Thank you so much for this information. I will have great joy in fitting this into my family. Cheers Karen New Zealand ----- Original Message ----- From: "Janet Booth" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2008 11:45 PM Subject: Re: [GLS] Belcher Randall/Randell > Hello Karen, > > There is a marriage on the Gloucestershire Marriage Index at Cowley on 24 > July 1831, by Banns, of a Charles RANDALL and a Mary PAUNTON - any good? > Looking at the 1841 census record for your Charles and Mary, they appear > to > be living in Cowley so the above marriage would seem to be a strong > probability. > > There is an extracted baptism on the IGI of a Robert BELCHER on 4 October > 1803 at Duntisbourne Abbots, father Robert mother Ann, which would appear > to > fit it quite well with his census records, and there are also baptismal > records for 8 siblings ranging from 1789 to 1808. There are 6 BELCHER > burials at Duntisbourne (1813-1851) on the Gloucestershire Burial Index: > > 1 November 1828 Charles BELCHER, aged 32 > 4 January 1832 Chas BELCHER, aged 5weeks > 22 July 1833 Robt BELCHER, aged 77 > 8 August 1838 George BELCHER, aged 12 > 22 June 1844 Stephen BLECHER, aged 2 days > 7 April 1848 Charles BELCHER, aged 14 > > Trying to find a baptism for Robert BELCHER snr to fit in with the above > burial, there is an extracted baptism at Dursley on 1 March 1759 father > John > mother Jane which may be relevant. > > Looking at Biglands Memorial Inscriptions of Cowley, there are some > earlier > RANDALL inscriptions: > > William RANDELL of Cowley Farm, senior, died Nov 19 1690, aged 75 > (this > inscription is in the church) > William RANDLE was buried Dec 26 1727, aged 75. Mary his second wife > was buried July 31 1728, aged 65 (inscriptions on tomb in churchyard) > Edward RANDLE died 15 Jan 1749, aged 66 > Thomas son William RANDLE died 21 April 1724, aged 37 (these last 2 > inscriptions are on flat and headstones in churchyard) > > HTH > > Janet > > > _____________________________________________ > > Have you considered adding "postems" to "your" events on > www.freebmd.org.uk , giving your contact details? Other researchers will > then be able to make contact. Click on the info button to add your postem. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message