Could some kind person help me to locate the Bridge family who are shown on the 1881 census as living at Roughet, Little Dean Gloucester. The family consisted of James Bridge, Annie, his wife and children Lucy, Annie and Edith. James was a labourer in a coalmine. Thanks in advance. Pam Woodburn

SMITH, George Tamplin, born 1829, Lydney (parents Richard SMITH and Amelia (TAMPLIN). Emigrated to Australia 1850s, and married Elizabeth JONES (daughter of Henry and Martha of Monmouthshire in Melbourne 1859). Appreciate any help in tracing the Smith and Tamplin families. Amos Bennett Caloundra, Queensland, Australia

In about October 1999 the Forester published a report of the death in Lydney of a 93 year old lady named Wintle who had no living relatives. She left all her not inconsiderable estate to two charities and for this she received the publicity. But it is the "No known relatives" that interests me for I have a friend who has a large Wintle tree and would love to be able to place this person. Does anyone have a copy of the press report or is anyone able to let me know how one may be obtained please? I'll be grateful for any thoughts, help or suggestions. John

G'day!!!!!!!! I have added you to my now growing list of Ozzie Glisters.... ie those searching relatives in Glos I too am ex FOD (Monmouth School!) brought up in the Coleford area... My father lived in Sling & Parkend as a boy... I will watch out for any one who might interest As a boy we used to have our groceries delivered by a family firm called Henry COLE who was a grocer in Coleford and forage merchant in Christchurch The following Coles were in the local phone book in the Coleford area in 1973 E. Cole Albert Rd Coleford H Cole as above 1 Market place Coleford and Christchurch RB Cole Builder Five Acres RE Cole 26 Bells Place Regards Bill Nash researching NASH,(Glos Somerset Barnett London) GUNTER,BATH,CONSTERDINE (Glos) SMITH (Monmouth), KEAR, HUGHES, GWILLIAM, KNIGHT(Glos) DEVANE, ELWIN, (Kent Surrey) SHAW (Kent Surrey S Ireland) MILES MORGAN JENKINS (Glos) ---- Original Message ----- From: David Price <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, February 22, 2001 5:08 PM Subject: [FoD] New Posting > Hi everybody > > Being new to this list I should post my interests: > My grandmother Ellen Elizabeth COLE married Albert John PRICE St.Peters > church Clearwell May 1895, she was the second daughter of William COLE > and Ellen THOMAS married March 1872, William and Ellen had 12 children, > he was a collier. As far as I know the family was established in the > Clearwell, Sling or Coleford area. > My own personal connection with the Forest, apart from the above was > that I spent my school years attending Lydney Grammar. In the good old > days! > > I would be pleased to hear from any other researchers of this family or > any one with connections. > > David Price > Cambewarra NSW. > > > ==== ENG-GLOS-FOREST-DEAN Mailing List ==== > There's a new mailing list for the Lost Conections web site > [email protected] , dont forget http://www.lostconnections.co.uk for all your UK needs > > ============================== > Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. > http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com > >

John No doubt you have his parents in 1851 just in case EYLES Richard 60 Ag Lab Brimpsfield ILES- Maybe EYLES is a corruption of the ILES name. Patience 56 Brimpsfield Harriet 27 Brimpsfield Charlotte 23 Brimpsfield George 20+ Brimpsfield Hester 20+ Brimpsfield Jane 18 Brimpsfield Martha 16 Scholar Brimpsfield Catherine 11 ? Scholar Brimpsfield Elizabeth 9 Scholar Brimpsfield BLANFORD Joseph Nephew 14 Scholar Brimpsfiel 1881 this could be another source follow this line back Dwelling: Census Place: Brimpsfield, Gloucester, England Source: FHL Film 1341616 PRO Ref RG11 Piece 2553 Folio 56 Page 11 Marr Age Sex Birthplace Edwin ILES M 26 M Brimpsfield, Gloucester, England Rel: Head Occ: Shepherd Ag Labr Hannah ILES M 29 F Withington, Gloucester, England Rel: Wife William C. ILES 5 M Brimpsfield, Gloucester, England Rel: Son Occ: Scholar Albert E. ILES 4 M Brimpsfield, Gloucester, England Rel: Son Occ: Scholar Eva E. ILES 2 F Cranham, Gloucester, England Rel: Daur Gertrude A. ILES 1 F Brimpsfield, Gloucester, England Rel: Daur Edwin HOLDER U 23 M Winstone, Gloucester, England Rel: Boarder Occ: Ag Labr David YORATH LAUGHARNE West Wales ----- Original Message ----- From: "Arthur Wilding" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, February 24, 2001 12:24 AM Subject: [FoD] Edwin Iles or Iles or even Isles > I'm rapidly losing my hair because of this man who was my ggf. and any help, thoughts or suggestions would be manna from heaven. > > Edwin EYLES was bapt. at Brimpsfield 24.12.1825 to Richard ILES and Patience nee BLANDFORD. > I believe that he died sometime before 1893. > > In August 1853 he was in Littledean Jail convicted of assault. His prison records show that at that time he was living in Alvington with a wife and 4 children. > > I have been unable to find the marriage or the births of the children, or to find them on the 1851 census. > > In 1866 he had a son Henry - either by his first wife or possibly by his second wife Emma nee BUTT sometimes known as BUCK and occasionally even VIZARD (!!) He married Emma on 22.10.1868 at Parkend and she was born at East Dean around 1846. > > The three of them and another baby are shown to be living at Allastone Meend on the 1871 census. > > If anyone can help with any information regarding his first marriage and the children I will be extremely grateful. > > John > > > ==== ENG-GLOS-FOREST-DEAN Mailing List ==== > There is a Brain surname mailing list [email protected] > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 > Source for Family History Online. Go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribetrial1y.asp?sourcecode=F11HB > >

