Hello everyone, my name is Paul Gwynne, I grew up in Parkend, my parents were Eric & Anne Gwynne, who are both no longer with us. In 1987 I left the Forest of Dean to work in New Zealand & I now live in Sydney Australia. My wife & I have been tracing our family histories & have found a very detailed family tree relating to the Gwynne family tree on this link http://freepages.family.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~dowdeswell12/wc02/wc02_113.htm We believe it was created as part of the Dowdeswell family tree by Steve & Mary Dowdeswell. This detailed tree has made our job very easy in tracing our family & it goes back further than we could have ever imagined. In reading various posts on this site relating the Gwynne families there is information posted by a Steve Dowdeswell (aka slowhands?) - is this the same Steve Dowdeswell?
Is anyone out there able to tell me how to update the family tree as myself & my sister Ruth have not been added to my parents as children. Both myself & my sister now also have children & it would be great to be able to add another generation to this part of the famliy tree.
Any asistance here would be greatly appreciated

Paul Gwynne

is information posted by a Steve Dowdeswell (aka slowhands?) - is this the same Steve Dowdeswell?

I'm not Steve Dowdeswell !
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Year: 1925
Month: May
Day: 22
Surname: GWYNNE
Forenames: Harriet
Residence: Parkend
Age_at_death: 79
Officiating_Minister: D.J.Banham (Vicar)
Event: Burial
Cause_of_death:
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register_Reference: P245 IN 1/30
Page_No: 185
Parish_Chapel: Parkend

1911
GWYNNE HARRIET F 1845 66 Monmouth Monmouthshire
GWYNNE ALBERT M 1889 22 Monmouth Monmouthshire

Year: 1906
Month: Dec
Day: 26
Surname: GWYNNE
Forenames: Thomas
Residence: Parkend
Age_at_death: 66
Officiating_Minister: Fred[erick] S Searight assist[ant] Curate
Event: Burial
Cause_of_death:
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register_Reference: P245 IN 1/30
Page_No: 120
Parish_Chapel: Parkend

1901 Parkend
Thomas Gwynne abt 1836 Lane End, Gloucestershire, England Head West Dean, Monmouthshire Coal Haulier
Harriet Gwynne abt 1845 Whitecroft, Gloucestershire, England Wife West Dean, Monmouthshire
William Gwynne abt 1878 Parkend, Gloucestershire, England Son West Dean, Monmouthshire
Thomas Gwynne abt 1883 Parkend, Gloucestershire, England Son West Dean, Monmouthshire
Maud Gwynne abt 1885 Parkend, Gloucestershire, England Daughter West Dean, Monmouthshire
Albert Gwynne abt 1889 Parkend, Gloucestershire, England Son West Dean, Monmouthshire
Kate Gwynne abt 1891 Parkend, Gloucestershire, England Daughter West Dean, Monmouthshire

1891 Parkend
Thomas Gwynn abt 1851 West Dean, Gloucestershire, England Head West Dean, Gloucestershire Grave Digger
Harriet Gwynn abt 1851 West Dean, Gloucestershire, England Wife West Dean, Gloucestershire
Hubert Gwynn abt 1867 West Dean, Gloucestershire, England Son West Dean, Gloucestershire
James Gwynn abt 1873 West Dean, Gloucestershire, England Son West Dean, Gloucestershire
William Gwynn abt 1876 West Dean, Gloucestershire, England Son West Dean, Gloucestershire
Edith Gwynn abt 1881 West Dean, Gloucestershire, England Daughter West Dean, Gloucestershire
Maud Gwynn abt 1884 West Dean, Gloucestershire, England Daughter West Dean, Gloucestershire
Thomas Gwynn abt 1884 West Dean, Gloucestershire, England Son West Dean, Gloucestershire
Albert Gwynn abt 1886 West Dean, Gloucestershire, England Son West Dean, Gloucestershire
Kate Gwynn abt 1890 West Dean, Gloucestershire, England Daughter West Dean, Gloucestershire

