FROWEN=WORGAN Marriage Christchurch 1897 (General)

by Jefff , West London, Middlesex, Friday, November 09, 2012, 12:57 (4392 days ago) @ m p griffiths

Hi George, thanks for clarifying things, no apology necessary, I thought you had probably searched the PRs but some posters don't.

I like using the GlosBMD site for general searches like this, as unlike the excellent FreeBMD site it offers results including name spelling varitions etc, in this case I quickly found this which seems to fit nicely.
Criteria entered: Bride Surname: worgan, District: Forest of Dean,

Number of entries matching criteria entered: 200

Groom Surname Groom Forename Bride Surname Bride Forename District Parish Building Year Register Entry

FROWEN Hezekiah WORGAN Ellen Forest of Dean West Dean Christchurch 1897 1 404

http://ww3.gloucestershire.gov.uk/bmd/MarriageSearch.aspx

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I cannot offer any explanation as to the possible namechange, I'm sure another member will know, I hope it wasn't to escape "racist" prejudice ?.

Searching this FoD site's PRs from all variations of "Frowen"(with soundex ticked) I see over 1000 PRs, of which these may be relevant, perhaps ?.

Record_ID: 1020921
Entry_Number:
Year: 1840
Month: Oct
Day: 8
Grooms_Surname: FROWEN
Grooms_Forenames: Hezekiah
Grooms_Age: 0
Groom_Condition: bachelor
Grooms_Occupation: lime burner
Grooms_Residence: New Hen
Grooms_Fathers_Surname: FROWEN
Grooms_Fathers_Forenames: Thomas
Grooms_Fathers_Occupation: lime burner
Brides_Surname: DAVIS
Brides_Forenames: Anne
Brides_Age: 0
Brides_Condition: spinster
Brides_Occupation:
Brides_Residence: New Hen
Brides_Fathers_Surname: DAVIS
Brides_Fathers_Forenames: Thomas
Brides_Fathers_Occupation: innkeeper
Licence_or_Banns: banns
Date_of_Banns:
Signature_or_Mark: Both sign
Witness_1: John Davis
Witness_2: Elizabeth Davis
Other_Witnesses:
Officiating_Minister: George Pyrke rector
Event: Marriage
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register_Reference: CJ12/1
Page_Number: 10
Parish_Chapel: Whitchurch
Soundex_Groom: F650
Soundex_Bride: D120

aka

Record_ID: 68843
Entry_Number:
Year: 1840
Month:
Day:
Grooms_Surname: FROWEN
Grooms_Forenames: Hezekiah
Grooms_Age:
Groom_Condition:
Grooms_Occupation:
Grooms_Residence: Whitchurch
Grooms_Fathers_Surname:
Grooms_Fathers_Forenames:
Grooms_Fathers_Occupation:
Brides_Surname: DAVIS
Brides_Forenames: Anne
Brides_Age:
Brides_Condition:
Brides_Occupation:
Brides_Residence: Goodrich
Brides_Fathers_Surname:
Brides_Fathers_Forenames:
Brides_Fathers_Occupation:
Licence_or_Banns: Banns
Date_of_Banns: 1840 Sep 20 27 Oct 4
Signature_or_Mark:
Witness_1:
Witness_2:
Other_Witnesses:
Officiating_Minister:
Event: Banns
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register_Reference: AC76/6
Page_Number: 32
Parish_Chapel: Whitchurch
Soundex_Groom: F650
Soundex_Bride: D120

And also, perhaps linked wrt Lime Burners

Record_ID: 9563
Entry_Number: 84
Year: 1851
Month: Oct
Day: 13
Grooms_Surname: FROWEN
Grooms_Forenames: Hezekiah
Grooms_Age: 35
Groom_Condition: Batchelor
Grooms_Occupation: Stock Taker
Grooms_Residence: Pensnett Kingswinford Staffords[hire]
Grooms_Fathers_Surname: Frowen
Grooms_Fathers_Forenames: Thomas
Grooms_Fathers_Occupation: Lime Burner
Brides_Surname: HYDE
Brides_Forenames: Esther
Brides_Age: 34
Brides_Condition: Spinster
Brides_Occupation: In Service
Brides_Residence: Longhope
Brides_Fathers_Surname: Hyde
Brides_Fathers_Forenames: Thomas
Brides_Fathers_Occupation: Lime Burner
Licence_or_Banns: Banns
Date_of_Banns:
Signature_or_Mark: Both Sign
Witness_1: Thomas Hyde
Witness_2: Hannah Hyde
Other_Witnesses:
Officiating_Minister: Vernon G.Guise M.A. VICAR
Event: Marriage
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register_Reference: P206 IN 1/7
Page_Number: 42
Parish_Chapel: Longhope
Soundex_Groom: F650
Soundex_Bride: H300

Whether Hezekiah is a common name within the travelling community I do not know, seems unusual to me, perhaps it's a traditional Frowen name and these are related ancestors ?.

Using this site's Advanced Search and looking for all Baptisms with Hezekiah as a forename, I find a mere 18 in the whole database, and many are from Whitchirch/Monmouth area. NONE of them are Frowens or Smiths...

Similarly using the Glos Archives Non Conformists site I find 40+ Frowens, sadly no Hezekials altho there are some James, again all in the West Dean area particularly Woolaston & Newland.
http://ww3.gloucestershire.gov.uk/genealogy/Results.aspx

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Have you searched this forum for Prior Threads, I see there are some Frowen/Frewen ones, I thought this one MIGHT be relevant given the Berry Hill background ?.
http://www.forum.forest-of-dean.net/index.php?id=35586

I hope this helps a little, more to follow later..