Hi all, I am currently trying to find info on the following families from Forest of Dean area: MUDWAY East of Dean, Clearwell and Cinderford BEACH HADLEY Many thanks Sonia

Ann Roberts, born c 1788 Newland, married Joseph Smedley in Newland 1809. Anyone else interested in the Roberts family? Regards, Sara M White

Mary Anne Jones, born Swansea, married Daniel Smedley in St Briavels in 1831. Anyone else interested in this Jones family? Regards, Sara M White

This family moved to the Forest of Dean from Kempley on the Gloucestershire/Herefordshire border. Anyone else interested? Regards, Sara M White

This family moved to the Forest of Dean from Derbyshire. Anyone else interested? Regards, Sara M White

I'm rapidly losing my hair because of this man who was my ggf. and any help, thoughts or suggestions would be manna from heaven. Edwin EYLES was bapt. at Brimpsfield 24.12.1825 to Richard ILES and Patience nee BLANDFORD. I believe that he died sometime before 1893. In August 1853 he was in Littledean Jail convicted of assault. His prison records show that at that time he was living in Alvington with a wife and 4 children. I have been unable to find the marriage or the births of the children, or to find them on the 1851 census. In 1866 he had a son Henry - either by his first wife or possibly by his second wife Emma nee BUTT sometimes known as BUCK and occasionally even VIZARD (!!) He married Emma on 22.10.1868 at Parkend and she was born at East Dean around 1846. The three of them and another baby are shown to be living at Allastone Meend on the 1871 census. If anyone can help with any information regarding his first marriage and the children I will be extremely grateful. John

Hi Coral and Pearl, I subscribed last evening and your Meek message was the first. My great grandmother was ANNE MEEK, born about 1836, married Cornelius Baldwin November 14, 1857 in Drybrook. They lived on Harry Hill and had eight children. I know nothing more about Anne. Does she appear in any of your info. Thank you. Dewey in upstate New York >Hello Coral: >My grandmother's sister Nora BOUGHTON m Tom MEEK Jan 1920. They had Olive; >Hi >I am researching the following;- > >MEEK >

Hi My interest in the Meeks goes way back. My ancestor John Edy married Jane Meek in Watford 14th May 1709. They had the following surviving children:- JANE EDY b.1714 Ruardean m. Richard Pomfrom 30 May 1737 in Ruardean JOHN EDY b 1719 Ruardean m MARY HODGES 12 May 1745. He died 1 February 1780. Children:- JOSEPH EDY m SARAH EDY they were second cousins l5 February 1779 JANE EDY m PHILIP HATTON 9 February 1770 I am afraid I did not further research on the Meeks but have the descendents stemming from the original marriage down to the present for the Edy family. Cheers Coral

Hello listers, I have a Mary Coleman born in Longhope ca 1845 and am trying to get her birth cert. The Glcs Register Office could not find her, though they searched diligently from 1842 and 1848, which I think was really good of them. I checked on the BMD indexes yesterday at the family record centre, and found a whole lotof Coleman births incuding a Mary at the right time, but born in Westbury-on-Severn. Could this feasibly be my Mary? I saw no reference to Longhope in the entire register search for Colemans. thans, Flo Flo Montgomery Surrey UK [email protected] researching: MONTGOMERY in Bristol and Ireland CHAMPION in Bristol and Somerset PRICE, BAKER, COLEMAN, CRISPIN in the south west BURKS in Crewe, Cheshire; Staffs and Warwickshire BARON, BARTLETT, HUGHES, in Blackburn and Gt Harwood CALLADINE, JERVIS, DENT in Staffs and Derby

