Samuel WILKS b1809 of Bream (General)
by dave willetts 
, Friday, January 21, 2011, 10:35 (5062 days ago)
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?
Samuel WILKS 1808 Hill ( Berkeley Vale, GLOS)
by slowhands , proud of his ancient Dean Forest roots, Friday, January 21, 2011, 11:47 (5062 days ago) @ dave willetts
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 Boy in the Forest of Dean ><((((*>
Richard WILKS 1769 - 1855 Hill / Shipperdine
by slowhands , proud of his ancient Dean Forest roots, Friday, January 21, 2011, 18:12 (5062 days ago) @ slowhands
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 Boy in the Forest of Dean ><((((*>
Richard WILKS 1769 - 1855 Hill / Shipperdine
by dave willetts , Friday, January 21, 2011, 18:18 (5062 days ago) @ slowhands
Thank you for your help. I guess Shipperdine would be called Shepperdine these days.
Hannah WILKS 1778 - 1851 Hill ( Berkeley Vale, GLOS)
by slowhands , proud of his ancient Dean Forest roots, Friday, January 21, 2011, 18:13 (5062 days ago) @ slowhands
NAME: Hannah Wilkes
BURIED: 4 Feb 1851 at Hill
AGE: 73 years
ABODE: Hill
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Ἀριστοτέλης A Gloster Boy in the Forest of Dean ><((((*>
Hannah WILKS 1778 - 1851 Hill ( Berkeley Vale, GLOS)
by dave willetts , Friday, January 21, 2011, 18:54 (5062 days ago) @ slowhands
Free BMD gives Hannah WILKES death in Sep 1843, Thornbury Vol 11 page 299. Can these be reconciled?
Hannah WILKS 1756 - 1843 Rockhampton
by slowhands , proud of his ancient Dean Forest roots, Friday, January 21, 2011, 19:03 (5062 days ago) @ dave willetts
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 Boy in the Forest of Dean ><((((*>
Hannah WILKS 1756 - 1843 Rockhampton
by dave willetts , Friday, January 21, 2011, 20:26 (5062 days ago) @ slowhands
Thanks. Free BMD does not have the benefit of the age at death!
Hannah WILKS Burial at Hill
by m p griffiths , Friday, January 21, 2011, 20:23 (5062 days ago) @ dave willetts
Gloucestershire Burial Index
Hill Bishop Transcript 1813-1851
Hannah WILKES - age 73 - 4 February 1851 : Address Hill
Hannah WILKS 1778 - 1851 Hill ( Berkeley Vale, GLOS)
by Paul Andrews , Shropshire, England, Friday, January 21, 2011, 23:03 (5062 days ago) @ dave willetts
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
Hannah WILKS 1778 - 1851 Hill ( Berkeley Vale, GLOS)
by dave willetts , Saturday, January 22, 2011, 12:19 (5061 days ago) @ Paul Andrews
Thank you for this information.
Samuel WILKS 1808 Hill ( Berkeley Vale, GLOS)
by dave willetts , Friday, January 21, 2011, 18:56 (5062 days ago) @ slowhands
I think the Severn was a very significant barrier, despite the close proximity as the crow flies!
WILKES
by m p griffiths , Friday, January 21, 2011, 16:00 (5062 days ago) @ dave willetts
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
WILKES
by dave willetts , Friday, January 21, 2011, 18:12 (5062 days ago) @ m p griffiths
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.
WILKES
by dave willetts , Saturday, January 22, 2011, 14:58 (5061 days ago) @ dave willetts
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.