Thank you for the information.

I had identified Christopher and Ann as possible parents, particularly as Joseph had a son called Christopher, but the lack of a baptism record means I cannt be sure.

However, with your help the 'circumstantial' evidence is strong.

I believe his wife, Hannah, was the Hannah Jobbins who was baptised in Sherston Magna, Wiltshire (near Malmesbury), the daughter of a John Jobbins. She puts her place of birth as 'Shirston, Wilts, in the 1871 census.

If anyone has details of/access to the banns for the marriage of Joseph Thorne and Hannah Jobbins in St Mary De Lode Church, they might provide further information.

For information, I am descended from Joseph's son, George, who married an Eliza Harding (in the Forest) and went to live in Pontypool.

Again, many thanks.

H.