Henry Morgan OH’s MFMMF

[Langley Vale Sue]

Name - "official" name and what they were known as – Henry Morgan

Date and place of birth – abt 1808 in Gloucestershire (according to 1841 census)

Names of parents - unknown

Date and place of baptism - unknown

Details of each of his or her marriages – to Maria Stroud on 25 December 1830 at St Mary, Charlton Kings, Gloucestershire. Witnesses George & Mary Stroud.

Occupation(s) - Carpenter

Addresses where they lived (including county if in UK) - and please list which censuses you have or haven't found him/her on (if s/he lived in census times!).
1841 – Buckles Row, Charlton Kings, Gloucestershire
Children all listed as being born in Charlton Kings between 1831 & 1850 (!?!)

Date, place and cause of death – 19 December 1848 (or 1849) in Charlton Kings. Cause unknown

Date and place of burial - unknown

Details of will / administration of their estate - unknown

Memorial inscription - unknown

[Sabrina]

Found these burials in the register for St Mary’s Charlton Kings:
2 Oct 1848 Louisa Morgan, Charlton Kings, age 15
19 Dec 1848 Henry Morgan, Charlton Kings, age 40
15 Jan 1850 Henry Morgan, Charlton Kings, 9wks

I also found details of the gravestone:
Headstone (pierced cross). Dimensions 1390x755x100mm Forest of Dean stone, sound, in situ; incised inscription mainly decipherable. Location M003. Transcript recorded Sep 1982.

Sacred to the / memory of HENRY MORGAN / who died Dec 14th 1849 / aged 40 years / Also of Louisa daughter of the above / who died Septr 16th 1849 / Aged 16 years / Also of James Henry, son of the above / who died May 23rd 18[67] Aged 21 years / As for me I will behold thy face in righteousness.

[NB I am pretty sure the transcript had 1849 written for the deaths of Henry and Louisa, which is different to the burial register, but I could be wrong! ]

I did look through the Charlton Kings baptisms from 1800 to 1812 in case Henry was baptised there, but there was no Henry Morgan or any other little Morgans baptised!

[Langley Vale Sue]

Sabrina to the rescue once again! Thank you so much for all that information

Maybe the difference in the year recorded for the deaths was to do with the dates of the birth & death of Henry junior. I have his birth as 6 Jan 1850 and his death as 15 Jan 1850, but his father, Henry senior, died in Dec 1848 or maybe it was 1849!

[Sabrina]

You are welcome.

The entry in the register was definitely 1848. As for the gravestone transcript, either I wrote it down wrong or it was wrongly recorded, I will have another look sometime and add it to my list of ones to look for when I go on a photographing trip!