Year: 1947
Month: Sep
Day: 22
Surname: POWELL
Forenames: Benjamin
Residence: Royal Infirmary Gloucester
Age_at_death: 70 years
Officiating_Minister: Wyndham Jones vicar & Hon. Canon
Event: Burial
Cause_of_death:
Memoranda: new church yard grave re-opened
Notes:
Register_Reference: P82 IN 1/17
Page_No: 35
Parish_Chapel: Christchurch

1911 Crow Ash Berry Hill
Benjamin Powell Head Single Male 34 1877 Collier hewer Lane End West Dean Glos
Amos Powell Brother Single Male 40 1871 Collier haulier above ground Lane End West Dean Glos
Jessie Powell Sister Single Female 28 1883(?) House keepe4r Lane End West Dean Glos

1901 Crow Ash Berry Hill
Elizabeth Powell Head Widow Female 60 1841 - West Dean, Gloucestershire, England
Amos Powell Son Single Male 32 1869 Quarry labourer West Dean, Gloucestershire, England
Ben Powell Son Single Male 24 1877 Coal hewer West Dean, Gloucestershire, England
Jessie Powell Daughter Single Female 19 1882 Domestic general West Dean, Gloucestershire, England

1891 Berry Hill
James Powell Head Married Male 55 1836 Coal miner West Dean, Gloucestershire, England
Elizabeth Powell Wife Married Female 50 1841 - West Dean, Gloucestershire, England
Amos Powell Son Single Male 22 1869 Coal miner West Dean, Gloucestershire, England
Benjamin Powell Son - Male 14 1877 Coal miner West Dean, Gloucestershire, England
Jessie Powell Daughter - Female 9 1882 - West Dean, Gloucestershire, England
Ellen Powell Daughter - Female 7 1884 - West Dean, Gloucestershire, England

Births Jun 1881 (>99%)
POWELL Jessie Monmouth 11a 26

1881 Lane End ( Bird in Hand and Rising Sun pubs nearby indicate Broadwell Lane End area, North East side of Coleford)
James Powell Head Married Male 45 1836 Coal miner West Dean, Gloucestershire, England
Elizabeth Powell Wife Married Female 40 1841 - West Dean, Gloucestershire, England
Tom Powell Son Single Male 16 1865 Coal miner West Dean, Gloucestershire, England
William Powell Son Single Male 14 1867 Coal miner West Dean, Gloucestershire, England
Amos Powell Son Single Male 12 1869 Scholar West Dean, Gloucestershire, England
Eliza Powell Daughter Single Female 9 1872 Scholar West Dean, Gloucestershire, England
Ben Powell Son Single Male 4 1877 Scholar West Dean, Gloucestershire, England

Martha HAWKINS of 79 Park St Penrhiwceiber Mountain Ash ( Wife of Frederick John) died 25 August 1958 Admin to said Frederick John railway wagon repairer effects £261 13s 4d

Deaths Sep 1958 (>99%)
HAWKINS Martha 50 Pontypridd 8b 415

1939 79 Park Street, Mountain Ash
Frederick J Hawkins 16 Dec 1902 Male Colliery Hewer Married 140 1
Martha Hawkins 12 Oct 1907 Female Unpaid Domestic Duties Married 140 2
Bryan Hawkins 19 Sep 1932 Male At School Single 140 3

1921 with Lancelot

1911 7 Irene ST, Llanwonno,
Lancelot Brake Head Married Male 35 1876 Coal miner hewer Nailsea Nr Bristol Sommerset
Elizabeth Brake Wife Married Female 31 1880 - Wiltshire
Arnold Brake Son - Male 9 1902 - Mountain Ash Glam
James Brake Son - Male 8 1903 - Mountain Ash Glam
Mary Ann Brake Daughter - Female 6 1905 - Mountain Ash Glam
Martha Brake Daughter - Female 3 1908 - Mountain Ash Glam
David Brake Son - Male 0 1911 - Mountain Ash Glam

