Richard MORSE bapt: 1850
St Briavels Gloucestershire England
This is all I know of my Great Great Grandfather, would love to know more.

Hi Kiwi

Your name caught my eye - I'm in Auckland and I guessing you are in NZ somewhere too.

Do you know who your Gt Gt Grandfather may have married?

Do you think this might be his birth record:

Record_ID: 73166
Entry_Number: 386
Year: 1850
Month: Sep
Day: 8
Parents_Surname: MORSE
Child_Forenames: Richard
Fathers_Forenames: Joseph
Mothers_Forenames: Hannah
Mothers_Surname:
Residence: Hoggins Green
Occupation: Labourer
Officiating_Minister: J.Lewis Curate
Event: Baptism
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register_Reference: P278 IN 1/6
Page_Number: 49
Parish_Chapel: St Briavels
Soundex: M620

Cheers
Diane

your Great Great Great Great Grandfather

RICHARD MORSE
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Marriages:
Spouse: SOPHIA GINGEL
Marriage: 02 NOV 1805 Brookthorpe, Gloucester, England
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Messages:
Extracted marriage record for locality listed in the record.
The source records are usually arranged chronologically by the marriage date.
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Source Information:
Batch No.: Dates: Source Call No.: Type: Printout Call No.: Type:
M035501 1730 - 1881 0856956 Film 6911860 Film
Sheet: 00

Place of Marriage Brookthorpe, Gloucestershire, England
Children Joseph, Sarah, Thomas, Henry, Elizabeth, Jane, Esther, Robert

JOSEPH MORSE
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Event(s):
Birth:
Christening: 02 SEP 1810 Brookthorpe, Gloucester, England
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Parents:
Father: RICHARD MORSE
Mother: SOPHIA
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Messages:
Extracted birth or christening record for the locality listed in the record.
The source records are usually arranged chronologically by the birth or christening date.
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Source Information:
Batch No.: Dates: Source Call No.: Type: Printout Call No.: Type:
C035501 1730 - 1882 0856956 Film 6911859 Film
C035501 1731 - 1877 0856956 Film NONE
Sheet: 00

1841
Joseph Morse abt 1816 Gloucestershire, England Wheatenhurst, Gloucestershire
Hannah Morse abt 1823 Gloucestershire, England Wheatenhurst, Gloucestershire

1851
Joseph Morse abt 1812 Brockrupt, Gloucestershire, England Head St Briavels, Gloucestershire
Hannah Morse abt 1823 Littleworth, Gloucestershire, England Wife St Briavels, Gloucestershire
George Morse abt 1845 St Briavels, Gloucestershire, England Son St Briavels, Gloucestershire
Richard Morse abt 1850 St Briavels, Gloucestershire, England Son St Briavels, Gloucestershire

1861
Richard Morse abt 1851 St Briavels, Gloucestershire, England Servant St Briavel, Gloucestershire

1861
Joseph Morse abt 1811 Brooklaw, Gloucestershire, England Head St Briavel, Gloucestershire
Hannah Morse abt 1817 Brooklaw, Gloucestershire, England Wife St Briavel, Gloucestershire
George Morse abt 1846 St Briavels, Gloucestershire, England Son St Briavel, Gloucestershire
Henry Morse abt 1857 St Briavels, Gloucestershire, England Son St Briavel, Gloucestershire
Joseph Morse abt 1859 St Briavels, Gloucestershire, England Son St Briavel, Gloucestershire

1871 Ellwood nr Prim Methodist Chapel
Richard Morse abt 1851 St Brevals, Gloucestershire, England Servant West Dean, Gloucestershire

Year: 1873
Month: May
Day: 11

Grooms_Surname: MORSE
Grooms_Forenames: Richard
Grooms_Age: 21
Groom_Condition: Batchelor
Grooms_Occupation: Labourer
Grooms_Residence: Ellwood
Grooms_Fathers_Surname: Morse
Grooms_Fathers_Forenames: Joseph
Grooms_Fathers_Occupation: Labourer

Brides_Surname: ELSMORE
Brides_Forenames: Lucy
Brides_Age: 19
Brides_Condition: Spinster
Brides_Occupation: [not stated]
Brides_Residence: Ellwood
Brides_Fathers_Surname: Elsmore
Brides_Fathers_Forenames: Edwin
Brides_Fathers_Occupation: Collier
Licence_or_Banns: Banns
Date_of_Banns:
Signature_or_Mark: both mark
Witness_1: Jacob Dorrington
Witness_2: Henry Gunter
Other_Witnesses:
Officiating_Minister: Jo[hn] Jo[seph] Elsworth Vicar
Event: Marriage
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register_Reference: P245 IN 1/21
Page_Number: 135
Parish_Chapel: Parkend

Parents line

1871
Joseph Morre 58 Gloster
Hannah Morre 45 Gloster
Henry Morre 15 St Briavels
Joseph Morre 13 St Briavels
Sophia Morre 7 St Briavels

1881
Hannah Morse abt 1825 Gloucestershire, England Head St Briavels, Gloucestershire
Joseph Morse abt 1859 St Briavels, Gloucestershire, England Son St Briavels, Gloucestershire
Sophia Morse abt 1864 St Briavels, Gloucestershire, England Daughter St Briavels, Gloucestershire

1891
Hannah Morse abt 1823 Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England Boarder Hewelsfield, Gloucestershire

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

BDM has this record:

