Searching for parents of Sarah Llewellen born approx 1803 (General)

by nessie99 , Tuesday, May 17, 2011, 17:26 (4946 days ago)

Sarah was born somewhere in Gloucestershire about 1803. She never married and had the following children all with no father’s name on the baptism record:

Hannah b 1822 Churcham d 1903 Clearwell,
Samuel b 1827 Westbury on Severn (surname Welling on baptism record),
Thomas b 1830 d 1833 both in Westbury on Severn (surname Wellin on baptism record),
Keziah b 1833 Gloucester St Johns m Samuel Poyner in 1864 d 1912,
Henry b 1837 Churcham and
William b 1846 d 1903 both in Westbury on Severn

In the 1841 census Sarah (35) is living in Westbury on Severn with another Sarah Llewellen (age 65 possibly her mother), Samuel, Keziah and Henry. Hannah is a servant living in Huntley.

I believe the older Sarah dies in 1848 in Westbury age 72 which would mean she was born about 1776. I have the death certificate and there is a matching burial record in the Westbury parish records. The informant on the death certificate is an Ann Llewellyn who I haven’t been able to connect with this family yet. The death certificate also says Sarah is the widow of Edward Llewellen.

The younger Sarah seems to die in Jan 1851 age 48 which would indicate a birth about 1803. The informant on her death certificate is a Jane Lane who post 1851 becomes the housekeeper of William Ayland. The relevance of this is that in the 1851 census Hannah, Samuel, Henry and William are living with William Ayland in Newland. Their surname has been written as Willen.

I have been searching for Sarah’s baptism record in order to confirm whether the older Sarah is her mother and hence her father was an Edward Llewellen. Despite several trips to the Gloucester Records Office I have not been able to find a baptism record for Sarah. Does anyone have any suggestions on what to do next?