STOCKHAM/STOCKAM + HARRIS + SMITH (General)

by m p griffiths , Friday, January 11, 2013, 13:07 (4337 days ago) @ stockampreddy

It would possibly seem, David John STOCKHAM is from Edward's first marriage to Esther and from Gloucestershirebdm - mother's maiden name SMITH, surname: STOCKAM - 1863, Newnham

+ two siblings

Henry William STOCKAM - mother's maiden name SMITH - 1869 - Forest of Dean, Westbury on Severn, Newnham
Sarah Emma STOCKAM - ditto - 1862

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FreeBDM

Marriage at Ross District: March Qtr 1859

Edward STOCKAM
Esther SMITH

Volume: 6a

Page: 669

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Ancestry Death Records:

Name: Hester STOCKAM

Estimated birth year: 1841

Date of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar 1869

Age at death: 28

Registration District: Axbridge

Inferred County: Somerset

Volume: 5c

Page: 457

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FreeBDM

Marriage at Axbridge District: A/M/J Qtr 1870

Edward STOCKAM
Jane HARRIS

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Looking at Public Members Tree on Ancestry

Esther SMITH - married Edward STOCKAM (STOCKHAM) age 18 in 1859 at the Lea parish in Hereford/Gloucester England
Their residence on the marriage certificate is listed as Dean Dean - (but gives conflicting 1851 census info for her parents)

and gives a death Esther 1869 - age 28, Somerset for Esther SMITH

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FOD records

Baptism at Drybrook - 27 December 1863

David John STOCKHAM - parents Edward (Collier) & Esther

residence: Cinderford

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this marriage is on the Fod Records on this site

Marriage at Drybrook - 27 March 1886

Grooms Surname: STOCKHAM

Grooms Forenames: David John

Grooms AgeL 21

Grooms Condition: Bachelor

Grooms Occupaion: Coal Miner

Grooms Residence: The Pludds

Grooms Fathers Forenames: Edward

Grooms Fathers Occupation: Coal Miner

married

Brides Surname: PREDDY

Bridges Forenames: Eliza

Brides Age: 17

Brides Occupation: Not stated

Brides Residence: The Pludds

Brides Fathers Surname: PREDDY

Brides Fathers Forenames: John

Bridges Fathers Occupation: CoalMiner

Licence or Banns: Supt Registrars

Date of Banns: not stated

Witnesses: E STOCKHAM and Mary PREDDY

Officiating Minster: William Barker - Vicar

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Gloucestershirebdm

http://ww3.gloucestershire.gov.uk/bmd/mainmenu.aspx

Births:

Albert William STOCKHAM - 1887 Forest of Dean, Monmouth Coleford, mother's maiden name PREDDY

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1881 Census, Westbury on Severn, District 11 (East Dean, Holy Trinity)

STOCKAM

Edward - 40 - born East Brint, Somerset (see 1861 census)
Jane - born Wedmore, Somerset
David - 17 - born Glos. East Dean
James - 13 - born Axbridge, Somerset
Alice - 9 -born Glos. East Dean
Flora - 5 - born Glos. England

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FOD records - Baptism Forest of Dean Bible Christian - 15 September 1872

Alice Ellen STOCKHAM

parents: Edwin (so Edward goes also by the name Edwin)

and Jane

Collier

Memoranda: Baptised at Ruardean Chapel

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Baptism at Drybrook - 30 December 1874

Florence STOCKHAM

parents : Edward & Jane

residence: The Farm

Occupation: Foal Miner

Event: Baptism

Memoranda: Privately

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By using GloucestershireBDM

two births listed,

Surname: STOCKAM, mother's maiden name HARRIS

Ellen Alice - 1872, Forest of Dean, Westbury on Severn, Newnham
Florence - 1874 - Forest of Dean - ditto

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1871 Census, Somerset, Biddisham

STOCKHAM

Edward - 36 - born Badgeworth, Somerset
Jane - 23 - born Theal, Somerset
Emma - 9 - born Badgeworth (from Edward's first marriage: mother's maiden name SMITH
David - 6 - ditto (from Edward's first marriage: mother's maiden name SMITH
James H - 1 - born Axbridge

(Hester died in Somerset first qtr 1869 and Edward didn't marry Jane HARRIS 'til A/M/J Qtr 1870)

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Looking at the age gap - think this is Edward's second marriage and he is in Ruardean 1861 with his first family

1861 Census, Glos. Ruardean

Edward STOCKAM - 22 Coal Miner, born Somerset East Brant**
Esther - 21 - born Glos. East Dean
William H - 15 months

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FOD records, baptism at Lea - 29 January 1860

William Henry STOCKAM

parents: Edward, (labourer) and Esther

residence: East Dean