The Workman family

Daniel (1831-) Baptised at St Mary’s church, Wotton under Edge

Elizabeth (1835- Baptised in Uley church

Thomas (1837-

John (1841 – Baptised in Uley church

In 1847, when the North Nibley Tithe Apportionment was drawn up, Daniel Workman rented a house and garden at the far end of Nibley parish – number 1153. He also rented a field, number 827, from the Berkeley Estate. Dingle Farm now stands on that plot.

He and his wife Elizabeth (nee Tuder) lived with their six children. The distance from North Nibley church was probably the reason for their children being baptised in Uley or Wotton under Edge, which were nearer. At the next Census, the family were still living in Waterley Bottom, except for Daniel, who was living as a farm servant at Grange Farm in Kingswood.

In 1861, Daniel was living on Parsonage Street, in Dursley. His occupation was innkeeper. He had married Mary Smith in the church of St Philip and Jacob in Bristol in 1857 and the couple had two daughters (and several lodgers).

Daniel died in April 1871, aged 40, just before the census was taken, and was buried in the churchyard in Dursley. The widowed Mary was left with five children. A six, Maude, was born after Daniel’s death.

Elizabeth disappears after the 1851 Census

Thomas was living with his parents and older brother in 1861 in Waterley Bottom, working as an agricultural labourer. In 1871, he was in a barracks in Kent, enlisted in a Rifle Brigade, and was discharged five years later. I can find no further record of him.

In 1861, John was living in Grittleton, Wiltshire, working as a gardener at Grittleton House. In 1863, he married Elizabeth Jenkins in Clifton, Bristol. However, in the following Census, Elizabeth was living with her parents. I can find no trace of John.

In 1881, the couple are living on Grittleton High St, with their 4 year old son. John is now a head gardener. John died in 1886, aged 43, and was buried in Shepton Mallett.