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If you use the Advanced Search, there are over 100 baptisms with address given as (the) Stenders - 69 of them at Drybrook - so obviously an area

On the 1881 Census, Stenders is : Westbury on Severn, East Dean, District 7 - Page 1 for a few houses, then the address becomes Drybrook.

Road :
The Stenders
Mitcheldean
GL17

I wondered if either of you, or indeed anyone else, can tell me if Standons is a house or district and where?

Do you have any suggestions as to how I can find Robert Preece's parents?

Hope I am not asking too much.

Peter Preece.

1901
John Preece abt 1868 Moores Ruardean, Gloucestershire, England Head East Dean, Gloucestershire
Amelia Preece abt 1871 Drybrook Wife East Dean, Gloucestershire
Jessie Preece abt 1895 Harry Hill Daughter East Dean, Gloucestershire
Edward Preece abt 1839 Hawthorne Drybrook Father East Dean, Gloucestershire
William Preece Edward abt 1873 Harry Hill Brother East Dean, Gloucestershire
Albert Preece Edward abt 1876 Harry Hill Brother East Dean, Gloucestershire

Year: 1895
Month: Jan
Day: 20
Surname: PREECE
Forenames: Mary Ann
Residence: Harry Hill
Age_at_death: 48
Officiating_Minister: William Barker Vicar
Event: Burial
Cause_of_death:
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register_Reference: P109 IN 1/13
Page_No: 90
Parish_Chapel: Drybrook

1891
Edward Preece abt 1838 East Dean, Gloucestershire, England Head East Dean, Gloucestershire
Mary A Preece abt 1847 Birmingham Wife East Dean, Gloucestershire
John Preece abt 1867 East Dean, Gloucestershire, England Son East Dean, Gloucestershire
William Preece E abt 1873 East Dean, Gloucestershire, England Son East Dean, Gloucestershire
Albert Preece abt 1876 East Dean, Gloucestershire, England Son East Dean, Gloucestershire

1881
Edward Preece abt 1840 Hawthorns, Hereford, England Head Westbury On Severn - East Dean, Gloucestershire
Mary Ann Preece abt 1847 Birmingham Wife Westbury On Severn - East Dean, Gloucestershire
John Preece abt 1868 East Dean, Gloucestershire, England Son Westbury On Severn - East Dean, Gloucestershire
William Preece abt 1873 East Dean, Gloucestershire, England Son Westbury On Severn - East Dean, Gloucestershire
Albert Preece abt 1876 East Dean, Gloucestershire, England Son Westbury On Severn - East Dean, Gloucestershire

Year: 1878
Month: Nov
Day: 24
Surname: PREECE
Forenames: Susan
Residence: Harry Hill
Age_at_death: 70
Officiating_Minister: William Barker Vicar
Event: Burial
Cause_of_death: [not sta
Memoranda: Name is annotated OY Letter P in left hand margin.
Notes:
Register_Reference: P109 IN 1/12
Page_No: 123
Parish_Chapel: Drybrook

1871 (Mother Susan Preece)
Frances Prell 40
Jemina Prell 36
Susan Prell 65

1871
Edward Pruce 31
Mary Ann Pruce 24
John Pruce 3
George Hodges 19
Henry Hodges 14

Name: Robert Preece
Estimated birth year: abt 1782
Year of Registration: 1870
Quarter of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep
Age at Death: 88
District: Westbury On Severn
County: Gloucestershire
Volume: 6a
Page: 191

<><> see other thread 1841-1861

Year: 1839
Month: Sep
Day: 8
Parents_Surname: PREECE
Child_Forenames: Edward
Fathers_Forenames: Robert
Mothers_Forenames: Susan
Mothers_Surname:
Residence: Ruardean Hill
Occupation: Labourer
Officiating_Minister: H. Berkin
Event: Baptism
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register_Reference: P109 IN 1/1
Page_Number: 199
Parish_Chapel: Drybrook

Year: 1831
Month: Feb
Day: 21
Grooms_Surname: PREECE
Grooms_Forenames: Robert
Grooms_Age:
Groom_Condition: Bachelor
Grooms_Occupation:
Grooms_Residence: Extra Parochial
Grooms_Fathers_Surname:
Grooms_Fathers_Forenames:
Grooms_Fathers_Occupation:
Brides_Surname: BAILEY
Brides_Forenames: Susannah
Brides_Age:
Brides_Condition: Spinster
Brides_Occupation:
Brides_Residence: Extra Parochial
Brides_Fathers_Surname:
Brides_Fathers_Forenames:
Brides_Fathers_Occupation:
Licence_or_Banns: Banns
Date_of_Banns:
Signature_or_Mark: both mark
Witness_1: Mark of Hesther Cannock
Witness_2: Jonathan Harper
Other_Witnesses:
Officiating_Minister: T D Fosbroke Min[iste]r
Event: Marriage
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register_Reference: P275 IN 1/9
Page_Number: 32
Parish_Chapel: Ruardean

George HODGES - 26 - Ag. Lab. born Herefordshire, Walford
Phoebe HODGES - 25 - born Herefordshire, Llangarren
Mary Ann BAILEY - age 4 - daughter-in-law, born Birmingham

1861 Census, Glos. Ruardean

George HODGES - 40 - Farm Baliff, born Hereford, Walford
Pheby HODGES - 39 - born Llangarren
George HODGES - 9 - born ditto
William HODGES - 7 - born ditto
Henry HODGES - 4 - born Glos. Ruardean

Edward PREECE age 22 - Bachelor, Collier, father: Robert PREECE labourer

Mary Ann BAILEY - age 16 -

Mark of Job TAILOR and Mark of Susannah PREECE

1841 Census, St Briavels, Hawthorns

Robert PRIECE - 45 - Ag . Lab. not born in County
Susanna PRIECE - 35 - born in County
James PRIECE - 8 - born in County
Edward PRIECE - 2 - born in County

1851 Census, East Dean
Harry Hill

Ancestry list them as PIERCE

Robert PREECE - 65 - born Hereford Upton Bishop
Susannah PREECE - 41 - all born Gloucestershire East Dean
James PREECE - 17
Edward PREECE - 14
Ruth PREECE - 9 (FOD records, married Job TAYLOR at Cinderford St John 16 December 1860)

1861 Census East Dean

Robert PRICE - 77 - born Upton Bishop, Hereford
Susan PRICE - 54 - born East Dean
James PRICE - 27 - born East Dean
Edward PRICE - 22 - born East Dean

Thank you for your reply to my post.

Yes, I have been through all the posts about Hannah Cowmeadow and her family.It is all very interesting.

It is the Preece line that I am most anxious to persue together with the Bailey and Hodges. They are proving to be rather tricky.

Peter Preece

Hannah's sister Hester is my great x3 grandmother.

Carole

I believe that that Robert Preece who married Susannah Bailey at Ruardean in 1831 are my X2 Great Grandparents.

I also understand that Mary Ann Bailey was the illegitimate daughter of Phoebe Bayley (change of spelling) who married George Hodges at Ross Register Office in 1850.

Can anyone confirm these details and, hopefully, add more?

Peter Preece