Searching FreeBMD suggests Stibbs is a rare surname in Glos, it seems associated more with Stroud and especially Bristol, but not the FoD. Ditto struggling to find our family in the 1841 census anywhere ?

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Who are the WARLOCK witnesses ?, this is the only PR I can find for this surname, which looks like our couple.

Record_ID: 124752
Entry_Number: 18
Year: 1812
Month: Apr
Day: 27
Grooms_Surname: WARLOCK
Grooms_Forenames: John
Grooms_Age:
Groom_Condition: Batchelor
Grooms_Occupation:
Grooms_Residence: of this Parish
Grooms_Fathers_Surname:
Grooms_Fathers_Forenames:
Grooms_Fathers_Occupation:
Brides_Surname: BREEN
Brides_Forenames: Dorcas
Brides_Age:
Brides_Condition: Spinster
Brides_Occupation:
Brides_Residence: of the same
Brides_Fathers_Surname:
Brides_Fathers_Forenames:
Brides_Fathers_Occupation:
Licence_or_Banns: Banns
Date_of_Banns:
Signature_or_Mark: Both mark
Witness_1: The mark of Ann Parry
Witness_2: The mark of John Thomas
Other_Witnesses:
Officiating_Minister: W[illia]m Jones curate
Event: Marriage
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register_Reference: P209 IN 1/9
Page_Number: 7
Parish_Chapel: Lydney
Soundex_Groom: W642
Soundex_Bride: B650

However there are several PRs for spelling variations, tick the Soundex box !

Record_ID: 201085
Entry_Number: 489
Year: 1864
Month: Sep
Day: 5
Surname: WARLICK
Forenames: Dorcas
Residence: Lydney
Age_at_death: years 85
Officiating_Minister: B.Philpot Vicar
Event: Burial
Cause_of_death:
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register_Reference: P209 IN 1/12
Page_No: 62
Parish_Chapel: Lydney
Soundex: W642

So Dorcas was born abt 1779.

Record_ID: 200019
Entry_Number: 1025b
Year: 1843
Month: May
Day: 24
Surname: WARLICK SHIREMAN
Forenames: John
Residence: Lidney
Age_at_death: 73
Officiating_Minister: Charles Taylor
Event: Burial
Cause_of_death:
Memoranda: C.T.
Notes: Warlikeshire alias Warlick Shireman
Register_Reference: P209 IN 1/11
Page_No: 129
Parish_Chapel: Lydney
Soundex: W642

Born abt 1770.
Is this our John ??.

Where now... ???

For what they're worth here are all my findings on this query, was trying to find some common / useful ground but not a lot I'm afraid, the Whites seem to be an elusive family (altho I deliberately only searched STIBBS not Stubbs etc). Hopefully this info may help you or others, apologies for any duplication, this is what I found from the PRs and also FamilySearch etc.

From this site's PRs;

Record_ID: 124727
Entry_Number:
Year: 1809
Month: May
Day: 22
Grooms_Surname: STIBBS
Grooms_Forenames: James
Grooms_Age:
Groom_Condition:
Grooms_Occupation:
Grooms_Residence: of this Parish
Grooms_Fathers_Surname:
Grooms_Fathers_Forenames:
Grooms_Fathers_Occupation:
Brides_Surname: WHITE
Brides_Forenames: Mary
Brides_Age:
Brides_Condition:
Brides_Occupation:
Brides_Residence: of this Parish
Brides_Fathers_Surname:
Brides_Fathers_Forenames:
Brides_Fathers_Occupation:
Licence_or_Banns: Banns
Date_of_Banns:
Signature_or_Mark: Both mark
Witness_1: The mark of John Warlock
Witness_2: The mark of Dorcas Warlock
Other_Witnesses:
Officiating_Minister: W[illia]m Jones curate
Event: Marriage
Memoranda: Monday
Notes:
Register_Reference: P209 IN 1/8
Page_Number: 145
Parish_Chapel: Lydney
Soundex_Groom: S312
Soundex_Bride: W300

Record_ID: 337359
Entry_Number:
Year: 1813
Month: Jul
Day: 20
Parents_Surname: STIBBS
Child_Forenames: Sarah
Fathers_Forenames: James
Mothers_Forenames: Mary
Mothers_Surname:
Residence: of this parish
Occupation: labourer
Officiating_Minister:
Event: Baptism
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register_Reference:
Page_Number:
Parish_Chapel: Monmouth
Soundex: S312

Children;

