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I'm looking for information about a Joyce Burrows from Parkend, born in 1921 (or thereabouts).
Thank you.

Year: 1962
Month: Nov
Day: 6
Surname: BURROWS
Forenames: Edgar Albert
Residence: 30 Fancy Road Parkend
Age_at_death: 72
Officiating_Minister: G R H Smith Vicar
Event: Burial
Cause_of_death:
Memoranda: v.q. 653 I:H:9 full
Notes:
Register_Reference: P245 IN 1/41
Page_No: 103
Parish_Chapel: Parkend

1911 Whitecroft Nr Lydney Glos
Edgar Burrows 21 Parkend
Ethel Burrows 23 swansea
Sidney Burrows 2 Bream

1891
William Burrows abt 1865 Llanarran, Glamorgan, Wales Head West Dean, Gloucestershire
Alice Burrows abt 1863 Bream; West Dean Wife West Dean, Gloucestershire
Sydney Burrows abt 1888 Whitecroft West Dean Son West Dean, Gloucestershire
Edgar A Burrows abt 1890 Parkend; West Dean Son West Dean, Gloucestershire

Record_ID: 283838
Entry_Number: 820
Year: 1962
Month: Nov
Day: 6
Surname: BURROWS
Forenames: Edgar Albert
Residence: 30 Fancy Road Parkend
Age_at_death: 72
Officiating_Minister: G R H Smith Vicar
Event: Burial
Cause_of_death:
Memoranda: v.q. 653 I:H:9 full
Notes:
Register_Reference: P245 IN 1/41
Page_No: 103
Parish_Chapel: Parkend
Soundex: B620

Record_ID: 283849
Entry_Number: 831
Year: 1963
Month: Jul
Day: 6
Surname: BURROWS
Forenames: Maria
Residence: 30 Fancy Road Parkend
Age_at_death: 80
Officiating_Minister: P S [illegible] Walter Vicar of Bream
Event: Burial
Cause_of_death:
Memoranda: I:C:5
Notes:
Register_Reference: P245 IN 1/41
Page_No: 104
Parish_Chapel: Parkend
Soundex: B620

Sorry cannot find hard proof to give clear family groups so don't know how the above inter-relate if at all ?. This site's PRs only contains this ONE Burrows/Thomas Marriage which doesn't obviously tie-in ???

Record ID 13147
Entry Number 302
Year 1864
Month Oct
Day 25
Grooms Surname BURROWS
Grooms Forenames Frederick Welsh
Grooms Age 24
Groom Condition Bachelor
Grooms Occupation Coal Proprietor
Grooms Residence Yardley Worcestershire
Grooms Fathers Surname Burrows
Grooms Fathers Forenames Joseph
Grooms Fathers Occupation Wine Merchant
Brides Surname THOMAS
Brides Forenames Lydia Anne
Brides Age 22
Brides Condition Spinster
Brides Occupation [not stated]
Brides Residence [illegible] Hill Coleford
Brides Fathers Surname Thomas
Brides Fathers Forenames John Foster
Brides Fathers Occupation Coal Proprietor
Licence or Banns Licence
Date of Banns
Signature or Mark Both sign
Witness 1 J.T. Thomas
Witness 2 Arnold Thomas
Other Witnesses Sophia Barward[?] Alfred [illegible]
Officiating Minister L.[?] Christopher Morgan Curate
Event Marriage
Memoranda
Notes
Register Reference P227 IN 1/13
Page Number 151
Parish Chapel Newland

??

GlosBMD has one other in Monmouth District but not until after Joyce's birth;

Groom Surname Groom Forename Bride Surname Bride Forename District Parish Building Year Register Entry

BURROWS Victor Gordon THOMAS Nellie Rose Forest of Dean Monmouth Register Office 1932 32 87

????

Assuming the above Birth is correct for "your" Joyce, and it looks fine to me, then searching for a possible marriage for her Burrows & Thomas parents gives two possibilities worth considering ?
These are the best "fits" I think purely based on locality & dates, assuming they were localish of course ?? ...

from FreeBMD;

Surname First name(s) Spouse District Vol Page
-------------------------------------------------
Marriages Sep 1919 (>99%)
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Burrows Edgar Thomas Pontypridd 11a 1586
Thomas Margaret Burrows Pontypridd 11a 1586

OR perhaps this one even closer to Parkend ?

Surname First name(s) District Vol Page
-------------------------------------------------
Marriages Dec 1908 (>99%)
-------------------------------------------------
BURROWS Edgar Monmouth 11a 72
THOMAS Ethel Mary A Monmouth 11a 72

Which is also on GlosBMD;
Groom Surname Groom Forename Bride Surname Bride Forename District Parish Building Year Register Entry
BURROWS Edgar THOMAS Ethel Mary Annie Forest of Dean Monmouth Register Office 1908 25 67

Shame neither marriage has an initial R which might help link to Joyce R Burrows..

Of course her parents may not be from the Monmouth area, contrary to my assumptions ??

