William George Johnson was born in 1914 and baptised at Coleford on 23 August 1914. He married Violet Maud Weyman at Westbury Register Office in 1931, they had 6 children born between 1932 & 1945. Violet Maud died in 1981 aged 69, but I have not been able to find William George`s death. There is no evidence that any of the family moved away from the FoD. If anyone can help I would be very grateful.

Good afternoon Graham,
do you know what William's line of work was, and do you have any address in Coleford ?. Are there no living ancestors that you can contact (presuming your researching your family/friends ?). I know so many telephone directories etc are on line nowadays, I guess you have "Ancestry" etc (I don't yet) and have researched this possible route ?.
Do you know where his wife Violet died and where she was buried, I guess not as they would presumably have a shared & marked plot ?.

You may well have already checked, but I cannot find any reference to either of them in the current council website for FoD Burial Records. However please note this site only refers to Mile End and Yew Tree Brake cemetries, not Church yards, and lists burials back to the 1960s or so.

http://www.forestofdean.gov.uk/nqcontent.cfm?a_id=6707&tt=graphic

That said this site's search engine is not the best and needs care, contrary to it's simple easy-to-use appearance the search engine doesn't find people it really should find.
eg the site asks for "name or part of name".
Enter "William Jones" (my dad) and it finds nothing at all, rather odd as this is a very common local name !
Now enter "Jones" and the long list contains 11 people clearly listed as William Jones..... ??!!

Personally given the nature of the website I find this appalling and have told them so.

Another website worth searching is this, it does cover Church yards and has burials from the C20th as well as earlier, however I'm unsure as to how complete it is as the site appears to focus on War Casualties.
I've searched "Coleford" & "Lydney" without success.
http://places.wishful-thinking.org.uk/GLS/MIs.html

If anyone has any other such websites for local Burials I'd love to hear of them, please.

Graham

I wonder if dates are "skew" and these are the folk that you are looking for ?

regards
S

Year: 1914
Month: Aug
Day: 23
Parents_Surname: JOHNSON
Child_Forenames: William George
Fathers_Forenames: Alfred Sydney
Mothers_Forenames: Mary Mercy Lily
Mothers_Surname:
Residence: Newland Street Coleford
Occupation: Mason
Officiating_Minister: E H Brice
Event: Baptism
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register_Reference: P93 IN 1/9
Page_Number: 36
Parish_Chapel: Coleford

JOHNSON William George
WAYMAN Violet Maud
Forest of Dean Westbury-on-Severn (FoD) Register Office
1931 21 129

Which puts William as a young 16/17 year old and Violet as 19/20 years old

1914 - 1968 would be 53/54, I wonder if William claimed to be
older as Violet was born in 1911 ??

Ronald W Johnson Oct-Nov-Dec 1932 Westbury S Shropshire

Eileen J Johnson Jul-Aug-Sep 1934 Westbury S Shropshire

Shirley J Johnson Apr-May-Jun 1941 Forest of Dean Gloucestershire, Shropshire, Herefordshire

Beryl M Johnson Jan-Feb-Mar 1943 Forest of Dean Gloucestershire, Shropshire, Herefordshire

Kenneth T Johnson Jul-Aug-Sep 1945 Forest of Dean Gloucestershire, Shropshire, Herefordshire

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Name: William G Johnson
Birth Date: abt 1909
Date of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar 1968
Age at Death: 59
Registration district: Gloucester City
Inferred County: Gloucestershire
Volume: 7b
Page: 554

Year: 1968
Month: Feb
Day: 29
Surname: JOHNSON
Forenames: William George
Residence: 186 Victoria House Ruspidge Road Cinderford
Age_at_death: 59
Officiating_Minister: H G E Hiscox
Event: Burial
Cause_of_death:
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register_Reference: P109 IN 1/31
Page_No: 27
Parish_Chapel: Drybrook

<><><><><><> Violet Maud died in 1981 aged 69

1911 - 1981 age 69 / 70 not 66 !

