I don't know if your invitation to view your tribal pages tree was just for Gladys, but I had a look anyway.

I don't have much connection to George Abell 1814 and have already detailed some connections, but your family tree added some specific dates of birth and details of 2 deaths.

In return I may have some information for you. I only followed 2 of the 5 children of George Abell & Elizabeth Dickenson; Elizabeth Anne 20th May 1849 & Sarah 24 Feb 1856. I have previously detailed some information regarding Elizabeth Anne and her marriage to Enoch Meredith. I only followed 2 of their 9 children including Mary Jane 1887 as her marriage to William John Nicholls 1886, resulted in a daughter Edith Eleanor Nicholls 1909 who married my 2nd cousin twice removed Arthur Percival Barnard 30 Aug 1906 on 23 May 1931 at Cinderford - 3 children.

The other daughter of George Abell & Elizabeth Dickenson that I followed Sarah born 24 Feb 1956 married James Drinkwater 1853 as you have in your tree. I can add more detail for you. You have shown his father Samuel Ballard Drinkwater, he was born 1813 baptised 7 May 1813 Mitcheldean son of John Drinkwater & Ann Scudamore. Samuel Ballard Drinkwater 1813 married Jane Martin 1822 at Longhope 5 Oct 1847.

James Drinkwater 1853 and Sarah Abell had 5 children; Alfred James 1885, Ada Louise 1 Nov 1887, William 16 Jul 1889 Walter Samuel 1894/Jan 1966 Albert 1897. My interest is Walter Samuel 1894/Jan 1966 he married Ada Gibbs born 1895 and they had a daughter Betty Megan Drinkwater 27 Mar 1926/4 Nov 2002 on 31 Mar 1945. She married my 3rd cousin once removed George Maynard Marfell 1925/4 Aug 2005. Although I have extensive information about the Marfell family I learnt more - as usual - from Slowhands from this thread :

http://www.forum.forest-of-dean.net/index.php?mode=thread&id=33723#p33728

George Maynard Marfell & Betty Megan Drinkwater had 7 children, I have details of them all including their marriages & children, which I can share with you if you wish to email me via the envelope icon above.

Jim Ashton

http://mjbillingham.tribalpages.com

I will be happy to help you. Firstly however - in my version of events - the Timothy Yemm born 27 May 1847 who married Mary Parsons also born 1847 baptised 20 Jun 1847 on 7 April 1871 was the son of Amos Baldwin Yemm 1819/1891 and Rebecca Marfell 1816. I have Timothy's death certificate and it states parents as Amos Yemm & Rebecca Murphy, the latter a not uncommon mistake not knowing the mothers maiden name.

Timothy & Frederick Yemm and cousin Albert Marfell are shown below.

Timothy died 26 May 1930 Cuba IL. Mary died 23 Sep 1906 Cuba IL.

1880 Census 11.6.1880 Cuba, Fulton County, Illinois, USA
Yemm Timothy 31 Coal Miner
Yemm Mary 31 wife
Yemm Mirrium 11 dtr
Yemm Susanna 8 dtr
Yemm Frederick 22 Cousin Coal Miner
Marfell Albert 31 Cousin Coal Miner
Stevens John 33 Boarder Coal Miner

Rebecca Marfell was my 1st cousin 4 times removed, so we are certainly related. If you email me by clicking on the envelope icon we can share information, I will be happy to email the death certificate for instance.

I have posted the gravestone for William Yemm & Lydia nee Marfell which includes Frederick Yemm on this website as I found it unusual for a person dying in America to be included on an English gravestone :

http://www.forest-of-dean.net/gallery/gravestones/pages/page_25.html

Jim Ashton

John DRIVER of Littleworth married Mary ABELL at Hempsted, Glos - 13 February 1814

Baptisms at Painswick

Children of John (occupation Cooper) DRIVER & Mary

Sarah - 5 February 1815

John - 2 March 1817

burial at Painswick - 14 February 1829

Mary DRIVER age 40 c1789

Church of Latter Day Saints, do have a baptism at Winstone, Glos (which is near Cirencester)

of a Mary ABELL, parents William ABELL and Sarah HYETT - 8 July 1788

Marriage of at Hempstead

Samuel ABEL of Littleworth, married Maria RUST 10 June 1833 - Banns

John ABELE, of South Hamlet, marred Ann REESE of South Hamlet 24 October 1830

Thomas ABLE of Littleworth, married Elizabeth JONES of Littleworth 19 October 1823

Painswick St Mary

John William DRIVER DICKENSON (bas)

Parents: Elizabeth

26 February 1837

Thanks Janet in Tasmania

All the Merediths and Nicholls you wrote about are all my husbands gradfathers, great grandfathers etc. He also has Yemms Jordans Marfell Trigg Jenkins I could go on. Like you I try to stick to the males line first but some how go off at a tangent if something good crops up.
I have found Elizabeth with her son John William Driver Dickenson age 5 in the 1841 Census of Stroud HO 107.349/8 Ancestry.com.uk They are living with a John Driver age 50!! Elizabeth is in her 20s. Do I sense an affair here?

George Abell and Elizabeth are my husbands 2xgreat grandparents.

Thanks for all the info, I'm sure my Husband is related to you someway down the line.

Cheers, Janet in Tasmania

George ABLE (transcribed on Ancestry as ABB) - AGE 25 - AG. Lab. - born in County

1841 Census, Painswick

St Mary Edge? District 13 - page 8 of 9

Spoonbed

John DRIVER - 50 - Ag. Lab - born in County
John DRIVER - 5 - ditto
Elizabeth DICKENSON - 25 - born in County

Gloucestershire Burial Index

Painswick

John DRIVER - 15 November 1848 age 62,

There is a baptism at Painswick St Mary of
and

Esther DICKENSON - 11 April 1819 - parents John (Weaver) & Patience - address: Spoonbed

I have George Abell 1814 in my Family Tree. He is not related to me but is "connected" via a convoluted route. His daughter Elizabeth Abell 1849 married Enoch Meredith 1847, son Enoch Meredith 1824 & Eliza Jenkins. Enoch Meredith 1824 was the son of John Meredith 1805 & Maria Davis 1903. Enoch Meredith 1824 had a sister Theophillia Meredith 1826 who married James Parsons 1823, they had 8 children including Mary Parsons 1847 who married my 2nd cousin twice removed Timothy Yemm born 27 May 1847 he was the son of Amos Baldwin Yemm 1819 & Rebecca Marfell 1816. These latter persons are my main intererest, but sometimes I get carried away researching siblings and parents of spouses.

You will note from the 1851 Census for George Abell that there was a stepson surname Driver and a servant surname Dickenson :

1851 Census Painswick
George Abell 37 Cirencester Innkeeper
Elizabeth Abell 37 Sutgrove
Elizabeth Abell 1 Painswick
William Abell 4 MO Painswick
John W Driver 15 Stepson Painswick
Elizabeth Dickenson 11 Servant Sutgrove

Enoch Meredith Meredith & Elizabeth Abell are to be found within the following thead.

http://www.forum.forest-of-dean.net/index.php?id=30478

Jim Ashton