Charles Fletcher Forest Of Dean (General)

by Mike Pinchin , Bedford, England, Wednesday, June 21, 2017, 22:16 (2500 days ago) @ shepway

I wonder if this refers to the 1901 family and the status of Eli and Sarah’s marriage?

BNA Gloucester Citizen - Friday 09 August 1907

THE CHARGE OF ABDUCTION IN DEAN FOREST. In reference to the charge at Littledean Police Court against William Slender, a gipsy, camping at Two Bridges. Blakeney, of taking Mary Ann Davies, an unmarried girl, out of the custody of and against the will of her mother, Sarah Davies, who cohabits with Eli Fletcher, also a gipsy, the girl being alleged to be only 15 years of age, accused has been brought before Mr. W. H. King at Newnham and discharged, the police having discovered a birth certificate which fixes the girl's age at 20 years.