If you require any info Draisey family please let me know, I have records on all the family members
Cheers
Nick.

Thank you

Been a long search over many years to get this far.

George born 1815/6 or 1809

Marriage to Harriet WEBB in 1832 at Flaxley (photocopy)

He would have been only 16 years old and quite a few years younger than Harriet
if born in 1815/6

I suspect the ages on the census records are incorrect.
Perhaps a guess by some-one filling in the household schedule for them- neither George or Harriet signed their names on the marriage record.

I have a burial for Harriet MEREDITH in 1859- aged 57 years.

Not found George on the 1861 census unless he has remarried.

Drybrook records show George and Hannah as the parents of Caroline in 1833
another transcription gives parents as George and Harriet.
Borth cert of chalres born 1841 -mother's maiden name WEBB

All living with George's widowed mother Sarah in the 1851 census

Any help or clues much appreciated.
Perhaps there is another George lurking around the FOD in the early 1800s
Thank you
Wendy
Australia

Transcript Details

Record_ID: 77168
Entry_Number: 387
Year: 1844
Month: Aug
Day: 4
Parents_Surname: MEREDITH
Child_Forenames: Alice Rosanna
Fathers_Forenames: George
Mothers_Forenames: Maria
Mothers_Surname:
Residence: Cinderford
Occupation: Collier
Officiating_Minister: R.N. Raikes
Event: Baptism
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register_Reference: P109 IN 1/2
Page_Number: 49
Parish_Chapel: Drybrook
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Also, George Meredith appears in 1841 and 1851 census as being born 1815, but his bapt trans shows 1809.......

Any comments?
Cheers
Bob

I am researching the MEREDITH family from Littledean. My link is through
James and Sarah's son George MEREDITH married Harriet WEBB
Children of this marriage christened Drybrook
Caroline
Josiah
Nehemiah
Rosetta
Charles
Alice

My GGGrandfather was Charles born 1841 married MAry Ann DRAISEY -moved to Stoke on Trent

I had come to the same conclusion as others- that Matilda was an error on the part of the clerk who wrote up the parish registers and that the parents of James born 1819 wshould be James and Sarah
I think Sarah's maiden name was COOPER. She is listed as a coal miner's widow in the census records
Her daughter Pheobe states her father's name was James on her marriage record.

I believe the child, William MEREDITH aged 6 years on the 1841 census, was the illegitimate son of James and Sarah's daughter Eliza
He was christened as
William Morgan MEREDITH. Eliza also had a daughter Charlotte who died aged 10 months soon after her mother
I am uncertain who James aged 10 years on the 1841 census belongs to and I ahve not found James MEREDITH christened 1819 in the 1841 census ---YET

I have some certs, photocopies of the Prs plus my own transcription of the Meredith entries for Littledean and I am happy to share them with researchers.

Can anyone tell me if the inquests for 1840 at Gloucester are extant please or if anyone has access to the local newspapers which may have a report of a death in the Bilson pit in 1840?

Good hunting
Wendy
Australia

Emma Yearsley/Meredith went on to marry a John SHARE and the emigrated to Nanaimo Canada, whilst Edith/Alise?phoebe married a Wilfred SHARPE. Reuben married a Harriet Brown and Alfred married Emma Butterworth (they were correspondent WeeAnn's husband's GGrandparents)

Cheers
Bob

Year: 1829
Month: Apr
Day: 10
Parents_Surname: YEARSLY
Child_Forenames: Sophia
Fathers_Forenames: John
Mothers_Forenames: Elizabeth
Mothers_Surname:
Residence: Mitchel Dean
Occupation: Blacksmith
Officiating_Minister: Heathfield Hickes Curate
Event: Baptism
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register_Reference: P 220 IN 1/3
Page_Number: 49
Parish_Chapel: Mitcheldean

Year: 1826
Month: Oct
Day: 15
Parents_Surname: YEARSLEY
Child_Forenames: Sarah
Fathers_Forenames: John
Mothers_Forenames: Elizabeth
Mothers_Surname:
Residence: Mitchel:Dean
Occupation: Blacksmith
Officiating_Minister: Edward Dighton
Event: Baptism
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register_Reference: P 220 IN 1/3
Page_Number: 42
Parish_Chapel: Mitcheldean

