LEDBURY MORGAN LINKS (General)

by Jefff , West London, Middlesex, Thursday, August 11, 2016, 18:12 (3035 days ago) @ patchpear

I have traced a George Morgan, born Ledbury 1821 to David and Sarah Morgan.
However I have no record of where David was born and Sarah's Maiden name etc. Any chance of a lookup please? Or some knowledge of Morgans in Ledbury? Im presuming as they arent far from the Welsh border that they may have originated from over there with a name like Morgan.
Thanks

Hi and welcome to the forum. Have you searched this site's PRs ?.

Here's George's baptism PR in full;

Record_ID: 293616
Entry_Number: 943
Year: 1822
Month: Jan
Day: 27
Parents_Surname: MORGAN
Child_Forenames: George
Fathers_Forenames: David
Mothers_Forenames: Sarah
Mothers_Surname:
Residence: Wellington Division
Occupation: Labourer
Officiating_Minister: James Watts Vicar
Event: Baptism
Memoranda: Son of
Notes:
Register_Reference: B092/8
Page_Number: 118
Parish_Chapel: Ledbury
Soundex: M625

Using Advanced Search can find all Baptisms to "David" and "Sarah Morgan", these all look to be good fits for one (our) family;

Year Surname Child Forenames Parents Forenames Mothers Surname Residence Occupation Parish Chapel
1811 MORGAN James, David Sarah Dymock
1812 MORGAN Rosanna, David Sarah Dymock
1816 MORGAN David, David Sarah Dymock Labourer Dymock
1817 MORGAN David, David Sarah Dymock Labourer Dymock
1819 MORGAN Thomas, David Sarah Dymock Labourer Dymock
1820 MORGAN Matthew, David Sarah Dymock Labourer Dymock
1822 MORGAN George, David Sarah Wellington Division Labourer Ledbury
1823 MORGAN Harriet, David Sarah Homend Labourer Ledbury
1825 MORGAN Sarah, David Sarah Homend Labourer Ledbury

I've also used the Advanced search looking for any marriages of a Morgan with father David, there are only five in the whole PR database, none in the Ledbury/Dymock area and none are our family. Seems odd !...
Similarly I don't think there are any Morgan marriages with mother Sarah as a witness, but needs rechecking to be sure.
http://forest-of-dean.net/joomla/index.php/advanced-search

This may be George's brother's burial, right age and address. I found this PR by accident while searching his father, I recommend you search the PRs for the other siblings, burials and marriages, may find clues as to parents David & Sarah's background eg their own siblings may have been witnesses, etc.

Record_ID: 195835
Entry_Number: 937
Year: 1826
Month: Mar
Day: 27
Surname: MORGAN
Forenames: illegible David
Residence: Homend
Age_at_death: 12
Officiating_Minister: J. A. Montgomery Clerk
Event: Burial
Cause_of_death:
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register_Reference: B092/35
Page_No: 118
Parish_Chapel: Ledbury
Soundex: M625

Looks like George's father died young, perhaps explaining my inability to find him on the 1841 Census;

Record_ID: 195888
Entry_Number: 990
Year: 1826
Month: Sep
Day: 5
Surname: MORGAN
Forenames: David
Residence: Homend
Age_at_death: 34
Officiating_Minister: J. A. Montgomery Clerk
Event: Burial
Cause_of_death:
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register_Reference: B092/35
Page_No: 124
Parish_Chapel: Ledbury
Soundex: M625

In fact I've struggling to find any of the family in the 1841 Census !...

Cannot be certain as we're dealing with common names, but I think this may well be mother Sarah's Burial, or possibly her mother ?, still in Homend Ledbury.

Record_ID: 184232
Entry_Number: 453
Year: 1871
Month: Jan
Day: 6
Surname: MORGAN
Forenames: Sarah
Residence: Homend Ledbury
Age_at_death: 97
Officiating_Minister: F. Salter Stooke
Event: Burial
Cause_of_death:
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register_Reference: B092/37
Page_No: 57
Parish_Chapel: Ledbury
Soundex: M625

CONCLUSION:
Not sure where to go from here, given my sadly limited available time. I've tried searching the Census's for parent's David and Sarah without any real luck at all, except to prove that there are an awful lot of Morgans of this name and approx age in the Glos/Herefordshire area, but which are ours ?. If indeed they lived until 1841 ?. Similarly no definite luck searching for daughter Harriet (I thought this might be a rarer name, wrong !).

???