Still stuck after a year Help please?

[DORAN54]

on the 1851 census it says she was born forest of dean gloucestershire so places that carol has listed could be anyone of them they are all that area give or take will look some more later for you

[DORAN54]

i'm sorry to say i can't find anything looks like you will have to get a certificate for one of the children to get her maiden name  good luck

[rachael21]

Thank you very much for both of your help i will go through the information you have gave me, thanks for your time and research 

[jan57]

  The nearest  of those  places that  Carole  mentioned  in the  links , to  St Briarvels Hound  is Ruardean,   according to  google   maps   ,  a distance  of about  11 miles ,   and that's  on todays  roads ,  so  probably  further   long  ago ,     

[rachael21]

Hi thanks again, its all good information from you both i will let you know if i ever find anything out about Abia before the census. ( her maiden name).

Kind regards
Rachael

[allibaker]

have you tried this site rachael ?
http://www.forest-of-dean.net/fodmembers/
regards
alli

[Shirleyjjj]

sorry your still looking after a year -

i expect you have tried the usual things like scrolling through family search for the marriage ect - looking through -matching trees on ancestry , 'witnessees' at relatives marriages prior to her marriage , next door neighbours on the census for clues ,  and phonetic miss-spells - im hoping yo will find it this year with the help of the nice people on here and dont worry about asking agian - im still looking for maiden name of an Emm coward born abt 1685 - ive been looking for 4 years

[rachael21]

Thanks for the responses ive done some of the things you have suggested and i will try the others
many thanks to you all for your help.

Kind regards
P.s i will get back to you if i need help

[Redroger]

Parker is I believe a gypsy surname, so it might be worth making a post on the traveller board. Regarding the timescale, research sometimes takes decades to complete; when I first started I got back to my 2XGGF on the first morning, researching in Lincoln archives; a very late second marriage meant my father (b1899) had for his father a man bc1828, so I was straight on to pre-registration. Luckily they had stayed in the same town so I was able to track back and find my ancestor's marriage and when he arrived in the town, but though all sources say he was born in 1776 I am still looking. That was shortly after I retired in 1996, 17 years ago. I know of people who have looked for an ancestor for over 30 years, so patience is very much needed. Good luck!