My 3rd great grandmother is Tamar PRITCHARD 1811–1888

BIRTH ABT 1811 • Aylburton, Gloucestershire, England
MARRIAGE 1836 to James CHARLES • Lydney, Gloucestershire, England
DEATH JANUARY 1888 • Chepstow, Monmouthshire

Could she be the same person as Sarah PRITCHARD Born 08 Feb 1807 in Linton By Ross,Hereford,England?

I can't find any birth/baptism records for Tamar so I don't know who her parents are. Sarah's brother John James who moved to New Zealand made reference to his sister "Tamar" as next of kin in a military record referenced in 2006 by his granddaughter Janice Wrigg (now deceased) on her webpage. I made an inquiry to the national archives and they did not find any such record.

Tamar's son James Charles died due to a mine related illness in 1868. His widow, Louisa Amelia Williams who was born in 1838 in Ruardean, Gloucestershire, England, and her two daughters moved to Salt Lake City, Utah USA after James died. One of those daughters (Amelia Charles) is my great grandmother.

Any help answering this question would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you.

Brian

As this tree is on Ancestry and any information you already have i.e. census information helps Forum Members.

Tamar and James ages vary greatly in census returns

1841 - Lydney

James - 35
Tamar - 30 - both born in County

1851

James 46
Tamar - 49 - born Glos Awre

1861

James - 56
Tamar 50 - born Blakeney

1871

James 52
Tamar - 52 - born Viney Hill

1881

Tamar - 70 - (widow) born Aylburton

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Gloucestershirebdm : births : CHARLES gives the mother's maiden name PRICHARD

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? any connection

FoD records

Baptism at Blakeney: 21 May 1815

John PRICHARD
mother: Sylvia
Memoranda: Base son single woman

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There is a John PRITCHARD aged 76 a Sawyer (c1815)
on the 1891 census for Aylburton born Aylburton

There is a previous thread, which begins with

May Gwendoline PRITCHARD married Mr Ross (dated :January 2 : 2010)

There Slowhands gives explanation of the different boundaries etc - and talks about Syvia and Tamar.

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1841 Census, Lydney, District

Page 1: (of 11)

Superintendent Registrar's District: Chepstow
Registrar's District: Sydney
Description of ditto: All the Parish of Aylburton

Charles family on Page 8

This is the link: http://forum.forest-of-dean.net/index.php?id=22714

You can see why I am confused...Tamar doesn't seem to know specifically when or where she was born based on the census data. Either that or she is intentionally trying to hide it for some reason. I have looked in all the places the census data indicates, with no record of Tamar baptized anywhere close by.

Think this is the witnesses

Lydney: baptisms

13 August 1828: two children, William & Ann PRICE, parents, William, labourer & Anne

1828, Joseph, same parents
1833, William, same parents - Allaston Meen, Parish of Lydney

Burials

2 September 1828, William PRICE 3 weeks and Ann Price, 4 weeks, residence: Primrose Hill

1851 Census, Lydney : Primrose Hill

PRISE

William - 50
Ann - 52
Joseph - 20
William - 17
Ann - 14
William STEPHENS 90

Marriage at Lydney

14 October 1827

William PRICE (Widower)

Anne STEPHENS

witnesses: John & Blanch STEPHENS

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1861 Census, Lydney,
Allaston Meen

William PRICE - 60 - General Labourer, born Newnham
Ann PRICE - 62 - born Lydney
William BEDDIS, Grandson - 9