Mary SIMMONS from Ellwood I found this but am confuzzled it states her father as John WATKINS, but she was single when married to Edwin ELSMORE, should she have been WATKINS not SIMMONS, maybe her mother was a WATKINS. Any ideas who she may of been and date for Mary SIMMONS please.
I know she was my gt gt grandmother. and why did they never metioned the child's mother on information, bit eyed if you ask me.

Mary SIMMONS and Edwin ELSMORE
Record_ID:14322
Entry Number:110
Year:1848
Month:Jul
Day:4
Groom Surname:ELSMORE
Groom Forenames:Edwin
Groom Age at Marriage:22
Groom condition:Bachelor
Groom Rank or Profession:Collier
Groom Residence:Ellwood
Groom Father's Surname:ELSMORE
Groom Father's Forenames:Joseph
Groom Father's Rank or Profession:Collier
Bride Surname:SIMMONS
Bride Forenames:Mary
Bride Age at Marriage:23
Bride Condition:Spinster
Bride Rank or Profession:Servant
Bride Residence:Ellwood
Bride Father's Surname:WATKINS
Bride Father's Forenames:John
Bride Father's Rank or Profession:Farmer
Licence or Banns:Banns
Date of banns:
Signature or Mark:both mark
Witness 1:Thomas Baylis
Witness 2:George Benfield
Other witnesses:
Officiating Minister:Henry Poole
Event type:Marriage
Memoranda:
Transcriber's Notes:
Register Reference:P145 IN 1/20
Page No:55
Parish_Chapel:Parkend
Soundex Groom:E425
Soundex Bride:S552

need to do some more work but here is a Mary born to a single woman at about the correct time....

Year: 1826
Month: Apr
Day: 16
Parents Surname: SIMMONS
Child Forenames: Mary Ann
Father's Forenames: [not stated]
Mother's Forenames: Camelia
Mother's Surname:
Place of Residence: Whitecroft
Occupation: Single Woman
Officiating Minister: H[enr]y Poole Minister
Event type: Baptism
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register Reference: P245 IN 1/9
Page No: 28
Parish_Chapel: Parkend

1841 Ellwood
Mary Simmons abt 1826 Gloucestershire, England Dean Forest, Gloucestershire

1841 Ellwood
Eliz Ellmore abt 1786 Gloucestershire, England Dean Forest,
Edwin Ellmore abt 1826 Gloucestershire, England Dean Forest, Gloucestershire

1851
Edwin Elsmore abt 1826 West Dean, Gloucestershire, England Head West Dean, Gloucestershire
Mary Elsmore abt 1827 West Dean, Gloucestershire, England Wife West Dean, Gloucestershire
Thomas Elsmore abt 1849 West Dean, Gloucestershire, England Son West Dean, Gloucestershire

1861
Edwin Elsmore abt 1825 West Dean, Gloucestershire, England Head West Dean, Gloucestershire
Mary Elsmore abt 1822 West Dean, Gloucestershire, England Wife West Dean, Gloucestershire
Lucy Elsmore abt 1854 West Dean, Gloucestershire, England Daughter West Dean, Gloucestershire
Mary Jane Elsmore abt 1860 West Dean, Gloucestershire, England Daughter West Dean, Gloucestershire
Ruth Elsmore abt 1852 West Dean, Gloucestershire, England Daughter West Dean, Gloucestershire
Samuel Elsmore abt 1856 West Dean, Gloucestershire, England Son West Dean, Gloucestershire
Thomas Elsmore abt 1849 West Dean, Gloucestershire, England Son West Dean, Gloucestershire

1871
Edwin Elsmore abt 1826 West Dean, Gloucestershire, England Head West Dean, Gloucestershire
Mary Elsmore abt 1824 West Dean, Gloucestershire, England Wife West Dean, Gloucestershire
Edwin Elsmore abt 1863 West Dean, Gloucestershire, England Son West Dean, Gloucestershire
Elizabeth Elsmore abt 1867 West Dean, Gloucestershire, England Daughter West Dean, Gloucestershire
John Elsmore abt 1865 West Dean, Gloucestershire, England Son West Dean, Gloucestershire
Lucia P Elsmore abt 1854 West Dean, Gloucestershire, England Daughter West Dean, Gloucestershire
Ruth Elsmore abt 1852 West Dean, Gloucestershire, England Daughter West Dean, Gloucestershire
Samuel Elsmore abt 1866 West Dean, Gloucestershire, England Son West Dean, Gloucestershire

further Elsmore / New Zealand link

http://www.reap.org.nz/~chris/elsedwin.html

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Ἀριστοτέλης A Gloster & Hereford Boy in the Forest of Dean ><((((*>

I saw that but wasn't thinking that she could of come fom a single mother duh me.
How far is Whitecroft from Ellwood etc do you know. Many thanks for your help m8

2 miles or so :-)

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Ἀριστοτέλης A Gloster & Hereford Boy in the Forest of Dean ><((((*>

Of a distance further away but could be a possibility.

Entry Number: 344
Year: 1826
Month: Mar
Day: 5
Parents Surname: SYMONDS
Child Forenames: Mary Anne
Father's Forenames: [not stated]
Mother's Forenames: Anne
Mother's Surname:
Place of Residence: Hartpury
Occupation: Servant
Officiating Minister: Henry Wright
Event type: Baptism
Memoranda: illegitimate
Notes:
Register Reference: P165 IN 1/4
Page No: 43
Parish_Chapel: Hartpury

Mary Anne SIMMONS(1821 West Dean, Gloucester-25 June 1902 Masterton Waiararpa New Zealand) this is all I have to go on.
http://www.reap.org.nz/~chris/elsedwin.html is my cousin's site with what we know

1821 doesnt tie out with the census data for Mary or the age on the marriage entry

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Ἀριστοτέλης A Gloster & Hereford Boy in the Forest of Dean ><((((*>

Mary SIMMONS from Whitecroft , West Dean 1826
sounds more like it then right Slowhands

yes and no !

I feel more comfortable with 1825/26 for her year of birth, however the data is never 100%, so keep an open mind - there maybe other documents around in the family i.e. a bible that help prove this one way or another

< I have updated my earlier note with the census data>

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Ἀριστοτέλης A Gloster & Hereford Boy in the Forest of Dean ><((((*>

many thanks slowhands alass no family bible. My families didn't seem to keep in contact with each other and Chris and I are the grophers doing the research with a few more walls broken thru. I know the IGI is not 100% but i am compeletely happy with The Forest of Dean Family History site here and just blown away by it and the many helping hands and eyes on here. Once again slowhands many thanks and to David Watkins.
By chance David you not related to The ELSMORE or my Mary are you, just a thought.