Hi
My 3x great grandparentsJames and Ann POWELL were married at Micheldean in 1811. They had a son William in 1813 at Coleford. It seems (from the parish records)they also had two daughters(Sarah Anne and MARGARETTA) in 1839 but I can`t find any more records for the girls. I`ve tried freebmd with no result.Any help would be appreciated
Sylvia

Hi
I forgot to say that they were baptised at Christchurch on Nov 14th living at Berry Hill, father James a collier
Sylvia
I apologise for missing the "t" out of Micheldean

It's not a hanging offence Sylvia!

Speculation time. It's possible that Sarah did not marry?

Record_ID: 3874
Entry_Number: 117
Year: 1895
Month: Aug
Day: 17
Surname: POWELL
Forenames: Sarah Ann
Residence: Lane End
Age_at_death: 55
Officiating_Minister: C Barnes vicar
Event: Burial
Cause_of_death:
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register_Reference: P82 IN 1/15
Page_No: 15
Parish_Chapel: Christchurch
Soundex: P400

It's a big gap. Are you sure it is the same family? I can't find the girls on the 1841 Census Index on this site.

Hi Chris,
It is for an ex-teacher, you know!
Anyway thanks for replying but I`m not certain she`s the one as there was a SarahAnne POWELL living at Lane End in the 51 census who was written as "illegitimate"
There were so many POWELLs living in Coleford and Mitcheldean
I`ve tried to sort them out but its difficult as there seemed to have been several couples named James and Ann but I`m as certain as can be that Sarah Anne and Margaretta were the children of my 2x great grandfather William POWELL`s parents. The advanced search doesn`t reveal any children in between William and the elusive pair of girls. I did think of stillbirths but the baptisms seem to rule this out I notice that the burial was at Christchurch where Sarah Anne and Margaretta were baptised.
best wishes and thanks again
Sylvia