CLOSE/PHELPS/PRITCHARD (General)

by m p griffiths , Thursday, October 25, 2012, 09:05 (4415 days ago) @ m p griffiths

Annie CLOSE c1872 - father William
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1891 Census, East Dean

CLOSE

Comfort - Widow - 70 - born Hereford, Brompton Abbotts
Albert - 26 - farm labourer, born Lea
Isaac - 24 (witness at wedding)
Charles - 21
Annie - 13 - General Servant
Fanny CLOSE, - grand-daughter - age 11

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1881 Census, Westbury on Severn
District of Cindeford

CLOSE

William - 57 : Iron Miner, born East Dean
Comfort - 50 : born Longhope
Alice - 17 -: born Lea, Herefordshire
Albert - 16 : Iron Miner, born Lea
Comfort - 12 : born Lea
Annie - 8 : born Lea
Fanny L CLOSE, grand-daughter -2 born East Dean

next door

William CLOSE, 25 : Iron Miner, born Lea, Herefordshire
Elizabeth CLOSE : 27 - born Herefordshire
Annie E CLOSE : 1 - born East Dean

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1871 Census, Herefordshire
Lower Lea

Lea Village :
Ann CLOSE, Widow, 74, born Hereford
James CLOSE, Grandson, 18 - born Lea
William CLOSE, Grandson - 16 - born Lea

next door

Rock Pitch

CLOSE

William - 40 - Labourer, born East Dean
Comfort - 39 born East Dean
Sarah - 12
Ruth - 10
Alice - 8
Albert - 6
Isaac - 4
Comfort - 2
Charles - 6 months

1861 Census, Lea Herefordshire
6 Lea Village

Isaac CLOSE - 75 - Ag. Lab. born Glos. Havening
Anne - 65 - born Hereford, Linton
John CLOSE - Grandson - 10 - born Lea

few doors away

CLOSE

William - 32 - Ag. Lab. born Glos. Lea Hamlet
Comfort - 31 - born Longhope
Hannah - 9 - born Longhope
James - 8 -
William - 6
Sarah Ann - 2
Ruth - 4 months

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1851 Census, Herefordshire, Lea Lower

"No Name"

Isaak CLOSE - 70 - Ag Lab. born Glos. Tedbury
Ann CLOSE - 50 - Charwoman, born Hereford
William CLOSE - 23 - born Glos. East Dean
Comfort CLOSE - 21 - born Longhope
Thomas CLOSE -Grandson - 1 - born Lea

and 1841 Census, Lea Glos

Lea Village

CLOSE

Isaac - 50
Ann - 35
William - 12
Thos. 4

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FOD records

Marriage at Lea - 9 June 1828

Isaac CLOSE, Bachelor, residence: the Parish of Lea, Herefordshire

married

Ann PRITCHARD, Spinster, residence: The Parish of Lea, Herefordshire

witnesses: John WELLINGTON and Thomas LEWIS

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Freebdm

William CLOSE/Comfort PHELPS - J/F/M Qtr 1850 - Westbury on Severn

Gloucetershirebdm: Forest of Dean Register Office, Westbury on Severn

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Comfort PHELPS - says she was born in Longhope c1828/32

Here's another Comfort - although looking at previous thread and baptism records, Comfort's parents given as John & Sarah PHELPS

FOD records

Baptism:

Comfort PHELPS - 9 December 1832, at Longhope, parents Thomas & Susan

Comfort PHELPS - 22 January 1832, at Aston Ingham, parents John & Sarah

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1841 Census, Lower and Upper Longhope

PHELPS

Thomas - 40
Susannah - 35
Mary - 4
Comfort - 8
Thomas - 6
Eliza - 2
Sarah - 14

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1851 Census, Longhope

PHELPS

Thomas - 48 - farm labourer, all born Longhope
Susann - 46
Eliza - 12
Elizabeth - 3

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previous threads

http://www.forum.forest-of-dean.net/index.php?mode=thread&id=25229#p32100

'on this thread from Loused'

5 Comfort 22 January 1832, christened both in Aston Ingham & Longhope md William CLOSE - 15 children

See above: different parents for Comfort christened in 1832 at Aston Ingham & Longhope