I am wondering if Matilda is a transcription error and really Sarah was the mother of James 1819

Year: 1840
Month: Sep
Day: 8
Surname: MEREDITH
Forenames: James
Residence: Hundred of St Briavels
Age_at_death: 59
Officiating_Minister: J. Parsons Curate
Event: Burial
Cause_of_death: [not sta
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register_Reference: P 110 IN 1/11
Page_No: 83
Parish_Chapel: Littledean

1841
Sarah Meredith abt 1781 Gloucestershire, England Dean Forest, Gloucestershire
John Meredith abt 1821 Gloucestershire, England Dean Forest, Gloucestershire
Pheobe Meredith abt 1822 Gloucestershire, England Dean Forest, Gloucestershire
James Meredith abt 1831 Gloucestershire, England Dean Forest, Gloucestershire
William Meredith abt 1835 Gloucestershire, England Dean Forest, Gloucestershire

1851 Dockham
Sarah Meredith abt 1781 East Dean, Gloucestershire, England Head Extraparochial, Gloucestershire Widow
George Meredith abt 1816 Dockham, Gloucestershire, England Son Extraparochial, Gloucestershire
Harriett Meredith abt 1804 Mitcheldean, Gloucestershire, England Wife Extraparochial, Gloucestershire
Charles Meredith abt 1842 East Dean, Gloucestershire, England Son Extraparochial, Gloucestershire
Josiah Meredith abt 1835 Little Dean, Gloucestershire, England Son Extraparochial, Gloucestershire
Rosalea Meredith abt 1837 Little Dean, Gloucestershire, England Daughter Extraparochial, Gloucestershire
Alice Rosean Meredith abt 1845 East Dean, Gloucestershire, England Daughter Extraparochial, Gloucestershire
William Meredith abt 1835 Little Dean, Gloucestershire, England Lodger Extraparochial, Gloucestershire
James Harris abt 1829 Ruardean, Gloucestershire, England Lodger Extraparochial, Gloucestershire

Name: Reuben Yearsley Meredith
Year of Registration: 1851
Quarter of Registration: Apr-May-Jun
District: Westbury On Severn
County: Gloucestershire
Volume: 11
Page: 514

Name: Edith Yearsley
Year of Registration: 1861
Quarter of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar
District: Westbury On Severn
County: Gloucestershire
Volume: 6a
Page: 191

Name: Emma Phebe Yearsley
Year of Registration: 1863
Quarter of Registration: Apr-May-Jun
District: Westbury On Severn
County: Gloucestershire
Volume: 6a
Page: 201

Year: 1865
Month: Dec
Day: 25
Parents_Surname: YEARSLEY
Child_Forenames: Emma
Fathers_Forenames: [not stated]
Mothers_Forenames: Sarah
Mothers_Surname:
Residence: Woodside
Occupation: [not stated]
Officiating_Minister: T.G.Smythies
Event: Baptism
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register_Reference: P85/1 IN 1/2
Page_Number: 57
Parish_Chapel: Cinderford St Johns

Year: 1865
Month: Dec
Day: 25
Parents_Surname: YEARSLEY
Child_Forenames: Alfred
Fathers_Forenames: [not stated]
Mothers_Forenames: Sarah
Mothers_Surname:
Residence: Woodside
Occupation: [not stated]
Officiating_Minister: T.G.Smythies
Event: Baptism
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register_Reference: P85/1 IN 1/2
Page_Number: 57
Parish_Chapel: Cinderford St Johns

My hypothesis now is that Sarah and James "married" and the name of Meredith was taken on by Elizabeth.

