Bamford family,Redbrook (General)

by Bestie , Saturday, February 25, 2017, 10:18 (2839 days ago) @ tim watkin jones

Thanks Jim
Due to ill health I have gained little so would be very grateful to receive your assistance.
Are we related perhaps/
Tim

Hi Tim, Gerald Bamford is my brother in law and I have been researching his family on his behalf.
In the 1901 census George & Mary Bamford have 5 children at home George 17, a tin plate worker, William 13, Sissy 10, Sydney 7 and Victoria 3. (George 17, is Gerry's grandfather).
There is an older brother Richard James Bamford who is working in Pontypool, also in tin plate.
Between 1901 & 1911 George also moves to Pontypool where he met Agnes Crane (tin plate worker).. they married in 1903 and had Phillis (1904), Dorothy Irene (1909), James George (1910)... who is Gerry's father and Beatrice (1917). George's family were all brought up in Pontypool but now live in Spain, Germany & Norfolk.
Richard James Bamford (known as James) died in 1908.
William Bamford (13 in 1901) appears in many photographs on the Forest of Dean site, mainly as a young footballer.

In the 1911 census George senior is 55, a ganger on the GWR, wife Mary is 54 and living with them are William 23, Sidney 17, May 13, Mary Ann 8 and Ernest, a grandson aged 10 months.... I am assuming Victoria is then known as May.

Do you have any knowledge of the members of the family who stayed in the Forest of Dean? Seems like that was the point when they became split. Also do you have any photographs dating back to this period? Thanks for getting in touch. Jim