Hello Coral: My grandmother's sister Nora BOUGHTON m Tom MEEK Jan 1920. They had Olive; Kathy; Millie: Ron and another son? (small child in photo --looks like a boy) They lived on Harry Hill, Drybrook. Any relation?? Pearl, Western Australia Researching: BOUGHTON, BIRT, LANE, MINCHIN, DICKINSON. forest of Dean BENNETT, DAVIES, WILLIAMS. Caerleon, Usk, Old Monmouthshire. -----Original Message----- From: CoralP [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2001 1:55 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [FoD] Interests Hi I am researching the following;- EDDY and derivities HARRIS HATTON HODGES MEEK JONES Some of the research goes back to the l600s and is mostly around Ruardean. Two of their farms were Waterscross and Smithway. Cheers Coral ==== ENG-GLOS-FOREST-DEAN Mailing List ==== There's a new mailing list for the Lost Conections web site [email protected] , dont forget http://www.lostconnections.co.uk for all your UK needs ============================== Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com

Hi everybody Being new to this list I should post my interests: My grandmother Ellen Elizabeth COLE married Albert John PRICE St.Peters church Clearwell May 1895, she was the second daughter of William COLE and Ellen THOMAS married March 1872, William and Ellen had 12 children, he was a collier. As far as I know the family was established in the Clearwell, Sling or Coleford area. My own personal connection with the Forest, apart from the above was that I spent my school years attending Lydney Grammar. In the good old days! I would be pleased to hear from any other researchers of this family or any one with connections. David Price Cambewarra NSW.

A family at Westbury-on-Severn in the 1881 census give their birthplace as East Dean but in the 1871 census specify "High Mills". I cannot identify this place - can anyone help? Best wishes, Margaret. ********************** "From their having been for so many generations an isolated and peculiar people, most of them are ignorant of the rest of the world, and have of course a correspondingly exaggerated idea of their own importance." H.G. Nicholls, 1858, describing Foresters.

Hello all I am researching the family of James VOICE/VOYCE who married Ann EVANS 1798 at Mitcheldean. Their children were: Ann, George, William, Thomas, Maria and Moses. William (son of James and Ann) married Mary EDWARDS 1828 at Mitcheldean. Their children were: Thomas, Dinah, George, William, James, Richard, Joseph (my great grandfather), John, Henry, Albert Wm. Jessie, Mary Ann. Joseph VOICE married Elizabeth Sophia MARSHALL (dau of Thomas MARSHALL & Elizabeth HUGGINS) and emigrated to New Zealand in 1874. Brothers Thomas, George, James, John and Albert Wm. also emigrated to NZ. Thank you Dulcie INNES Christchurch, New Zealand

Hello all I am researching the family of George Thomas PEARCE (b. 13 March, 1823) - mother - Rose PEARCE ( father unknown). Rose, b. 5 October 1800 at Slimbridge, dau of Thomas & Martha PEARCE. George Thomas PEARCE married Susannah BAKER (dau of Richard BAKER and Elizabeth WATKINS). Both are buried in Parkend Churchyard. Their children were: Rose Elizabeth PEARCE m. Tom LANCE Richard T. PEARCE m. Margaret ROBERTS Thomas George PEARCE (my grandfather - emigrated to NZ in 1874) Martha M. PEARCE Daniel J. PEARCE Emily PEARCE m. William ELLIS Charles PEARCE Susane PEARCE Alfred E. PEARCE m. Bertha WINTLE Thank you Dulcie INNES Christchurch, New Zealand

I would appreciate it if someone with access to the 1871 Census for Lydney or for Newland, one of which hopefully covers Breames Eaves and/or Blisters in the Forest of Dean, could do a "look up" for me. I am hoping to find out where in HEF Thomas (head of family) was born. The family in 1871 would have been: HIGGINS, Thomas (in his 40's) born HEF (according to 1881 Census) Mary Ann, 30, born Purton, GLS Thomas, 5, born Whitecroft, GLS Mary, 2, born Blisters, GLS William, baby, born Breames Eaves I would also be interested to hear if anyone has seen this family in the 1891 Census with the additional children and possibly more than listed as I have a gap of 6 years between William and Albert: Albert, born Woodside Bream about 1877 Kate, born Woodside Bream about 1880 Charles, born Little Dean in 1882 (my grandfather) I have heard that there was an Andrew and an Aubrey but I have not been able to locate these two at all. Irene in Melbourne, Australia _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com.