Hello Gary, I can't help very much with the family, but may be able to give a little assistance on the Geography... But to keep the WAR connection running, George in 1851 sounds as if he *may* have served as Apprentice to the head of the household, and had only just completed his time. A journeyman would be an Employee, and would therefore qualify as a 'Servant' by the word-usage of the time. The rest is all Worcestershire - and with nary a hint of Gloucestershire as far as the references to theLONGs are concerned... Evenlode was one of Worcestershire's many detached portions - an Island Parish surrounded on 3 sides by Gloucestershire, and the 4th by Oxfordshire, while its northernmost point touched Warwickshire - and remained so for appreciably longer than any of your listed LONGs ever did. It was finally handed-over to Gloucestershire in 1931 in a fairly-major set of Parish-swappings involving WOR, GLS - and WAR, so the connection's still there. And it was in Stow on the Wold Registration District... HTH Gus ----- Original Message ----- From: "Garry Long" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, August 07, 2010 12:54 PM Subject: [WAR] "Richard LONG,Elizabeth SMITH & Family - Worcester/Gloucester/Warwick" > Hi, > > Just wondered if anyone could link in to the above couple & family - they > are my g-g-g-grandparents & so far the only Census we can find them on is > the 1841 for Hanley Castle in the County of Worcester (HO107/1205/1 Pg 28) > both aged 30 yrs & born in same County. Richard & Elizabeth were married > in > Evenlode, Gloucester in 1827. > > On page 29 it lists their children at the time and Elizabeth's mother:- > Elizabeth LONG age 12 - my g-g-grandmother > George LONG age 10 > Mary LONG age 8 > William LONG age 3 > Joyce LONG age 1 > Hannah SMITH age 60 > > All above born in same County > > In 1851 Elizabeth LONG (child) was living with her husband, mother-in-law > & > son in Wolverley, Worcs. > George LONG was living at 49 Coleshill Street, Birmingham with a family > whose Head was a Grocer. George's trade was listed as Journeyman but > relationship to head was Servant. Birthplace listed as Evenlode, > Worcester > Mary LONG was living at Old Walsall Road, Handsworth, Birmingham. She was > listed as a servant & the head was a Retired Agent. Mary's birthplace was > also listed as Evenlode, Worcester. > We cannot locate William LONG & Joyce LONG on the 1851 Census so the > chances > are that they died young. Looking on FreeBMD it seems they were both > possibly born at Stow-on-the-Wold. > > If anyone can link in to any of the above family it would be great to hear > from you, or if anyone can add/help with more information it would be > greatly appreciated, > > > Regards, > Garry LONG, Warwickshire > > > List archives are at > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/WARWICK > ------------------------------- > 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