Year: 1914
Month: Oct
Day: 29
Parents_Surname: WEYMAN
Child_Forenames: Violet Maud
Fathers_Forenames: Thomas James
Mothers_Forenames: Florence Nellie
Mothers_Surname:
Residence: Mount Pleasant
Occupation: Collier
Officiating_Minister: J Martin Vicar
Event: Baptism
Memoranda: 3 yrs
Notes:
Register_Reference: P85/2 IN 1/2
Page_Number: 100
Parish_Chapel: Cinderford St Stephen

Name: Violet Maud Johnson
Birth Date: 23 Feb 1915
Date of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar 1981
Age at Death: 66
Registration district: Forest of Dean
Inferred County: Gloucestershire
Volume: 22
Page: 2035

Year: 1981
Month: Feb
Day: 27
Surname: JOHNSON
Forenames: Violet Maud
Residence: 16 Meadow Road Hilldene Cinderford
Age_at_death: 66
Officiating_Minister: Alan Wadge
Event: Burial
Cause_of_death:
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register_Reference: P109 IN 1/31
Page_No: 96
Parish_Chapel: Drybrook

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1911 - 1981 age 69 / 70 not 66 !

Year: 1914
Month: Oct
Day: 29
Parents_Surname: WEYMAN
Child_Forenames: Violet Maud
Fathers_Forenames: Thomas James
Mothers_Forenames: Florence Nellie
Mothers_Surname:
Residence: Mount Pleasant
Occupation: Collier
Officiating_Minister: J Martin Vicar
Event: Baptism
Memoranda: 3 yrs
Notes:
Register_Reference: P85/2 IN 1/2
Page_Number: 100
Parish_Chapel: Cinderford St Stephen

Year: 1889
Month: Feb
Day: 27
Parents_Surname: WEYMAN
Child_Forenames: James Thomas
Fathers_Forenames: William
Mothers_Forenames: Elisabeth Humphries
Mothers_Surname:
Residence: Cinderford
Occupation: Labourer
Officiating_Minister: J H W Barton Curate
Event: Baptism
Memoranda: Born Jan 4 1889
Notes:
Register_Reference: P85/1 IN 1/2
Page_Number: 220
Parish_Chapel: Cinderford St John

1901 Belle Vue rd Cinderford
William Weyman abt 1851 Frocester, Gloucestershire, England Head East Dean, Gloucestershire
Elizth Weyman abt 1851 Rodley, Gloucestershire, England Wife East Dean, Gloucestershire
Alfred Weyman abt 1874 Westbury on Severn, Gloucestershire, England Son East Dean, Gloucestershire
Joseph Weyman abt 1881 Cinderford, Gloucestershire, England Son East Dean, Gloucestershire
John Weyman abt 1884 Cinderford, Gloucestershire, England Son East Dean, Gloucestershire
George Weyman abt 1886 Cinderford, Gloucestershire, England Son East Dean, Gloucestershire
James Weyman abt 1889 Cinderford, Gloucestershire, England Son East Dean, Gloucestershire
Maurice Weyman abt 1891 Cinderford, Gloucestershire, England Son East Dean, Gloucestershire
Francis Weyman abt 1893 Cinderford, Gloucestershire, England Son East Dean, Gloucestershire
Percy Weyman abt 1897 Cinderford, Gloucestershire, England Son East Dean, Gloucestershire

1911
WEYMAN WILLIAM M 1852 59 Westbury on Severn Gloucestershire
WEYMAN ELIZABETH F 1852 59 Westbury on Severn Gloucestershire
WEYMAN FRANCIS M 1893 18 Westbury on Severn Gloucestershire
WEYMAN JOSEPH M 1881 30 Westbury on Severn Gloucestershire
WEYMAN MAURICE M 1891 20 Westbury on Severn Gloucestershire
WEYMAN PERCY M 1897 14 Westbury on Severn Gloucestershire
WEYMAN THOMAS M 1889 22 Westbury on Severn Gloucestershire

WEYMAN Thomas James
CINDERBY Florence Nellie
Forest of Dean Westbury-on-Severn (FoD) Register Office
1911 15 74

