ROAD TRANSPORT AND POSTAL OCCUPATIONS

(Includes chaise drivers, coachmen, drovers, hauliers, postmen, postillions, carriers, post masters,draymen, toll keepers etc)

The following is an index to those persons listed in the baptism records for Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan in the occupations listed above. The area covered is from Cardiff in the East to Bridgend in the West, and the period up to about 1900 (1840 for Cardiff). Some of those listed were only in the area temporarily; Coachmen listed could be Mail Cochmen or Personal Coachmen to a wealthy person etc. Hauliers listed could have been road hauliers or farm hauliers; similarly wagoners; In many cases it is impossible to tell.

The town listed before the year is the place of residence. In most cases this is also the parish where the entry is recorded but in a few cases the parish was different to the place of residence - in these cases the bracketed entry after the year shows the recording parish eg John Smith - postman - Cardiff - 1831 (Penarth) denotes that there is an entry in the parish register for Penarth in 1831 relating to a John Smith, postman, resident in Cardiff.

Every effort at accuracy has been made but mistakes/omissions may well occur in such a list, particularly in relation to the spelling of names. This list is intended to be a finding aid and the original records should always be inspected to check accuracy.

Correspondence regarding the list is welcome but I cannot undertake to carry out lengthy research on the individuals concerned, though I will provide details of the individual entries on request.

A

Samuel Adams - haulier - Cardiff - 1791

John Alexander - carrier/haulier - St.Athan - 1884 - 91

Joshua Smith Allen - postman - Caerau-by-Ely - 1897 - 98

John Archer - coachman - Llandough-juxta-Cowbridge - 1872 - 80

Ivor Arnott - haulier - Cowbridge - 1883

B

Thomas Bailey - coachman - Penllyn - 1846 - 50

James Bammon - haulier - Llandough-juxta-Cowbridge - 1845 - 55

Richard Barber - coachman - Llanblethian - 1891

Thomas Barnes - coachman - Penarth - 1869 - 71

William Beal - coachman - Essex/Dyffryn, St.Lythans - 1840 (St.Lythans)

Charles Bennet - post boy - Cowbridge - 1879 - 81

Alexander Bevan - chaise driver - Cardiff - 1802 - 11

Isaac Bevan - post boy/coachman - Cardiff - 1825 - 38

Charles Bishop - haulier - Caerau-by-Ely - 1889 - 92

John Bishop - haulier - Penarth - 1876

William Blizzard - coachman - Clifton - 1887 (Llanblethian)

Robert Boughton - haulier - Roath - 1860

Thomas Boutell - coachman - Merthyr Mawr - 1847

Edwin Bowen - coachman - Ruperra, Rudry - 1886

Edward Bradley - coach proprietor - Cowbridge - 1820

William Bradley - chaise/coach driver - Cardiff - 1811 - 23

Edward Branch - coachman - St.Nicholas - 1848 - 51

Edward Broase - haulier - Penarth - 1879

Samuel Brooks - coachman - Cardiff - 1813

George Brown - haulier - Caerau-by-Ely - 1894

John Brown - coachman - Penarth - 1874 - 75

Richard Burchell - coach maker - Cardiff - 1839

Clement Burley - coachman - Lisvane - 1894 (Llanishen)

William Burton - waggoner - St.Athan - 1884

Edmund Bynet - toll receiver - Llandaff - 1816

C

William Carleen - cab driver - Cardiff - 1879 (St.Brides Major)

William Carter - wagoner - Llanishen - 1864 - 73

Alfred Catchpole - coachman - Michaelston-le-Pit - 1863 - 74

Frederick Catchpole - coachman - Dunraven Castle, St.Brdes Major - 1899

Henry James Cavell - haulier - Roath - 1873 - 77

William Cheeseman - coal haulier - Penarth - 1897

Charles Chick - carter - Penarth - 1882 - 90

John Chidgey - farm haulier - Llanishen - 1874 - 79

William James Chrichett - bus inspector - Penarth - 1898

James Church - coachman - Cardiff - 1829 - 32

Charles Clarke - haulier - Caerau-by-Ely - 1900

Edward Clark - coachbuilder - Wolverhampton - 1888 (Penarth)