Year: 1952
Month: Sep
Day: 30
Surname: HAWKINS
Forenames: Jessie
Residence: Berry Hill Christchurch (Dilke Hospital)
Age_at_death: 69 years
Officiating_Minister: W.F.Green Methodist Minister Mile End
Event: Burial
Cause_of_death:
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register_Reference: P82 IN 1/17
Page_No: 57
Parish_Chapel: Christchurch

1939 Crow Ash , Berry Hill
Frederick J Hawkins 12 Aug 1890 Male Colliery Hewer Married 141 3
Jessie Hawkins 03 May 1886 Female Unpaid Domestic Duties Married 141 4

conincidence not "your" Frederick J
Marriages Sep 1929 (>99%)
Brake Martha Pontypridd 11a 1464
Hawkins Frederick J Pontypridd 11a 1464

1921 Frederick John and Jessie in Llantrisant

Marriages Dec 1919 (>99%)
Hawkins Frederick J Pontypridd 11a 1531
Powell Jessie Pontypridd 11a 1531

1911 65 Edmondstown Near Penygraig, Llantrisant,
Martha Belsher Wife Married Female 43 1868 - Glostershire
Fredrick J Hawkins Son Single Male 19 1892 Collier hewer Glostershire
William H Hawkins Son Single Male 15 1896 Collier hewer Glostershire
David L Hawkins Son Single Male 12 1899 At school Glamorgan
William J Belcher Son Single Male 4 1907 At school Glamorgan

1901 Berry Hill nr Berry Hill Farm
John Hawkins Head Married Male 32 1869 Coal hewer Coleford, Gloucestershire, England
Martha Hawkins Wife Married Female 34 1867 - Coleford, Gloucestershire, England
Fredrick John Hawkins Son Single Male 9 1892 - Coleford, Gloucestershire, England
William Harold Hawkins Son Single Male 5 1896 - Coleford, Gloucestershire, England
David Louis Hawkins Son Single Male 2 1899 - Coleford, Gloucestershire, England

Births Sep 1895 (>99%)
Hawkins William Harold Monmouth 11a 18

Births Sep 1891 (>99%)
Hawkins Frederick John Monmouth 11a 26

I suspect burial at Mile end

Yew Tree Brake Cemetery (Speech House Road, Cinderford, GL14 3HU) is open to visitors (other than those attending a funeral) 9am to 8pm during summer (GMT+1), 9am to 5pm in winter (GMT) seven days a week. Call: 01594 812514.

Mile End Cemetery (Edge End Road, Mile End, Coleford, GL16 7DB) is open to visitors (other than those attending a funeral) 9am to 8pm during summer (GMT+1), 9am to 5pm in winter (GMT) seven days a week. Call: 01594 832848.

between The Delves inclosure and Serridge inclosure on the Cinderford side between nailbridge and brierley

I'm sure I've found the correct Annie Mary Burial as she did remarry and she is buried with her 2nd husband. I know a fair bit about her ancestors. Its really the burials on Davids side that are missing. I'm fairly sure the Hawkins family were Baptists.

Thank you for those links, I'm going to try and go further up David's tree so I'll have a look through it all. It seems there are lots of Hawkins in the FOD!

I hope you’re not getting confused with this Record, which relates to Christchurch in Hampshire, not Glos.

Surname Given Name Age District Volume Page Transcriber
Deaths Mar 1956
Hawkins Annie M. 75 Christchurch 6b 285 faradap

Re Annie Mary Hawkins nee Williams, who I presume was born in Pontypridd district c1900 judging by her marrying David there in 1921. However from my viewpoint I cannot trace her farther, as there are several possible ladies of this name in the area then, and I don’t have access to the 1939 Registry which would probably be very helpful. FreeBMD shows a few Hawkins/Williams births in the District between 1921 ans David's death in 1925, but these are all quite common names in the area so ??. I suspect Annie might well have married again after being widowed so young.

????

