Stowe help needed. (General)

by TBonz, Wednesday, December 27, 2006, 15:44 (6542 days ago) @ slowhands

Father was out of the service by Jan 1840. After that, I've no idea where the family was other than knowing that in July of 1844 they were somewhere in Northern Ireland. In 1863, they were in Tyrone county, Ireland (I found the marriage of my ancestor there, but no baptisms there or in the surrounding parishes.)

The Australian records list his year of birth as 1842 (this is from four birth records of his children, and his marriage record.) Three of the four birth records list his place of birth as "Stowe, Gloucestershire, England". Our own history has his mother, Jane Willcocks Graham, as being born Dec 23 1810 in Cheltenham. I've never confirmed that definitively, but am working on it. As I said earlier, she married Andrew Graham Sr. (the soldier) in Manchester. I've no idea how she got from Cheltenham to Manchester, her parentage, etc. The marriage was too soon to have the father's name and the witness appeared to be related to Andrew Graham Sr.

I'm beginning to wonder if they weren't all baptized in Ireland.

Andrew's parents were married in the church of England and family tradition has them as Episcopalian. In fact, great-grandparents descended from them and still alive when I was little were still Episcopalian.

I guess I'll just wait until the Clearwell and St. Briavels records come online here. This great place already had Newland and Parkend. No luck for any of them.

Can't figure out why I can't find this record in the Civil registration.

I'm hearing that some Irish parishes will in future be going online for pay. Perhaps I'll get my answers then. I hope so.

Thanks for all of the advice from those who gave it. As someone new to researching the Forest of Dean area, I appreciate it. Every little bit helps. Someday I'll crack this mystery!