1897

Capel Mair purchase a harmonium.
22 June Victoria Gardens opened
August Capt Tom Williams designs a screw .
November: ELECTION: J R Daniel, cabinet maker 294; W H Davies, estate agent 400; Ivor Evans, solicitor 387; Thomas Griffiths, grocer 310; Daniel Lewis, bill poster, LABOUR 63; John Mathias, hotel keeper 65; W J Williams 465.
Mayor Morgan-Richardson

 Burials in the town cemetery:

  • SD05 Lewis WIGLEY, Cardigan, St Mary’s, Quay St, 7 Jan 1897, 17, tailor
  • NEE17 Rachel Anne DAVIES, Cardigan Union Workhouse, 22 Jan 1897, 2, daughter of Joyce
  • NEE16  JONES, Cardigan (near), Pritchardfach, 10 Feb 1897, <1h, daughter of D JONES
  • SCC07 Eleanor LUKE, Cardigan, St Mary’s, Pendre, 6 Apr 1897, 17m, daughter of Caleb (weaver)
  • EE16 Esther MORGAN, Cardigan, St Mary’s, 4 May 1897, 56, wife of Richard (Coal Merchant)
  • AA05 Jessie DAVIES, Cardigan, St Mary’s Terr, 18 May 1897, 41, wife of Dan, Senior (merchant)
  • NFF11 Hannah JENKINS, Cardigan, 17 St Mary St, 19 May 1897, 70, wife of John (retired Coal Merchant)
  • HH19 Susan LOWTHER, Cardigan, St Mary St, 3 Jun 1897, 81, spinster
  • NB04 Hannah DAVIES, Cardigan, St Mary’s, 1 Priory St, 9 Jun 1897, 69, widow
  • BB15 Mary OWENS, Cardigan, St Mary’s Lane, 27 Jul 1897, 85
  • SC09 Anne THOMAS, Cardigan, St Mary’s, Greenfield Sq, 29 Jul 1897, 74
  • SCC12 Martha EVANS, Cardigan, St Mary’s, Catherine Row Arch, 7 Aug 1897, 78, wife of David (haulier)
  • FF08 George Jones MCGUFFIE, Cardigan, St Mary St, 15 Aug 1897, 36, solicitors clerk
  • SAA04 Mary DAVIES, Cardigan, St Mary’s, Greenfield Row, 27 Sep 1897, 78, widow of Capt Herbert
  • SC14 John PHILLIPS, Cardigan, St Mary’s, 17 Grangetown, 22 Oct 1897, 39, mariner
  • B16  Enoch DAVIES, Cardigan Union Workhouse, 30 Oct 1897, 70
  • NFF11 John JENKINS, Cardigan, 17 St Mary St, 24 Nov 1897, 75, coal merchant
  • D08  Benjamin EVANS, Cardigan, St Mary’s, 29 Penare, 15 Dec 1897, 55, rope maker
  • NFF09 Pritchard EVANS, Cardigan, St Mary’s, Napier St, 22 Dec 1897, 1, son of Evan (carpenter)