Hi John, The 1911 census for my relative was in the Welsh language version. If anyone cares to look at the census, it was for Richard Davies b. 1853 born in Llanllugan, Montg. The address is Gwerfyda, Llanllugan, Nr Newtown, Montg. Richard Davies Penteubr 58 Sengl Farmer Montgomery Llanllugan Catherine Davies Chwaer 53 Sengl Cadw Ty Montgomery Llanllugan Sarah Jane Buckley Nith 25 Sengl Morwyn Cyffredin Montgomery Mochdre The whole page is otherwise in the Welsh language. Thanks to those who did the transcription. It now makes sense. Catherine was a sister and the Housekeeper, and Sarah was a niece and the Domestic Maid. Georgina In a message dated 8/7/2012 4:03:28 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, john@jlb2011.co.uk writes: Roy Davies <roydavies@gmail.com> wrote: "Cadw ty" means keeping the house, i.e. she was either a house keeper or a house wife, depending on her relationship to the head of the household. "Morwyn" means "maid" (or maiden) and "cyffredin" means common so she would have been someone who did general domestic duties. Off hand I can't think what how we would normally describe that occupation in English, "general maid," I suppose. ================ Dear Listers, What an interesting answer from Roy Davies. Many thanks, Roy. I must say this is the first time I've encountered an example of a householder responding in Welsh to a census question. Perhaps Georgina could tell us whether the householder filled in the Welsh language version of the census form? Has anyone else seen similar examples while studying census returns? I suppose the 1911 is the most likely source, because in that census we can see the answers as written by the head of the household, rather than the census enumerator's transcription that we see in all the other censuses. Kind regards, John -------------------- John Ball, Brecon, Mid-Wales, UK E-mail: john@jlb2011.co.uk Personal Homepage: http://www.jlb2011.co.uk Images of Wales: http://www.jlb2011.co.uk/walespic/ Welsh Family History Archive: http://www.jlb2011.co.uk/wales/ Joint Webmaster, Breconshire Local & Family History Society http://www.blfhs.co.uk/ GENUKI Breconshire Maintainer: http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/BRE/ Joint Administrator - Powys (& BRE/MGY/RAD) RootsWeb mailing lists =================== Visit the Powys Mailing List webpage at: www.jlb2011.co.uk/powyslist.htm ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to POWYS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message