James Clarke - postman - Barry - 1891 - 94

Richard Clayton - wagoner - Penllyn - 1844

Charles Cook - coachman - St.Andrews Major - 1893

Michael Cook - mail coachman - Cardiff - 1805

William Cook - coachman - Penllyn - 1892

John Corbett - coachman - Roath - 1873

William Staples Cottle - brewery drayman - Llandaff - 1896 (Caerau-by-Ely)

Thomas Crabbe - coachman - St.Nicholas - 1892

Thomas Crank - coachman - Llanishen - 1899

Philip Craven - coachman - Penarth - 1877

Decimus Cross - toll gate keeper - Cowbridge - 1864 - 66

William Cullis - coachman - Bristol - 1839 (St.Brides Major )

D

Edward David - haulier - St.George-super-Ely - 1848 - 53

Arthur Davies - driver - Penarth - 1898

Charles Davies - post boy - Cowbridge - 1874 (Llanblethian)

Daniel Woodwall Davies - postman - Cowbridge - 1863 - 78

David Davies - haulier - Pendoylan - 1891

David Davies - haulier - Radyr - 1868

Edward Davis - postman - Cowbridge - 1862

John Davies - chaise driver - Cardiff - 1806

John Davies - coachman - St.Donats - 1883 - 84

John Davies - coachman - Beaupre, St.Hilary - 1854 - 62

John Davies - coachman - St.Hilary - 1885 - 90

Oliver Davis - haulier - Wenvoe - 1885 - 90

William Davies - haulier - Wenvoe - 1885

William Davies - coachman - Swansea - 1822 (Whitchurch)

William Davies - chaise driver - Cardiff - 1806 - 13

Thomas Davy - chaise driver - Cardiff - 1794

Edward Day - chaise driver/post boy - Cardiff - 1825 - 26

Francis Denbury - coachman - St.Hilary - 1892 - 95

Thomas Dixon - haulier - Caerau-by-Ely - 1879

William Dobbins - coachman - Radyr - 1899 - 1900

Thomas Doman - haulier - Penarth - 1872

John Doxey - coach builder - Cowbridge - 1874

E

Joseph Eddolls - post carrier - Llanblethian - 1883

Joseph Eddolls - postman - Cowbridge - 1885 - 87 (same as previous entry)

William Edwards - coachman - Penarth - 1891

David Edwards - post boy - Cowbridge - 1848 - 49

Evan Edwards - postillion/coachman/post boy - Cowbridge - 1870 - 74

Evan Edwards - coachman - Coedriglan, St.George-super-Ely - 1877 - 79

George Edwards - coachman - Llanishen - 1892 - 94

John Edwards - coachman - St.Nicholas - 1877 (Leckwith)

John Edewardes - coachman - St.Nicholas - 1873 - 83 (same as previous entry)

Lewis Edwards - coachman - Leckwith - 1878

Emanuel Elliott - haulier - Caerau-by-Ely - 1888 - 93

Robert Edward Ellis - haulier - Cadoxton juxta-Barry - 1893 - 95 (St.Andrews Major)

John Evans - coachman - Penarth - 1890

William Evans - coal haulier - Llantwit Major - 1895

William Evan - haulier - St.Brides-super-Ely - 1864

F

George Fardo - Post Master - Cardiff - 1893 - 98 (Penarth)

