stephen peevey / pevey bristol 1801

[zep]

hello....i have found STEPHEN PEEVEY married to SARAH [?] both born circa 1801 bristol via the 1841 cen.he was a brickmaker in upper easton st georges....children MARY,STEPHEN,ELIZABETH,SARAH,HELLEN.i believe he may have died in cardiff [PEVEY] SEP 1849   26 338...[ there is a cardiff connection evident later] i cannot find him on any census after 1841 but find his wife [widow]in 1861 a lodger[pevey] in st phillip and jacob bristol then in 1871 living with now married daughter elizabeth bailey in st georges bristol.
i would like to find his parents and siblings to reach back further...
his children were all christened between 1822 and 1834 in bristol st phillip and jacob but cannot find his marriage.
can anyone help?

[buttonmoon]

Hi Zep, the only Peevey marriage I can find is Stephen Jnr to an Ann Sweet in 1850 and his name is spelt Pevey. The date of the marriage is 20 Oct 1850, they were both aged 21, the marriage was in Bristol and their fathers were Stephen Pevey and Samuel Sweet.

Regards
Kate.

[zep]

hi kate...thank you so much for looking...the peevey spelling happened in the 1841 cen only....yes i have that marriage ,as its my direct line...its stephen snr i'm trying to find out about...to get back further.i think stephen snr was born about 1801 but have no parents or siblings although i've seen a couple of poss. brothers in the bristol 1851 cen...but nothing to really glue them together. the family trade was brickmaker and i think there is a poss cardiff connection too.i found a poss death for him 1849 cardiff. any ideas? will i need to visit bristol?

[buttonmoon]

You could always post a message asking if anyone has access to the St George or St Phillips parish records, or if anyone is visiting the records office in the near future. Some kind soul may be able to help you. I would guess that the possible siblings you found in the 51 are more than likely his as Peevey isn't a common name, but its just that link to be sure. How frustrating!

Wish you all the best
Kate.

[Grahame]

Hi Zeb,

I have been researching a family of PAVEY's that I believe may be connected to your Stephen Peavy. To date I cannot get any further back than you with any confidence, but I have a number of coincidences that leads me to a possible parent of my James Pavey (brought up in Bristol Temple but born in Ireland in about 1805).

I have also been in touch with a lady called Giselle who is also researching Stephen Peavy. Do you know her?

If I can help, or if you can help me, please get in touch.

Regards,

Grahame.

[zep]

hi grahame...yes we all have the same info...would be good to link your james with stephen...was james a builder/brickmaker?..sorry for late reply been working abroad...

[Grahame]

Hi Zep,

Sorry about the name on my last post - slip of the old finger.

James Pavey's profession is recorded on the register transcript for his daughter's (my ancester's) birth in Pip and Jay's, Bristol in 1827 as a brickmaker. Later the census records him as a pipe maker. A profession he passed on to his daughter (Eliza) and subsequently to his grand-daughter (my great grandmother), Rachel.

James Pavey was married to someone called Mary Ann was born in Bristol. On the 1851 census James is also recorded as being from Bristol but this is crossed through and the word 'Ireland' is inserted. At this time the family were living at Tredegar (Monmouthshire). Also living with them is a 'visitor' called Mary Ann Moon from Nantgarw. Ten years earlier the family are in Nantgarw in Glamorganshire (which is in the Cardiff registration district!) and have a visitor called Charles Moon from Bristol. This is too much of a coincidence!!

Incidentally, on the Ancestry transcription of the 1841 census they record James as being from Scotland. This is a mistake as the return has a rather extravagant 'I' that has been misread.

Assuming that James' wife was Mary Ann Moon, I  found her birth on the IGI in 1807. Her parents were James and Elizabeth Moon. I looked them up on the 1841 census and found that they were living right next door to a family called 'Pavey' in Templebanks. The mother of this family was Elen (aged 57)and she and the elder of her children listed, William (aged 25), (the eldest children having presumably married and moved away) were all born in Ireland. The younger children (of which there are four listed - youngest: Aged 13) were all born in Bristol Temple. The whole family are listed as pipe makers. I think that this is my James' mother and could be the mother of Stephen also, but I can't prove it.

Incidentally, a lot of Bristol brick and pipe makers moved to Nantgarw in the 1830s after the pottery there was re-opened by a Bristol entrepreneur ostensibly to make cheap earthenware and 'penny' tobacco pipes. This would explain your (and my) Welsh connection.

Hope this is useful.

Regards,

Grahame.