James Constance 1805-1890, Longhope Saw Mills Owner. (General)

by Jefff , West London, Middlesex, Sunday, May 15, 2016, 12:57 (3115 days ago) @ Jefff

Have finally found James and family in the 1841 Census, I cannot believe it took so long !

They are next-door to other notable Longhope names, the Bullocks and the Dawes.

1841 Census, Lat-chen, Longhope.
Given Name Surname Age Estimated Birth Year Gender Birth City Birth County Birth Country
James Constance 30 1811 Male Woodturner Gloucestershire England
Sophia Constance 30 1811 Female
Theophilus Constance 5 1836 Male Gloucestershire England
Hannah Constance 3 1838 Female Gloucestershire England
Stephen Constance 1 1840 Gloucestershire England

(Sorry for hyphenating the placename, the site doesn't allow me to type it in it's correct form).

Here is James' marriage, from this site's PRs;

Record_ID: 9458
Entry_Number: 68
Year: 1833
Month: Jul
Day: 16
Grooms_Surname: CONSTANCE
Grooms_Forenames: James
Grooms_Age:
Groom_Condition: Batchelor
Grooms_Occupation:
Grooms_Residence: Longhope
Grooms_Fathers_Surname:
Grooms_Fathers_Forenames:
Grooms_Fathers_Occupation:
Brides_Surname: HARRIS
Brides_Forenames: Sophia
Brides_Age:
Brides_Condition: Spinster
Brides_Occupation:
Brides_Residence: Longhope
Brides_Fathers_Surname:
Brides_Fathers_Forenames:
Brides_Fathers_Occupation:
Licence_or_Banns: Banns
Date_of_Banns:
Signature_or_Mark: Both Sign
Witness_1: Charles Bailey
Witness_2: Mary Robinson
Other_Witnesses:
Officiating_Minister: Edward Probyn Vicar
Event: Marriage
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register_Reference: P206 IN 1/6
Page_Number: 23
Parish_Chapel: Longhope
Soundex_Groom: C523
Soundex_Bride: H620

Needs more work to find Sophia's baptism etc, the census shows she was from Essex.

Here's her Burial Record, at Longhope All Saints Church;

Record_ID: 22128
Entry_Number: 319
Year: 1886
Month: Jun
Day: 3
Surname: CONSTANCE
Forenames: Sophia
Residence: Longhope
Age_at_death: 79
Officiating_Minister: F.C. Guise Vicar
Event: Burial
Cause_of_death:
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register_Reference: P206 IN 1/11
Page_No: 40
Parish_Chapel: Longhope
Soundex: C523

The Longhope Village website carries a photo of her grave, which she shares with James who died four years later. The headstone inscription includes these helpful dates;

"In affectionate rememberance of
Sophia
Wife of James Constance
Of this parish
Born October 14th 1806.
Died May 29th 1886.

James Constance.
Born August 19th 1805,
Died April 17th 1890."

http://www.longhopevillage.co.uk/FamilyHistory/AllSaints/Search.aspx

Since the last time I visited this excellent website they have added a Family Tree section. On first reading the Constance Tree appeared to date back to 1689, but now I see the left-hand red numbers are purely reference numbers and not dates, oops !
The earliest entry is a Thomas Constance who was Christened in 1751, parents Thomas & Mary as per this site's PRs.

This section of an already excellent website could be very helpful to Longhope researchers.

http://www.longhopevillage.co.uk/FamilyHistory/Trees/Index.aspx?cmd=search&surname=...