William Farmer - coachman - Bonvilston - 1891 - 92

Thomas Felton - postmaster - Cowbridge - 1875 - 80

John Fidler - coachman - Porthkerry - 1868

Alexander Forbes - coachman - Roath - 1877

Charles William Ford - haulier - St.Andrews Major - 1895 - 98

James Thomas Ford - coachman - Michaelston-super-Ely - 1891

Luke Ford - coachman - Roath - 1877

Richard Franklin - coal haulier - Penarth - 1894 - 97

Joseph Fry - horse driver - Llandough-juxta-Penarth - 1863

William Fryar - coachman - St.Hilary - 1900

G

Esau Robert Gardner - postman - Llanishen - 1889

Robert Garvie - driver - Caerau-by-Ely - 1886

William Henry Gear - coachman - St.Nicholas - 1866

Samuel Gill - coachman - Llanishen - 1867 - 70

Ralph Gough - coachman - Penarth - 1894 - 99

Samuel Gould - haulier - Penarth - 1887

John Green - coachman - Cardiff - 1802

Llewellin Griffith - coachman - St.Lythans - 1883

Richard Griffiths - Post Office - Llancarfan - 1891

William Griffith - coachman - Penarth - 1876 - 86

John Gwyn - haulier-Llancarfan - 1815

George Hancock - coachman - Porthkerry - 1896

H

William Harding - coachman - St.Brides Major - 1885

Samuel Harris - haulier - Cardiff - 1793

Thomas Harris - haulier - Cowbridge - 1887

John Harry - carrier - Llantwit Major - 1833 - 34

John Harry - post office clerk - St.Brides Major - 1873 - 76

Joseph Hartnell - coachman - London - 1831 (Wenvoe)

William Harwood - Tram Conductor - Roath - 1878

Robert Hawkins - coachman - Llandough-juxta-Penarth - 1878

William Hayward- coachman - Caerau-by-Ely - 1900

William Hearn - haulier - Cadoxton-juxta-Barry - 1887

John Herbert - coachman - Bonvilston - 1888 - 91

John Herbert - coachman - Pendoylan - 1896 (same as previous entry)

Benjamin Hill - haulier - Caerau-by-Ely - 1888

William Hill - haulier- Hensol, Pendoylan - 1891 - 93

William James Hiscock - haulier - Llanblethian - 1876

Richard Holley - coachman - St.Nicholas - 1874

Charles Holliday - coachman - London - 1892 (St.Brides Major)

William Holmes - coach builder - Barry - 1900

Cornelius Hood - coachman - Wick - 1897 - 1902

John Hopkin - letter carrier - St.Brides Major - 1876

William Hoskin - chaise driver - Cardiff - 1830

Alfred Howard - haulier - St.George-super-Ely - 1893

Thomas Howard - haulier - Cardiff - 1790

Edward Howells - chaise driver - Cardiff - 1812

William Howells - postman - Dinas Powis, St.Andrews Major - 1898

Evan Hugh - coachman - Llanblethian - 1814

Thomas Hugh - coachman - Pendoylan - 1844

William Hugh - haulier - Cardiff - 1806 - 09

Daniel Hungerford - postman - St.Donats - 1898

J

George John Jackson - haulier - Penarth - 1884

Thomas James - haulier - Llanishen - 1869

William Jenkins - coachman - Cowbridge - 1868

William Jenkins - coachman - St.Fagans - 1815

William Jenkins - haulier/carrier - St.Athan - 1876 - 86

William Jenkins - postman - Llantwit Major - 1889

Robert Jennings - haulier - Penarth - 1893

Francis John - Post Master - Dinas Powis, St.Andrews Major - 1892 - 1901

James John - tollgate keeper - Cowbridge - 1871

William John - coal carrier - Cowbridge - 1855

David Jones - postman - Cardiff - 1779

Frederick Jones - coachman - Canton - 1896 - 97 (Caerau-by-Ely)

