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Chemists, Jewellers & Sewing Machines
48-50 Broad Street,
Newtown, detail of a
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Montgomery Canal Centre
Broad Street's chemist was at number 48. Edward Owen was training an apprentice, Thomas H Francis, who lived at the property as many apprentices did.
| 1891 Census | ||||||
| 48 Broad Street Newtown | ||||||
| Name | Position in household |
Marital status |
Age | Occupation | Place of Birth | English/Welsh speaker |
| Edward Owen | Head | M | 57 | Pharmaceutical Chemist | Mont Montgomery | English |
| Sarah Owen | Wife | M | 47 | Warwick Farnborough | English | |
| Edith S Owen | Dau | 14 | Scholar | Mont Newtown | English | |
| Edward A J Owen | Son | 12 | Scholar | Mont Newtown | English | |
| Thomas H Francis | Apprentice | 19 | Chemist (apprentice) | Mont Tregynon | English | |
| Margaret A Pryce | Serv | 22 | General Serv domestic | Mont Montgomery | English | |
Ford, Watchmaker & Jeweller
Advert from Sutton's Directory, 1890
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In the late nineteenth century, prior to the development of optometry as a separate profession, jewellers also sold spectacles.
| 50 Broad Street, Newtown | ||||||
| Name | Position in household |
Marital status |
Age | Occupation | Place of Birth | English/Welsh speaker |
| Alfred Ford | Head | M | 56 | Watchmaker | Mont Newtown | English |
| Fanny Ford | Wife | M | 37 | Mont Newtown | English | |
| Frederick G Ford | Son | 8 | Scholar | Mont Newtown | English | |
| Alfred Ford | Son | 7 | Scholar | Mont Newtown | English | |
| Frances M Ford | Dau | 6 | Scholar | Mont Newtown | English | |
| Harry Ford | Son | 5 | Scholar | Mont Newtown | English | |
| John W Ford | Son | 1 | Mont Newtown | English | ||
| Matthew S Ford | Son | 1 | Mont Newtown | English | ||
| Evelyn Ford | Dau | 3 months | Mont Newtown | English | ||
Yet another addition was made to the ever burgeoning Ford family in 1892 when baby Thomas was born.
Advert for The Singer
Manufacturing Company
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The first practical Singer sewing machines had been perfected in 1851, and by 1891 they were being sold through the Company's agent in Newtown. He is listed in Sutton's Directory as Charles Smith. The census gives the agent as Charles Morgan.
| 36 Broad Street, Newtown | ||||||
| Name | Position in household |
Marital status |
Age | Occupation | Place of Birth | English/Welsh speaker |
| Charles Morgan | Head | M | 30 | Singer Sewing Machines agent | Abergavenny Monmouth | English |
| May J Williams | Serv | 15 | General Domestic servant | Trefeglwys Mont | English | |
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