Samuel WILKS b1809 of Bream - Forest of Dean FHT Forum

Marriage of Samuel Wilks, labouring man of Park End (whose father is Richard Wilks), at Lydney on 27 Mar 1839 to Leonora Keare, servant of Lydney, whose father is Benjamin, labourer.

Samuel Wilks aged 40 of Woodside was buried on 30 December 1849 at Bream with Lea Wilks his widow.

Their only child Samuel Wilks was baptised on 25 Feb 1840 at Parkend; parents Samuel, a labourer of Bream’s Eaves, and Lea.

I am unable to find Samuel's baptism or anything about his ancestors. Can anyone help please?

HILL, a parish in the lower division of the hundred of Berkeley, county Gloucester, 4 miles S. of Berkeley, its post town, and 6½ S. of the Berkeley Road railway station. The village, which is small and wholly agricultural, is situated on the river Severn, which is here more than 2 miles wide.

http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/GLS/Hill/index.html

Feels like a strong contender, 4 or 5 miles in a straight line across the Severn (!) :-

SAMUEL WILKES
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Event(s):
Birth: 22 AUG 1808
Christening: 19 FEB 1809 Hill, Gloucester, England

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Parents:
Father: RICHARD WILKES
Mother: HANNAH
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Messages:
Extracted birth or christening record for the locality listed in the record. The source records are usually arranged chronologically by the birth or christening date.
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Source Information:
Batch No.: Dates: Source Call No.: Type: Printout Call No.: Type:
C044781 1571 - 1812 0425440 Film 6911935 Film
Sheet: 00

1841 Bream Eaves
Samuel Willes abt 1816 Gloucestershire, England Dean Forest, Gloucestershire
Leonara Willes abt 1821 Gloucestershire, England Dean Forest, Gloucestershire
Samuel Willes abt 1840 Gloucestershire, England Dean Forest, Gloucestershire

1851 Bream Eaves
Leonora Wilks abt 1818 Newland, Gloucestershire, England Head Newland, Gloucestershire
Samuel Wilks bt 1840 Newland, Gloucestershire, England Son Newland, Gloucestershire
Alfred Wainer abt 1830 Churcham, Gloucestershire, England Lodger Newland, Gloucestershire
William Groome abt 1821 Woolastone, Gloucestershire, England Lodger Newland, Gloucestershire

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Ἀριστοτέλης A Gloster & Hereford Boy in the Forest of Dean ><((((*>

NAME: Richard Wilkes
BURIED: 12 Feb 1855 at Hill
AGE: 86 years
ABODE: Shipperdine, Thornbury

MARRIAGE: 16 Dec 1801 at Thornbury

GROOM
NAME: Richard Wilkes
STATUS: Bachelor

BRIDE
Hannah Gough
STATUS: Spinster

ABODE: Rockhampton Thornbury

WITNESSES: William King, Thomas Wilkes

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Ἀριστοτέλης A Gloster & Hereford Boy in the Forest of Dean ><((((*>

Thank you for your help. I guess Shipperdine would be called Shepperdine these days.

NAME: Hannah Wilkes
BURIED: 4 Feb 1851 at Hill
AGE: 73 years
ABODE: Hill

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Ἀριστοτέλης A Gloster & Hereford Boy in the Forest of Dean ><((((*>

Free BMD gives Hannah WILKES death in Sep 1843, Thornbury Vol 11 page 299. Can these be reconciled?

Old enough to be Richard's mother.....( hence discarded earlier )

NAME: Hannah Wilks
BURIED: 13 Jul 1843 at Rockhampton
AGE: 87 years
ABODE: Rockhampton

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Ἀριστοτέλης A Gloster & Hereford Boy in the Forest of Dean ><((((*>

Thanks. Free BMD does not have the benefit of the age at death!

Gloucestershire Burial Index

Hill Bishop Transcript 1813-1851

Hannah WILKES - age 73 - 4 February 1851 : Address Hill

BAPTISM RECORD

NAME: Hannah Gough BAPTISED: 31 May 1778 at Thornbury
BORN: 27 May 1778

FATHER: John MOTHER: Anne

Source: http://www.scribes-alcove.co.uk

Thank you for this information.

I think the Severn was a very significant barrier, despite the close proximity as the crow flies!

Gloucestershire Marriage Index

Richard WILKES of Rockhampton, married Hannah GOUGH at Thornbury 16 December 1801 by Banns

IGI BATCH NUMBERS FOR GLOUCESTERSHIRE, ROCKHAMPTON

Richard & Hannah WILKES had two children at Rockhampton

Maria - 11 July 1802 and (George - 27 May 1804 - who is on the 1851 census Hill, with his family)

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The Gloucestershire Baptism Index from 1813 - have these children of Richard & Hannah WILKES

Hill St Michael

address: Hill

Ann - 9 January 1816 - Richard (labourer) and Hannah
John - 27 October 1816 - ditto *there are children baptised at Hill of John & Hester WILKES - of Hill- Daniel - 26 February 1832, and Edwin 6 July 1828
Mary - 18 April 1819 - ditto

Hill:
Supt. Reg.District: Thornbury
Registrar's District: Berkeley

1841 Census Glos. Hill

Richard WILKES - 70 Ag Lab - born in County
Hannah WILKES - 60
Henry WILKES - 30
Elizabeth WILKES - 30
Ann WILKES - 8
Reuben WILKES -6 (Servant age 16 - on the 1851 census, for Hill, Gloucestershire)

Reuben christened 3 February 1835, Henry (labor) & Eliza WILKES - address Hill

IGI BATCH NUMBERS FOR GLOUCESTERSHIRE (HILL)

CHRISTENINGS:

(parents Richard & Hannah WILKES)

Henry WILKES - 29 June 1806
Samuel WILKES - 19 February 1806
Elizabeth WILKS - 27 March 1812

Looking a the 1851 census for Hill Glos

Ancestry has transcribed Richard WILKES as 30 years of age, but he is 80

Richard WILKES - 80 Pauper/Farm Labourer, born Berkeley
John WILKES - Son - 33 - Farm Servant, born Hill

Thank you very much for this helpful response, I do not have access to the Gloucestershire marriage index.

Could it be that Richard and Samuel were not baptised? was non-baptism a rare event around 1800?

Assuming that they were, it must be outside the Forest, and there is a close historical link between Lydney and the vale of Berkeley (but does this precede the construction of the Severn railway bridge?). This is encouraging, but I worry somewhat about the different spelling of the surname.

I presume the baptism should read 19 Feb 1809 as given by slowhands? In which case the match to age at death is very good, and so is occupation, although labourers are very common.

Furthermore this Samuel has a nephew Reuben. Only about 1 in 1000 males on the FoD database is called Reuben, and Samuel had a grandson Reuben, so the commonality of this name is very suggestive.

Free BMD gives Richard's death in Mar 1855 and Hannah's in Sep 1843.

To answer my own question on communication links between Lydney and 'the other side', the Victoria County history of Gloucestershire states that the ferry passage at Purton was well used during the 19th century, being closed and replaced by a footway across the Severn Railway bridge when the latter was opened.

It must have been a spectacular, if rather exposed, walk. I do not recall seeing anyone walking on it on the few times I crossed it by train.

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