Peter Victor JENKINS 1862- father "SHEDERICK" (General)

by Jefff , West London, Middlesex, Sunday, June 15, 2014, 12:37 (3815 days ago) @ MPGriffiths

Hi all,
I hate to say it but I think MPG has erred VERY slightly from her normally faultless perfection and hit an adjacent key while typing.
The entry for the Father in Peter Victor's 1862 baptism in the Glos Genealogical database is actually transcribed as "Shederick". (so another hint of Frederick).
That said it's probably best to download the actual Record (D2598/5/4) to be certain - I've just managed to misspell it twice while typing this post !
from
http://ww3.gloucestershire.gov.uk/genealogy/Results.aspx

MPG, please be assured I wasn't checking your work - in fact I've not been following the thread and only saw the last post, and thought to check the Genea..database, without realising you'd already done so, which of course I should have realised you had done...

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Janet, you mention the spelling of Davis and Davies. In theory the "e" in Davies implies a Welsh surname, however in our borders area I think it's best to allow and accept both spelling variations given the high influence of Welsh people with all aspects of life.

"Davies is a spelling variation of the patronymic English surname Davis, that means David, a Hebrew name meaning "beloved". Davies is much associated with Wales, owing to the name of its patron saint, David. Davies is also fairly widespread in the south-west of England, especially Cornwall. Davies is the 6th-most common surname in the United Kingdom."

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Wrt why people might travel from say Lydbrook to Bream, yes it is a bit of a trek but it wasn't that unusual for Foresters to walk say 5miles eachway daily for work, and directly "as the crew flies" thro the Forest. I wonder if this was because their chosen Primitve Methodists Church wasn't active in the Bream area ?. A quick look at the PRs only shows one Church active in Bream. Some good historical info abt this Lydbrook Church to be found here. http://www.sungreen.co.uk/Lydbrook/PrimitiveMethodistChurch.htm
and for FoD Primitve Methodists generally here, this might explain your situation more ?
http://british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=23273#s5

OR, Perhaps the Marriage was at Lydbrook for purely logistical reasons, because they had family or even parents in that area, particularly older less-mobile ones who were unable to go to Bream ? As I'm sure you know it's traditional for a bride to marry in her own Parish. I realise she was born in Bream but maybe (sorry if its in the thread) her family are from Lydbrook. Perhaps they're still there, with maybe a bigger home to house the after wedding celebrations etc ?. It also seems quite normal for a young mother to give birth to her first child at her parent's house rather than her own, whether this was for "traditional/superstitious" reasons apart from the sheer common-sense wrt healthcare I know not.