William Thomas Jackson b 1864 Westbury on Severn

We are researching our family tree and have got stuck concerning the wife William Thomas Jackson who was one of the basket making Jacksons who lived around Westbury on Severn on The Strand. We need information concerning his marriage and wife. On the 1901 and 1911 census she is down as Ellen or Ellen L Jackson but we can't find any marriage details.

Can anyone help please?

Many thanks, Chris

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We have found a BMD marriage of William Jackson to Ellen Aviser Arnold in Stroud Mar Q 1894 4b 534. Gloucester BMD records show it as Reg office. We think this is is the pair in the census
Hope that helps you
regards David

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Referring to the 1901 and 1911 Census returns we know that the children are: Thomas W., James C. and Stanley G.
A search of Glos BMD Index gives us the following birth registrations:

Child Surname Child Forename Father Surname Mother Surname Mother's Former Name Year District Office Register Entry
JACKSON Thomas William JACKSON JACKSON ARNOLD 1894 Forest of Dean Westbury on Severn, Newnham (from 1893) 1 199
JACKSON Charles James JACKSON JACKSON ARNOLD 1895 Forest of Dean Westbury on Severn, Newnham (from 1893) 1 369
JACKSON Gilford Stanley JACKSON JACKSON ARNOLD 1898 Forest of Dean Westbury on Severn, Newnham (from 1893) 2 370

This tells us that mother's maiden name is Arnold and a search of the Marriage Index gives this entry:
Groom Surname Groom Forename Bride Surname Bride Forename District Parish Building Year Register Entry
JACKSON William ARNOLD Ellen A Stroud Stroud Register Office 1894 RR/30 70

We then find a baptism in the Parish Registers on this site:
Year: 1860
Month: Jul
Day: 8
Parents_Surname: ARNOLD
Child_Forenames: Ellen Avisa
Fathers_Forenames: Samuel
Mothers_Forenames: Ann
Mothers_Surname:
Residence: Westbury
Occupation: Labourer
Officiating_Minister: Chris Jay Jones Vicar
Event: Baptism
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register_Reference: P354 IN 1/15
Page_Number: 24
Parish_Chapel: Westbury on Severn

And this is Ellen in the 1861 & 1871 Census returns:

1861 England Census
Westbury on Severn
Household Number Given Name Surname Relationship Age Estimated Birth Year Gender Birth City Birth County Birth Country
135 Daniel Arnold Head 39 1822 Male Westbury on Severn Gloucestershire England
135 Ann Arnold Wife 36 1825 Female Westbury on Severn Gloucestershire England
135 Louisa Arnold Daughter 11 1850 Female Westbury on Severn Gloucestershire England
135 William Arnold Son 8 1853 Male Westbury on Severn Gloucestershire England
135 Aurthur Arnold Son 6 1855 Male Westbury on Severn Gloucestershire England
135 Ellen Arnold Daughter 10/12 1860 Female Westbury on Severn Gloucestershire England

1871 Census
Westbury on Severn
Household schedule number Given Name Surname Relationship Age Estimated Birth Year Gender Birth City Birth County Birth Country
135 Danl Arnold Head 47 1824 Male Westbury on Severn Gloucestershire England
135 Ann Arnold Wife 45 1826 Female Westbury on Severn
135 Louisa Ann Arnold Daughter 21 1850 Female Westbury on Severn
135 Wm Harding Arnold Son 18 1853 Male Westbury on Severn
135 Ellen Aviser Arnold Daughter 10 1861 Female Westbury on Severn
135 Prisciller Jane Arnold Daughter 6 1865 Female Westbury on Severn
135 Alfred Aurthur Arnold Son 16 1855 Male Westbury on Severn

From this we see that her father's name is Daniel and not Samuel as in the baptism transcript so this needs to be checked.

This is Ellen's birth registration:
Child Surname Child Forename Father Surname Mother Surname Mother's Former Name Year District Office Register Entry
ARNOLD Helen Avisa ARNOLD ARNOLD WINDOWS 1860 Gloucester Gloucester, Huntley 8 410

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Gloucestershirebdm

Mother's maiden name WINDOWS (all Gloucester, Huntley)

Alice Zipporah - 1857
Elizabeth - 1848
Helen Avisa - 1860
Louisa Ann - 1849
Priscilla - 1865

and

Daniel ARNOLD married Ann WINDOW - Glos St Nicholas, 1846 (29 July 1846, Church of Latter Day Saints)

1851 Census WOS

ARNOLD

Daniel - 30
Ann - 26
Elizabeth - 2
Louisa A - 1
Jabez TRIFF - 7 months at nurse

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Hi, welcome to the forum.
Just in case you've not already seen this paragraph from the Westbury entry within the excellent British History website;

"The demand for fruit-baskets and putchers for fishing made basket-making another local trade. Several persh (or osier) beds recorded in 1839 were presumably connected with the trade, and there was a basket-maker at Rodley in 1856. The Jacksons followed the trade at the Strand from the 1890s and later at Broadoak where one of the family still made baskets and putchers in 1969; another maker specialized in fruit-baskets in the early 20th century. A sieve-maker was recorded at Elton in 1608."

From: 'Westbury-on-Severn: Economic history', A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 10: Westbury and Whitstone Hundreds (1972), pp. 93-97.
URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=15767
Date accessed: 02 December 2014.

You may also find this website of interest re Westbury.

http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/GLS/WestburyonSevern/index.html
hence
http://www.rebus.demon.co.uk/wos_br.htm

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Thank you for all who replied - and so quickly!

