George Henry Thomas VASEY 1857 Coaley -> Cinderford (General)

by graham vasey , Friday, August 19, 2011, 10:36 (4849 days ago) @ slowhands

Many thanks to m.p.griffiths, paul andrews and slowhands for their help. From my own research, george (and lona) were illiterate, their marriage certificate signatures were marked with their "X", which, indicates that they had not attended school as children. In each of the replies received from the forum, alfred vaisey stands out as the father of george, he died when george was an infant, which meant that as soon as george was old enough, he became the "bread winner" and worked as a collier (1871 census aged twelve). With regards to his father's name frederick (as stated on his marriage cert.), could it be alFRED but known in the family as fredrick?
My wife and I are planning to visit the forest of dean in september during which I would like to see as much of the area as possible, especially the coal mine tour, having served my mechanical apprenticeship at the coalmine here in yorkshire (must be in my family DNA).

regards,
graham.