Unsure why but I now realise I didn't even search for Fred on FreeBMD, as I'm sure you have, so for completeness here he is, which again suggests a local Burial;

Surname Given Name Age District Volume Page Transcriber
Deaths Mar 1962
HAWKINS Frederick J. 70 F.of Dean 7b 556 annaggy

On the subject of Burial Records, after some months offline I'm pleased to see the FoD Council website is back online and allowing easy access to it's records for Mile End and Yew Tree Brake Cemetries. Sadly I cannot find Fred, but you may find other relatives there.

http://www.fdean.gov.uk/Fodcemeteries/default.aspx

Regarding burials at Christchurch nr Coleford, did you know this site has a database of Monumental Inscriptions which includes Christchurch, it includes several Hawkins altho I cannot see Fred d1962 or wife Jessie, perhaps it does include other family members ?.
http://www.forest-of-dean.net/joomla/resources/17-memorial-inscriptions/28-christchurch

This site also has a section of Gravestones photos, it includes a couple of Hawkins at Christchurch which may possibly interest you.
http://www.forest-of-dean.net/joomla/gravestones

Hi Jeff

Thank you very much for this, apologies for my slow reply I have only just found it.

Yes much of it I know, I didn't know all of Fred's war records, That Chapel sounds like a possibility I will look into that next. I know that William Harold Hawkins was on his own at 43 Edmondstown Road, Williamstown in 1939. I'm sure this is the correct William Harold because its the address given on David's Marriage cert. Further down the street from number 65. Its also the address mentioned in Martha's will.

Fred was living in Crow Ash Road, Berry Hill in 1939. I have family there now who remember that he lived there. He was living with Jessie and her siblings.

I would be delighted to find the burials of any of this Family. I Know Annie Mary is at Christchurch. I suspect most are back in Williamstown and Fred should be in the Forest somewhere.

Thank you very much for the effort you have put in, its lovely to see all that written in one place.

Hi Bantamweight,
you're very welcome, just wish I could have offered more help.
Re Fred's WW1 Records, do you have access to Ancestry etc, maybe at your local library if not from home, unlike some they weren't hard to find. If you haven't (or maybe you're abroad etc), then I can download them and email them to you off the forum, just send me a personal mail via the blue envelope icon. That said, despite them being available (a great many are not) they're not the easiest to read in places, but still of interest of course.
I was particularly surprised as to why he joined-up in Great Yarmouth, seems a long way from home or a likely place of work, perhaps this is a clue to further records in that area ??.

From your reply I guess you've used the 1939 Registry, I've never used that but it's clearly worthwhile in this instance.

I must say I'm puzzled we cannot find a Burial Record for Fred. The most obvious place is with wife Jessie at Christchurch, yet no PR in this site's database despite it being within the cut-off date ?. Have you visited her grave at all ?.
Unsure why but I didn't even search him on FreeBMD, as I'm sure you have, so for completeness here he is, which again suggests a local Burial;

Surname Given Name Age District Volume Page Transcriber
Deaths Mar 1962
HAWKINS Frederick J. 70 F.of Dean 7b 556 annaggy

On the subject of Burial Records, after some months offline I'm pleased to see the FoD Council website is back online and allowing easy access to it's records for Mile End and Yew Tree Brake Cemetries. Sadly I cannot find Fred.

http://www.fdean.gov.uk/Fodcemeteries/default.aspx

Regarding burials at Christchurch, did you know this site has a database of Monumental Inscriptions which includes Christchurch, it includes several Hawkins altho I cannot see Fred d1962 or wife Jessie, perhaps it does include other family members ?.
http://www.forest-of-dean.net/joomla/resources/17-memorial-inscriptions/28-christchurch

This site also has a section of Gravestones photos, it includes a couple of Hawkins at Christchurch which may possibly interest you.
http://www.forest-of-dean.net/joomla/gravestones

Thank you very much for this, apologies for my slow reply I have only just found it.

Yes much of it I know, I didn't know all of Fred's war records, That Chapel sounds like a possibility I will look into that next. I know that William Harold Hawkins was on his own at 43 Edmondstown Road, Williamstown in 1939. I'm sure this is the correct William Harold because its the address given on David's Marriage cert. Further down the street from number 65. Its also the address mentioned in Martha's will.

