Andrew Butcher (1773 -1838) Eldersfield (General)

by Percyqted, Churchdown, Wednesday, July 30, 2014, 21:49 (3763 days ago) @ MPGriffiths

Thank you for all these leads it gives me plenty to dig into next time I'm in the records office.

This all revolves around a 5 mile semi circle with Ashleworth as the centre point and of course west of the river.

The Broadstocks were active in Hartpury, and Corse and they all seemed to marry brides called Sarah
First was James who married Sarah Gibbs for Redmarly in 1801 at Hartpury and had 9 children baptised at Hartpury
Then in 1828 William married Sarah Tompkins in Gloucester but was the blacksmith at Corse and had 6 children baptised.

As said Hartpury,Corse, Ashleworth & Hasfield are all neighbouring villages or hamlets in Gloucestershire as is Eldersfield but that's over the border in Worcestershire. Where one village ended and the next started was often fairly vague.

I have also only discovered two children for Andrew Butcher as you said; William & Mary.

Of Mary I can find no trace other than her baptism at Corse (even though the family seems to have been based in Eldersfield)

William Butcher married Mary Sheppard at Hartpury in 1829 and had 3 offspring

Walter Henry Boucher 1833=1893

William Joseph Boucher 1836 -1898

Ellen Augusta Boucher 1840 - 1905 married name Dobbins.

It was at this time the surname was being spelt in various ways, Butcher, Boucher, Boutcher

The Lydia Young - Andrew Butcher case will make some interesting reading; at the time she would have been 43; he 34. If the cased was found against Andrew and he served time it may explain the wide gap between his children.

Once again many thanks