Brass Band in Rhayader, standing in front of the market hall
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Musicians in Welshpool
The 1891 census reveals a clutch of visiting musicians staying at a lodging house at 33 Mount Street, Welshpool. The census does not detail what type of musicians they were, but the house perhaps had a reputation in the musical fraternity as it attracted not only a visiting German band but also a London ballad singer to stay there along with all the travelling salesmen.
| 1891 Census | |||||
| 33 Mount Street, Welshpool | |||||
| Name | Position in household |
Marital status |
Age | Occupation | Place of Birth |
| David Williams | Head | Widower | 65 | Lodging house keeper | Llanfechan |
| Edwin Williams | Grandson | 12 | Welshpool | ||
| John Clayton | Lodger | S | 50 | Ballad Singer | London |
| Robert McNulty | Lodger | S | 45 | Pedlar | Birmingham |
| Charles Morton | Lodger | S | 51 | Drover | ? |
| James Maloney | Lodger | S | 18 | Pedlar | Malpas |
| George Harris | Lodger | S | 40 | Pedlar | London |
| John Connolly | Lodger | S | 28 | Pedlar | Ireland Sligotown |
| Mary Connor | Lodger | S | 30 | Pedlar | Liverpool |
| William Johnson | Lodger | S | 42 | Pedlar | London |
| Henry Smith | Lodger | S | 50 | Pedlar | Shrewsbury |
| Elizabeth Smith | Lodger | S | 45 | Pedlar | Shrewsbury |
| Jacob Decker | Lodger | S | 22 | Musician | Bavaria Germany |
| Peter Decker | Lodger | S | 15 | Musician | Bavaria Germany |
| Ludwig Weber | Lodger | S | 18 | Musician | Bavaria Germany |
| Jacob Theobald | Lodger | S | 14 | Musician | Bavaria Germany |
| Jacob Brown | Lodger | S | 35 | Musician | Bavaria Germany |