William Bailey bapt. 1798 Awre (General)

by Ralph Cook, Saturday, January 10, 2009, 22:01 (5868 days ago)

Hello

I am trying to confirm that my ancestor William Bailey was the same man as the one baptised in 1798 at Awre, the son of John Bailey and Susanna Morse. If he is then he moved to Monmouthshire and married Mary Morgan having four children in Llantrisant and Langstone before she died in 1829. He remarried (twice) and died at a grand age in 1890 at Bishton. He started life as an Ag Lab eventually becoming a tenant farmer in his own right in Bishton.

The problem is that a William Bailey married an Elizabeth Charles at Awre in 1818 and there are one or two other William Baileys in and around the Forest of Dean and I have been trying to eliminate them as the sons of John Bailey and Susanna Morse.

The reason? My William Bailey is recorded in various census entries as being born in Arvington (doesn't exist???) Aust and Awre. I believe he came from Awre and is the person baptised in 1798 but I want to eliminate other candidates.

Does anyone know what became of William Bailey and Elizabeth Charles?

Ralph