Addysg
Presenoldeb yn yr Ysgol: Ysgol Cantal Llanbister
Roedd yna broblemau tebyg yn Ysgol Cantal Llanbister. Yn ôl yr arfer yn 1891, roedd y tywydd gwael yn effeithio ar bresenoldeb ac roedd yr athro yn gwobrwyo'r rheini oedd wedi mynychu'r ysgol yn dda, er nid y tywydd oedd yr unig reswm pan fod plant yn absennol:
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"Mar 6th As the attendance suffers from the Knighton fairs and markets, I gave the regular children an hour's play this morning. Aaron Stephens and T Hamer have been kept from school to go to the fair at Knighton." |
Roedd Aaron Stephens yn achosi cryn bryder iddo:
| "April 7th Aaron Stephens is absent today, having gone to the sale at Bryndraenog. This boy was reported to the Board for irregular attendance on 4th April." |
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Serch hynny, yn y pen draw gadael wnaeth Aaron a hynny cyn iddo gyrraedd yr oed priodol gymaint yr oedd yn casáu ysgol:
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"June 9th I find that Mr J Bound has engaged Aaron Stephens (st V) to work for him. This boy is not 13 years of age for another month." |
Mae'r cyfrifiad yn dangos fod Mr Bound
yn byw wrth ymyl Aaron, ac roedd ganddo deulu mawr. Efallai fod tad Aaron yn
feiliff ar fferm John Bound.
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1891
Census
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28
Rhosgree, Llanbister
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Name
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Position in
household |
Marital status
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Age
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Occupation
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Place of Birth
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English/Welsh
speaker |
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John Bound
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Head
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M
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46
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Farmer
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Radnorshire, Heyope
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English
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Hannah W Bound
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Wife
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M
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44
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Radnorshire, Llanbister
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English
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Henry Bywater
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Uncle
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Widr
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?7
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Retired farmer
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Radnorshire, Llanbister
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English
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Lizzie James
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Serv
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S
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21
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General Servant
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Radnorshire, Llanelwill
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English
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Bryan Evans
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Serv
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S
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30
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Farm Servant
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Radnorshire, Pilleth
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English
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Matthew G Williams
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Serv
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S
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24
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Farm Servant
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Montgomeryshire,
Llanfair Caereinion
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English
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John Meredith
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Serv
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S
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22
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Farm Servant
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Radnorshire, Pilleth
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English
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Price Noel Parker
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Serv
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S
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16
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Farm Servant
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Radnorshire, Llanbister
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English
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31
Ffoesllappery, Llanbister
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Evan Stephens
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Head
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M
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47
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Farm Bailiff
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Radnorshire, Llanbister
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English
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Mary Ann Stephens
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Wife
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M
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47
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Radnorshire, Llanbadarnfynydd
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English
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Aaron Stephens
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Son
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12
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Scholar
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Radnorshire, Bleddfa
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English
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Yn debyg iawn i lawer o ysgolion eraill ym Mhowys, wnaeth Cantal Llanbister ddioddef yn wael oherwydd epidemig ffliw ar ddechrau'r haf.
| "May 28th Numbers very low. Twenty two absent. Eleven of these are under the ‘Influenza'." |
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Er nid oedd pawb yn dweud y gwir:
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"May 29th Nine girls and 3 boys have been absent all the week. One boy, viz Richard Evans, Coxhead, reported ill, and was at the Knighton markets." |
Bu'n rhaid i'r athro gau'r ysgol yn y pendraw oherwydd yr epidemig.