Map of Abersychan area

Note - the use of Trevethin in registration records, refers to the whole old parish; the actual births, etc. were in Talywain, where St. Thomas's Church was, etc. Additional information from Norman Tudgay, whose Family Bible uses the spelling Tudgee, until Maria Tudgay, b 6/5/1882.

1750-1775	John Tudgee origin unknown fathered illegitimate child ca 1778						backward link to Kingston Deverill
1775-1800	William Tudgee 1777-1824 b Leigh upon Mendip			m. Sarah George on 17/08/1800			backward link to Leigh on Mendip
1825-1850	Isaac Tudgay 1816-1889			m Eliza Smith (1820-1890) on 19/03/1838			backward link to Talywain/Abersychan
eldest of 12 or 14 children	John Frederick Tudgay (Tudgee) b 09/06/1837 at Frome, Somerset d 24/08/1894 at Nantyglo, Gwent [then Monmouthshire) (JFT)			married ?? ca 1859		Maria ?Tudgee b 09/11/1839 d 25/7/1882
1881 Census neither alive in 1901 Census	John b 1839, Frome, Somerset			Living - "Near viaduct, Talywain"		Maria b 1840 at Blaenavon, in Monmouthshire
9 children (note name as Tudgee on several birth certificates)
Frederick Tudgay	John Frederick Tudgay (JFT2)	Sarah Jane Tudgay (JFT3)	James Tudgay (JFT4)	Elizabeth Tudgay (JFT5)	Albert (Herbert) Tudgay (JFT6)	Frederick Tudgay (JFT7)	Joshua Tudgay (JFT8)	Maria(h) Tudgay (JFT9)
b ca 1860 d before 1874	b 04/08/1861 at Trevethin, Mon. d ? m 14/02/1886 at St Thomas' Church, Talywain Trevethin to Catherine Lewis see 1. below	b 24/03/1864 at Trevethin d ? in 1881 Census as born 1865	b 09/06/1866 at Trevethin d? in 1881 Census as born 1867 in 1901 census	b 21/08/1868 at Trevethin ?Elizabeth b 02/08/1868 (one transcription has Jane, but 1881 Census is Elizabeth)	b 02/02/1871 at Trevethin m June 1898 in Crickhowell District d Jan 1929 see 2. below (not in 1901 census)	b ca 1874 d before 1881 at Pontnewynydd (not in 1881 Census)	b 31/04/1875 at Trevethin m ca June 1894 in Crickhowell District see 3. below	b 06/05/1882 at Bedwellty, Mon.

The 1901 Census Civil Parish of Residence Aberystruth
This included Nant-y-glo, Garnfach and Blaina.

BLAINA is a large village with a station on the Monmouthshire section of the Great Western railway, 178 miles from London, 4 north from Aberbeeg, and 7 east from Tredegar, and is governed by the Nant-y-glo and Blaina Urban District Council, established under the "Local Government Act, 1894." The church of St. Peter, the parish church of Aberystruth, standing in Blaina is a cruciform structure of stone, rebuilt in 1857, in the Norman style, and consisting of chancel, nave, aisles, transepts, south porch and an eastern tower with spire, containing 8 bells, given by Messrs. Lancaster and Co. Limited: there are 600 sittings. The register of baptisms and burials dates from the Year 1736; marriages, 1737. The living is a rectory, net yearly value £175, in the gift of the Marquess of Abergavenny, K.G. and held since 1900 by the Rev. David Thomas Davies B.A. of St. David's College, Lampeter. Charities, amounting annually to about £2, are given to the poor at Christmas. There are several dissenting chapels. A cemetery of 5 acres was formed in 1886 and is under the control of the Nant-y-glo and Blaina Urban District Council.
Here are the Blaina tinplate works and furnaces, and in the vicinity are many collieries, giving employment to a great number of hands. There is a large hall, which is used for public meetings, and will hold 1,000 persons.
The Marquess of Abergavenny K.G. is lord of the manor. The principal landowners are the Nant-y-glo and Blaina Iron Works Co. Limited, The Ebbw Vale Co. Limited, and Messrs. Webb Brothers, of Abertillery.
The soil of the parish is all mountain land, scarcely any cultivated, but there are a few farms amongst the hills; nearly thewhole country is taken up by iron works, mines and collieries.
The area of Aberystruth civil parish is 11,650 acres of land and 103 of water; rateable value, £50,879; the population in 1881 was 18,668, and in 1891 was 25,913, of which 8,283 are attached to the mother church.
The area of Nant-y-glo and Blaina Urban District is 3,860 acres; rateable value, £41,100; the population in 1891 was 12,410. [http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~familyalbum/kstrubla.htm].

1. Family of John Frederick Tudgay, 1861-?? (JFT2) - 1901 Census has born at Talywain, Coal Hewer; family details deduced from 1901 Census

P. Tudgay has emailed (9 February 2003) to say - "My father Arthur Ronald was born Nantyglo with brothers Emlyn, Isline (I think spelling ok) and sisters Kate, Annie". Presumably this family is descended from one of the above. In 2002 - A R Tudgay lives in New Inn, Pontypool; Islwyn Tudgay in Brynmawr.

A report of the 100th anniversary celebrations of Cwmcelyn Infants School in Gwent Terrace, Blaina, 15 February 2002 included - "Another former pupil, Mrs Winifred Tudgay, aged 90, who went to the school in 1917 and whose granddaughter Louise Cornick is currently teaching the reception class at the school, will also be present" [Source]. I assume Winifred was the widow of one of the Nantyglo family.

2. Family of James Tudgay, b 1868 (JFT4), it seems he may have had a wife Sarah, aged 26 born Nantyglo.

3. Family of Herbert Tudgay, b 1871 (JFT6), curiously not found in a search of the 1901 Census

3. Family of Joshua Tudgay, b 1875 (JFT8)