DREW, George (Nephew George DREW, born Stroud) (General)

by m p griffiths , Saturday, May 19, 2012, 18:34 (4574 days ago) @ unknown

? would it be possible for the children of George & Susan/Susannah DREW of Littledean + an Alice born to this couple at Newnham in 1791 be the parents of your George....

Looking at the baptism records for this couple in Littledean - they had two John DREW's born - one in 1802 and 1805 - (can't see a burial in between for a John DREW)

Normally, the father's name would be passed on through the generation - and wonder whether one of these John's was called George by the family - as your Charles Alfred DREW, was known as Alfred, and have come across this before, where a child was baptised by one name, but known by another, or name incorrectly written down in the register.....

Newnham: 1791 - Alice

Littledean

Mary - 1792
Sarah - 1794
Sophia - 1797
Hester - 1799
John - 1802
John - 1805
Charlotte - 1808

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Also, there is a clue on the 1861 census

DREW

George - 56 (John his possible brother is age 58 = 1803 on the 1861 census, Gloucester & age 47 1851 = 1804
Mary - 54
Lucy - 25
William - 19
Thomas - 14
John - 11
Alfred - 9
Edgar Ernest - 11 months
George DREW - age 19 - Nephew, born Stroud, Gloucestershire ****

----1851 Census, Minchinhampton

Wallsquarry

DREW

John - Head - 47 - Nailer, born Littledean (on the 1861/1871 census, age 58 & 68 - but on his own in Gloucester - Nailer)
Matilda - 48? Woollen Cloth Spinner, born Glos.Painswick (Matilda is on her own in Stroud, 1861 census)
William - 18 - Boatman - born Stroud
John - 15 - working on the water, born Stroud
George - 12 - Button maker born Stroud
Margram - 6 - Scholar, born Minchinhampton (Mary Ann?)

1841 Census, Stroud (Hundred of Bisley)
Brown Hill

DREW

John - 35 - Nail Maker
Matilda - 35
William - 10
John - 6
George - 1 c1840

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Gloucestershire Marriage Index

John DREW married Matilda BEARD - 30 November 1828 - Stroud

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possible back in Stroud on the 1871 Census, Stroud, Church Hill

George DREW - 30 - Labourer, born Glos. Bisley
Mary - 27 - born Stroud
Matilda - 2
Ellen - 7 months

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