WATKINS - GUISE (Longhope website) (General)

by m p griffiths , Friday, November 13, 2009, 09:51 (5564 days ago) @ slowhands

John Watkins marriage 15 August 1852, Officiating Minister - Vernon G GUISE caught my eye, as my BURROWS family worked for them (Rendcombe)

Vernon George GUISE - 2 October 1823, (Newnham) parents John Wright GUISE (Major General) and Charlotte DEANE

According to the Longhope website, he was Vicar 1851-1861 and buried there.

Vernon's widow Mary and family are living at The Vicarage, Longhope 1861 census.

Vernon came from an eminent family

www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guise_Baronets

Vernon's brother - 14 October 1826 Littledean

Captain John Christopher GUISE V.C. - Later Lt. General VC CB (Cameronian Scottish Rifles) - The Cameronian Museum website (soldier of the month)

Sir William Vernon GUISE (1816-1887) his collection of fossil was the first major geological collection to be offered to the proposed new public County Museum in Gloucester.

This Longhope website has amongst other items, gravestone transcriptions including WATKINS

www.Longhopevillage.co.uk