Subject: Tracing WORGAN of St Briavels / Whitepool / Worgan's Wood
Message:
Hello everyone,
I am looking for some assistance in tracing my family branch and the physical lands they held around St Briavels.
My grandfather was Stanley William Worgan, who was born on 7 July 1902 in St Briavels and tragically died quite young on 6 August 1933. He is buried at St Briavels. At the time of his passing, his residence was noted as Whitepool, St Briavels. He was married to Lilian May Worgan.
His parents were William James Worgan (b. ~1874/1876 in the Forest of Dean, d. 1949 at 3 Council Villas, St Briavels) and Edith Gertrude Williams (b. 1879, d. 1962). They were married in the Chepstow registration district in 1899.
I am particularly interested in two things:
1. Tracing the family line further back from William James Worgan.
2. Finding out more about the history, old tenement data, or ancestral land boundaries associated with Worgan’s Wood near Tidenham / St Briavels, and if it links directly to this Whitepool branch.
If anyone has indexed any local churchyard records, Land Tax records, or Forest gavel records that overlap with this family, I would be incredibly grateful for your insights!
Many thanks,
Robin Worgan

before I go too far does this feel like your man ?

1939 No 3 Council Houses, Saint Briavels, Coldharbour,
William J Worgan 01 Apr 1876 Male Colliery On Setter Heavy Worker Married 78 1
Edith G Worgan 07 Dec 1879 Female Unpaid Domestic Duties Married 78 2
Dulcie M Worgan 29 Aug 1908 Female Daily Domestic Single 78 3
Mabel Worgan 20 Apr 1913 Female Daily Domestic Single 78 4
The record for this person is officially closed

1921 Cold Harbourne St. Briavels, St. Briavel's, Monmouthshire, Gloucestershire, Wales
Head William J. Worgan Circa 1877 Collier at Princes Royal Colliery Company Bream
Wife Edith Worgan Circa 1880
Son Stanley Worgan Circa 1903
Daughter Dulcie Worgan Circa 1909
Son Cyril Worgan Circa 1911
Daughter Mabel Worgan Circa 1913

1911 Cold Harbour Street, Briavels
Head William Worgan 33
Wife Edith Worgan 30
Son Stanley Worgan 8
Daughter Dulcie Worgan 2

1901 St Briavels Common, St Briavels,
Head Richard Worgan 53
Wife Sarah Jane Worgan 53
Son William James Worgan 24
Daughter Sarah Jane Worgan 20
Daughter Annie Margret Worgan 17
Son Richard John Worgan 14

1881 Common, St Briavels
Head Richard Worgan 33
Wife Sarah Jane Worgan 33
Daughter Mary Jane Worgan 8
Daughter Edith Rose Worgan 6
Son William J Worgan 4
Daughter Sarah Jane Worgan 6 months\

Year: 1877
Month: Apr
Day: 29
Parents_Surname: WORGAN
Child_Forenames: William James
Fathers_Forenames: Richard
Mothers_Forenames: Sarah Jane
Mothers_Surname:
Residence: S Briavels Common
Occupation: Labourer
Officiating_Minister: W[illia]m Taprell Allen Vicar
Event: Baptism
Memoranda: son of
Notes:
Register_Reference: P278 IN 1/7
Page_Number: 52
Parish_Chapel: St Briavels

Year: 1871
Month: Dec
Day: 23
Grooms_Surname: WORGAN
Grooms_Forenames: Richard
Grooms_Age: 23
Groom_Condition: Bachelor
Grooms_Occupation: Labourer
Grooms_Residence: S[t] Briavels Common
Grooms_Fathers_Surname: Worgan
Grooms_Fathers_Forenames: James
Grooms_Fathers_Occupation: Waterman
Brides_Surname: HUGHES
Brides_Forenames: Sarah Jane
Brides_Age: 24
Brides_Condition: Spinster
Brides_Occupation:
Brides_Residence: S[t] Briavels Common
Brides_Fathers_Surname: Hughes
Brides_Fathers_Forenames: William
Brides_Fathers_Occupation: Labourer
Licence_or_Banns: Banns
Date_of_Banns:
Signature_or_Mark: He marks she signs
Witness_1: Mark of William Scriven
Witness_2: Sarah Jane Worgan
Other_Witnesses:
Officiating_Minister: W[illia]m Taprell Allen Vicar
Event: Marriage
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register_Reference: P278 IN 1/12
Page_Number: 195
Parish_Chapel: St Briavels

1851 St Briavels,
James Worgan Head Married Male 32 1819 Waterman St Briavels, Gloucestershire, England
Jane Worgan Wife Married Female 32 1819 - St Briavels, Gloucestershire, England
Charlotte Worgan Daughter - Female 10 1841 Scholar St Briavels, Gloucestershire, England
Margaret Worgan Daughter - Female 8 1843 Scholar St Briavels, Gloucestershire, England
Sarah Jane Worgan Daughter - Female 5 1846 Scholar St Briavels, Gloucestershire, England
Richard Worgan Son - Male 3 1848 Scholar St Briavels, Gloucestershire, England
Mary Worgan Daughter - Female 0 1851 - St Briavels, Gloucestershire, England