Fred was living in Crow Ash Road, Berry Hill in 1939. I have family there now who remember that he lived there. He was living with Jessie and her siblings.

I would be delighted to find the burials of any of this Family. I Know Annie Mary is at Christchurch. I suspect most are back in Williamstown and Fred should be in the Forest somewhere.

Thank you very much for the effort you have put in, its lovely to see all that written in one place.

Thank you Mike, It's all coming together now. Poor Martha, she had some bad luck in later life as well. I'm very pleased to have found her family at last.

Now if only I could find her burial. I think she probably attended a Baptist Chapel near her home in Williamstown, Rhondda and I think her husband and son were also buried somewhere where records no longer exist. At least I know where she came from now :)

Hi B,
I'm sure you already know the following later records for Martha, which I think are correct(?), but posting them may help us find the Burials you're searching for.

1901 England Census, Berry Hill, Glos.

Name Relation to Head Age Estimated Birth Year Gender Birth Place
John Hawkins Head 32 1869 Male Coalhewer. Coleford, Gloucestershire, England
Martha Hawkins Wife 34 1867 Female Coleford, Gloucestershire, England
Fredrick John Hawkins Son 9 1892 Male Coleford, Gloucestershire, England
William Hawkins Son 5 1896 Male Coleford, Gloucestershire, England
David Louis Hawkins Son 2 1899 Male Coleford, Gloucestershire, England

Ancestry Wills Probate calender shows "John Hawkins of 21 Edmondestown nr Penygraig Glam, collier died 7 May 1902 at Upper Colliery Cymmer, leaving £33 to widow Martha".

As you know Pen-y-Graig is next to Williamstown, I lived at nearby Porth for the final year of my studies at Polytechnic nr Pontypridd.
http://www.welshcoalmines.co.uk/GlamEast/Cymmer.htm

??
http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/GLA/Llantrisant/BethabaraBaptist
http://www.southwalesbaptistassociation.org.uk/locator/rhondda-cynon-taff/bethabara-bap...
https://cosmictigger.wordpress.com/tag/williamstown/
and many more sites reference this Church, hopefully someone somewhere has Burial Records ?

Surname First name(s) District Vol Page
Marriages Dec 1905 (>99%)
BELCHER Henry John Pontypridd 11a 755
HAWKINS Martha Pontypridd 11a 755

1911 Census, six room dwelling at 65 Edmondestown Penygraig.
Name Relation to Head Birth Date Age Gender Marital Status Occupation Birth City Birth County Birth Country Address
Mrs Martha Belcher Wife 1868 43 Married 5 years. Female Married Gloucestershire England
Fredrick J Hawkins Son 1892 19 Male Single Collier (hewer) Gloucestershire England
William H Hawkins Son 1896 15 Male Single Collier (hewer) Gloucestershire England
David L Hawkins Son 1899 12 Male Single At School Glamorgan Wales

(Martha is shown as having had 6 children, 2 have died). Husband Henry is in a local hospital at this time, where he eventually dies, all very sad indeed...

Surname First name(s) Age District Vol Page
Deaths Sep 1916 (>99%)
Belcher Henry J 56 Bridgend 11a 766

Wills Probate calender shows that "Martha Belcher(widow) of 43 Edmondestown Glam, died 15 June 1939, effects to William Harold Hawkins, miner".

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Eldest son Frederick John Hawkins served throughout WW1. His war records show he enlisted at Great Yarmouth in September 1914 and served until 1919, becoming a Bombardier in 19 Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery, the records mention his mother and brothers.

Surname First name(s) Spouse District Vol Page
Marriages Dec 1919 (>99%)
Hawkins Frederick J Powell Pontypridd 11a 1531
Powell Jessie Hawkins Pontypridd 11a 1531

His Will shows he resided at Coverham View, Berry Hill and died 15 Jan 1962 at Lydney Hospital, effects to retired miner William Harold Hawkins.

