I'm thinking about getting a genealogist to do some research on my Forest of Dean ancestors. Is there anyone who specialises in FoD genealogy? Does anyone have a recommendation of someone that I could use? Thanks for any help you can offer.

have you exhausted the collective help on this board ?

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Hi Slowhands.

I have posted several messages about my Wood family from Brain's Green and have received some helpful information from you personally and others. But despite this I am still searching for further details about William Wood, born 1850, Elizabeth Wood, born c1854 and Ann Wood who would have been born c1874 (she appears in the 1881 census as a granddaughter aged 7) with William & Elizabeth Wood (nee Powell) and their son William (see above b. 1850). I have tracked Elizabeth through the census whilst she was in service in Bullo Pill with the Shiles (?) family in 1881 and with the Washbourne family in St Mary de Crypt, Gloucester in 1891. Their sister, Jane Anne Compton (nee Wood) who was my namesake and great grandmother has been fairly easy to trace.

What I would like to discover is whether William junior was ever married and whether Ann (born about 1874) was his daughter or whether she was the base born child of Elizabeth. William junior seems to have lived all his life in Brain's Green and there is a record on the FoD site of a William Wood who died there aged 75 in 1925 which would fit.

I have been worrying away at this for years and not getting anywhere in spite of the huge amounts of information on the FoD site for which I am eternally grateful.

Cheers. jane gould (now in Whitley Bay, Tyne & Wear)

Sorry if I've breached forum etiquette. See my response to Slowhands for further information about my search. thanks. jane gould

1841 Blakeney Hill
William Wood abt 1806 Gloucestershire, England Dean Forest Gloucestershire
Harriett Wood abt 1811 Gloucestershire, England Dean Forest Gloucestershire
Amelia Wood abt 1839 Gloucestershire, England Dean Forest Gloucestershire
Elizabeth Wood abt 1833 Gloucestershire, England Dean Forest Gloucestershire
Harriett Wood abt 1839 Gloucestershire, England Dean Forest Gloucestershire
Thomas Wood abt 1831 Gloucestershire, England Dean Forest Gloucestershire
William Wood abt 1837 Gloucestershire, England Dean Forest Gloucestershire

1851 Awre
WOOD William 46 Farmer 37 Acres East Dean
Elizabeth 38 Awre
William 8m Awre

1861
William Wood abt 1805 Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, England Head Awre, Gloucestershire
Elizabeth Wood abt 1812 Awre, Gloucestershire, England Wife Awre, Gloucestershire
William Wood abt 1851 Awre, Gloucestershire, England Son Awre, Gloucestershire
Elizabeth Wood abt 1854 Awre, Gloucestershire, England Daughter Awre, Gloucestershire
Anne Wood abt 1860 Awre, Gloucestershire, England Daughter Awre, Gloucestershire

1871
William Wood 66
Elizabeth Wood 60
William Wood 20
Ann Wood 11
Thomas Powell 39
James Powell 20
Frederick Stewart 23

1881Brains Green
William Wood abt 1805 East Dean, Gloucestershire, England Head Westbury On Severn - East Dean, Gloucestershire
Elizabeth Wood abt 1811 Awre, Gloucestershire, England Wife Westbury On Severn - East Dean, Gloucestershire
William Wood abt 1851 Awre, Gloucestershire, England Son Westbury On Severn - East Dean, Gloucestershire
Ann Wood abt 1874 Awre, Gloucestershire, England Granddaughter Westbury On Severn - East Dean, Gloucestershire

1891 ?

looks like he has married

Name: Harriet Phelps
name: William Wood
Year of Registration: 1895
Quarter of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep
District: Monmouth (1837-1939)
County: Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Monmouthshire
Volume: 11a
Page: 75

1901 Brains Green
William Wood abt 1851 East Dean, Gloucestershire, England Head East Dean, Gloucestershire
Harriett Wood abt 1853 East Dean, Gloucestershire, England Wife East Dean, Gloucestershire

1911
WOOD WILLIAM M 1851 60 Westbury on Severn Gloucestershire
WOOD HARRIET F 1853 58 Westbury on Severn Gloucestershire

Year: 1925
Month: Oct
Day: 19
Surname: WOOD
Forenames: William
Residence: Brains Green
Age_at_death: 75
Officiating_Minister: Charles C Wallace?
Event: Burial
Cause_of_death:
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register_Reference: P50 IN 1/19
Page_No: 46
Parish_Chapel: Blakeney

