Year: 1789
Month: May
Day: 10
Parents_Surname: DUTFIELD
Child_Forenames: Mary
Fathers_Forenames: Thomas
Mothers_Forenames: Eliz:[abeth]
Mothers_Surname:
Residence:
Occupation:
Officiating_Minister:
Event: Baptism
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register_Reference: P206 IN 1/7
Page_Number: 113
Parish_Chapel: Longhope

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

Thank you so much for this information. I had not found the base born baptism of 19th May 1811 for James Dulfield - there are so many variations in spelling for the surname DEWFIELD. Thank you also for the info re James' mother Mary Dutfield. The friend I am researching for knew that the name Dewfield had appeared in her MOUNTJOY family but did not know why or when.

Strictly speaking she should perhaps have been born a Dewfield! In fact the family of James DEWFIELD b1811 called themselves Dewfield, then added Mountjoy, then eventually dropped Dewfield and just used Mountjoy. It does make me think that his unknown father may have been a Mountjoy.

Re the other James, born to James MOUNTJOY and Maria BLAKE and baptised on 18th August 1811, could this be his marriage?

Record_ID: 31465
Entry_Number: 85
Year: 1831
Month: May
Day: 30
Grooms_Surname: MOUNTJOY
Grooms_Forenames: James
Grooms_Age: [not
Groom_Condition: [not stated]
Grooms_Occupation: [not stated]
Grooms_Residence: the Hundred of St Briavels
Grooms_Fathers_Surname: [not stated]
Grooms_Fathers_Forenames: [not stated]
Grooms_Fathers_Occupation: [not stated]
Brides_Surname: YEMM
Brides_Forenames: Elizabeth
Brides_Age: [not
Brides_Condition: [not stated]
Brides_Occupation: [not stated]
Brides_Residence: the Hundred of St Briavels
Brides_Fathers_Surname: [not stated]
Brides_Fathers_Forenames: [not stated]
Brides_Fathers_Occupation: [not stated]
Licence_or_Banns: Banns
Date_of_Banns: [not stated]
Signature_or_Mark: Both sign
Witness_1: Mark of Thomas Nelmes
Witness_2: Mark of Elizabeth Yemm
Other_Witnesses:
Officiating_Minister: Henry C. Davies AB. Curate
Event: Marriage
Memoranda: both of the Hundred of St Briavels
Notes:
Register_Reference:
Page_Number: 29
Parish_Chapel: Hope Mansell
Soundex_Groom: M532
Soundex_Bride: Y500

Thanks for your reply. Thomas Dewfield Mountjoy b1852 was my friends Gt.grandfather and you both do indeed have ancestors in common as your 3xgt.grandmother Annie Dewfield Mountjoy and Thomas were twins. Thomas's birth certificate states his time of birth was 8am, and I would be interested to know Annie's time of birth if you have it, just out of curiosity to know who was the eldest.

Thomas Dewfield Mountjoy married Mary Ann Lewis in 1876, they had three children, Tom b1877, Evelyn Alice b1878 and William b1881. Thomas was killed in an accident at Foxes Bridge Colliery in 1893, he was only 41. His wife Mary Ann had died in 1888, and Thomas married Sophia Harper in 1890. After his death the family do not seem to have stayed together, I have traced Tom and William to Yorkshire but I have been unable to find Evelyn Alice after 1891.

The friend I have been researching for would be delighted to hear from you. I will pm you direct with her address as she does not have a computer.

Beryl

Hi,
I was interested to read your post as I think your great grandmother was my great aunt. My great grandmother was Matilda Ann Parsons who married Thomas Griffin, my grandmother was their daughter Matilda Annie May Parsons who was born in 1876, as far as I can see from my research the Griffin family moved to Llanbradach, Wales in about 1905 where your gt grandmother was brought up. If I am correct she married Edgar Watkins and their daughter Lucy Watkins was born in Llanbradach in 1923. My grandmother seems to have estranged herself from the family and moved to Cardiff where she married my grandfather, John Smith. I have been intrigued as to her brothers and sisters as nobody knew anything about them. Would be delighted to hear from you.
Patsie Smith