Surname First name(s) Age District Vol Page
Deaths Sep 1952 (>99%)
HAWKINS Jessie 69 F.of Dean 7b 296

Record_ID: 248410
Entry_Number: 454
Year: 1952
Month: Sep
Day: 30
Surname: HAWKINS
Forenames: Jessie
Residence: Berry Hill Christchurch (Dilke Hospital)
Age_at_death: 69 years
Officiating_Minister: W.F.Green Methodist Minister Mile End
Event: Burial
Cause_of_death:
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register_Reference: P82 IN 1/17
Page_No: 57
Parish_Chapel: Christchurch
Soundex: H252

This FoD site does not have Fred's Burial Record.

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According to Frederick's war records, it appears his brother William didn't join the Services but remained at home to work in the colliery. However his name is very common in the Pontypridd area so I cannot yet trace his future records.

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Surname First name(s) Spouse District Vol Page
Marriages Sep 1921 (>99%)
Hawkins David Williams Pontypridd 11a 1276
Williams Annie M Hawkins Pontypridd 11a 1276

Surname First name(s) Age District Vol Page
Deaths Mar 1925 (>99%)
Hawkins David 27 Pontypridd 11a 763

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So sadly no real progress beyond what I'm sure you've already found wrt their burials etc, but will continue looking, tomorrow.

Meanwhile, perhaps someone else could please try finding William and Frederick in the 1939 Register, thanks.

Now if only I could find her burial. I think she probably attended a Baptist Chapel near her home in Williamstown, Rhondda and I think her husband and son were also buried somewhere where records no longer exist. At least I know where she came from now :)

Record_ID: 2340
Entry_Number: 115
Year: 1857
Month: Sep
Day: 13
Grooms_Surname: PRICE
Grooms_Forenames: George
Grooms_Age: full
Groom_Condition: Bachelor
Grooms_Occupation: Laborer
Grooms_Residence: Cannop
Grooms_Fathers_Surname: [not stated]
Grooms_Fathers_Forenames: [not stated]
Grooms_Fathers_Occupation: [not stated]
Brides_Surname: CHILDS
Brides_Forenames: Mary Ann
Brides_Age: 20
Brides_Condition: Spinster
Brides_Occupation: [not stated]
Brides_Residence: Cannop
Brides_Fathers_Surname: Childs
Brides_Fathers_Forenames: Charles
Brides_Fathers_Occupation: Laborer
Licence_or_Banns: Banns
Date_of_Banns:
Signature_or_Mark: He signs she marks
Witness_1: Mark of James Powell
Witness_2: Elizabeth Childs
Other_Witnesses: None
Officiating_Minister: W. H. Taylor
Event: Marriage
Memoranda: -
Notes: -
Register_Reference: PFC82 IN 1/7
Page_Number: 58
Parish_Chapel: Christchurch

These are likely Mary’s parents and they match the household where Martha appears in 1871,

Record_ID: 9515
Entry_Number: 1360
Year: 1838
Month: Mar
Day: 25
Parents_Surname: CHILDS
Child_Forenames: Mary
Fathers_Forenames: Charles
Mothers_Forenames: Eliza
Mothers_Surname:
Residence: Poolway
Occupation: Labourer
Officiating_Minister: T Dowell Per.Curate
Event: Baptism
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register_Reference: P93 IN 1/5
Page_Number: 33
Parish_Chapel: Coleford

Martha baptism? Looks like she had a twin.

