Hello,
I am looking for any information on Samuel Duance. He was Minister of the Congregational Church at Lydney between 1938 - 1949. He originally came from Cornwall. His first wife Marina (my Grand aunt) died in 1953 and he married later that year to Miss Clara Avery. I am particularly interested in any dates (especially burials) and any stories about the above. Many thanks

I was talking to my mother today about Samuel DUANCE. My mother was Myrtle Abbott DUANCE and she remembers visiting Rev DUANCE and his wife in Lydney Gloucester when she was a little girl. She said his wife was called Minnie (would this have been a derivative of Marina, family/pet name or some such)? Mother also said that Minnie died and Uncle Sam remarried.

My granny married Isaac Duance in 1941. She already had 2 girls from her marriage to Ernest Thomas Adullam DUANCE. They did not have any more children.

I note you were asking for burial information. Surely as a minister in a congregational church he would have been buried in his own or a local chapel? Grampy and my Uncle, Gerald Downing were both methodist local preachers on the North Hill circuit.

I keep trying to pump mother for more information but she isn't interested in family trees and doesn't remember very much and some days more than others.

I am sorry I have no more information but would be glad to know if information I have is correct and if you could expand upon it for me at all please that would be marvellous.

I am new to this forum and am not sure how it works but if you would like to email me directly the email address is M_ann1@blueyonder.co.uk

I look forward to hearing from you

1861 ( the relative that draws Samuel to Durham later in life ?)
Samuel Duance abt 1842 Lewannick, Cornwall, England Servant North Hill, Cornwall

1891
Samuel Duance abt 1843 Lewannick, Cornwall, England Head Hetton Le Hole, Durham
Ann Duance abt 1825 Northill, Cornwall, England Wife Hetton Le Hole, Durham

Name: Samuel Duance
Estimated birth year: abt 1841
Year of Registration: 1895
Quarter of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec
Age at Death: 54
District: Easington
County: Durham
Volume: 10a
Page: 269

1891
Thomas Collins abt 1840 Liskeard, Cornwall, England Head East Murton, Durham
Elizabeth Collins abt 1842 Northill, Cornwall, England Wife East Murton, Durham
Marina Collins abt 1869 Tremar, Cornwall, England Daughter East Murton, Durham
Edwin Collins abt 1873 Tremar Cooinbe, Cornwall, England Son East Murton, Durham
Elizabeth Collins abt 1875 Hetton Le Hole, Durham, England Daughter East Murton, Durham
Thomas Collins abt 1877 Hetton Le Hole, Durham, England Son East Murton, Durham
William Collins abt 1881 Murton Colliery, Durham, England Son East Murton, Durham

1901
Samuel Dunace abt 1883 St Cleather, Cornwall, England Servant Lewannick, Cornwall

1901
Marina Collins abt 1870 St Cleer, Cornwall, England Housekeeper Sunderland, Durham

1911
COLLINS MARINA F 1869 42 Easington Durham

1911
DUANCE SAMMUEL M 1883 28 Easington Durham

Date
8.7.1911
Location
Seaham Harbour County Durham England

Name: Marina Collins {aka Minnie}
Name: Samuel Duance
Year of Registration: 1911
Quarter of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep
District: Easington
County: Durham
Volume: 10a
Page: 898

1935 Kelly's directory for Hawkesbury, Gloucestershire
Rev congregational Samuel Duance, The Manse

Year: 1953
Month: Jan
Day: 20
Surname: DUANCE
Forenames: Mariana
Residence: Lydney
Age_at_death: 84
Officiating_Minister: Rev E Appleby & Rev E R [illegible] (Coleford)
Event: Burial
Cause_of_death:
Memoranda: died 16 Jan 1953
Notes:
Register_Reference: D5690/1
Page_No: 0
Parish_Chapel: Newnham and Blakeney Tabernacle

Name: Samuel Duance
Death Registration Month/Year: 1958
Age at death (estimated): 75
Registration district: Forest of Dean
Inferred County: Gloucestershire
Volume: 7b
Page: 408