Record_ID: 289845
Entry_Number: 137
Year: 1815
Month: Dec
Day: 24
Parents_Surname: STIBBS
Child_Forenames: Hester
Fathers_Forenames: James
Mothers_Forenames: Mary
Mothers_Surname:
Residence: Lidney
Occupation: Labourer
Officiating_Minister: Wm. Jones
Event: Baptism
Memoranda: D[aughte]r of
Notes:
Register_Reference: PFC 209 IN 1/3
Page_Number: 18
Parish_Chapel: Lydney
Soundex: S312

Record_ID: 125018
Entry_Number: 38
Year: 1840
Month: Aug
Day: 22
Grooms_Surname: SHEPHERD
Grooms_Forenames: George
Grooms_Age: Of full age
Groom_Condition: Bachelor
Grooms_Occupation: Labourer
Grooms_Residence: Lydney
Grooms_Fathers_Surname: SHEPHERD
Grooms_Fathers_Forenames: John
Grooms_Fathers_Occupation: Labourer
Brides_Surname: STIBBS
Brides_Forenames: Sarah
Brides_Age: Of full age
Brides_Condition: Spinster
Brides_Occupation: Servant
Brides_Residence: Lydney
Brides_Fathers_Surname: STUBBS
Brides_Fathers_Forenames: James
Brides_Fathers_Occupation: Navigator
Licence_or_Banns: [not stated]
Date_of_Banns: [not stated]
Signature_or_Mark: Both mark
Witness_1: The mark of Alexander Shepherd
Witness_2: The mark of Esther Shepherd
Other_Witnesses:
Officiating_Minister: Charles Taylor
Event: Marriage
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register_Reference: P209 IN 1/15
Page_Number: 19
Parish_Chapel: Lydney
Soundex_Groom: S163
Soundex_Bride: S312

Struggling to find them in the Census', but do have;

Name Sarah Shepheard
Event Type Census
Event Date 1841
Event Place Lydney, Gloucestershire, England
Residence Note Village Newern
Gender Female
Age 25-29
Age (Original) 25
Birth Year (Estimated) 1812-1816
Birthplace Gloucestershire
Registration District Chepstow
Parish Lydney
County Gloucestershire
Page Number 5
Registration Number HO107
Piece/Folio 350/18
Affiliate Record Type Household

From Familysearch which is my only references at this time, and in this instance one of those "odd" individual returns they occasionally throw-up, so unable to see the rest of this Census page, I wonder if other family members are on it ??

But evetually found this,

Name George Shephard
Event Type Census
Event Date 1841
Event Place Lydney, Gloucestershire, England
Residence Note Village Of Newern
Gender Male
Age 25-29
Age (Original) 25
Birth Year (Estimated) 1812-1816
Birthplace Gloucestershire
Registration District Chepstow
Parish Lydney
County Gloucestershire
Page Number 4
Registration Number HO107
Piece/Folio 350/18
Affiliate Record Type Household

Some of the names below fit the witnesses at Sarah Stibbs' marriage. Is Ester WHITE possibly Ester Sheppard's mother ?. Suspect "Elic Sheppard" (male) = Alec aka Alexander Sheppard, witness ?

1841 Althorp House, Lydney, Gloucestershire, England
Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
Ester White F 70-74
Elic Sheppard M 40-44
Ester Sheppard F 20-24 Gloucestershire
Thomas Sheppard M 7 Gloucestershire
George Sheppard M 5 Gloucestershire
William Sheppard M 4 Gloucestershire
Charles Sheppard M 2 Gloucestershire
John Sheppard M 0 Gloucestershire
Betsy Reece F 10 Gloucestershire
James Prosser M 10 Gloucestershire

http://www.forest-of-dean.net/fodmembers/index.php?mode=thread&id=17732

Record_ID: 201655
Entry_Number: 1058
Year: 1873
Month: Apr
Day: 28
Surname: SHEPHERD
Forenames: George
Residence: Tutshill Lane
Age_at_death: 57
Officiating_Minister: John J.Trollope
Event: Burial
Cause_of_death:
Memoranda: [note in Name field] By Warrant from Coroner
Notes:
Register_Reference: P209 IN 1/12
Page_No: 133
Parish_Chapel: Lydney
Soundex: S163

So born abt 1816, which fits nicely.

Record_ID: 202963
Entry_Number: 256
Year: 1895
Month: Nov
Day: 11
Surname: SHEPHERD
Forenames: Sarah
Residence: Lydney
Age_at_death: 80
Officiating_Minister: J.C.E.Besant
Event: Burial
Cause_of_death:
Memoranda:
Notes: [Besant underlined]
Register_Reference: Lydney P209 IN 1/14
Page_No: 32
Parish_Chapel: Lydney
Soundex: S163

So born abt 1815, which fits nicely.

