Mary Ann Freeman: (FOD boys in Prison) (General)

by m p griffiths , Saturday, March 31, 2012, 09:27 (4694 days ago) @ wamorgan

'I've previously asked for help on the MORGAN-WAITE connection and it was determined that Edward/Edwin was probably married previously due to the age difference and the fact there was a John (b1860) and a Mary Anne (b1861) on the 1871 census

I have the 1871 and 1881 census returns for this family (Edward as head). I have been unsuccessful locating Edwrd/Edwin prior to that time'

Edward MORGAN married Betsy (Elizabeth) WAITE - 1 Sept 1867 at Holy Trinity (residence Bilson Green)

1861 Census, East Dean Holy Trinity
Bilson Road

Edward MORGAN - 42 - Coal Miner
Elizabeth MORGAN - 23
Rebecca MORGAN - 4
John MORGAN - 2

1871 Census

Ed MORGAN - 56 - born Cinderford
Elizabeth MORGAN - 32
Rd - 15 - Son (Collier) **** c1856 (FoD records - baptised as Richard WAITE - 17 May 1857 -
John - 12
Mary Ann - 10
George - 6
Wm - 3

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1881 Census, Bilson Green

MORGAN

Ed - 56 Collier, born Cinderford
Elizh - 46
Mary A 20, Edward 17, George 16, William 13, Henry 9, Julia 6, Arthur 5 - Alfred 1 (census records have the boys ages the wrong way round)

(FOD records - Alfred - 23 July 1876, Arthur - 10 August 1879, Drybrook, parents Edward & Elizabeth)

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Using the Advance Search for children of Ed and Elizabeth

George - 1866 - parents Edwin/Elizabeth, Bilson Green, Coal Miner, Drybrook
William - 1868 - parents Edward/Elizabeth, Bilson Green, Collier, Drybrook
Henry - 1871 - parents Edward/Elizabeth, Bilson Green, Miner, Drybrook

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FOD records, Marriage at Drybrook - 12 january 1890

Richard MORGAN, age 32 (c1858) - Widower, Coal Miner, residence Flaxley Meend

father: Edward MORGAN, Coal Miner, (deceased)

married

Ellen Annie FRENCH, age 25, Spinster, residence: Upper Bilson
father: Alfred FRENCH, Coal Miner

witnesses: Alfred FRENCH, Caroline HALE

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1891 Census, East Dean, Cinderford

Richard MORGAN - 32 Coal Miner, born Cinderford
Ellen - 27
Alfred C.R. - 5 months
Alfred MORGAN - 14 - Relative (this could possibly be the Son of Edward & Elizabeth MORGAN)

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??? 1881 Census, Dorset, Portland, Her Majesty's Prison

Richard MORGAN, Convict, 23, Collier, born Gloucester, Gloucestershire

1881 Census, London Brixton District, Her Majesty's Corwick Prison

John MORGAN - 23 Coal Miner, born Gloucester Bilson

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Looking at the Gloucestershire Genealogical Database (Goal)

13 June 1876, Richard MORGAN (Collier) age 19 of Cinderford, (c1856 as 1871 census)
13 June 1876, John MORGAN (Collier) age 18 of Cinderford (c1858 - age 2 1861 census)

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Ancestry, Criminal records - Gloucester

2 August 1876, Richard MORGAN - Aiding & Abetting rape (imprisonment 15 years)

2 August 1876, John MORGAN - ditto

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The complete list for the 'crime' were (in order) on Ancestry Criminal Records + cross-checking with Goal Records, Gloucestershire Genealogical Database

John MORGAN
William WATKINS - age 21 and a Collier from Cinderford
Thomas FISHER - age 17 and a Blacksmith from Cinderford
Henry COCKAYNE - age 18 and a Collier from Cinderford
Jessie COCKAYNE - age 17 ditto
Richard MORGAN
Frederick DYER - age 17 and Collier from Cinderford
William BARRETT - age 27, Collier from Cinderford
Thomas GOODE - age 20 , Collier from Woodside

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previous thread

http://www.forum.forest-of-dean.net/index.php?mode=thread&id=16321
with details of their crime

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May be a link to Betsy death in 1887 i.e. Verdict Syncope - the result of general disease of the heart, death having been accelerated by a family worry and anxiety.