Hi Lynne/David Nothing at all in Bigland for Chalford!! It was only created as a parish in 1842, from Bisley, so I had a quick look there and they have nothing for the 19th century at all. The GFHS Burial Index has only one Thomas burial in Bisley - 5 month old Charles Thomas son of Thomas and Ann Thomas on 1st September 1833. Liz _______________________________________________   Elizabeth Jack Hidden Heritage: www.hidden-heritage.co.uk Connect with nature: www.wildobs.com Researching BLINKHORNE, SOSBE, GWINNETT   -----Original Message----- From: gloucester-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:gloucester-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Lynne Cleaver Sent: 21 August 2011 17:56 To: gloucester@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [GLS] THOMAS Chalford Hi Liz, I was thinking of the BGAS edition which had some updates in.....hopefully....:-[ On 21/08/2011 00:10, Elizabeth Jack wrote: > Hi Lynne > > Bigland's work ended in the 1790s so no 19th century inscriptions should be > in it. > > Liz > > _______________________________________________ > > Elizabeth Jack > Hidden Heritage: www.hidden-heritage.co.uk > Connect with nature: www.wildobs.com > Researching BLINKHORNE, SOSBE, GWINNETT > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: gloucester-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:gloucester-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Lynne Cleaver > Sent: 20 August 2011 20:59 > To: DAVID THOMAS; gloucester@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [GLS] THOMAS Chalford > > Hi David > This website > http://www.glosgen.co.uk/stroudarea.htm#Chalford > lists 4 Thomas's with memorial inscriptions in the church, one being > William. Obviously wrong date for the father, and not the brother if he > went to Canada. I wonder if the BGAS edition of Biglands Memorials will > have any of them in, if any other lister has the volume A-D on their > book shelf. > > Regards > Lynne > > On 20/08/2011 15:07, DAVID THOMAS wrote: >> John THOMAS b 1813 son of William THOMAS and Ann SELBY.Chalford. John > later became a sculpter and >> architect and biographies state that he was orphaned at the age of >> thirteen. Johns brother Richard Selby Thomas is commemorated in Chalford > Parish Church with a memorial by his John. He had two sisters Ann and >> Elizabeth who married and moved to Stroud and an architect brother >> William who moved to Birmingham then Canada. Another brother Robert >> moved to Oxford. >> If John was orphaned at 13 yrs then William >> or Ann must have died around 1826 but I cannot trace a death for either. > Can anyone suggest any sources for deaths in Gloucestershire for that >> period. Some of the family were christened in Bisley and some in >> Minchinhampton. >> Any help appreciated.David Thomas >> >> _____________________________________________ >> >> Gloucestershire Family History Society: >> www.gfhs.org.uk >> >> Gloucestershire Archives: >> www.gloucestershire.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleid=15434 >> >> Gloucestershire BMD Index 1837 to 2005: >> http://ww3.gloucestershire.gov.uk/bmd/ >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > GLOUCESTER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > _____________________________________________ > > Gloucestershire Family History Society: > www.gfhs.org.uk > > Gloucestershire Archives: > www.gloucestershire.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleid=15434 > > Gloucestershire BMD Index 1837 to 2005: > http://ww3.gloucestershire.gov.uk/bmd/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > GLOUCESTER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > _____________________________________________ > > Gloucestershire Family History Society: > www.gfhs.org.uk > > Gloucestershire Archives: > www.gloucestershire.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleid=15434 > > Gloucestershire BMD Index 1837 to 2005: > http://ww3.gloucestershire.gov.uk/bmd/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GLOUCESTER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > _____________________________________________ Gloucestershire Family History Society: www.gfhs.org.uk Gloucestershire Archives: www.gloucestershire.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleid=15434 Gloucestershire BMD Index 1837 to 2005: http://ww3.gloucestershire.gov.uk/bmd/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GLOUCESTER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Thanks everyone. My brickwall remains unclimbed. It's just possible that William and Ann were living with one of their daughters when they died  in Stroud. The William buried in the church at Chalford is my 2g grandfather who died in a fall while working on the church at Ashton Keynes. Thanks for your help I'll keep searching. David Thomas