Dobbs in Whitecroft / Coleford / St Briavels (General)

by cmgurney, Saturday, February 11, 2006, 05:03 (6872 days ago)

I am researching my husband's Dobbs ancestors in the Forest of Dean. His ggg grandfather, William Dobbs, was born in Whitecroft in 1800/1801. He married Rosanna (maiden surname as yet unknown) born 1801/1802 in Whitchurch, Herefordshire. Between 1821 and 1833 they had 5 children, three of whom gave census birthplaces in the Forest of Dean, as follows: John born between 1821 and 1826; George born 1826/1827 in St Briavels; Henry born 1827 in Coleford or St Briavels; Eliza born 1828/1829; and James born 1832/1833 in St Briavels. In the late 1830s / early 1840s the family moved to Trevethin in Monmouthshire, where William worked as a haulier.

I should be grateful for any information about this family that others may have.

Caroline Gurney