William was my great,great,great,great grandfather and I am trying to piece together his life from the small fragments available.Considering he was a labourer,I have been well blessed with information. Gloucester Archives even had his will!
From 1851 Census I know he was born in Severn Stoke. The IG Index shows a William Orman baptised in 1773 at Severn Stoke but I cannot prove it was him. A William Harman was married to Ann Webb in Ledbury in 1815.The 1851 Census shows Ann Herman was born in Ledbury,its possible Williams sister in Laws maiden name was Elizabeth Webb. Again I cannot prove this was Williams wedding.
William had several children, I cannot find baptism records for John and Hannah Herman.All the other children were baptised at Twyning and Census records say that John was born in Twyning.I find this ommision very strange considering William appears quite religeous.
Williams Will mentions a farm in Kempsey that he had mortgaged for either £200 or £500, I cant track it down and finally William states his occupation in 1851 as an'occupier of half an acre of land. Can anyone help me with any of these brick walls I have hit. I keep racking my brain but my instinct tells me there is more information out there somewhere.Thanks for reading this. Barnsey