Henry Jones - coachman - Radyr - 1892

John Jones - haulier - Caerau-by-Ely - 1876

Thomas Jones - coachman - St.Brides Major - 1885

Thomas Jones - postman - Cardiff - 1779

Thomas Jones - postman - Llanblethian - 1875 - 82

Thomas Jones - postman - St.Fagans - 1878 - 81

K

Henry Charles Keith - coachman - Penarth - 1899

William Oliver Keith - coachman - Penarth - 1899

Edward Kemp - parish clerk - St.Donats - 1881

John Kent - coachman - Roath - 1877

L

Joseph Aham Laing - cab driver - Roath - 1879

Eli Langley - horse keeper - Cowbridge - 1819 - 38

George Langley - postman - Cowbridge - 1857

William Lansdown - coachman - Gabalfa, Llandaff - 1826 - 30

George Lawrence - postman - Cowbridge - 1859

Alfred George Leggett - coachman - Penarth - 1891 - 95

Joseph Lenthall - coachman - Penarth - 1889

William Lewis - chaise driver - Cowbridge - 1816

William Lewis - drover - Cardiff - 1785

William David Lewis - haulier - Llanilid - 1892 - 99

Richard Leyshon - chaise driver - Cardiff - 1802 - 08

Thomas Leyshon - coachman - Cardiff - 1829

William Llewellyn - post boy - Cowbridge - 1859

Charles Lloyd - coachman - Colwinston - 1899

Henry Albion Loader - haulier - Penarth - 1887

Phillip Lougher - carrier of Pontypridd - Flemingston - 1866

M

Aaron Maggs - coachman - Penarth - 1890 - 97

Thomas Mann - coachman - Cowbridge - 1862

John Manning - coachman - Cardiff/St.Fagans - 1887 - 90 (Michaelston-super-Ely)

John Manning - coachman - St.Brides-super-Ely - 1876 - 83 (same as previous entry)

James William Marsh - coachman - Wenvoe - 1877 - 81

Thomas Marshall - wagoner - Llanishen - 1876 - 86

Josep Martin - cab driver - Roath - 1879

William Mason - coachman - Dinas Powis, St.Andrews Major - 1872 - 77

William Masters - coachman - Michaelston-le-Pit/Leckwith - 1843 - 49

William Masters - coachman - Wenvoe - 1841

George May - post boy - Cowbridge - 1837 - 43

William Mildon - postman - St.Fagans - 1868 - 72

Edmund Miles - postman - Bonvilston - 1843

Henry Minchin - coachman - Gileston - 1888

John Oliver Mitchell - coachman - Michaelston y Fedw - 1896 (Rudry)

James Moffat - chaise driver - Cardiff - 1839

Robert Moffat- chaise driver - Cardiff - 1825

Robert Mordaunt - coachman - Cardiff - 1825

Benjamin Morgan - chaise driver - Cardiff - 1809 - 11

Edmund Morgan - chaise driver - Cardiff - 1826

Edward Morgan - haulier - Caerau-by-Ely - 1878

Edward Morgan - coachman - Coedriglan, St.George-super-Ely - 1848 - 51

John Morgan - chaise driver - Cowbridge - 1815 - 24

Lewis Morgan - chaise driver - Cowbridge - 1813 - 20

Lewis Morgan - wagoner - Cowbridge - 1829 (Penmark) (probably the same as previous entry)

Rees Morgan - post boy - Cowbridge -

William Morgan - chaise driver - Cardiff - 1813

William Morgan - coach maker - Cardiff - 1856

William Morgan - coal carrier - Wenvoe - 1805 - 26

William Morgan - letter carrier - Llanblethian - 1884- - 86

Edward Morris - drover - Cadoxton-juxta-Barry - 1841

George Mullett - coachman - New House, Llanishen - 1883

O

James Oakley - haulier - Roath - 1877

John Overton - coachman - Radyr - 1900

P

Alfred Palfrey - carrier - Penarth - 1897

Walter John Palfrey - cab proprietor - Penarth - 1892 - 97

William Parish - coachman/gardener - Llanishen - 1884 - 85

Richard Parr - haulier - Roath - 1863

George Edwin Peach - brewers drayman - Llandaff/Ely - 1894 - 98 (Caerau-by- Ely)

