Gloucestershire Surname Interests

[Jenny White]

Hi Pam

I have Griffiths interests in the Forest of Dean.  They are from the Ruardean area.

Jenny

[pammyw]

Hi Jenny, sorry I don't know the area George Griffiths was born abt 1833, married Dianah then moved bfr 1863 to Varteg Hill, Swansea. That's my extent on knowledge so far.
Pam

[BagpussBee]

Hi everyone,

I am looking for anyone with connections to :

STEVENS - Chedworth area 1800 +
SHIPTON - Hawkesbury and Wotton-under-Edge 1800 to present day
MUSTOE - Chedworth area 1800 + (MUSTY, MUSTY-WHEELER)

I have quite a bit of info already but just looking for anyone else who might be related!

[tanwenhaf]

Just started researching the Protheroe family of Lydney and Newland, Sarah Protheroe later married Charles Lewis in Clifton.

[themetalchicken]

Hi, I'm trying to find out more about the Capel family in Prestbury, Glos. pre 1800 or so.

[Sandee]

Hi Metalchicken
There is a living Capel family in my village, which is only a mile away from Prestbury. They are the only Capel family around here I think. Ever thought of contacting them.
Are you local or searching from far. What have you found already ?
There are also some Capel families in Winchcombe, which is up the hill from Prestbury.
Sandie

[themetalchicken]

Hi Sandie

I'm guessing really, about the Capels. All I have is a Mr M - possibly Mr Martyn - who visits his maternal uncles grave in Prestbury churchyard in 1801. He writes that 'my uncles Monument ... is still in good repair altho he was buried in the year 1767 and nothing has been done to it since', and that he was 'treading on the Ashes of numerous friends and relatives ... as the whole of my mothers family except herself lie there entombed'. One of the few 'numerous' families in Prestbury in the mid-1700's would seem to have been the Capels so I thought it was worth pursuing. I hadn't realised Winchcombe was so close - there were quite a few Capels there in the 1700's as well. I'm near Chester so I'm trying to achieve as much as possible from afar before making a trip to the GRO and Prestbury churchyard, although it seems unlikely that a monument from 1767 will still be standing, let alone legible.

Thanks for the info.
Annie

[Sandee]

Hi Annie
All you have to do is contact the vicar of the church and ask them to lookin the register for any Capel graves.
If I have a spare moment I will have a trawl around the Churchyard and see what I can find. Not this weekend though, I have to haunt another churchyard.
A lot of my family are buried in Prestbury also and the Vicar gace me a list of all the Newmans buried there. He was happy to do so.
I would also stick a posting on the prestbury parish website letting others know you are searching the name Capel.
I have had a look in the telephone book again for this area, there are in fact two Capel families and two Capell families. I would definately start by contacting them.
I will send the contact details through a private message.
Sandie

[themetalchicken]

Thanks Sandie, that's fantastic

I'll try the vicar asap. I wasn't sure if records from the 1700's would be held at St. Mary's, I thought they'd probably be in the GRO. Of course I could be wrong, I might not be looking for a Capel at all. Still, there can't have been that many male burials in Prestbury in 1767 - the list of possible names shouldn't be too long - she says hopefully.

Annie