Forest of Dean FHT Forum - Elizabeth BALDWIN née PREECE 1787 (?)-1876

Elizabeth BALDWIN née PREECE 1787 (?)-1876 (reply)

Paul Evans — Tue, 02 Dec 2025 14:35:57 +0000

Thanks for looking.

Elizabeth BALDWIN née PREECE 1787 (?)-1876 (reply)

slowhands — Tue, 02 Dec 2025 13:37:41 +0000

Year: 1876
Month: Nov
Day: 15
Surname: BALDWIN
Forenames: Elizabeth
Residence: Ruadean Hill
Age_at_death: 89
Officiating_Minister: A F Burgoyne Curate
Event: Burial
Cause_of_death: [not sta
Memoranda: Name is annotated OY
Notes:
Register_Reference: P109 IN 1/12
Page_No: 103
Parish_Chapel: Drybrook

I dont have the original at hand to check the age transcription ( i suspect son Ben believed that to be his mothers age)

1871
Benjamin Baldwin Head - Male 42 1829 Collier E Dean, Gloucestershire, England
Louisa Baldwin Wife - Female 40 1831 - E Dean, Gloucestershire, England
Isaac Baldwin Son - Male 10 1861 - E Dean, Gloucestershire, England
Elizabeth Baldwin Mother - Female 83 1788 Widow of engine driver E Dean, Gloucestershire, England
Lucy Baldwin Boarder - Female 1 1870 - -

1851 Nailbridge
Cornelius Baldwin Head Married Male 58 1793 Engine driver (coal) East Dean, Gloucestershire, England
Elizabeth Baldwin Wife Married Female 59 1792 - Gloucestershire, England
Benjamin Baldwin Son Unmarried Male 22 1829 Coal miner East Dean, Gloucestershire, England
Hannah Baldwin Daughter Unmarried Female 12 1839 - East Dean, Gloucestershire, England

1841 Extra Parochial Ruardean Hill
Cornelius Baldwin Male 40 1801 Gloucestershire, England
Elizabeth Baldwin Female 40 1801 Gloucestershire, England
Benjamin Baldwin Male 13 1828 Gloucestershire, England
Isac Baldwin Male 4 1837 Gloucestershire, England
Mary Ann Baldwin Female 13 1828 Gloucestershire, England
Harriott Baldwin Female 4 1837 Gloucestershire, England
John Baldwin Male 9 1832 Gloucestershire, England
Edward Baldwin Male 20 1821 Gloucestershire, England
Lydia Baldwin Female 20 1821 Gloucestershire, England
Cors Baldwin Male 0 1841 Gloucestershire, England

Year: 1794
Month: Apr
Day: 27
Parents_Surname: PREICE
Child_Forenames: Hetty
Fathers_Forenames: Thomas
Mothers_Forenames: Mary
Mothers_Surname:
Residence:
Occupation:
Officiating_Minister:
Event: Baptism
Memoranda:
Notes: BTs forename looks more like Betty
Register_Reference: P1 IN 1/3
Page_Number: 14
Parish_Chapel: Abenhall

Elizabeth Baldwin née Preece (reply)

Paul Evans — Tue, 02 Dec 2025 13:16:57 +0000

Thank you, that looks like a very likely solution. Here's hoping I can find more evidence to back it up.

Elizabeth Baldwin née Preece (reply)

richards — Tue, 02 Dec 2025 11:30:34 +0000

Not my family.... Elizabeth had consent to marry therefore probably under 21 I would suspect that her parents married at Abenhall , there is no proof that these are her parents?
1779 Groom: Thomas PREES Bride Mary Nelme
Both the Groom and the Bride's Residence: Flaxley
There is a baptism for Betty Preece daughter of Thomas and Mary at Abenhall 1794

Elizabeth Baldwin née Preece

Paul Evans — Sun, 30 Nov 2025 13:12:04 +0000

My wife's great x4 grandmother Elizabeth Preece (about 1790-1876) married Cornelius Baldwin (about 1790-1865) in Flaxley in 1816. Elizabeth was born in Abenhall, but I can't find anything else definite about her before the marriage, not even her father's name. There are quite a few trees on Ancestry that suggest that her parents were Edward and Elizabeth, and that she was born on 17th April 1792, but they don't show any evidence of these details.
Does anyone know anything about Elizabeth's early life or her parentage?
She was buried at Holy Trinity. Is there any chance that there could be a surviving headstone that might show her date of birth?