Market Square

No

 

Jane Thomas

20

 

do

No

 
           

Richard Thomas

30

Blacksmith

Market Square

No

 

Mary Thomas

40

 

do

No

 

Mary Thomas

65

 

do

No

 
           

Rachel Thomas

34

 

Worcester Street

No

living w/family of Thomas Davies

           

Margaret Thomas

65

Inn Keeper

Worcester Street

No

 

George Thomas

35

Builder(?)

do

Yes

 

Margaret Thomas

11

 

do

Yes

 

Catherine Jones

20

Female Servant

do

No

 
           

Evan Thomas

35

Collier

Beaufort Street

No

 

Mary Thomas

30

 

do

No

 

Rashell Thomas

10

 

do

Yes

 

Mary Thomas

5

 

do

Yes

 
           

Evan Thomas

15

Shopman

Back of King St.

No

 
           

John Thomas

45

Miner

Glamorgan Street

No

 

John Rees

25

Laborer

do

No

 
           

William Thomas

35

Publican

Glamorgan Street

No

 

Margaret Thomas

35

 

do

No

 

Lewis Thomas

15

 

do

No

 

David Thomas

5

 

do

Yes

 

William Thomas

4

 

do

Yes

 

Evan Thomas

2

 

do

Yes

 
           

Samuel Thomas

30

Collier

Glamorgan Street

No

 

Mary Thomas

30

 

do

No

 

William Thomas

10(?)

Collier

do

No

 

James Thomas

6

 

do

Yes

 

Sarah Thomas

4

 

do

Yes

 

Mary Thomas

4 mos

 

do

Yes

 
           

John Thomas

55

Pudler

Glamorgan Street

No

 

Jane Thomas

35

 

do

No

 

John Thomas

10

 

do

No

 

Hester Thomas

8

 

do

Yes

 

Ann Thomas

5

 

do

Yes

 

Elenore Thomas

4

 

do

Yes

 

Elvira Thomas

2

 

do

Yes

 
           

John Thomas

20

Collier

Prosser's Run(?)

Yes

 

Eliza Thomas

20

 

do

Yes

 

John Brimson

20

Collier

do

No

 

Evan Thomas

15

Collier

do

Yes

 
           

James Thomas

30

Miner

Jas Thomas Run(?)

Yes

living w/family of Edmund Lewis, Collier

           

Benjamin Thomas

30

Collier

Jenkins Run(?)

No

 

Gwen Thomas

30

 

do

Yes

 

Rachel Thomas

10

 

do

Yes

 

Benjamin Thomas

7

Collier

do

Yes

 
           

Thomas Thomas

40

Laborer

Wm Prosser's Run

Yes

 

Elizabeth Thomas

45

 

do

Yes

 

Mary Thomas

15

 

do

Yes

 

Margaret Thomas

15

 

do

Yes

 
           

William Thomas

40

Collier

Worcester Street

No

 

Mary Thomas

40

 

do

No

 

Thomas Thomas

15

Collier

do

No

 
           

Rachel Thomas

30

Servant

Welcome to Town

No

living w/family of Lemuel Tailor, Miner

           

Martha Thomas

15

Servant

Glamorgan Street

No

living w/family of Thomas Williams, Carpenter

           

Margaret Thomas

45

 

Glamorgan Street

No

 

Isaac Thomas

25

Carpenter

do

No

 
           

David Thomas

30

Pudler

Glamorgan Street

No

 

Margaret Thomas

35

 

do

No

 

Mary Thomas

5

 

do

Yes

 

Anne Thomas

3

 

do

Yes

 
           

Thomas Thomas

35

Rail (?)

Glamorgan Street

No

 

Mary Thomas

30

 

do

No

 

Thomas Thomas

10 or 15

Laborer

do

No

 

William Thomas

5

 

do

No

 

John Thomas

3 mos

 

do

Yes

 

Handy Griffiths

30

Smith

do

Yes

 

R(?) George

30

Laborer

do

No

 
           

Thomas Thomas

25

Tailor

Glamorgan Street

No

living w/family of William Smith, Smith

           

Mary Thomas

45

 

Glamorgan Street

No

 

Anne Thomas

15

 

do

No

 

Mary Thomas

13

 

do

No

 

Thomas Thomas

12

 

do

No

 

William Thomas

11

 

do

No

 
           

David Thomas

30

????

