The Hobby Family of Llanfihangel Tal-y-llyn
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The Hobby Family
This picture shows a family from Llanfihangel Tal-y-llyn with an unusual name for Powys - Hobby. The census for the Breconshire village shows one Hobby family living there in 1891; some of the members mentioned there may well be in the photograph. Perhaps the baby is baby Albert!
| 1891 Census | ||||||
| Llanfihangel Tal-y-lyn | ||||||
| Name | Position in household |
Marital status |
Age | Occupation | Place of Birth | English/Welsh speaker |
| William Hobby | Head | M | 38 | Carpenter | Breconshire Talgarth | English |
| Mary Ann Hobby | Wife | M | 36 | Breconshire Llanfigon | Both | |
| Thomas C Hobby | Son | S | 13 | Scholar | Hereford ? | English |
| William Hobby | Son | S | 10 | Scholar | Breconshire Llanfihangel | English |
| Frederick Hobby | Son | S | 7 | Scholar | Breconshire Llanfihangel | English |
| Albert Hobby | Son | S | 1 | Scholar | Breconshire Llanfihangel | |