This has cleared-up not only my wife's great grandmother's details but also the link to Stroud which we knew existed but not how. Stroud was, of course, quite close to The Strand - particularly for families like the Jackson's who made not only baskets but putchers and coracles so Stroud was just a boat ride away. In fact at low tide they knew the river well enough to cross on foot so missing the tide was a little like missing the last bus!

Thank you for the exert about the basket making. I think this was about Lionel who has sadly passed away but his son Eric (77) is still practicing the craft and has been out on the river with putchers on Griff Rhys-Jones's The Rivers program and more recently with James Martin. I believe Eric is one of only 4 licensed to take salmon with putchers from the Severn.

Again - THANK YOU!!

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Better late than never, regarding the mentions of the Jackson family making baskets at the Strand, Westbury on Severn, I've just found these entries within the 1876 Morris & Co Trade Directory for the town.

"JACKSON Joseph, farmer, Broad Oak

JACKSON Richard, carpenter, Broad Oak

JACKSON Thomas Edward, basket maker, Strant"

See http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~cbennett/genealogy/westburyonsevern1876.htm

Searching Thomas in FamilySearch, GlosBMD and this site's PRs.
His wife Jane's Burial Record makes for interesting reading;

1911 Newnham, Westbury On Severn, Gloucestershire, England
Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
William Jackson Head M 41 Basket maker. Westbury, Gloucestershire
Ellen Jackson Wife F 49 Westbury, Gloucestershire
Thomas Jackson Son M 16 Labourer. Westbury, Gloucestershire
Thomas Edward Jackson Father M 80 Widower. Westbury, Gloucestershire

1901 Westbury On Severn, Gloucestershire, England
Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
William Jackson Head M 37 Basket maker. Westbury On Severn
Ellen L Jackson Wife F 39 Westbury On Severn
Thomas W Jackson Son M 6 Westbury On Severn
James C Jackson Son M 5 Westbury On Severn
Stanley G Jackson Son M 3 Westbury On Severn
Thos E Jackson Boarder M 69 Basket maker. Boarder. Westbury On Severn

Record_ID: 387685
Entry_Number: 547
Year: 1897
Month: Nov
Day: 4
Surname: JACKSON
Forenames: Jane
Residence: The Strand
Age_at_death: 60
Officiating_Minister: Leonard Wilkinson Vicar
Event: Burial
Cause_of_death:
Memoranda: Wife of Thomas l Jackson the blind man
Notes:
Register_Reference: P 354 IN 1/17
Page_No: 69
Parish_Chapel: Westbury on Severn
Soundex: J250

1891 Westbury On Severn, Gloucestershire, England
Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
Thomas Jackson Head M 59 Basket maker. Gloucestershire, England
Jane Jackson Wife F 58 Gloucestershire, England
William Jackson Son M 27 Basket maker. Gloucestershire, England

1881 Strand Cottages, Westbury On Severn, Gloucestershire, England
Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
Edward Thomas Jackson Head M 49 Basket maker. Westbury On Severn, Gloucestershire, England
Jane Jackson Wife F 48 Mitcheldean, Gloucestershire, England
William Jackson Son M 17 Basket maker. Westbury On Severn, Gloucestershire, England
Emily Jackson Daughter F 11 Scholar. Westbury On Severn, Gloucestershire, England

1871 Strand Cottages, Westbury On Severn, Gloucestershire, England
Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
Thos Jacksons Head M 39 Basket maker. Westbury On Severn, Gloucestershire
Jane Jacksons Wife F 39 Abinghall, Gloucestershire
Susan Nicholls Stepdaughter F 16 Abinghall, Gloucestershire
Jas Jacksons Son M 7 Westbury On Severn, Gloucestershire
Willm Jacksons Son M 7 Westbury On Severn, Gloucestershire
Emmily Jacksons Daughter F 1 Westbury On Severn, Gloucestershire

Marriage Details
Groom Surname Groom Forename Bride Surname Bride Forename District Parish Building Year Register Entry
JACKSONS Edward Thomas NICHOLLS Jane Forest of Dean Westbury-on-Severn (FoD) Register Office 1864 3 18

1851 Westbury On Severn, Gloucestershire, England
Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
Thomas Jackson Head M 63 Carpenter. Westbury, Gloucestershire
Esther Jackson Wife F 62 Morn, Herefordshire
Edward T Jackson Grand Son M 19 Labourer. Westbury, Gloucestershire

1841 Westbury On Severn, Gloucestershire, England
Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
Thomas Jackson M 55 Gloucestershire
Hester Jackson F 55 Gloucestershire
Thomas Jackson M 9 Gloucestershire

(Are Thomas and Hester his mother's parents ?)

Record_ID: 555961
Entry_Number: 1119
Year: 1831
Month: Oct
Day: 23
Parents_Surname: JACKSON
Child_Forenames: Edward Thomas
Fathers_Forenames: [base born]
Mothers_Forenames: Jane
Mothers_Surname:
Residence: Westbury
Occupation: Single Woman
Officiating_Minister: William Crawley
Event: Baptism
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register_Reference: P354 IN 1/6
Page_Number: 140
Parish_Chapel: Westbury on Severn
Soundex: J250

Record_ID: 554735
Entry_Number: 2739
Year: 1811
Month: Feb
Day: 10
Parents_Surname: JACKSON
Child_Forenames: Jane
Fathers_Forenames: Thomas
Mothers_Forenames: Esther
Mothers_Surname:
Residence:
Occupation:
Officiating_Minister: Richard Wetherell Vicar
Event: Baptism
Memoranda: Dau of
Notes:
Register_Reference: P 354 IN 1/3
Page_Number: 88
Parish_Chapel: Westbury on Severn
Soundex: J250

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