Sarah Merthyr was large town [probably 80,000 or so] in 1911 so there would have been a number of elementary schools in the Borough. Three I know of were Caedraw Infants school, Twnyrodyn Infants school and Georgetown [Infants/Junior?] and there were probably others. All three would have been within easy walking distance of Upper Thomas Street. My older uncles started in Caedraw then transferred to Twynyrodyn when the family moved there. My father who was the youngest started school in 1909. Michael -----Original Message----- From: Sarah Crellin via Sent: Saturday, May 30, 2015 12:09 AM To: GLAMORGAN@rootsweb.com Subject: [GLA] ancestry and my Rogers clan So this is a two part email, on one hand to offer some help and on the other to get some :-) I have had a H€!! Of a time with my Rogers clan being badly transcribed in Ancestry, they have been spelt rogus, bogus, and boogers and most recently my Rogers have been included in a transcription error of my Bevan's... Misspelled as Revans but I persevered and searched the 1911 census by an address (which I should have known but didn't-brain fart). Anyway they came up living at that address and now I know that my William Rogers was an elementary school teacher living on upper Thomas street in lower Merthyr Tydfil (I also didn't know there was a difference) so my advice is if you are having a hard time finding your lot TRY an address! Now my question is. How FAR might my William have gone in 1911's transportation to get to his elementary school to teach? And what school would reasonably been within the possible area he would need to travel? I know he was there in 1917 as he is listed as next of kin for his brother who died of war wounds from Gallipoli while in Australia. The house was still in the family well into the late 40's as I found a probate will from the youngest Bevan boy who was thirteen in 1911. Cheers Sarah Gfhs 8400 --