LOVERIDGE Pauntley / Newent area (General)

by nicktoovey, Tuesday, April 06, 2021, 17:25 (1117 days ago) @ Loveridge

Hello John,
thanks so much for your reply and information.
We are principally following the Gardner line of Mary-Anne's brother William who is the direct antecedent of my wife Frances nee Gardner, but we are keen to add as much detail as we can re siblings and others.
Mary Anne's grave is in Newent Town cemetery and states that she was 95 when she died in 1882, which would, if correct, mean that she was born circa 1787. We are sure that she was Newent born and bred.
But there are in fact two Mary Anne Gardners in the Baptism registers for Newent for the relevant period, one in 1790 and the other in early January 1796. The parents of both are shown as William and Mary Gardner - and the baptisms of other siblings are also recorded. We do not think there were two couples called William and Mary Gardner
We had guessed - although we have not found a death - that the first girl died and the parents decided to use the same name again ..... Her stated age on several Census returns suggest she was born in 1794/95 - although the4 1851 Census staes that she was then 61, ie born in 1790. Confusing!!
Whichever Mary Anne she was, she was no spring chicken and a spinster when she married John Loveridge , and he was in his early 50s if born in 1795. As you know, they were only married for 2 years or so before he died, she was the administrator of his estate and on the 1851 Census she is listed as farming 16 acres, presumably John's farm.
The marriage certificate describes him as "widower" - can you tell us about his first wife and whether there were any children? Our Mary Anne went blind later in life.
We have not been able to find her on the 1841 Census - she was not at home with her elderly mother who herself died on Christmas Day 1844, not long before Mary Anne married John Loveridge

Nick Toovey