Elijah Brain (General)
I'm trying to find information about my great grandfather Elijah Martin (or Alfred)Brain. He was born about 1881 and married Alice Vedmore. I have located him in the 1891 census and the 1911 census but cannot find any record of him in the 1901 census.
He was born in Bailey, or East Dean to Alfred Brain and Mary Ann Bedney.
Any help on finding more information about him would be much appreciated.
Regards
Kim
Elijah Alfred BRAIN 1881 Blaize Bailey {Collafield Edgehill}
by slowhands 
, proud of his ancient Dean Forest roots, Sunday, July 12, 2009, 22:28 (5687 days ago) @ kimbeau1967
1841 ? Haseley
William Brain abt 1815 Gloucestershire, England Dean Forest, Gloucestershire
Name: Harriet Brown
Name: William Brain
Year of Registration: 1850
Quarter of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar
District: Westbury On Severn
County: Gloucestershire
Volume: 11
Page: 569
1851 Blaize Bailey
William Brain abt 1819 East Dean, Gloucestershire, England Head East Dean, Gloucestershire
Harriot Brain abt 1827 East Dean, Gloucestershire, England Wife East Dean, Gloucestershire
Elizabeth Brain abt 1849 East Dean, Gloucestershire, England Son East Dean, Gloucestershire
Jane Daykins abt 1813 Lingowie, Monmouthshire, Wales Visitor East Dean, Gloucestershire
George Wintle abt 1828 Little Dean, Gloucestershire, England Visitor East Dean, Gloucestershire
1861 Blaize Bailey
William Brain abt 1816 East Dean, Gloucestershire, England Head East Dean, Gloucestershire
Harriet Brain abt 1828 Flaxley, Gloucestershire, England Wife East Dean, Gloucestershire
Alfred Brain abt 1853 East Dean, Gloucestershire, England Son East Dean, Gloucestershire
John Brain abt 1857 Flaxley, Gloucestershire, England Son East Dean, Gloucestershire
Emma Brain abt 1860 East Dean, Gloucestershire, England Daughter East Dean, Gloucestershire
Thomas Brain abt 1861 East Dean, Gloucestershire, England Son East Dean, Gloucestershire
William Brain abt 1861 East Dean, Gloucestershire, England Son East Dean, Gloucestershire
1871 Blaize Bailey
William Brain abt 1816 Newnham, Gloucestershire, England Head East Dean, Gloucestershire
Harriet Brain abt 1827 Flaxley, Gloucestershire, England Wife East Dean, Gloucestershire
Alfred Brain abt 1853 East Dean, Gloucestershire, England Son East Dean, Gloucestershire
Emma Brain abt 1860 East Dean, Gloucestershire, England Daughter East Dean, Gloucestershire
Tom Brain abt 1861 East Dean, Gloucestershire, England Son East Dean, Gloucestershire
William Brain abt 1861 East Dean, Gloucestershire, England Son East Dean, Gloucestershire
Year: 1875
Month: Jul
Day: 24
Grooms_Surname: BRAIN
Grooms_Forenames: Alfred
Grooms_Age: full age
Groom_Condition: Bachelor
Grooms_Occupation: Collier
Grooms_Residence: Bradley Hill
Grooms_Fathers_Surname: Brain
Grooms_Fathers_Forenames: William
Grooms_Fathers_Occupation: Miner
Brides_Surname: BEDNEY
Brides_Forenames: Mary Ann
Brides_Age: full age
Brides_Condition: Spinster
Brides_Occupation: [not stated]
Brides_Residence: Bradley Hill
Brides_Fathers_Surname: Bedney
Brides_Fathers_Forenames: Charles
Brides_Fathers_Occupation: Miner
Licence_or_Banns: Banns
Date_of_Banns:
Signature_or_Mark: He signs; she marks
Witness_1: Mark of Charles Bedney
Witness_2: Mark of Sarah James
Other_Witnesses:
Officiating_Minister: G.A. Allan Vicar
Event: Marriage
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register_Reference: P85/1 IN 1/5
Page_Number: 118
Parish_Chapel: Cinderford St Johns
1881 Blaize bailey
Alfred Brain abt 1853 Gloucestershire, England Head Westbury On Severn - East Dean, Gloucestershire
Mary Ann Brain abt 1856 Gloucestershire, England Wife Westbury On Severn - East Dean, Gloucestershire
Blanch Brain abt 1877 Gloucestershire, England Daughter Westbury On Severn - East Dean, Gloucestershire
Florrey Brain abt 1879 Gloucestershire, England Daughter Westbury On Severn - East Dean, Gloucestershire
Name: Elijah Alfred Brain
Year of Registration: 1881
Quarter of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep
District: Westbury On Severn
County: Gloucestershire
Volume: 6a
Page: 256
1891 Collafield
Alfred Brain abt 1853 East Dean, Gloucestershire, England Head East Dean, Gloucestershire
Blanch Brain abt 1876 East Dean, Gloucestershire, England Daughter East Dean, Gloucestershire
Florence Brain abt 1879 East Dean, Gloucestershire, England Daughter East Dean, Gloucestershire
Elizah Brain abt 1881 East Dean, Gloucestershire, England Son East Dean, Gloucestershire
Gilbert Brain abt 1886 East Dean, Gloucestershire, England Son East Dean, Gloucestershire
1901 ?