Record_ID: 103417
Entry_Number:
Year: 1865
Month: Dec
Day: 21
Parents_Surname: PRICE
Child_Forenames: Martha
Fathers_Forenames: Geo.
Mothers_Forenames: Mary
Mothers_Surname:
Residence: Cinderford
Occupation:
Officiating_Minister:
Event: Baptism
Memoranda: Twin born 16 Nov 1865
Notes: twins names are Martha and Mary
Register_Reference: D5533 1/1
Page_Number: 85
Parish_Chapel: Coleford Congregational

This might explain why Mary does not appear in 1871,

Record_ID: 88998
Entry_Number: 8
Year: 1869
Month: Mar
Day: 23
Surname: PRICE
Forenames: Mary
Residence: Cannop
Age_at_death: 3
Officiating_Minister: W.H.Taylor
Event: Burial
Cause_of_death:
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register_Reference: PFC82 IN 1/14
Page_No: 1
Parish_Chapel: Christchurch

I noticed on the census for the CHILES or CHILDS family mentioned here that there was a Martha PRICE aged 5 in the house of her Grandparents and next door to her possible Parents. Her Father was a George PRICE (Haulier) according to the marriage certificate. I can't find a census with Martha living with her parents and possible siblings to be sure that I've got them right. Martha seems to be missing, maybe she was just next door for the night?

I know that my Martha Price lived in West Dean and moved with John Hawkins and their 3 boys to Pontypridd. The survivors returned to Berry Hill many years later.

Its Martha's early years, birth, baptism and mothers name I need help with please.

not sure if there is a previous thread?

1891 Census, Gloucestershire
Cannop

PRICE

George - 57 - Chemical Works, Labourer, born West Dean
Mary - 55
Rosa - 20
George C - 17 Collier Labourer
Kate - 12
Mary J - 9

http://www.forum.forest-of-dean.net/index.php?id=16451

1891 Census, Gloucestershire
Cannop

PRICE

George - 57 - Chemical Works, Labourer, born West Dean
Mary - 55
Rosa - 20
George C - 17 Collier Labourer
Kate - 12
Mary J - 9

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1871 Census, Glos West Dean
Berry Hill Christchurch
Cannop

PRICE

Geore - 36 Carter Labourer, born Lydney
Mary - 34 - born Coleford
Abi - 12 - born West Dean
Emily - 10
Alice - 3

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GloucestershireBDM

PRICE - mother's maiden name CHILDS (Forest of Dean, Monmouth, Coleford)

Alice - 1868
Male - 1870
Rosa - 1871
George Charles - 1873
Oliver Thomas - 1875
Kate - 1879
Mary Jane - 1881

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FOD records

Marriage at Christchurch - 13 September 1857

George PRICE, full age, Bachelor, Laborer - residence: Cannop
father's name (not stated)

married

Mary Ann CHILDS - age 20 Spinster, residence: Cannop
father: Charles CHILDS, laborer
by banns

witnesses: James POWELL and Elizabeth CHILDS

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1861 West Dean
Chemical Works

On one page

PRICE

George - 26 - born Lydney
Mary - 23
Abe - 2 - born Cannop
Emily - 6 months

a few doors down

CHILDS

Charles - 49 - labourer, born Birford or Burford, Glos
Eliza - 50 - born Coleford
Hannah - 14 - born West Dean (GloucestershireBDM - mother's maiden name SMITH)
Charles - 11 (FOD records, married Elizabeth POWELL at Christchurch - 22 November 1868)
Amos - 9 - born Cannop
Henry - 7 (GloucestershireBDM - mother's maiden name SMITH)
Lavina - 4

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Thomas CHILDS - 20 September 1835 - Coleford *
Mary CHILDS was christened at Coleford 25 March 1838, parents Charles & Eliza - residence Poolway

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* ???

Gloucestershirebdm - Thomas CHILDS married Mary Ann GREEN - Monmouth Register office 1857

1861 Census West Dean
Palmers Flat

CHILDS

Thomas - 25 - Coal Miner, born Newland
Mary Ann - 40
James - 3 months
Ann GREEN - stepdaughter - age 6

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Marriage at Newland - 14 June 1835

Charles CHILES - Bachelor - residence, Newland
married
Eliza SMITH, Spinster, Newland

by banns

mark of Charles IRELAND and Maria BEACH

Marriage: Monmouth District - A/M/J Qtr 1900

Albert Edward DAVIES
Mary Jane PRICE

FOD records

Marriage at Coleford - 30 April 1900

Albert Edward DAVIES age 21, Bachelor, Collier, residence, Broadwell Lane End
father: Thomas DAVIES, Stone Cutter
married
Mary Jane PRICE age 18 - Spinster, Domestic Servant, residence, Broadwell Lane End
father: George PRICE, labourer
by banns

witnesses: Emily & George POWELL

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?