William Pearce - coachman - Wenvoe - 1876

Albert Pellit - coachman - Dinas Powis, St.Andrews Major - 1892

Charles Perrott - coachman - Cowbridge - 1887

James Philips - carrier - Dinas Powis, St.Andrews Major - 1857

Augustus Archibald Phipps - coachman - St.Brides Major - 1894 - 1900

George Poole - cab driver - Roath - 1877

Philip Powell - haulier - Penarth - 1881

Thomas Powell - haulier - Penarth - 1893

William Powell - coachman - St.Donats - 1897

Charles Henry Price - haulier - Dinas Powis, St.Andrews Major - 1896 - 1904

Edward Price - letter carrier - Cowbridge - 1870

William Pritchard - coachman - Cardiff - 1789

R

William Randall - haulier - Penarth - 1876 - 82

Daniel Rees - haulier - Penarth - 1880

William Rees - coachman - Bonvilston - 1849 - 51

William Rees - coachman - Roath - 1860

William Rees - coachman - Penmark - 1847

William Walter Robbins - drayman - Llandaff - 1900 (Caerau-by-Ely)

Charles Roberts - toll gatherer - Llandaff - 1841

William Roberts - cab driver - Bristol - 1860 (Cowbridge)

Benjamin Saunders Robins - coach builder - Barry - 1896

William Robinson - coachman - Llanishen - 1893

Arthur Rogers - coachman - St.Andrews Major - 1889

George Rogers - haulier - Cogan - 1888 (Penarth)

William Rogers - haulier - St.George-super-Ely - 1900

Frederick Rollings - coachman - Penarth - 1884 - 94

Gabriel Roper - haulier - Llanishen - 1863 - 65

John Roper - coachman - Llanishen - 1896

Philip Russell - haulier - Caerau-by-Ely - 1881

Oliver Ryland - carter - Cogan - 1863 (Llandough-juxta-Penarth)

S

William Sadler - carrier - Penarth - 1863 - 65

Emanuel Thomas Sayer - coachman - Dinas Powis, St.Andrews Major - 1892 - 93

William Selby - cab driver - Roath - 1873

Peter Short - carrier - Whitchurch - 1830

Frank Wiliam Simmons - coachman - Bonvilston - 1898

Walter Simmons - coachman - Pendoylan - 1879

John Smith - coachman - Roath - 1842

John Smith - coachman - Cardiff - 1833 - 37 (same as previous entry)

William Smith - coachman - Roath - 1860

George Somerset - haulier - Caerau-by-Ely - 1887

William Staddan - brewery haulier - Caerau-by-Ely - 1874

Henry Stamford - coachman - Pendoylsn - 1901

Daniel Stevens - coachman - Llanblethian - 1890

Walter Stickler - coachman - Llwynypia - 1896 (Penarth)

James Stuckey - haulier- Penarth - 1881

Alfred Symonds - coachman - Llantwit Major - 1896

Alfred Frank Symonds - coachman - Wenvoe - 1891

T

James Taylor - haulier- Careau-by-Ely - 1880

James Taylor- Post Master - Barry - 1888

Benjamin Tegg - haulier - Llanishen - 1864

Joseph Thatcher - haulier - Llanishen - 1871 - 73

David Thomas - chaise driver - Cardiff - 1778 - 82

Evan Thomas - haulier - Caerau-by-Ely - 1858

Isaac Thomas - postman - Llanblethian - 1883

John Thomas - coachman - Cardiff - 1675

John Thomas - chaise driver - Cardiff - 1811

John Thomas - carrier - Cowbridge - 1815 - 20

John Thomas - carrier - Llantwit Major - 1876

John Thomas - haulier - St.Athan - 1881

John Thomas - haulier - Penarth - 1860

John Thomas - carrier - St.Fagans - 1815

Levi Thomas - coachman - Penarth - 1897

Robert Thomas - carrier - Llantwit Major - 1837 - 46

Thomas Tthomas - carrier - St.Hilary - Cowbridge - 1831 (St.Hilary)

