John Grindall b1755 Littledean (General)

by Jefff , West London, Middlesex, Monday, June 16, 2014, 14:23 (3817 days ago) @ glenysk

Hi Glenys
you're most welcome for the suggestions.

You say "David... was born 1859 in East Dean?"

Does your question mark mean you don't have his precise location ? I presume this info is from the Census. In case you didn't know "East Dean" is not a placename as such, but the name of an administrative district that came into usage in the mid 1800s, it includes several places and towns such as Littledean and nearby Cinderford (or Woodside as part of it was first called).

From this site's PRs;

Record_ID: 74430
Entry_Number: 49
Year: 1859
Month: Sep
Day: 18
Parents_Surname: GRINDEL
Child_Forenames: David
Fathers_Forenames: David
Mothers_Forenames: Fanny
Mothers_Surname:
Residence: Woodside
Occupation: Collier
Officiating_Minister: T.G.Smythies
Event: Baptism
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register_Reference: P85/1 IN 1/2
Page_Number: 7
Parish_Chapel: Cinderford St John
Soundex: G653

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Ref the migrations to Wales and beyond, as you may have seen if you search this forum, this is not an unusual story at all, as the local pits were becoming worked-out so others in Monmouthshire etc became more important, and then areas in the US eg Pittsburgh started working huge coal deposits as late as the early 1900s I gather [yes, geography was a favourite subject for me in my schooldays :-). ]