Mary COWMEADOW & Family, Ruardean c1830s (General)

by Jefff , West London, Middlesex, Tuesday, July 26, 2011, 01:53 (4873 days ago) @ Jefff

I should have mentioned that between say 1810 and 1850 the FoD site shows 20 PRs for James Cowmeadows, 8 being Baptisms and 6 Burials. There are 5 Baptisms in Ruardean alone stretching back to 1737.
Throughout Dean the site shows Baptisms for 29 James Cowmeadows !.

Between 1810 & 1850 the site shows 14 PRs for Mary Cowmeadows, 10 are Baptisms. Curiously there are also a total of 29 Baptisms of Mary Cowmeadows on the site !.

Hence plenty of room for errors when searching on a general basis particularly farther afield into say Herefordshire !

Meanwhile staying in Ruardean (usually Moorcroft):

Record_ID: 56919
Entry_Number: 444
Year: 1826
Month: Dec
Day: 15
Parents_Surname: COWMEADOW
Child_Forenames: Elizabeth
Fathers_Forenames: [not stated]
Mothers_Forenames: Mary
Mothers_Surname:
Residence: Ruerdean [Ruardean]
Occupation: [not stated]
Officiating_Minister: T. D. Fosbroke Min[iste]r
Event: Baptism
Memoranda: natural daughter of
Notes:
Register_Reference: P275 IN 1/7
Page_Number: 56
Parish_Chapel: Ruardean
Soundex: C530

But sadly:

Record_ID: 40708
Entry_Number: 4398
Year: 1827
Month: Jul
Day: 19
Surname: COWMEADOW
Forenames: Elizabeth
Residence: Workhouse
Age_at_death: 9 m[on]ths
Officiating_Minister: G D Fosbroke Min[iste]r
Event: Burial
Cause_of_death:
Memoranda: natural dau of Mary
Notes:
Register_Reference: P275 IN 1/12
Page_No: 52
Parish_Chapel: Ruardean
Soundex: C530

No more activity until turn of James & Mary's daughters, perhaps ?:

Record_ID: 57217
Entry_Number: 739
Year: 1836
Month: Apr
Day: 17
Parents_Surname: COWMEADOW
Child_Forenames: Emma
Fathers_Forenames: [not stated]
Mothers_Forenames: Eliza
Mothers_Surname:
Residence: Moorwood
Occupation: [not stated]
Officiating_Minister: T. D. Fosbroke Vicar
Event: Baptism
Memoranda: natural daughter of
Notes:
Register_Reference: P275 IN 1/7
Page_Number: 93
Parish_Chapel: Ruardean
Soundex: C530

Record_ID: 57276
Entry_Number: 798
Year: 1837
Month: Oct
Day: 15
Parents_Surname: COWMEADOW
Child_Forenames: Mary Ann
Fathers_Forenames: [not stated]
Mothers_Forenames: Hannah
Mothers_Surname:
Residence: Moorwood
Occupation: [not stated]
Officiating_Minister: T. D. Fosbroke Vicar
Event: Baptism
Memoranda: daug[the]r of
Notes:
Register_Reference: P275 IN 1/7
Page_Number: 100
Parish_Chapel: Ruardean
Soundex: C530

Sadly our James Jr;

Record_ID: 41021
Entry_Number: 4711
Year: 1838
Month: Dec
Day: 30
Surname: COWMEADOW
Forenames: James
Residence: Moorwood
Age_at_death: years 20
Officiating_Minister: J Chell
Event: Burial
Cause_of_death:
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register_Reference: P275 IN 1/12
Page_No: 91
Parish_Chapel: Ruardean
Soundex: C530

Record_ID: 16659
Entry_Number: 956
Year: 1842
Month: Sep
Day: 4
Grooms_Surname: MEEK
Grooms_Forenames: Barzillai
Grooms_Age: Of Full Age
Groom_Condition: Widower
Grooms_Occupation: Labourer
Grooms_Residence: The Forest of Dean
Grooms_Fathers_Surname: [not stated]
Grooms_Fathers_Forenames: [not stated]
Grooms_Fathers_Occupation: [not stated]
Brides_Surname: COWMEADOW
Brides_Forenames: Hannah
Brides_Age: Of Full Age
Brides_Condition: Spinster
Brides_Occupation:
Brides_Residence: The Forest of Dean
Brides_Fathers_Surname: [not stated]
Brides_Fathers_Forenames: [not stated]
Brides_Fathers_Occupation: [not stated]
Licence_or_Banns: Banns
Date_of_Banns:
Signature_or_Mark: Both mark
Witness_1: James Pope
Witness_2: Mark of Hannah Pope
Other_Witnesses:
Officiating_Minister: Henry Formby
Event: Marriage
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register_Reference: P275 IN 1/10
Page_Number: 20
Parish_Chapel: Ruardean
Soundex_Groom: M200
Soundex_Bride: C530

NB: no witnesses from Hannah's family...

And for completeness again,

Record_ID: 41371
Entry_Number: 5061
Year: 1852
Month: Jan
Day: 6
Surname: COWMEADOW
Forenames: Mary
Residence: East Dean
Age_at_death: y[ea]rs 74
Officiating_Minister: W Penfold
Event: Burial
Cause_of_death:
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register_Reference: P275 IN 1/12
Page_No: 134
Parish_Chapel: Ruardean
Soundex: C530