Ewart (Tommy)WOOD; why a Blacksmith ?. (General)

by Jefff , West London, Middlesex, Saturday, February 21, 2015, 02:30 (3557 days ago) @ Jefff

Re "keep searching", by complete and lucky coincidence while answering another forum post I spotted a name on a Trade Directory that I must followup as a likely new member of my mother's tree !.

AND, on that very same 1868 Directory is a "William Wood, blacksmith" at Bilson Woodside, ie St John's/Ruspidge end of Cinderford !.

Do you have a William in your tree ? Could he have been a link to Ewart's future blacksmith career, an Uncle perhaps ??.
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cbennett/newnham1868.htm

He was still there in Ewart's time, in 1894 and 1902;
"WOOD William, ironmonger & smith"
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cbennett/cinderford1894.htm
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cbennett/cinderford1902.htm

Quite a few William WOOD PRs in Cinderford St John, but this looks like maybe him;

Record_ID: 37301
Entry_Number: 282
Year: 1859
Month: Jan
Day: 1
Grooms_Surname: WOOD
Grooms_Forenames: William
Grooms_Age: 23
Groom_Condition: Bachelor
Grooms_Occupation: Smith
Grooms_Residence: Woodside
Grooms_Fathers_Surname: Wood
Grooms_Fathers_Forenames: William
Grooms_Fathers_Occupation: Keeper
Brides_Surname: CHIVERS
Brides_Forenames: Miriam
Brides_Age: 25
Brides_Condition: Spinster
Brides_Occupation:
Brides_Residence: Woodside
Brides_Fathers_Surname: Chivers
Brides_Fathers_Forenames: Cornelius
Brides_Fathers_Occupation: Engineer
Licence_or_Banns: Licence
Date_of_Banns:
Signature_or_Mark: Both sign
Witness_1: Tho[ma]s Perkins
Witness_2: Sarah Chivers
Other_Witnesses:
Officiating_Minister: T. G. Smythies
Event: Marriage
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register_Reference: P85/1 IN 1/4
Page_Number: 141
Parish_Chapel: Cinderford St John
Soundex_Groom: W300
Soundex_Bride: C162

???

A likely brother given the father's profession ?

Record_ID: 37480
Entry_Number: 462
Year: 1866
Month: Feb
Day: 17
Grooms_Surname: WOOD
Grooms_Forenames: Thomas
Grooms_Age: 36
Groom_Condition: Bachelor
Grooms_Occupation: Labourer
Grooms_Residence: Steple Edge Lodge
Grooms_Fathers_Surname: Wood
Grooms_Fathers_Forenames: William
Grooms_Fathers_Occupation: Woodman
Brides_Surname: HEAD
Brides_Forenames: Sarah
Brides_Age: 25
Brides_Condition: Spinster
Brides_Occupation:
Brides_Residence: Cinderford
Brides_Fathers_Surname: [not stated]
Brides_Fathers_Forenames: [not stated]
Brides_Fathers_Occupation: [not stated]
Licence_or_Banns: Banns
Date_of_Banns:
Signature_or_Mark: He signs She marks
Witness_1: Samuel Woolford
Witness_2: Susan Woolford
Other_Witnesses:
Officiating_Minister: Tho[ma]s Gosselin Smythies
Event: Marriage
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register_Reference: P85/1 IN 1/4
Page_Number: 231
Parish_Chapel: Cinderford St John
Soundex_Groom: W300
Soundex_Bride: H300

Staple Edge and it's Lodge are in the right area, Ruspidge and Soudley, so maybe worth checking out ?
http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/glos/vol5/pp300-325#h3-0007
http://www.forestprints.co.uk/ruspidge_from_staple_edge.htm
http://lightmoor.co.uk/forestcoal/CoalStaple.html
Good videoviews of StapleEdge quarry here http://brmc-adventure.org.uk/expeditions/staple-edge-quarry/

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Always worth searching this forum, this old thread relates, too late for me to read it in case it dashes my hopes for a Ewart link !
http://forum.forest-of-dean.net/index.php?id=37547