Year: 1930
Month: Dec
Day: 29
Surname: WOOD
Forenames: Harriet
Residence: Brains Green
Age_at_death: 78
Officiating_Minister: Edward G Courtman
Event: Burial
Cause_of_death:
Memoranda: rector
Notes:
Register_Reference: P50 IN 1/19
Page_No: 52
Parish_Chapel: Blakeney

<<< ?? candidate

1861 Horsepool Bottom
Thomas Phelps abt 1822 East Dean, Gloucestershire, England Head East Dean, Gloucestershire
Charlotte Phelps abt 1823 East Dean, Gloucestershire, England Wife East Dean, Gloucestershire
Beatta Phelps abt 1849 East Dean, Gloucestershire, England Daughter East Dean, Gloucestershire
George Phelps abt 1851 East Dean, Gloucestershire, England Son East Dean, Gloucestershire
Harriett Phelps abt 1853 East Dean, Gloucestershire, England Daughter East Dean, Gloucestershire
Rachel Phelps abt 1855 East Dean, Gloucestershire, England Daughter East Dean, Gloucestershire
James Phelps abt 1857 East Dean, Gloucestershire, England Son East Dean, Gloucestershire

<<< ?? non conformist to eliminate this Harriet

Year: 1875
Month: Feb
Day: 24
Parents_Surname: WOOD
Child_Forenames: Alfred George
Fathers_Forenames: Alfred
Mothers_Forenames: Harriet
Mothers_Surname:
Residence: New Road Blakeney
Occupation: Haulier
Officiating_Minister: William Glover
Event: Baptism
Memoranda: [1] Male [2] born Dec 6 1874
Notes: For Place of Residence read Place of Birth
Register_Reference: D5690/1
Page_Number: 3345
Parish_Chapel: Newnham and Blakeney Tabernacle

1891
Alfred Wood abt 1849 East Dean, Gloucestershire, England Head Awre, Gloucestershire
Harriet Wood abt 1852 Dymock, Gloucestershire, England Wife Awre, Gloucestershire
Albert Wood abt 1881 Awre, Gloucestershire, England Son Awre, Gloucestershire
Alfred Wood abt 1890 Awre, Gloucestershire, England Son Awre, Gloucestershire

1901
Alfred Wood abt 1849 Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, England Head Bristol, Gloucestershire
Harriet Wood abt 1850 Dymock, Gloucestershire, England Wife Bristol, Gloucestershire

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Hi

Could this be her . I have her in my tree and her maiden name was Wood?

From the 1911 census

TURLEY, ELIZABETH ANNIE WIFE MARRIED 9 F 38 GLOSHIRE PARISH OF AURE

Marriages Mar 1902 (>99%)
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Guest Emily Gloucester 6a 507
Turley Walter Gloucester 6a 507
Williams Frederick Charles Gloucester 6a 507
WOOD Annie Elizabeth Gloucester 6a 507

Pete

Name: Annie Elizabeth Wood
Name: Walter Turley
Year of Registration: 1902
Quarter of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar
District: Gloucester (1837-1937)
County: Gloucestershire
Volume: 6a
Page: 507

Year 1903
Month Mar
Day 8
Parents Surname TURLEY
Child Forenames Walter William
Fathers Forenames Walter
Mothers Forenames Annie Elziabeth
Mothers Surname
Residence Lower Viney Farm
Occupation Mason
Officiating Minister Edward Roberts Vicar
Event Baptism
Memoranda
Notes
Register Reference P348 IN 1/2
Page Number 22
Parish Chapel Viney Hill

1911
TURLEY ELIZABETH ANNIE F 1873 38 Monmouth Monmouthshire
TURLEY WALTER M 1872 39 Monmouth Monmouthshire
TURLEY WALTER WILLIAM M 1903 8 Monmouth Monmouthshire

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Thanks Pete, this could very well be her! I will keep you posted if I find out anything more.

Thanks Slowhands - this could well be her. And thanks for all the other information from the censuses. It will certainly give me lots to assimilate and follow up. cheers. jane

I have been doing a bit of digging and have found a child born to Walter and Annie Elizabeth in 1903 amongst the parish records on this site. He was born in 1903 and was called Walter William and the birth was recorded at Viney Hill.They were living at Lower Viney Farm and Walter's occupation was given as Mason. This seems to be a common occupation in this family living in Viney Hill.

Walter William goes on to marry Bernice J Lowe in July 1930 (registered at Westbury on Severn - found on Ancestry)

"mason" is a common occupation in the area because stone was quarried there - anyone working stone was termed "mason" not just the craftsmen who built churches etc :-)

your marriage may lead to ..
Kenneth W Turley Jul Aug Sep 1931 Monmouth Wales
Eileen E Turley Apr May Jun 1933 Monmouth Wales

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