Glamorgan Street

No

living w/family of George Baylt(?), Tailor

           

David Thomas

55

Collier

John Phillip's Row

Yes

 

Margaret Thomas

50

 

do

Yes

 

Sarah Edwards

15

Mine Teller(?)

do

Yes

 
           

Isaac Thomas

30

Collier

John Phillip's Row

No

living w/family of John Malyfant(?), Collier

           

Thomas Thomas

45

Collier

John Phillip's Row

Yes

living w/ family of Thomas Isaac, Collier

           

John Thomas

35

Harper

King Street

No

living w/family of D(?) Morgan, Collier & ?

           

Thomas Thomas

24

Collier

King Street

Yes

 

Jane Thomas

26

 

do

Yes

 

David Thomas

23

Collier

do

Yes

 

Evan Thomas

20

Fireman

do

Yes

 
           

John Thomas

45

Mason

Side of Tram Road

No

living w/family of Margaret Williams

           

Thomas Thomas

30

Collier

Side of Hill

Yes

 

Mary Thomas

30

 

do

Yes

 

Elizabeth Thomas

4

 

do

Yes

 

John Thomas

1

 

do

Yes

 

Mary Lewis

95

Widow

do

Yes

 
           

Thomas Thomas

20

Collier

Tram Road

No

 

Ann Thomas

20

 

do

Yes

 

William Thomas

3 weeks

 

do

Yes

 
           

Wm Thomas

40

Shoemaker

Tram Road

Yes

 

Joanna Thomas

30

 

do

No

 

D'd Davies

25

Fireman

do

No

 

Esther Davies

23

 

do

No

 

Lelina Davies

7

 

do

No

 

Shadrock Davies

5

 

do

No

 

Thomas Davies

3

 

do

No

 

Catharine Davies

5 mos

 

do

No

 
           

Ann Thomas

14

 

Clydach Bridge

Yes

living w/family of George Edwards, Mine Burner

           

Catharine Thomas

60

 

Clydach Bridge

No

 

Eleanor Thomas

28

Dress Maker

do

No

 

Margaret Thomas

15

 

do

Yes

 

Catharine Thomas

4

 

do

Yes

 
           

John Thomas

60

Grocer

King Street

Yes

 

Frances Thomas

55

 

do

No

 

Mary Thomas

30

Servant

do

No

 

Wm Jenkins

20

Apprentice

do

No

 

Rich Jones

15

Apprentice

do

No

 
           

John Thomas

22

Currier

King Street

Yes

 

Jane Thomas

22

 

do

No

 

Sarah Thomas

19

 

do

No

 

Margaret James

14

Servant

do

No

 
           

Esther Thomas

85

Independent

King Street

No

 

David Thomas

46

Collier

do

No

 
           

William Thomas

25

Miner

King Street

Yes

living w/family of Jonathan Jones, Collier

           

Wm Thomas

40

Collier

King Street

No

 

Margaret Thomas

40

 

do

No

 

Thomas Thomas

8

 

do

Yes

 

Jane Thomas

6

 

do

Yes

 

Esther Thomas

4

 

do

Yes

 

David Thomas

4

 

do

Yes

 

Sarah Thomas

2

 

do

Yes

 

Elizabeth Thomas

10

 

do

Yes

 

Part II: Davis/Davies

Name

Age

Occupation

Address

Born Breconshire?

Comments

John Davis

26

Barber

Beaufort Street

No

 

Martha Davis

20

 

do

No

 
           

William Davis

30

Forgeman

Beaufort Street

No

 

Sarah Davis

25

 

do

No

 

William Davis

2

 

do

No

 

Sarah Davis

7

 

do

No

 
           

William Davis

60

Butcher

Beaufort Street

No

 

George Davis

15

 

do

No

 
           

Thomas Davis

25

working in grocery?

King Street

No

living w/family of John Jones, draper & grocer

Thomas J. Davis

20

working in grocery?

King Street

No

living w/family of John Jones, draper & grocer

           

Thomas Davis

40

Mariner

King Street

No

living w/family of Esther Williams, green grocer

           

John Davis

50

Sawyer

King Street

No

living w/family of Thomas Williams, Dyer

           

William Davis

25

Iron Miner

King Street

No

living w/family of John Waters, Iron Miner

           

Margaret Davis

20

Female Servant

Bailey Street

No

living w/family of William Williams, Draper & grocer

           

Maria Davis

14

Female Servant

Cross Street

No

living w/family of Thomas Morse, Publican

           

Thomas Davis

25

Collier

Cross Street

No

 

Mary Davis

25

 

do

No

 

John Davis

5

 

do

Yes

 

Lewis Davis