Scott - Stroud area, early 20th century- HELP!

[AngelaR]

Hi Jenie

That's fine - I'll have a sniff around and see what I can find, if anything. As you say, it might be useful for elimination purposes if nothing else!

I'll let you know how I get on next week

Best wishes

Angela

[Jenie_Oakley75]

Thank you so much Angela - greatly appreciated.

Jenie

[AngelaR]

Hi Jenie

Well, I've been to the library but it didn't turn up anything I'm afraid 

The main parish records for Stroud stop at 1894 (would you believe it!) I checked 1893/1894 for George Henry but no go.....

The parish of Holy Trinity, Stroud started up in 1879 and their parish records covered the right period - I checked 1893-1900 but nothing there.

Typically, the library copies of Dursley records stop at 1867, so they were no good either. For what it's worth, they did have records for Coaley and he wasn't there.

The Record Office at Gloucester should have more records both for Stroud St Lawrence and Dursley. I know some people do go fairly frequently to the record office, so perhaps they could check for you?

Sorry about that 

Best wishes

Angela

[Jenie_Oakley75]

Hi Angela,

Thank you very much for checking for me - it all helps with the process of elimination for me Perhaps I will hear something eventually via the newspapers that I wrote to as well. Thanks again for looking for me.

Jenie

[AngelaR]

Hi Jenie

I'll keep my fingers crossed on the newspapers front 

If you do get anything, please let us know - I'm intrigued!

Best wishes

Angela

[Jenie_Oakley75]

Hi Angela,

Just want to let you know that I have had two replies, and the second of these has tied in for me that they both relate to the right family. Not much more to go on relating to the parents of George Henry & William E. Scott (apart from that their father might have been George, not William but still a coal miner, and that the surname Treasure is connected somewhere), but at least now I know a little more about William E. & his family and have even received a photo. Thanks again for your help.

Jenie

[AngelaR]

Hi Jenie

Thanks for letting us know what happened 

It's good that at least you have a little bit more to go on! I must admit that I've often got further with tracing things back through siblings than through the direct line, so perhaps that's a more promising route for you too 

If there's anything we can help with on the looking-up front then please do say....

Good luck and best wishes in the hunt

Angela

[Jenie_Oakley75]

Hi Angela,

Thank you. Well I have managed to make further progress by finding a marriage between a George Scott (not William) & a Phoebe Treasure in 1892,  although this took place in Somerset not Gloucestershire - and in a mining area, as I soon discovered, which fits in nicely. I also found Phoebe Treasure on each census year (not difficult with an unusual name like that) and traced her family pretty well with the IGI combined with census returns, although George Scott remains a bit of a mystery until the marriage certificate arrives, as he had died before 1901 and Phoebe had already remarried but her sons William & George Scott (aged 11 and 6 - the correct age for george Henry) appear with her and her 2nd husband at Frenchmoor, Hampshire on the 1901 census (so the move to Stroud clearly took place later on). George's birthplace is shown as Bath, which has allowed me to order his birth certificate, as well as his mother's and his parents' marriage certificate.   

Jenie

[AngelaR]

Hi Jeni,

That's BRILLIANT news    I bet you're thrilled after all this time - I know I would be!

Well done and I hope your run of luck continues 

Angela