Year: 1941
Month: Aug
Day: 7
Surname: WEYMAN
Forenames: Florence Nellie
Residence: Woodside Ruardean
Age_at_death: 52
Officiating_Minister: A G Partridge
Event: Burial
Cause_of_death:
Memoranda:
Notes: P Stainer in left margin
Register_Reference: P109 IN 1/38
Page_No: 64
Parish_Chapel: Drybrook

Year: 1956
Month: Feb
Day: 23
Surname: WEYMAN
Forenames: Thomas James
Residence: 31 Sunnymeade Drybrook
Age_at_death: 67
Officiating_Minister: W Barber (Vicar)
Event: Burial
Cause_of_death:
Memoranda: 0
Notes:
Register_Reference: P109 IN 1/38
Page_No: 159
Parish_Chapel: Drybrook

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Year: 1914
Month: Aug
Day: 23
Parents_Surname: JOHNSON
Child_Forenames: William George
Fathers_Forenames: Alfred Sydney
Mothers_Forenames: Mary Mercy Lily
Mothers_Surname:
Residence: Newland Street Coleford
Occupation: Mason
Officiating_Minister: E H Brice
Event: Baptism
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register_Reference: P93 IN 1/9
Page_Number: 36
Parish_Chapel: Coleford

1891
Alfred S Johnson abt 1856 Foredof Dean, Gloucestershire, England Head St Woollos, Monmouthshire
Elizabeth Johnson abt 1859 Gloucestershire, England Wife St Woollos, Monmouthshire
Alfred S Johnson abt 1886 Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales Son St Woollos, Monmouthshire
Lionel Johnson abt 1888 Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales Son St Woollos, Monmouthshire

1901
Alfred S Johnson abt 1860 Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, England Head Pembroke St Mary, Pembrokeshire
Elizabeth Johnson abt 1855 Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, England Wife Pembroke St Mary, Pembrokeshire
Alfred E Johnson abt 1886 Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales Son Pembroke St Mary, Pembrokeshire
Lionel Johnson abt 1888 Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales Son Pembroke St Mary, Pembrokeshire
William H Johnson abt 1892 Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales Son Pembroke St Mary, Pembrokeshire

1911 260 Caerleon Road Newport Mon
Alfred Sydney Johnson 51 Dean
Elizabeth Johnson 55
Lionel Johnson 25
William Harry Johnson 20

JOHNSON Alfred Sydney
FROWEN Mary Mercy Lily
Forest of Dean Coleford St John the Evangelist
1914 2 108

Year: 1914
Month: Jul
Day: 26
Grooms_Surname: JOHNSON
Grooms_Forenames: Alfred Sydney
Grooms_Age: 27
Groom_Condition: Bachelor
Grooms_Occupation: Mason
Grooms_Residence: Carleon Road Newport
Grooms_Fathers_Surname: Johnson
Grooms_Fathers_Forenames: Alfred Sydney
Grooms_Fathers_Occupation: Clerk of Building Work
Brides_Surname: FROWEN
Brides_Forenames: Lillian Mary
Brides_Age: 20
Brides_Condition: Spinster
Brides_Occupation: [not stated]
Brides_Residence: Newland Street Coleford
Brides_Fathers_Surname: Frowen
Brides_Fathers_Forenames: George
Brides_Fathers_Occupation: Collier
Licence_or_Banns: Banns
Date_of_Banns:
Signature_or_Mark: Both sign
Witness_1: Beatrice Jenkins
Witness_2: G Frowen
Other_Witnesses: G E Frowen
Officiating_Minister: Edward H Brice
Event: Marriage
Memoranda: Col[umn] 2 for Lillian Mary read Mary Mercy Lily otherwise Lillian Mary. Corrected on Aug 23rd 1914 by me Edward H Brice (signature) in the presence of us Alfred S Johnson and Mary Lily Johnson (signatures) the parties married.
Notes:
Register_Reference: P93 IN 1/12
Page_Number: 54
Parish_Chapel: Coleford

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Thanks Slowhands, you have sorted out my problem. I just wonder why I didn`t spot all this. I guess two heads are better than one!!!

Thanks Slowhands, you have sorted out my problem. I just wonder why I didn`t spot all this. I guess two heads are better than one!!!

Graham

No problem - a problem shared and all that

regards
S

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