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!