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family history, Osborne, Rhondda2 Comments

The 1939 Bush Houses bulletin A dwindling, but similar, population

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Having coughed up for a Findmypast annual sub to access the 1939 Register details {4}, it is time for Cutlock & Co to do its usual job, as per earlier censuses, transcribing the whole information for Bush Houses {see notes 1, 2}.

The Cutlock Transcription

Information on all households is shown on the Bush Houses 1939 spreadsheet, and here’s a pdf version, for those who don’t like spreadsheets. Out of 281 entries (individuals) a hundred were ‘locked’ (unavailable to view) when first processed – another 22 are open at November 2016. » Continue reading “The 1939 Bush Houses bulletin A dwindling, but similar, population”

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Calling Clare Harris!

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Cutlock & Co received your message earlier today, on the old Bush House church – the tin shed. Thanks! However it looks like there was an error in your email address, so the reply bounced.

Did you spot the small black and white photo of ‘Bush Chapel’ at the bottom of the Bush Houses viewpoints article? I think this must match your tin shed, as the place the Gregory family had close involvement. » Continue reading “Calling Clare Harris!”

family history, Osborne, Photos, Rhondda2 Comments

Bush Houses viewpoints Cwm Clydach Cottages in colour and b&w

Cutlock & Co

Cutlock & Co is extremely grateful to a new contact who has forwarded some photos of Bush Houses. One view was familiar, from the painting which appears at the bottom of Feeling Bushed and also a poor quality version received via another source, but the older black and white image was certainly from a fresh perspective.

Looking down the valley towards Tonypandy, with the main part of Clydach Vale /Blaen Clydach to the left (north), St Albans church can be seen on the bottom left. » Continue reading “Bush Houses viewpoints Cwm Clydach Cottages in colour and b&w”

family history, Living Conditions, Newspapers, Osborne, Rhondda10 Comments

No beating about the Bush Dreadful conditions, a strong community in Cwm Clydach

Cutlock & Co

The Cutlock & Co articles on Bush Houses are some of the most popular on the website. As the latest batch of old news uploaded to the Welsh Newspapers Online archive includes nine year’s worth of the Rhondda Leader from the start of the 20th century, a quick trawl seemed a good idea. Forty items came up for “bush houses”. Here are some key ones about the place {1}, which also shine a light on inhabitants’ lives. » Continue reading “No beating about the Bush Dreadful conditions, a strong community in Cwm Clydach”

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The interconnectedness of Tonypandy Osbornes

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Another illustration of how inter-connected the Osborne family was/is in the Tonypandy area emerged recently.

For Matilda Osborne, born about 1884 in Misterton to Levi (brother of 2x great grandfather William) and wife Elizabeth, the finished 1911 census records on Ancestry had been awaited to put more flesh on her husband and their children. Annoyingly it is still not clear whether his name is Edwin or Edward Sheldon, but it seems likely that he went by Edward in life, but was born and died as Edwin. » Continue reading “The interconnectedness of Tonypandy Osbornes”

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A snapshot of Bush Houses in 1911

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The database of the 1911 census (England) on Ancestry, for England and Wales, is currently (June 2011) in a rather frustrating half-way state. The images of the individual records are online, organised by the original Enumeration District. However the information on the records hasn’t yet been transcribed and indexed, so you can’t directly search them by name (or by anything else). The census summary books, where the local census collector tallied up the records for each area, ARE indexed but they generally only give the surname of head of household, and don’t directly connect to the individual images. » Continue reading “A snapshot of Bush Houses in 1911”