Mary (1834-1891)
William (1836-1907)
Thomas (1840-1842)
Hannah (1838-1913)
All four were baptised at St Cyrs church in Stinchcombe
At the time of the 1841 Census the children were living with their father and mother, Thomas and Mary (nee Bailey), in Waterley Bottom. Thomas was a farmer and three of their older siblings were also in the household. Nearby was Thomas’ father, Matthew, and his second wife.
Thomas died soon after, aged only one year old.
In 1851, William and Hannah were still living with their parents. Two more children had been born, Thomas and George. Mary was living with her grandmother in Cam. Ten years later, in 1861, she was back in Waterley Bottom, living with her family. In 1881 she was boarding with her married sister’s family in Waterley Bottom. She died in 1891, aged 54, and was buried in St Martins, in the village.
In 1861, William married Susanna Workman, but was widowed by the time of the ’71 Census, and living with his widowed father again. He was illiterate, and made his mark by a cross on the wedding certificate.
In 1862 their daughter Frances Louisa was baptised in Stinchcombe. Susanna died in 1869, and was buried at St Cyrs in Stinchcombe, but, oddly, her address was given as Badgeworth.
In 1881, William was living in Pitcourt, North Nibley, with his second wife Ann. He was now a gamekeeper. They had married in 1872 in Brockworth. They were living in Waterley Bottom in 1891. In 1901, William was retired and widowed, and living in Sanigar Lane, Waterley Bottom. He died in 1907, aged 70., and was buried at St Martins.
In 1861, Hannah was living with her family in Waterley Bottom. In 1870, she married John Ball, a labourer, at St Marks Gloucester. A year later, they were living in Uley, with 3 children, presumably from John’s previous marriage. The family were living on Uley road, Dursley, at the following four census, until Hannah died in 1913, aged 73, and was buried in Uley. John died 2 decades later, in 1934.
