Witnesses John & Bessie WILLETTS c1871 (General)

by Jefff , West London, Middlesex, Sunday, December 29, 2013, 21:58 (3976 days ago) @ Jefff

Witnesses to the abovementioned 1871 wedding of James JAMES & Sarah CHARLES, likely parents of James JAMES (Haulier) b1881, were John & Bessie(aka Elizabeth) WILLETTS, I suspect probably the same couple as this prior thread http://forum.forest-of-dean.net/index.php?id=38325.

I may be wrong but in my experience WILLETTS is not a particularly common Forest name, the only ones I know of is a longstanding Forest bus company F.R.Willetts. They're based in YORKLEY, so perhaps linked to the earlier JAMES haulier business ??

From the Yorkley website ( http://www.yorkley-village.co.uk/local_history.htm ) can find this document abt the bus firm - http://www.yorkley-village.co.uk/Acrobat%20documents/Willetts%20Trips%20Aug-Nov%202012.pdf

Also see http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8469/8150067585_9d72dae4f9_z.jpg

And http://www.stevematthewstravel.co.uk/about_us.html,
which shows the bus company was started in the 1930s by Frank & Kate Willetts.

Record_ID: 103198
Entry_Number: 37
Year: 1932
Month: Dec
Day: 22
Grooms_Surname: WILLETTS
Grooms_Forenames: Frank Raymond
Grooms_Age: 25
Groom_Condition: Bachelor
Grooms_Occupation: Haulier
Grooms_Residence: Yorkley
Grooms_Fathers_Surname: Willetts
Grooms_Fathers_Forenames: Thomas
Grooms_Fathers_Occupation: Miner
Brides_Surname: THOMAS
Brides_Forenames: Kate
Brides_Age: 24
Brides_Condition: Spinster
Brides_Occupation:
Brides_Residence: Pillowell
Brides_Fathers_Surname: Thomas
Brides_Fathers_Forenames: James George
Brides_Fathers_Occupation: Miner
Licence_or_Banns: Banns
Date_of_Banns:
Signature_or_Mark: Both sign
Witness_1: James George Thomas
Witness_2: Alice Jane Thomas
Other_Witnesses:
Officiating_Minister: David T Jones Vicar
Event: Marriage
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register_Reference: P245 IN 1/23
Page_Number: 19
Parish_Chapel: Parkend
Soundex_Groom: W432
Soundex_Bride: T520

So more THOMAS', possible link to Miriam perhaps, altho Thomas is a much more common Forest surname.

???