Subject: Tracing WORGAN of St Briavels / Whitepool / Worgan's Wood
Message:
Hello everyone,
I am looking for some assistance in tracing my family branch and the physical lands they held around St Briavels.
My grandfather was Stanley William Worgan, who was born on 7 July 1902 in St Briavels and tragically died quite young on 6 August 1933. He is buried at St Briavels. At the time of his passing, his residence was noted as Whitepool, St Briavels. He was married to Lilian May Worgan.
His parents were William James Worgan (b. ~1874/1876 in the Forest of Dean, d. 1949 at 3 Council Villas, St Briavels) and Edith Gertrude Williams (b. 1879, d. 1962). They were married in the Chepstow registration district in 1899.
I am particularly interested in two things:
1. Tracing the family line further back from William James Worgan.
2. Finding out more about the history, old tenement data, or ancestral land boundaries associated with Worgan’s Wood near Tidenham / St Briavels, and if it links directly to this Whitepool branch.
If anyone has indexed any local churchyard records, Land Tax records, or Forest gavel records that overlap with this family, I would be incredibly grateful for your insights!
Many thanks,
Robin Worgan