Harriet BALDWIN married William BRAIN 1900 Cinderford (General)

by jimashton , Wednesday, February 02, 2011, 16:35 (5047 days ago) @ Simone

Simone has it right. To add to that detail John Baldwin 1849 father of Harriett was in fact illegitimate :

Year: 1849
Month: Feb
Day: 4
Parents_Surname: BALDWIN
Child_Forenames: John
Fathers_Forenames: [not stated]
Mothers_Forenames: Mary
Mothers_Surname:
Residence: Ruardeans Hill
Occupation: [not stated]
Officiating_Minister: H G Nicholls Incumbent
Event: Baptism
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register_Reference: P109 IN 1/2
Page_Number: 80
Parish_Chapel: Drybrook

Parents of John Baldwin 1849's mother Mary Baldwin 1825 - who had 3 illegitimate children were William Baldwin 1779/1863 & Hannah Bailey 1789/1863 - they died on same day & buried together :

1841 Census Dean Forest
Wm b 1785
Hannah b 1791
James b 1819
Mary b 1825
Nehemiah b 1825
Elisha born1830
Peter b 1828
Timothy b 1832

1851 Census
BALDWIN William 70 Coal Miner East Dean
Hannah 62 East Dean
Mary 27 East Dean
John 2 East Dean
James 2m East Dean

1861 Census East Dean RG9 1754 236
William Baldwin mar 81 Lab East Dean

Mary & John in 1861
1861 Census East Dean
Mary Baldwin head unmarried 39 Char Woman East Dean
John son 12 East Dean
Abraham son 10 East Dean
Ephraim son 3 East Dean
Hannah Baldwin Lodgers mother 70

John in 1901
1901 Census East Dean
John Baldwin 53 CM East Dean
Elizabeth 53 East Dean
Alice 22 East Dean
Leah 19 East Dean
Florence 15 East Dean
Bertha 10 East Dean
Norah 7 East Dean

William Brain & Harriett Baldwin did not have any children that I could find :

1901 Census East Dean
William Brain 31 CM Cinderford
Harriett 23 Cinderford

William Brain 1879 was the son of Jesse Brain 1849/21 Dec 1897 & Margaret Murrell 1849/Aug 1912. William Brain was the son of William Brain 1807 & Susannah Hayward 1822. Which will take you to :

http://www.forum.forest-of-dean.net/index.php?id=29673

Jim Ashton