Thomas Thomas - coachman - Penarth/Cardiff - 1880 - 84 (St.Andrews Major)

Thomas Thomas - carrier - Pentyrch - 1853

William Thomas - carrier - Llantwit Major - 1855

William Thomas - postman - Pentyrch - 1868

George Thoroughgood - postman - Bonvilston - 1852

William Tilley - carriage implement maker - Cowbridge - 1855

David Tilley - carriage implement maker - Cowbridge - 1882 - 84

George Tozer - coachman - St.Mary Church - 1869

Morgan Trotman - coachman - St.Brides Major - 1869 - 81

Henry Trott - Turnpike Keeper - Cowbridge - 1880

John Tuck - coachman - Wenvoe - 1844

John Tuck - coachman - Llanishen - 1894

Alfred John Tucker - stage driver - Cardiff - 1888 (Sully)

Henry Cornelius Tyte - cab driver - Penarth - 1889 - 92

V

William Vaughan - coachman - Penllyn - 1898

John Vickery - coachman - Coedriglan, St.George-super-Ely - 1882

Thomas Vizard - haulier - Cadoxton-juxta-Barry - 1886

W

George Wakeman - coachman - Llansannor - 1891

Henry Warren - haulier - Roath - 1868

John Warren - cab driver - Penarth - 1894 - 95

Henry Watkins - coachman - Cardiff - 1822

John Watkins - post boy/postillion - Cowbridge - 1864 - 67

William Watkins - coachman - Dinas Powis, St.Andrews Major - 1894

Henry Weaver - carrier - Cadoxton-juxta-Barry - 1886

George Whitfield Watts - coachman - Llanishen - 1879

Charles William Webb - coachman - Penarth - 1891

Frederick Charles Webber - Post Master - Roath - 1861 - 63

Charles Joseph Welch - coachman - Roath - 1854

Peter Weston - coachman - Cardiff - 1879 - 87 (St.Andrews Major)

James Thomas Wheten - haulier - Roath - 1878

George Thomas White - cab proprietor - Penarth - 1897

Samuel White - coachman/cab proprietor - Penarth - 1884 - 91

Thomas White - cabman - Penarth - 1894 - 97

Frederick Herbert Whitford - coachman - Caerau-by-Ely - 1902

Charles Wilkins - coachman - Llandough-juxta-Penarth - 1875 - 80

Christopher Williams - coachman - Llanblethian - 1863

John Willer - coachman - St.Nicholas - 1811

David Williams - carrier - Cowbridge - 1837

Edward William - rider - Cardiff - 1769

Henry Griffith Williams - coachman - Llantwit Major - 1899

John Williams - haulier - Eastbrook, St.Andrews Major - 1887

John Williams - coachman - Bonvilston - 1865

Leonard Williams - coachman - Llantwit Major - 1896 - 97

Rees Williams - chaise driver - Cardiff - 1822

Richard William - chaise driver - Bristol - 1782 (Cardiff)

Theophilus Williams - haulier - Bonvilston - 1813

Thomas Williams - bus driver - Penarth - 1896

Thomas William - coachman - Cardiff - 1831

Thomas Williams - haulier - St.Mary Church - 1890

Thomas William - carter - Merthyr Mawr - 1825 - 28

Thomas Henry Williams - postman - Barry - 1899

Warren Williams - post boy/driver/coachman - Cowbridge - 1882 - 87

Henry Winchcombe - Toll Farmer - Cardiff - 1823 - 30

Thomas Wood - coachman - Exeter, Devon - 1892 (St.Brides Major)

William Charles Woodcock - Post Office Sorter - Cardiff - 1897 (Lisvane)

Y

Thomas Yates - haulier - St.Nicholas - 1874