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Name: Clara Mary Avery
Year of Registration: 1883
Quarter of Registration: Apr-May-Jun
District: Gloucester (1837-1937)
County: Gloucestershire
Volume: 6a
Page: 287

Name: Samuel Duance
Spouse :Clara M Avery
Date of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep 1953
Registration district: Forest of Dean
Registration county (inferred): Gloucestershire
Volume Number: 7b
Page Number: 1021

Name: Clara Mary Duance
Birth Date: 27 Feb 1883
Death Registration Month/Year: 1970
Registration district: Stroud
Inferred County: Gloucestershire
Volume: 7b
Page: 1282

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

http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/Cornwall/StClether/index.html

1861
John Duance abt 1809 Lewannick, Cornwall, England Head Lewannick, Cornwall
Joanna Duance abt 1812 Lewannick, Cornwall, England Wife Lewannick, Cornwall
Joanna Duance J abt 1853 Lewannick, Cornwall, England Daughter Lewannick, Cornwall
Mark Duance abt 1857 Lewannick, Cornwall, England Son Lewannick, Cornwall

1881
Mark Duence abt 1856 Lewanick, Cornwall, England Head St Clether, Cornwall
Emlyn Duence abt 1860 St Cleather, Cornwall, England Wife St Clether, Cornwall
Ernest Duence abt 1879 St Cleather, Cornwall, England Son St Clether, Cornwall
Alice Duence St Cleather, Cornwall, England Daughter St Clether, Cornwall

1891
Mark Duance abt 1856 Stwavick, Cornwall, England Head St Clether, Cornwall
Emma Duance abt 1854 St Clether, Cornwall, England Wife St Clether, Cornwall
Ernest Duance abt 1879 St Clether, Cornwall, England Son St Clether, Cornwall
Alice Duance abt 1881 St Clether, Cornwall, England Daughter St Clether, Cornwall
Samuel Duance abt 1883 St Clether, Cornwall, England Son St Clether, Cornwall
Emlyn Duance abt 1885 St Clether, Cornwall, England Daughter St Clether, Cornwall
Henry Duance abt 1888 St Clether, Cornwall, England Son St Clether, Cornwall
Harrold Duance abt 1888 St Clether, Cornwall, England Son St Clether, Cornwall
Amelia Duance abt 1890 St Clether, Cornwall, England Daughter St Clether, Cornwall

1901
Samuel Dunace abt 1883 St Cleather, Cornwall, England Servant Lewannick, Cornwall

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Name: Ernest Adullam T Duance
Year of Registration: 1901
Quarter of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar
District: Launceston
County: Cornwall, Devon
Volume: 5c
Page: 13

1901
Ernest Duenre abt 1879 St Cleasher, Cornwall, England Head Lewannick, Cornwall
Annie Duenre abt 1877 Lewannick, Cornwall, England Wife Lewannick, Cornwall
Ernest Eduham Thomas Duenre abt 1900 Lewannick, Cornwall, England Son Lewannick, Cornwall

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Name: Doris Augusta Abbott
Year of Registration: 1902
Quarter of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep
District: Launceston
County: Cornwall, Devon
Volume: 5c
Page: 23

Name: Ernest A T Duance
Spouse :Doris A Abbott
Date of Registration: Apr-May-Jun 1929
Registration district: Launceston
Registration county (inferred): Cornwall
Volume Number: 5c
Page Number: 46

Name: Ernest T A Duance
Death Registration Month/Year: 1939
Age at death (estimated): 38
Registration district: Launceston
Inferred County: Cornwall
Volume: 5c
Page: 24

Name: Doris A Duance
Spouse : Isaac Duance
Date of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec 1942
Registration district: Launceston
Registration county (inferred): Cornwall
Volume Number: 5c
Page Number: 58

Name: Doris Augusta Duance
Birth Date: 15 Jul 1902
Death Registration Month/Year: Oct 1985
Age at death (estimated): 83
Registration district: Launceston
Inferred County: Cornwall, Devon
Volume: 21
Page: 207

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

Slowhands

Many thanks for your response. Are you in some way connected to the Duance family?

Do you know any more about Sam specifically?

I look forward to hearing from you.

Ann