Family of John & Sarah THOMAS - Parkend, West Dean (General)

by Jefff , West London, Middlesex, Sunday, December 29, 2013, 20:23 (3976 days ago) @ Jefff

Record_ID: 146834
Entry_Number: 350
Year: 1881
Month: Feb
Day: 6
Parents_Surname: THOMAS
Child_Forenames: Miriam
Fathers_Forenames: John
Mothers_Forenames: Sarah
Mothers_Surname:
Residence: Parkend
Occupation: Labourer
Officiating_Minister: Matson Vincent
Event: Baptism
Memoranda: Born 6 Dec 1880
Notes:
Register_Reference: P245 IN 1/12
Page_Number: 44
Parish_Chapel: Parkend
Soundex: T520

So luckily just within the scope of the 1881 Census, so from LDS:

"England and Wales Census, 1881"
Name: Miriam Thomas
Age (Original): 0
Gender: Female
Birth Year: 1881
Birthplace: West Dean, Gloucestershire, England
Relationship to Head of Household: Daughter
Marital Status: Single
Occupation:
Address: Yorkley
Event Place: West Dean (Gloucs), Monmouthshire, England
Disability:
Record Type: Household
GS Film number: 1342259
Affiliate Publication Number: RG11
Piece/Folio: 5224 / 20
Page Number: 4
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Head John Thomas M 27, Bar cutter at tin works, West Dean, Gloucestershire, England
Wife Sarah Thomas F 26 West Dean, Gloucestershire, England
Daughter Miriam Thomas F 0 West Dean, Gloucestershire, England

I cannot find any other local baptisms for this family.
If this is definitely Miriam, it looks like she eventually followed the GWR to London for work, just as I did eighty years later:

"England and Wales Census, 1901"
Name: Miriam Thomas
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 31 Mar 1901
Gender: Female
Age: 20
Relationship to Head of Household: Servant
Birthplace: Forest Of Dena, Gloucestershire
Schedule Type: Household
Registration District: Lambeth
Sub-District: Waterloo Road
Ecclesiastical Parish: St John
Civil Parish: Lambeth
District/Parish/County: London, Middlesex

1911 Wales Census for 4 room dwelling at Bailey Hill, Lydney, Glos
Name Relation to Head Birth Date Age Gender Marital Status Occupation Birth City Birth County Birth Country
John Thomas Head 1853 58 Male Married31yrs Collier banksman,above ground Parkend Gloucestershire England
Sarah Thomas Wife 1855 56 Female Married31yrs Parkend Gloucestershire England
Albert Wilce Boarder 1891 20 Male Single Grocers Assistant Yorkley Slade Gloucestershire England

(So John enjoys a skilled and relatively safe job at the pit).

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I cannot find John & Sarah's marriage within the PRs database; I think this is it, from GlosBMD;

Groom Surname Groom Forename Bride Surname Bride Forename District Parish Building Year Register Entry
THOMAS John SMITH Sarah Forest of Dean Monmouth Register Office 1880 10 196

Again from GlosBMD, I think this might be John's birth, altho be warned there are other John Thomas' born around 1854 (wrt his given age in 1881 census), so more checking required. Note the Willet(ts) name again..

Child Surname Child Forename Father Surname Mother Surname Mother's Former Name Year District Office Register Entry
THOMAS John THOMAS THOMAS WILLET 1854 Forest of Dean Monmouth, Coleford 10 62

Which I suspect is from this marriage;

Record_ID 107691
Entry_Number
Year 1843
Month May
Day 1
Grooms_Surname THOMAS
Grooms_Forenames John
Grooms_Age 0
Groom_Condition bachelor
Grooms_Occupation farmer
Grooms_Residence of this parish
Grooms_Fathers_Surname Thomas
Grooms_Fathers_Forenames Thomas
Grooms_Fathers_Occupation labourer
Brides_Surname WILLET
Brides_Forenames Harriet
Brides_Age 0
Brides_Condition spinster
Brides_Occupation servant
Brides_Residence of this parish
Brides_Fathers_Surname Willet
Brides_Fathers_Forenames James
Brides_Fathers_Occupation labourer
Licence_or_Banns Banns
Date_of_Banns
Signature_or_Mark Both mark
Witness_1 Thomas Powell
Witness_2 Elizabeth Willet
Other_Witnesses
Officiating_Minister
Event Marriage
Memoranda
Notes
Register_Reference
Page_Number
Parish_Chapel Monmouth
Soundex_Groom T520
Soundex_Bride W430