Family of James & Miriam JAMES - Yorkley / Parkend (General)

by Jefff , West London, Middlesex, Sunday, December 29, 2013, 19:54 (3976 days ago) @ Kelly Johnston

Hi Kelly,
wishing you a warm welcome to this great forum & website, you've found the best place to unearth your Forest roots. Please take time to browse around the various resources, as your antipodean ally will hopefully confirm we're a friendly bunch here.

As I'm sure you've found, from this site's huge PR database;

Record_ID: 147561
Entry_Number: 1077
Year: 1915
Month: Mar
Day: 9
Parents_Surname: JAMES
Child_Forenames: Florence Evelyn
Fathers_Forenames: James
Mothers_Forenames: Miriam
Mothers_Surname:
Residence: Yorkley
Occupation: Collier
Officiating_Minister: DJ Banham (Vicar)
Event: Baptism
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register_Reference: P245 IN 1/12
Page_Number: 135
Parish_Chapel: Parkend
Soundex: J520

Record_ID: 15469
Entry_Number: 260
Year: 1909
Month: Dec
Day: 27
Grooms_Surname: JAMES
Grooms_Forenames: James
Grooms_Age: 28
Groom_Condition: bachelor
Grooms_Occupation: haulier
Grooms_Residence: Yorkley
Grooms_Fathers_Surname: JAMES
Grooms_Fathers_Forenames: James
Grooms_Fathers_Occupation: haulier
Brides_Surname: THOMAS
Brides_Forenames: Miriam
Brides_Age: 29
Brides_Condition: spinster
Brides_Occupation:
Brides_Residence: Yorkley
Brides_Fathers_Surname: THOMAS
Brides_Fathers_Forenames: John
Brides_Fathers_Occupation: collier
Licence_or_Banns: banns
Date_of_Banns:
Signature_or_Mark: Both sign
Witness_1: Arthur Edward Stafford
Witness_2: Beatrice Mary James
Other_Witnesses:
Officiating_Minister: W J Jones curate
Event: Marriage
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register_Reference: P245 IN 1/22
Page_Number: 130
Parish_Chapel: Parkend
Soundex_Groom: J520
Soundex_Bride: T520

Using advanced search gives these other children, all baptised at Parkend.

Record_ID 147435
Entry_Number 951
Year 1911
Month Feb
Day 1
Parents_Surname JAMES
Child_Forenames Harold Anthony
Fathers_Forenames James
Mothers_Forenames Miriam
Mothers_Surname
Residence Parkend
Occupation Haulier

Record_ID 147505
Entry_Number 1021
Year 1913
Month Jul
Day 21
Parents_Surname JAMES
Child_Forenames Sylvia Miriam
Fathers_Forenames James
Mothers_Forenames Miriam
Mothers_Surname
Residence Yorkley
Occupation Labourer

Record_ID 147617
Entry_Number 1133
Year 1916
Month Dec
Day 5
Parents_Surname JAMES
Child_Forenames Edna Dorothy
Fathers_Forenames James
Mothers_Forenames Miriam
Mothers_Surname
Residence Yorkley

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I cannot immediately find James' Baptism c1880 in this site's PRS, but GlosBMD gives this possible birth, & possible parents' marriage;

Child Surname Child Forename Father Surname Mother Surname Mother's Former Name Year District Office Register Entry
JAMES James JAMES JAMES CHARLES 1881 Forest of Dean Monmouth, Coleford 40 39

Groom Surname Groom Forename Bride Surname Bride Forename District Parish Building Year Register Entry
JAMES James CHARLES Sarah Forest of Dean Lydney St Mary the Virgin 1871 1 498

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

From this site's PRs;

Record_ID: 20503
Entry_Number: 498
Year: 1871
Month: Nov
Day: 11
Grooms_Surname: JAMES
Grooms_Forenames: James
Grooms_Age: 26
Groom_Condition: Bachelor
Grooms_Occupation: Labourer
Grooms_Residence: Yorkley
Grooms_Fathers_Surname: JAMES
Grooms_Fathers_Forenames: Thomas
Grooms_Fathers_Occupation: Haulier
Brides_Surname: CHARLES
Brides_Forenames: Sarah
Brides_Age: 20
Brides_Condition: Spinster
Brides_Occupation: [not stated]
Brides_Residence: Lydney
Brides_Fathers_Surname: CHARLES
Brides_Fathers_Forenames: Richard
Brides_Fathers_Occupation: Labourer
Licence_or_Banns: [not stated]
Date_of_Banns: [not stated]
Signature_or_Mark: Both sign
Witness_1: John Willetts
Witness_2: Bessie Willetts
Other_Witnesses:
Officiating_Minister: H Morgan
Event: Marriage
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register_Reference: P209 IN 1/31
Page_Number: 249
Parish_Chapel: Lydney
Soundex_Groom: J520
Soundex_Bride: C642

"haulier" suggests this is the correct family.
See later post re WILLETTS witnesses.
If James is aged 26 in 1871, so born abt 1845;

Record_ID: 50050
Entry_Number: 515
Year: 1845
Month: Aug
Day: 17
Parents_Surname: JAMES
Child_Forenames: James
Fathers_Forenames: Thomas
Mothers_Forenames: Kitty
Mothers_Surname:
Residence: Yorkley
Occupation: Labourer
Officiating_Minister: Henry Poole
Event: Baptism
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register_Reference: P245 IN 1/10
Page_Number: 65
Parish_Chapel: Parkend
Soundex: J520

From LDS, aka www.FamilySearch.org, this looks a great fit for their household just prior to James' arrival.

"England and Wales Census, 1881"
Name: James James
Age (Original): 36
Gender: Male
Birth Year: 1845
Birthplace: Newland, Gloucestershire, England
Relationship to Head of Household: Head
Marital Status: Married
Occupation: Haulier Of Wood
Address: Yorkley
Event Place: Newland (Gloucs), Monmouthshire, England
Disability:
Record Type: Household
GS Film number: 1342258
Affiliate Publication Number: RG11
Piece/Folio: 5223 / 121
Page Number: 5
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Head James James M 36 Newland, Gloucestershire, England
Wife Sarah James F 30 West Dean, Gloucestershire, England
Son Fredrick James M 8 West Dean, Gloucestershire, England
Son William James M 7 West Dean, Gloucestershire, England
Son Samuel James M 7 West Dean, Gloucestershire, England
Daughter Alice James F 4 West Dean, Gloucestershire, England
Daughter Florence James F 2 West Dean, Gloucestershire, England
Daughter Kate James F 0 Newland, Gloucestershire, England

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Several JAMES' are listed in the 1876 Morris & Co Trade Directory for Yorkley, including;

JAMES Mr. James, Yorkley Slade
JAMES John, haulier, Yorkley wood

SEE

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cbennett/westdean1876.htm

My tinternet searching also found this old posting which may be of interest, unless of course it's your post !
I'm pleased to see it confirms they had a child James.
http://www.curiousfox.com/uk/mbprof2.lasso?eid=38520&-nothing

This webpage mentions your family Kelly, you presumably know who wrote it.
http://www.sungreen.co.uk/Lydney/Yorkley_HighSt.htm