James Whittington 1809 - 1888 (General)

by lesleyr , London, Monday, April 20, 2015, 21:37 (3595 days ago) @ lesleyr

Hello
I started this string of messages some years ago but I want to correct a mistake I made. Mr Eric Winter has kindly shared his research with me and I now realise that my James Whittington (who married Harriet Hale) was not the same person who married Hannah Horsham. I had made an assumption based on the 1841 census showing only 2 people of the correct age living in the Forest. But now I see there were 3:

James Whittington, wood collier of Joyford 25 living with his wife Harriet - definitely my 3g grandfather.

Jas Whittington labourer of Coalway 25 living with his wife Mary Ann - they later left for New Zealand.

James Wittington coal miner of Lydbrook 25 living alone. He must have been the one who married Hannah Horsham and is recorded in the Parish Record as the son of Thomas.

Unfortunately that leaves me without parents for my James so I expect I have reached a block with that line. I can't find a baptism in the Parish Records and he was born too early for civil registration. I also can't find anything about him after a possible appearance at Gloucester Assizes in 1842. His family were in the Monmouth Workhouse in 1843 and James was no longer with them at the 1851 census, although his wife described herself as 'Married'. Any clues would be appreciated.

I apologise for any inconvenience my assumption has caused,

Lesley