Sarah, Henry and Ann Gabb

Sarah (1836-1865)

Henry (1841 -1921)

Ann (1838-1905)

At the time of the 1841 Census, Sarah, Henry and Ann were living with their parents Peter, a labourer, and Ann on Nibley Green. Ten years later, the family, joined by three younger children, were still living in the parish. Peter, and and the three older children were recorded as being labourers. In 1861 the family were living in Horses Green, near Forthay, in the village. Henry, aged 20, was still living at home, and had five younger siblings.

In 1871 Henry and Emma, nee Organ, were living next-door-but-one to his parents in Forthay. They had married four years earlier, at the church of St John the Baptist in Gloucester.

In 1881, Henry, Emma and their two daughters were living in Forthay, next door to Henry’s parents. In the same row of houses were the households of James and Charles, two younger brothers of Henry. Ten years later, Henry and Emma were still in Forthay, as they were in 1901.

Emma died in 1903 and, in 1908, Henry (aged 67) married the wonderfully-named Marie Victorine Olive Bracket Iles (32 years his junior) at St Pauls Church, Gloucester. They had a daughter, Victorine May Gabb in 1910. He lived with his wife and daughter in North Nibley until his death in 1921, aged 80.

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In 1861, Sarah was working as a servant in George Street, Stroud. Banns of marriage between her and Thomas Cratchley had been read January 1859, but they didn’t marry until February 1862. A son, Arthur, was born the following year, and a daughter, Emily, in March 1865. Both were baptised at St Martins, North Nibley. Sarah died the following month, aged 28, and was buried in St Martins churchyard. The death certificate recorded the cause as jaundice.

Thomas married twice more, firstly to Mahala Bartlett in 1870. Two years after she died, in 1887, he married Lydia Jane Birt.

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Ann was working as a servant in Kingswood (near Wotton under Edge) in 1861. In 1867 she married Joseph Browning, a labourer and, at the next census, the couple were living at Pill Brook in Berkeley. They lived in Berkeley parish until their deaths, Ann’s in 1904, and Joseph’s in 1906. They had no children.