Many thanks to Bertha and Slowhands for their kind responses. I should have made it clear in my original post that I have the census data on this family from 1841 to 1871 (and 1881 to 1901 for some of the 9 children). I am now trying to find the births of the oldest children - John, George, Henry, Eliza and James Dobbs - in the Forest of Dean in the period 1821 to 1833. I am also seeking the marriage of their parents, William Dobbs and Rosannah (maiden surname unknown).