? Ancestry - as transcribed

1841 Census, Lydney

Ester WHITE - 70 - not born in County
Elie SHIPPARD - 40 - not born in County
Ester SHIPPARD - 20
Thomas SHIPPARD - 7
George SHIPPARD - 5
William SHIPPARD 4
Charles SHIPPARD - 2
John SHIPPARD 1 mon

These are the children of Ester & Alexander SHEPHERD -

?

Think Ester's husband was Richard WHITE

Marriage at Lydney: 9 July 1787

Richard WHITE of this Parish
Esther DAVIS of this Parish

witnesses: William BURROWS and William WHITE etc etc

One clue is the witness : William WHITE who is a witness at the marriage of Esther STIBBS to Alexander SHEPHERD - 22 December 1832 in Lydney, the other witness is Elisabeth JONES.

Hester/Esther's sister: Sarah STIBBS = christened - Monmouth - 1813

married George SHEPHERD - at Lydney - 22 August 1840 - and her father James STUBBS occupation Navigator

George & Sarah SHEPHERD on the 1871 census Lydney

Esther who was born in 1815 married Alexander Sheppard, but was widowed when Alexander died
in 1851. She then married my Great Great Grandfather Charles Nelmes at Lydney.

I have been unable to establish who Mary's parents were. Have you any suggestions please?

Year: 1798
Month: Jul
Day: 8
Parents_Surname: WHITE
Child_Forenames: James
Fathers_Forenames: Richard
Mothers_Forenames: Esther
Mothers_Surname:
Residence:
Occupation:
Officiating_Minister: Wm. Jones Curate
Event: Baptism
Memoranda: Son of
Notes:
Register_Reference: P209 IN 1/2
Page_Number: 69
Parish_Chapel: Lydney

Year: 1787
Month: Jul
Day: 8
Grooms_Surname: WHITE
Grooms_Forenames: Richard
Grooms_Age:
Groom_Condition:
Grooms_Occupation:
Grooms_Residence: of this Parish
Grooms_Fathers_Surname:
Grooms_Fathers_Forenames:
Grooms_Fathers_Occupation:
Brides_Surname: DAVIS
Brides_Forenames: Esther
Brides_Age:
Brides_Condition:
Brides_Occupation:
Brides_Residence: of this Parish
Brides_Fathers_Surname:
Brides_Fathers_Forenames:
Brides_Fathers_Occupation:
Licence_or_Banns: Banns
Date_of_Banns: 20th 27th June 1
Signature_or_Mark: Both mark
Witness_1: W[illia]m Burrows
Witness_2: William White
Other_Witnesses: John Davis
Officiating_Minister: Morgan Evans Curate
Event: Marriage
Memoranda: Sunday
Notes:
Register_Reference: P209 IN 1/8
Page_Number: 13
Parish_Chapel: Lydney

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1841
Ester White abt 1771 Lydney, Gloucestershire
Elie Shippard abt 1801 Lydney, Gloucestershire
Ester Shippard abt 1821 Gloucestershire, England Lydney, Gloucestershire
Thomas Shippard abt 1834 Gloucestershire, England Lydney, Gloucestershire
George Shippard abt 1836 Gloucestershire, England Lydney, Gloucestershire
William Shippard abt 1837 Gloucestershire, England Lydney, Gloucestershire
Charles Shippard abt 1839 Gloucestershire, England Lydney, Gloucestershire
John Shippard abt 1841 Gloucestershire, England Lydney, Gloucestershire

Year: 1842
Month: Oct
Day: 23
Surname: WHITE
Forenames: Hester
Residence: Lydney
Age_at_death: 87 {inferred 1755 ish}
Officiating_Minister: Charles Taylor
Event: Burial
Cause_of_death:
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register_Reference: P209 IN 1/11
Page_No: 124
Parish_Chapel: Lydney

Year: 1824
Month: Sep
Day: 29
Surname: WHITE
Forenames: Richard
Residence: Lidney
Age_at_death: 57 {inferred 1766 ish}
Officiating_Minister: W[illia]m. Jones
Event: Burial
Cause_of_death:
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register_Reference: P209 IN 1/11
Page_No: 48
Parish_Chapel: Lydney

Charles parents were James (1798 to 1859) and Harriet nee Robins (1800 to 1870). Charles is described in the 1841 census as a Tin Plate Dust Boy and in the 1851 census as Tinner. His father James is described in various census and documents as Mariner, Waterman and Coal Shipper.

I have a lot more information about the family but would love to contact someone else who is researching them and may be related to me.

Elaine Corby (nee White)