IF the 1908 Marriage is the correct parents, they are in the Parkend area at Whitecroft, from this site's PRs;

Record ID 145601
Entry Number
Year 1911
Month Jan
Day 30
Parents Surname BURROWS
Child Forenames Albert Edgar
Fathers Forenames Albert Edgar
Mothers Forenames Ethel Mary Ann
Mothers Surname
Residence Whitecroft West Dean
Occupation Labourer
Officiating Minister George Rudge
Event Baptism
Memoranda Born May 8th 1910
Notes
Register Reference D2598/4/2
Page Number 105
Parish Chapel Lydney Primitive Methodist

Sadly;

Record_ID: 77721
Entry_Number: 1068
Year: 1911
Month: Feb
Day: 3
Surname: BURROWS
Forenames: Albert Edgar
Residence: Whitecroft
Age_at_death: 8 months
Officiating_Minister: D.J.Banham (Vicar)
Event: Burial
Cause_of_death:
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register_Reference: P245 IN 1/30
Page_No: 134
Parish_Chapel: Parkend
Soundex: B620

More possible siblings from GlosBMD;

Child Surname Child Forename Father Surname Mother Surname Mother's Former Name Year District Office Register Entry
BURROWS Sidney BURROWS BURROWS THOMAS 1909 Forest of Dean Monmouth, West Dean 2 53
BURROWS Albert Edgar BURROWS BURROWS THOMAS 1910 Forest of Dean Monmouth, West Dean 2 277
BURROWS Gladys May BURROWS BURROWS THOMAS 1911 Forest of Dean Monmouth, West Dean 3 38
BURROWS Percy Edwin BURROWS BURROWS THOMAS 1912 Forest of Dean Monmouth, West Dean 3 239
BURROWS Harold BURROWS BURROWS THOMAS 1913 Forest of Dean Monmouth, West Dean 3 463
http://ww3.gloucestershire.gov.uk/bmd/BirthSearch.aspx

From FreeBMD we can continue, perhaps the same family albeit after a break due to the War ?;

Births Mar 1917 (>99%)
-----------------------------------------------
Burrows Elizabeth Thomas Monmouth 11a 25

Births Jun 1918 (>99%)
-----------------------------------------------
Burrows Thomas Thomas Monmouth 11a 32

Births Jun 1921 (>99%)
-----------------------------------------------
Burrows Joyce R Thomas Monmouth 11a 41

Births Sep 1922 (>99%)
-----------------------------------------------
Burrows Ethel Thomas Monmouth 11a 31

Births Jun 1924 (>99%)
-----------------------------------------------
Burrows Edgar A Thomas Monmouth 11a 33
#

Births Mar 1926 (>99%)
-----------------------------------------------
Burrows Mary Thomas Monmouth 11a 29

Births Dec 1928 (>99%)
-----------------------------------------------
Burrows Dennis Thomas Monmouth 11a 25

Births Sep 1931 (>99%)
-----------------------------------------------
Burrows Margaret R Thomas Monmouth 11a 26

http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/search.pl

#From this site's PRs;

Record_ID: 78109
Entry_Number: 1490
Year: 1924
Month: Nov
Day: 13
Surname: BURROWS
Forenames: Edgar Arthur
Residence: Parkend
Age_at_death: 6 months
Officiating_Minister: D.J.Banham (Vicar)
Event: Burial
Cause_of_death:
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register_Reference: P245 IN 1/30
Page_No: 183
Parish_Chapel: Parkend
Soundex: B620

Equally sadly;
Record_ID: 78225
Entry_Number: 1608
Year: 1928
Month: Nov
Day: 20
Surname: BURROWS
Forenames: Dennis
Residence: Parkend
Age_at_death: 2 weeks
Officiating_Minister: D J Jones (Vicar)
Event: Burial
Cause_of_death:
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register_Reference: P245 IN 1/30
Page_No: 197
Parish_Chapel: Parkend
Soundex: B620

Record_ID: 283671
Entry_Number: 653
Year: 1954
Month: Feb
Day: 6
Surname: BURROWS
Forenames: Ethel Annie
Residence: The Square
Age_at_death: 65
Officiating_Minister: Evan Evans Vicar
Event: Burial
Cause_of_death:
Memoranda: v.q. 820 I:H:9
Notes:
Register_Reference: P245 IN 1/41
Page_No: 82
Parish_Chapel: Parkend
Soundex: B620

Record_ID: 284121
Entry_Number: 1103
Year: 1978
Month: Oct
Day: 4
Surname: BURROWS
Forenames: Percy Edwin
Residence: 45 Parkes Road Bream
Age_at_death: 66
Officiating_Minister: Felix Watkins Vicar
Event: Burial
Cause_of_death:
Memoranda: see 1061 II:I:4 Morse
Notes:
Register_Reference: P245 IN 1/41
Page_No: 138
Parish_Chapel: Parkend
Soundex: B620

Struggling a bit!

There is this Birth Reg on FreeBMD?

Births Jun 1921
Burrows Joyce R Thomas Monmouth 11a 41

Possible marriage?

Marriages Jun 1941
Burrows Joyce R Lloyd F. of Dean 6a 1138
Lloyd Frederick O Burrows F. of Dean 6a 1138

It looks like they had two children, but I will send you that info via email.