East Dean 1851 Census - Cinderford School and Coopers Tump (General)

by Daffodil , Gloucestershire, Thursday, April 03, 2014, 15:56 (3888 days ago) @ Jefff

This is brilliant? It is my first posting, so thank you so much for the quick reply and the valuable information. I know the area of today quite well as I moved to Ruspidge 8 years ago. Much of the research I'm doing is for my husband's family who were all Foresters.

What I'm trying to do now is add some bones to the earlier family history. From your reply it seems likely that the family (Griffin) may have attended the school in question. Do you know if there are any of the 1840-50 school registers in existence?

I'm familiar with the names Woodside and Flaxley as I've found a large number of ancestors on various census living in these areas. Looking again at my 1851 copy it seems from your information that the word rd? (I thought road) is Lr (as in Lower Cinderford). This is most helpful. I've located the family on the 1841 census too, they are listed at Cinderford, Dean Forest, Little Dean Walk - it seems that this might be the same place as the 1851 census judging from the photo of St Johns, Ruspidge.

I note that St Johns was not built until 1844 - if that is the case I was wondering where any baptisms might have taken place for people living in the area between 1830 and 1842, as I cannot find any record of their births, though all claim on later census as being born in East Dean.

Many thanks again for your help.