Forum: Herefordshire county-wide forum

I have in my possession a marriage solemnization for William Watkins & Charlotte Joyce Sparks dated 8/2/1875 showing their marriage date as being 5/27/1848 in the Church of Thruxton in the County of Hereford. John Watkins and James Sparks are listed as their fathers. William was born 6/10/1822 in...

Hi, Is anyone else researching Lane in Hereford? It started with James William Theophilus Lane (James on the 1851 census), chr. 06/05/1814 Hereford son of James Reece Lane and Mary Ann Parry. Eventually tracked their marriage down - 24/05/1813 Woolwich, Kent. Don't have any onfo. on Mary Ann but...

I am seeking information on a David Pitt of Michaelchurch Eskley, Herefordshire who married a Mary (maiden name unknown). They had the following children: Jane (1742), David (1744), Thomas (1747), Sarah (1748), Hannah (1750), William (1751), Elizabeth (1753), Samuel (1754), and Ann (1757). Son...

Hi, can anyone help, I am trying to find The Waverley 'Temperance' hotel in Leominster 1920c may have closed by the 1930s. The proprietor was Edith Sansom; nee Mahon. Husband Capt. John Ernest Sansom (Royal Garrison Artillery). It is also possible Edith became a police sergeant??? Any help...

Hello all, this is my very first message here, but I hope I'll find lots of information. One of my ancestors (my father's grandmother's grandfather) was Samuel Cartwright Morris, born in 1823 in Kington (Herefordshire); he was the son of Samuel Morris (1789, Hereford) and Anne (née Derry...

Hi, Not sure if anyone can help me but i am trying to find out as much as i can about John Bond married around 1585 in Much Marcle who had a son named Lambert born about 1590. Also trying to find out about THOMAS DAVIS born about 1511 and his son Richard born about 1531. If anyone can help with...

Which do I really want? I have been looking at a map of The Forest of Dean on the website of the same name as I am searching their online parish registars.. I am truly confused. I am trying to search Elizabeth Morgan, born c 1839 in according Free BMD Ross (Glos Westbury) Herefordshire. ...

DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY INFORMATION ON THE STALLARDS OF HEREFORD, PRESTIGNE, LYONSHALL, AND SURROUNDING AREAS

I am looking for kith and kin of Albert Benson (b.1874, Leominster), who married Mary Ann Reynolds. His marriage certificate says his father was George benson. However, Albert does not turn up on any census until 1901, when he is newly married and has 1 son. I beleive he has a brother called...

hallo my name is "Ani". I come from german and my english is not so good. my ancestor from father side came from england/wales. the last ancestor , called Samuel Jones, was I have found come from abbeydore/ herefordshire. so i went on the side from herefordshire family society and send emails for...

If I want to know the names of parents ..which certificate should I go for. ..as in BDM....This couple married in 1755 in Colwell..Herefordshire...or do I need the Parish registers....thanks...

I am trying to find the parents and siblings of Thomas Greenow who died in Michaelchurch Eskley, Herefordshire in Dec 1796. He married Jane Farr in Peterchurch 11 Jan 1745; she died in Llanigon, Breconshire Oct 1776. Their children were all baptised in Llanigon: Ann (1746), Elizabeth (1749), Thomas...

I'm looking for any information on Mary Ann Preddy, daughter of William Preddy and Susan, born in the Linton area abt 1854. Mary Ann married a Richard Baker in 1876 at the Primitive Methodist Church in Monmouth. So far I've been unable to confirm her birth or baptism. Thanks Forestlea

Hi I have a puzzle from the 1851 census. Trying to find the birth place of Margaret Home, resident in Bishop's Castle, Shropshire. I think it says Hereford, then a town. problem is, I cannot find a town in Herefordshire remotely like what it looks like. Help! the reference is: Class HO107 Piece...

I am tracing one of the many BARRETT families in the Herefordshire region. The base Patriarch is FRANCIS BARRETT who is buried in ST Mary's Church Grave yard BURGHILL with his wife CATHERINE BARRETT (Nee Pritchard) Francis was buried in 1879 (sometimes listed as 1875 due to a transcription...

And another postcard I would like to reunite to family! Appears to be a wartime postcard of France, dated 20th March 1917, though not stamped or franked. Sent to Miss D CRICK, 12 Clifton Street, St. Albans Herts. A quick check of 1911 census (copyright TNA) shows a Crick family at 12 Clifton...

Edward Price.bapt.27th.april 1788. Occupation Tailor. Married Amelia (Melia on the IGI) Phillips aprox 1828. They were in Trevethin,Mon by August 1828. Have not been able to find the marriage. Any help appreciated. Roy

I'm looking for the J. Synar (Syner or Sinar) who was running a regular trow service from Welsh Back in Bristol to Hereford in the 1790s. He doesn't appear to be living in Bristol so perhaps he was resident in Hereford? Peter

My maternal great and great-greatgrandparents lived in the Pembridge area of Herefordshire - possibly for all of the 1800's - in areas called Bonds Green and Meer/Meere/Meare. At least two of them worked at Broxwood Court. They were Roman Catholics. Please can anyone tell me where they were likely...