Flower FISHER 1832 Lydbrook (General)

by shepway , Monday, August 08, 2016, 15:49 (3021 days ago) @ Juliette Shackleton

This thread appears to connect: http://forum.forest-of-dean.net/index.php?id=9861

As you say Thomas is with his parents at the time of the 1881 Census but no sign of Harriet and the above thread suggests Thomas may have remarried as the 1891 Census gives his wife as Jane. There are 2 children born in Gloucestershire and these are the entries from GLOS BMD index:
Child Surname Child Forename Father Surname Mother Surname Mother's Former Name Year District Office Register Entry
WORKMAN Alfred Thomas WORKMAN WORKMAN ROBERTS 1882 Forest of Dean Westbury on Severn, Newnham 48 466
WORKMAN Archibald WORKMAN WORKMAN ROBERTS 1883 Forest of Dean Westbury on Severn, Newnham 50 204

This tells us that the mother is Jane ROBERTS but I am unable to find a marriage between Thomas Workman and Jane so I can only conclude that Thomas and Harriet went their separate ways or possibly Harriet went into a Lunatic Asylum or similar. At the time of the 1881 Census patients in Gloucester Asylum are listed with their initials only but I have not been able to find a suitable entry with the initials H.W. or H.F.

Finally Harriet can be found in the 1871 Census in the Parish of St Luke, Gloucester as follows:
Household schedule number Given Name Surname Relationship Age Estimated Birth Year Gender Birth City Birth County Birth Country
177 G Battagel Head 32 1839 Male Sabiomcells in Austria
177 C Battagel Wife 19 1852 Female Gloucestershire England
177 H Fisher Servant 19 1852 Female Ledbrook, Parish of Beeding

Mike