Now to find their "marriage" - I just wonder how prevalent co-habitation and "pretend" marriage was...........can't find anything yet on BMD or the parish records.
Cheers
Bob

Year: 1819
Month: May
Day: 2
Parents_Surname: MEREDITH
Child_Forenames: James
Fathers_Forenames: James
Mothers_Forenames: Matilda
Mothers_Surname:
Residence: Hundred of St Briavells
Occupation: Coal Miner
Officiating_Minister: J Turner Curate
Event: Baptism
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register_Reference: P110 IN 1/5
Page_Number: 27
Parish_Chapel: Littledean

Year: 1826
Month: Oct
Day: 15
Parents_Surname: YEARSLEY
Child_Forenames: Sarah
Fathers_Forenames: John
Mothers_Forenames: Elizabeth
Mothers_Surname:
Residence: Mitchel:Dean
Occupation: Blacksmith
Officiating_Minister: Edward Dighton
Event: Baptism
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register_Reference: P 220 IN 1/3
Page_Number: 42
Parish_Chapel: Mitcheldean

Name: Elizabeth Yearsley
Year of Registration: 1849
Quarter of Registration: Apr-May-Jun
District: Westbury On Severn
County: Gloucestershire
Volume: 11
Page: 508

1851 Bilson Green
James Meusitt abt 1819 Exbru Prochial, Gloucestershire, England Head East Dean, Gloucestershire Miner
Sarah Yearsley abt 1825 Mitcheldean, Gloucestershire, England Lodger East Dean, Gloucestershire
Elizabeth Yearsley abt 1849 Westbury Union, Gloucestershire, England Daughter East Dean, Gloucestershire

1861
James Meredith abt 1819 East Dean, Gloucestershire, England Head East Dean, Gloucestershire
Sarah Meredith abt 1826 Mitcheldean, Gloucestershire, England Wife East Dean, Gloucestershire
Edith Meredith abt 1860 East Dean, Gloucestershire, England Daughter East Dean, Gloucestershire
Elizabeth Meredith abt 1849 East Dean, Gloucestershire, England Daughter East Dean, Gloucestershire
Esther Meredith abt 1859 East Dean, Gloucestershire, England Daughter East Dean, Gloucestershire
Jonathan Meredith abt 1856 East Dean, Gloucestershire, England Son East Dean, Gloucestershire
Reubin Meredith abt 1852 East Dean, Gloucestershire, England Son East Dean, Gloucestershire
Ubert Meredith abt 1854 East Dean, Gloucestershire, England Son East Dean, Gloucestershire

1871
James Meridith abt 1819 Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, England Head Leeds, Yorkshire
Sarah Meridith abt 1829 Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, England Wife Leeds, Yorkshire
Alburt Meridith abt 1856 Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, England Son Leeds, Yorkshire
Alfred Meredith abt 1867 Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, England Son Leeds, Yorkshire
Edith Meredith abt 1861 Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, England Daughter Leeds, Yorkshire
Emma Meredith abt 1863 Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, England Daughter Leeds, Yorkshire
Ester Meredith abt 1858 Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, England Daughter Leeds, Yorkshire
Johnathan Meridith abt 1856 Son Leeds, Yorkshire
Ruben Meridith abt 1852 Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, England Son Leeds, Yorkshire

1881
Sarah Meredith abt 1825 Gloucestershire, England Head West Ardsley, Yorkshire
Alfred Meredith abt 1866 Little Deans Hill, Gloucestershire, England Son West Ardsley, Yorkshire
Edith Meredith abt 1861 Little Deans Hill, Gloucestershire, England Daughter West Ardsley, Yorkshire
Emma Meredith abt 1864 Little Deans Hill, Gloucestershire, England Daughter West Ardsley, Yorkshire
John Meredith abt 1859 Little Deans Hill, Gloucestershire, England Son West Ardsley, Yorkshire
James Meredith abt 1880 Castleford, Yorkshire, England Nephew West Ardsley, Yorkshire

http://www.forum.forest-of-dean.net/index.php?id=16005

I've found James bn 1819 (a 2c4r) and family in Ruspidge (1861) Leeds (1871) and his widow in Wakefield (1881), but unable to find on 1851 or 1841 census. In 1851 he would have had at least daughter Elizabeth bn 1848 East Dean as well as wife.

Nor can I find which Sarah he married, nor the Matilda his father married! - any help, please?
Cheers
Bob Jenkins