George PHELPS 1816 (General)

by Antipodean , Thursday, May 31, 2012, 23:46 (4562 days ago) @ jimashton

There were two George and Hanna Phelps' in the Forest in the same time period. The ones just listed lived a long (and hopefully) happy life. They were married (probably) in the last quarter (Oct-Nov-Dec) of 1841.

The other George was in the 1841 census with the Hawker children and went on to marry Hannah Jackson (on 5th Nov. 1842), have one known child, be tried for stealing a ram lamb and transported to Van Diemens Land never to return. There is speculation that he then went on to New South Wales and married Mary Hawker (nee Nevell) on 26th Sep. 1853 and be killed in a horse fall on 3 March 1864.

Given such close birth years and their wives having the same first names, it becomes challenging to unravel the records between the two Georges in England!

Civil Parish: Dean Forest Hundred: St Briavells (NB Ruspidge & Cinderford on original census page) County/Island: Gloucestershire Country: England

Registration district: Ross Sub registration district: Ross

Household Members: Name Age
Anne Braddington 50 (transcribed incorrectly, actually Brassington)
Belinda Hawker 2
Eliza Hawker 20
Philip Hawker 20
Robert Hawker 15
George Phelps 20