Forum: Gloucestershire county-wide forum

I have been progressing quite nicely with the construction of our Family Tree (even following a few leads down cul de sacs) however, I have got to a point with a couple of ancestors and need to go further. Thus far I have census records for the above family that places them in or around the Forest...

We have an Ann Beren married in Bishops Cleeve in the late 1700's, and despite a great deal of research, cannot find her origins although we can find a Judith Beren marrying quite close by and a couple of people with the name Beren in Chipping Campden Has anyone come across this name and has...

If someone has access to Cheltenham PR(s) and would be kind enough to undertake a look-up, I'd be most grateful. I'm interested in someone whose Australian documentation reported her birthdate as January 14, 1826, Cheltenham, England. Her name was Susan Elizabeth Allen - though that may not have...

Could someone please try to find for me William Burroughs in 1851 age in 1851 would be about 17 born Kings Stanley Thank you Sue

I'm looking for the death record of Robert Kibble born 1740. His wife Deborah died in 1795 Churchdown. Other places he had family was Badgeworth,Brockworth and Shurdington.

Elizabeth Mills married John Paskin (1770-1853) in 1801 and immigrated to South Africa to be with her sister Harriett Batson Mills (1785-1845) who was born Rodborough, Gloucester and married Daniel Roberts (1781-1844) after 1801. Searching for details to a) confirm Elizabeth's birth in Gloucester...

My Great Grandfather x 3 James Williams born 1767 (c) Olveston Gloucestershire, married Mary Thomas in 1767 St Michael, Bristol. I really would like to confirm this as several trees on ancestry have different information on their trees, I have e-mailed them with no reply so far. I found the...

Hope someone can help me with this confusion! I am researching the Witherly family from Henbury, Bristol. For several generations Family Search gives the middle name as Brooke which I had assumed was possibly the name of a mother/grandmother,etc. However, another family tree (on Ancestry.com)...

Jeremiah Kear m.Elizabeth Shertell/Shortell 3 April 1831 at Glou.Glos.Eng.he was abt.30.Then he(a Widower & a Tanner f. unknown)m.Eliza Harris(Widow, f.Richard a Carpenter) 12 Oct 1840 St.John the Baptist Parish No. 167.They are in 1841 Census at Hare Lane( he as a Tanner aged 40 she 25) & two boys...

Hi there, a birth cert for my uncle says he was born at 388 Southmead Road, Bristol but this was not the normal residence of his mother (although her normal residence was Southmead) - does anyone know if this was a hospital at the time? Or was this a unmarried women's home as it was an illegitimate...

Hi, I am researching a Richard FLORIDA born circa 1820 in Newport, Mons. He was a gardener and from census records seems to have married several times and lived in Bristol. The GRO indexes give the following marriages for a Richard FLORIDA and I am trying to ascertain whether they are all...

Hello all I have some folks form the Shepscombe, Elcombe area and have found reference to a book that was published in 2003. According to reviews, it has lots of interesting local knowledge and history. However, presumably having been self-published in a limited edition, I cannot find it for...

Hello, I have Joseph Curthoys m. Dinah Curthoys at St Michaels in Gloster 3rs Jun 1834, by banns. Can any one help with details of Dinah's family, have not found any other information about before the m. date, except from the censuses! There is a Dinah Curthoys (both Dinahs' were born...

Looking for ancestors from Gloucestershire from earliest records to about 1830. Interset in the surname HOLDER, given names Benjamin and James. One of my ancestors Benjamin Holder may have married Patience Bruton in the 1760s. Are there online sites I can visit to further my research? Kind...

Please could someone help me sort out the following. in the 1851 census (HO107/2448) I have found my g.g.g.grandfather married to Ann in Monmouthshire. Ann was born in Berkeley, Glos. I think her maiden name may have been Brown because they have James ,Daniel and Eddieth Brown living with...

Hi all on Glos list! I am looking for information relating to Harman GRISEWOOD, listed in Burke's Peerages as being born in Finchley, Mdlx at Burntwood Grange c. 1824 (I have no info on that either yet!), but later of Daylesford House, Glos. (think the county boundary was moved, so may have...

Hi I think I might have finally climbed over my brickwall!! Does anyone have access to the Gloucester Parish records?? If so, I would be really grateful if you could look these two records up for me? I've been searching for information about my gt gt granddad for yonks - I know plenty...

Happy New Year to all from Western Australia. Hope you all have a very HAPPY and HEALTHY 2012! If anyone can help with the above families it would be appreciated. I, and newly found cousins, are trying to get the correct children for Joseph PRUETT and Mary FRY. Joseph b in Hanham is my...

Hi folks I have a sketch plan of the Holy Trinity Parish Church, Wickwar, old Wickwar parish graveyard, with the plots numbered and details on the relevant stones. These date from 1880 to 1997. I am happy to look up anyone, and / or email the details through. Brian

A will of a distant uncle and either a distant uncle or a direct ancestor (it's a bit unclear) in Beckford in the 1620s list these persons as kinsman. Francis Still (had issue) Henry Still (had issue) (A Henry Still is mentioned in both wills, could be the same person) John Still of Tewksbury...