Name: Roynon George Richard Morse
Birth: Dec 1850 - Gloucester (1837-1937), Gloucestershire

Chepstow covers St Briavels Diane:

Births Sep 1850
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Morse Richard Chepstow 26 75

http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/GLS/Brookthorpe/index.html

George Gingell & Sarah Harris, 19 Dec. 1758 Brookthorpe Marriage < seems a little early but could be >

your Great Great Great Great Grandmother

SOPHIA GINGEL
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Event(s):
Birth:
Christening: 03 NOV 1782 Brookthorpe, Gloucester, England
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Parents:
Father: GEORGE GINGEL
Mother: SARAH
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Messages:
Extracted birth or christening record for the locality listed in the record.
The source records are usually arranged chronologically by the birth or christening date.
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Source Information:
Batch No.: Dates: Source Call No.: Type: Printout Call No.: Type:
C035501 1730 - 1882 0856956 Film 6911859 Film
C035501 1731 - 1877 0856956 Film NONE
Sheet: 00

1841
Sophia Moss abt 1786 Gloucestershire, England Brockthrop, Gloucestershire
Thomas Moss abt 1816 Gloucestershire, England Brockthrop, Gloucestershire
Elizabeth Moss abt 1817 Gloucestershire, England Brockthrop, Gloucestershire
Jane Moss abt 1840 Gloucestershire, England Brockthrop, Gloucestershire
Robert Moss abt 1826 Gloucestershire, England Brockthrop, Gloucestershire

1851
Thos Moss abt 1814 Brookthorpe Head Brookthorpe, Gloucestershire
Eliza Moss abt 1829 Whaddon, Gloucestershire, England Mar Brookthorpe, Gloucestershire
Sophia Moss abt 1785 Brookthorpe, Gloucestershire, England Mother Brookthorpe, Gloucestershire

1861
Sophia Morse abt 1781 Brookthorpe, Gloucestershire, England Mother Brookthorpe, Gloucestershire
Thomas Morse abt 1813 Brookthorpe, Gloucestershire, England Head Brookthorpe, Gloucestershire
Eliza Morse abt 1827 Whaddon, Gloucestershire, England Wife Brookthorpe, Gloucestershire

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

Lucy ELSMORE (21 Jul 1853-25 Sep 1878 Big Bush Marlborough NZ)
m.12 May 1873 Monmouth Richard MORSE (1850 St Briavels, Gloucestershire-16 Sep 1877 Big Bush Marlborough NZ)
Richard MORSE died from gun shot wounds a few months after arriving in NZ
his wife Lucy ELSMORE died a year later.
They only had one child.
Amelia Jane MORSE(Mary Jane)(16 May 1874 West Dean-07 Sep 1953 Blenheim)
m.16 Sep 1891 Blenheim John Henry ANDRELL (15 Apr 1867 Grovetown-01 Feb 1920 Blenheim)
I know the sailing ship they came out on.

yes I live in Christchurch.
Wow he he was born a day before mine, but in another century.

Just been surfing on another website and with what you all have just given me I found this.

James MORSE Bapt: 1783 in The Forest of Dean Gloucestershire England
Married:Sarah BAKER at the Church of England, Lydney Parish,
Gloucestershire England on 30 May 1811.
Occupation:Coal Haulier
Children:
(1):Sarah MORSE
bapt:11 Oct 1812 at Lydney Gloucestershire England
(2):Joseph MORSE
bapt:11 Oct 1812 at Lydney Gloucestershire England
(3):James MORSE
bapt:08 January 1815 at Lydney Gloucestershire England
John MORSEbapt:22 June 1817 at Lydney Gloucestershire England
(4):Jane MORSE
bapt:04 February 1821 at Lydney Gloucestershire England
(5):Elizabeth MORSE bapt:18 July 1824 at Lydney Gloucestershire England

Joseph MORSE
bapt:11 Oct 1812 at Lydney Gloucestershire England
Married:(1): Hannah PAINE When:1844 at Cirencester Gloucestershire England
Father:James MORSE
Mother:Sarah BAKER
remarried: Phoebe MAISEY
Hannah PAINEBorn:30 May 1823
bapt: 08 July 1823 at Littleworth Weslayan Chapel-Nc, Minchinhampton, Gloucestershire England
Hannah PAINE’s parents were James PAINE & Sarah ?

Children:
(i):George MORSE bapt: 1845
Gloucestershire England

(ii):Richard MORSE bapt: 1850
St Briavels Gloucestershire England

(iii):Henry MORSE bapt 1867
Gloucestershire England

(iv):Joseph MORSE bapt: 1859
Gloucestershire England

This is possibly another / confused MORSE branch; the 1851 puts your Richard as son of Joseph and Hannah from Brookthorope and Littleworth, thats Gloucester not Lydney ! I wonder if the source of a Joseph Morse birth in 1812 Lydney is available online ?

If Joseph is the s/o Richard and Sophia, it becomes easy to understand the naming of Richard in 1850 too.

However there is a Littleworth in Minchinhampton...so Hannah PAINE may be correct.

We may just have to agree to disagree :-)
http://www.reap.org.nz/~chris/morse.html

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

I would agree with what you have found on this branch, as you have been further in what you have discovered so far. As for the names of the people I can see a naming patten that has carried on from start of my family tree to present day descendants, so very like how my mothers Scottish heritage have done in naming. Many thanks to all.