1881
Thomas Gynne abt 1837 Coleford, Gloucestershire, England Head West Dean, Gloucestershire
Harriett Gynne abt 1846 West Dean, Gloucestershire, England Wife West Dean, Gloucestershire
Elizabeth Gynne abt 1866 West Dean, Gloucestershire, England Daughter West Dean, Gloucestershire
Hubert Gynne abt 1867 West Dean, Gloucestershire, England Son West Dean, Gloucestershire
Eliza A. Gynne abt 1873 West Dean, Gloucestershire, England Daughter West Dean, Gloucestershire
James Gynne abt 1875 West Dean, Gloucestershire, England Son West Dean, Gloucestershire
William E. Gynne t abt 1878 West Dean, Gloucestershire, England Son West Dean, Gloucestershire
Edith Gynne West Dean, Gloucestershire, England Daughter West Dean, Gloucestershire

1871 Parkend
Thomas Gwynn 31 Labourer Ironworks
Harriett Gwynn 27
Mary Gwynn 7
Elizabeth Gwynn 5
Hubert Gwynn 3
Thomas Gwynn 1
Henry Powell 59

1861 ?
Thomas Gwyn abt 1839 Coleford, Gloucestershire, England Cousin Newland, Gloucestershire

1851
Thomas Gwyne abt 1811 Newland, Gloucestershire, England Head West Dean, Gloucestershire
Mercia Gwyne abt 1813 Worwelhy, Herefordshire, England Wife West Dean, Gloucestershire
Maria Gwyne abt 1833 West Dean, Gloucestershire, England Daughter West Dean, Gloucestershire
Sarah Gwyne abt 1838 West Dean, Gloucestershire, England Daughter West Dean, Gloucestershire
Thomas Gwyne abt 1841 West Dean, Gloucestershire, England Son West Dean, Gloucestershire
Hubert Gwyne abt 1843 West Dean, Gloucestershire, England Son West Dean, Gloucestershire

1841
Thos Gwynn 30
Maria Gwynn 30
Mannie Gwynn 6
Sarah Gwynn 4
Thomas Gwynn 2

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Thanks Slowhands, obviously I added 2+2 & came up with 5 !!
There are quite a few names in your reply that I don't recognise - that will keep me busy for a while !!

Thanks again,
PEG

Hi Paul
I'm Mary Dowdeswell. My Great Grandfather was Thomas Gwynne, who married Harriet Aston, and I am descended from their daughter Maud. Most of my family still live in the Parkend area. I would be delighted to add any family detail you would be willing to pass on to me, to our family tree.
I was only able to trace the Gwynne family back to William and George who married the Ambury sisters - Mary and Anne respectively, but could not have gotten any further without the help of Mike Johns, he must take the credit for all research prior to William and George.
Paul I must tell you that Steve Dowdeswell is not slowhands and never will be. Whenever a query is posted on this site slowhands is always the first to take up the challenge and has helped me find lost relatives on more than one occassion.
It's wonderful to meet you and I hope to hear from you soon.
Best love
Mary

Hi Mary, it was great to see your reply to me!
Whilst I live in Sydney, Australia, we are actually in the UK for around 3 weeks, staying in the Forest of Dean, catching up with family & friends.
We arrived last weekend & have spent some of this last week on family history things.
This week we located the graves of Tom & Harriet Gwynne (nee Aston) in the Parkend churchyard. Tom & Harriet are my great great grandparents. I am descended from Tom's son James (who apparenty was known to everyone as Chippy Gwynne!).
This was 1 of our goals on this trip back.
It would be great if we were able to meet you while we are here?
I am not sure that this forum is the place to post contact details, so if you have any ideas of how we can make contact with a view to catching up (if you would like to do that) please share them with me!

Regards,
Paul

Hi Paul
I've sent you a short email. I'm not sure how this works, but I hope it does.
Best love
Mary