Records of Gloucester Assizes - James Whittington (General)

by lesleyr , London, Sunday, May 03, 2015, 19:49 (3492 days ago) @ shepway

Hello
I don't think we can be certain as to which James was the one at Gloucester Assizes, even with the information given at Gloucester that the accused was a collier (which could have been a coal miner or wood collier)and came from English Bicknor. Here's where I think we are:

1. The James living in Coalway can be disregarded because that is not in the parish of English Bicknor. He was described as a labourer at the 1841 census.
2. My ancestor James who married Harriet Hale in 1834 was a wood collier at the 1841 census and living in Joyford which was part of the parish of English Bicknor. So he would fit.
3. The James who married Hannah Horsham in 1845 could have been the one who was a single coal miner in 1841 and living in Lydbrook, which might have been in the parish of English Bicknor at that time. So he would fit.

My problem is that my ancestor James 2 (above),disappeared after 1841 (or 1842 if he was the one at Gloucester Assizes) and his family ended up in Monmouth Workhouse in 1843. I have no baptism for him or any other records and because he disappeared from the records I thought that James 2 and James 3 could have been the same especially because there were 3 James Whittingtons in 1841.

Lesley