1901 Census, Glos East Dean
Reddings

DAVIES

Albert - 22 - Coal Miner Hewer, born East Dean
Mary - 20 - born West Dean

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1911 Census, Brierley Nr Ruardean, living in 3 rooms

DAVIS

Albert - 32 - married 10 years, Coal Miner Hewer, 4 children born alive, 4 living, born Glos. Hawsley
Mary - 29 - born West Dean
Albert - 9 - School - born West Dean ***
Ivor - 7 - born East Dean
Florence - 4 - born East Dean
Vincent - 1 - born East Dean

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FOD records - baptism at COLEFORD - 5 March 1902

Albert Edward DAVIS

father: Albert (Collier)

mother: Mary Jane

Broadwell Lane End, Collier

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Freebdm: Westbury S District (this includes Ruardean)
DAVIES/mother's maiden name PRICE

Phyillis M - O/N/D Qtr 1911
Vera - J/A/S Qtr 1913
Harold - J/A/S Qtt 1916
Cyril T - O/N/D Qtr 1921

and

pre 1911 ? - Westbury S District (cross-checking with ages of Ivor, Florence/Vincent - 1911 census)

DAVIES

Thomas Ivor W - J/F/M 1904

Florence Gertrude - O/N/D Qtr 1906

Arnold Vincent - J/A/S Qtr 1909

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1911 Census, Edward Albert born Hawsley c1879 - and father listed as Thomas DAVIES, Stone Cutter

...

1881 Census, Westbury on Severn, East Dean
Hausley, High Beech

DAVIES

Thomas - 43 - Stone Cutter - all born East Dean
Selina - 42
Eliza - 17
Emily Jane - 11
Elizabeth - 8
Wallace Weaver DAVIES - 5
Edward Albert - 3
Sarah Selina - 6 months

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1871 Census, Glos East Dean
Hausley

DAVIES

Thomas - 32 Quarryman
Selyna - 31
Thomas - 12 - Christened at West Dean Methodist - 16 December 1858 - residence, Lydbrook (Thomas & Selina)
Elizabeth - 8 - ditto - 25 December 1862, residence, Readings, occupation Quarryman (Thomas & Selina)
Emily Jane - 1

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1861 East Dean
Readings

DAVIS

Thomas - 21 - Quarryman - all born Glos East Dean
Selina - 19
Thomas - 2

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????

Looking at Public Members Trees - Selina is given as daughter of Thomas & Mary VIRGO - born Lydbrook 1839

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1851 Census, Glos East Dean -
High Beech

As transcribed by Ancestry

VIRGA

Marcy - 39 - m wife at farm - born Moorwood East Dean
M Ann - daughter - 20
Thomas - 15 - Coal Miner
Eliza - 13
Celena - 10
Alfred - 6
Amos - 3

Have recently discovered that my paternal grandparents lived at Nelson Green, from approx. 192? to c1944. There names were Albert Edward Davies and his wife Mary Jane (nee Price) (of Cannop).
Prior to Nelson Green they were at High Beech (Nr. Joys Green, Lydbrook) to c1926?, then at Waterloo Mill, Lydbrook until c1949, when they moved to Berry Hill.
Albert & Mary had 9 children of which my father was 2nd youngest (Cyril Thomas)born High Beech in 1921, the only sibling to survive is George Henry (born High Beech 1926)

Any info on either address / family movements / dates would be much appreciated.

I did visit the site of Waterloo Mill the other day, but it was flattened some years ago, so their was very little to see, I have yet to visit Nelson Green but I understand their may be a few walls showing, so am hoping to pay a visit before too long.
I'm new to this site, only signed up today, so am looking forward to all "that's happened" in the good old Forest.

Kind regards, Colin Davies

Andy