James Smith abt 1856 Liberton, Gloucestershire, England Head Littledean, Gloucestershire
Elizabeth Smith abt 1858 Littledean, Gloucestershire, England Wife Littledean, Gloucestershire
Cissie Smith abt 1884 Littledean, Gloucestershire, England Daughter Littledean, Gloucestershire
Gertrude Smith abt 1889 Littledean, Gloucestershire, England Daughter Littledean, Gloucestershire
Eligha Brain abt 1882 Hedgehill, Gloucestershire, England Boarder Littledean, Gloucestershire
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Ἀριστοτέλης A Gloster & Hereford Boy in the Forest of Dean ><((((*>
Mary Ann BEDNEY
by steven lovitt , Monday, January 21, 2013, 11:17 (4398 days ago) @ kimbeau1967
I have recently begun to trace my family. Mary Ann Bedney gave birth to Francis Charles Bedney 1873. She lived in Bradley Hill East Dean. However there is no indication of a Father. Francis Charles was Father to Henry Charles Bedney who is my Grandfather, married to Edith Firth of Barnsley. Henry was a bricklayer
Pretty sure that Alfred Brain is connected.
Jean Margarete Bedney married Reginald Austin Lovitt, my mother and father.
Does this help
BEDNEY + WAITE + VAUGHAN (previous thread)
by m p griffiths , Monday, January 21, 2013, 11:26 (4398 days ago) @ steven lovitt
WAITE previous thread
http://www.forum.forest-of-dean.net/index.php?mode=thread&id=5208#p5210
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FOD records
Marriage at Cinderford St John - 24 July 1875
Alfred BRAIN, full age, bachelor, Collier, residence: Bradley Hill
father: William BRAIN, Miner
married
Mary Ann BEDNEY - full age, Spinster, residence: Bradley Hill
father: Charles BEDNEY, Minster, by banns
witnesses: Charles BEDNEY and Sarah JAMES
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1881 Census, Westbury on Severn
Bradley Hill
BEDNEY
Charles - 49 - Iron Miner, born Bushley
Charlotte - 48 - born East Dean
John - son - unmarried - 18
Francis - son - 8
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1871 Census, East Dean
BEDNEY
Charles - 47 - Miner, born Worcestershire
Charlotte - 37 - born Glos. East Dean
George - 14
John - 8 (Glos - BDM - mother's maiden name WAITE**)
Bineh (dau) - 5
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1861 Census, East Dean, Sewdley
BEDNEY
Charles - 30 - Iron - born Worcester, Longdon
Charlotte - 26 - born Glos. Sewdley
Mary A - 5 - born Worcester, Longdon
George - 3
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1851 Census, Worcestershire, Bushley
Hill House
Charles BEDNEY - Servant, age 23, born Worcestershire, Longdon
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1841 Census, Longdon, Worcestershire
BEDNEY
John - 45 - Ag. Lab - all born in County
Nancy - 50
Thomas - 22
Ann - 20
Charles - 13
Caroline - 9
John CLARK - 40
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Again on Public Members Tree
John BEDNEY - born 28 December 1793, parents Thomas BEDNEY (1760-1834) - Mary BOURNE (1765-1830)
married
Anne Nancy ATTWOOD born c1791, at Pamington Ashchurch
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As Mary Ann BEDNEY gave her son the middle name of Charles - was her employer the father, unmarried girls quite often gave their babies the father's name!! (although her father was also called Charles) and Francis Charles BEDNEY's birth in 1873 registered in Newnham - Glosbdm
1871 Census Newnham
Charles R HARDEMAN - age 35 - unmarried, Chemist & Druggist - born Salop, Ludlow
Richard HARDEMAN - age 67 - out of business, born Kent, New Romney
Sarah HARDEMAN - age 63,
Mary Ann BEDNEY - age 17 - domestic servant, born Tewkesbury
by 1881, Charles has married
Newnham High Street
Charles R HARDEMAN - age 45, Chemist & Druggist
Annild? HARDEMAN - age 35, born Shropshire, Stourport
Geraldline C HARDEMAN - age 3, born Glos. Newnham
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GLOSbdm -
HARDEMAN - Geraldine Clara, 1878 - mother's maiden name FLEWETT
Freebdm
J/F/M Qtr 1877 - Kings Norton District
Amelia Elizabeth FLEWETT married Charles Richard HARDEMAN
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On Pubic Members Tree Ancestry
Charles BEDNEY married Charlotte WAITE - daughter of Samuel WAITE and Elizabeth VAUGHAN
born 1835, East Dean
1841 Census, East Dean, Bradley Hill
WHAITE
Samuel - 47 - Rode L......
Elizabeth - 32
John - 14
Samuel - 12
Charlot - 7
George - 5
Sarah - 2
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BEDNEY + WAITE + VAUGHAN (previous thread)
by Roger Griffiths , Monday, January 21, 2013, 17:04 (4398 days ago) @ m p griffiths
Can't be sure but Charlotte Waite may be one of my wider family. Time and place matches.
Baptised Newnham 25May1834, Living with Aunt Anne in 1851 census. Sewdley.
Parents Samuel Waite and Elizabeth Vaughan. He born c1791, her c1802 (Decd by 1861).
Francis Charles BEDNEY/PRITCHARD - Colliery Manager
by m p griffiths , Monday, January 21, 2013, 13:36 (4398 days ago) @ steven lovitt
http://www.dmm.org.uk/masterix/name_bed.htm
Francis Charles BEDNEY - 30 May 1904, Managers Certificate - Cardiff & Swansea
(if you click on his name - more info comes up)
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1901 Census, Glos East Dean
Post Office
Francis C BEDNEY - age 27 - Sub Post Master & Coal Miner Examiner, born Glos. Bradley Hill
Charlotte BEDNEY - Widow - 67 - Grandmother - born ditto
John BEDNEY - Widower - 52 - Uncle
+ 2 lodgers.
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Kelly's Directory Cinderford 1902
BEDNEY, Francis - Post Office, Sub-Postmaster
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1911 Wales Census, Civl Parish Woolaston and Alvington
Monmouthshire
Netherend in Woolaston Lydney
living in 5 rooms - married 7 years (two children born alive, two living)
BEDNEY
Francis Charles - 37 - Inn Keeper - born Forest of Dean
Annie - 40
Rita Mary - 8 (GlosBDM - mother's maiden name PRITCHARD) *****
Henry Charles - 3 (ditto)
John Oliver BENNING - Visitor - age 28 - journalist reporter, born Uxbridge
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Rita Mary BEDNEY baptism on fod records at Bream - 13 October 1906 (born 26 June 1906) parents: Francis Charles (Colliery Offical) and Annie, residence: Brocklands
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FOD records
Marriage at Clearwell: 16 April 1904
Francis Charles BEDNEY age 30, Bachelor, Inspector of Colleries
residence: Cinderford
father: Charles BEDNEY, Miner
married
Annie PRITCHARD, age 33, Spinster, residence: Clearwell
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****
?
Ancestry : Marriage J/A/S Qtr 1926 District: Bromyard, Herefordshire
Rita M BEDNEY/Fitzgeorge BILLEN
father: Henry PRITCHARD, Stonecutter
by banns
witnesses: William H PRITCHARD, Charlotte PRITCHARD, Frank PRITCHARD
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Freebdm
births: BILLEN - mother's maiden name BEDNEY
A/M/J Qtr 1930 - Bromyard
George F
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J/A/S Qtr 1938 - Leominster
Anthony
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A/M/J Qtr 1949
Meryl - Radnor W
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Ancestry Death Index
Rita Mary BILLEN
birth date: 20 June 1906
Date of reg: J/A/S Qtr 1979
age at death: 73
Inferrred County: Hereford & Worcester
Volume: 29
Page: 0495