The Dance Families of the Forest of Dean
THE DANCE FAMILY OF THE WYE VALLEY AND FOREST OF DEAN
HARRIET DANCE 1840
JOHN DANCE HER BROTHER
Redbrook in the 19th century
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HARRIET DANCE 1840
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Redbrook in the 19th century |
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Edward's eldest daughter was Harriet Dance (1840) who married Redbrook tinplate worker James Rogers in 1859. They had two children, Mary Ann Rogers (1859) and Thomas (1861) at Redbrook. After the death of James Rogers Harriett married again at Bristol in 1869. He was Charles Watkins (1848) a miller who after their marriage changed his name to his mother's married name Powell. After a couple of years in Skenfrith, Monmouthshire the couple settled at Redbrook, Harriett's birthplace. They had seven children Harriet Powell (1870), Edward (1871), Eleanor(1873), Frank (1874), Jane (1876), John (1878) and Philip (1880). Their daughter Eleanor (1873) married John Henry Roberts (1872) from Penallt just across the river (and the Welsh border) from Redbrook. Eleanor's daughter Kathleen Florence Harriet Roberts (1897-1962) was born at Penallt. She married William Evans (1896-1959) from Dowlais, Merthyr Tydfil.
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The photo shows four generations. Harriet Powell (nee Dance) seated, with daughter Eleanor Roberts (nee Powell) on her left and grand-daughter Kathleen Roberts (1897) holding her daughter. Photo kindly supplied by Mike Kohnstamm whose mother is the baby of this group.
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John
Dance
(1838) who later joined his son in West Australia
was employed as a mason at Cwmtillery colliery near
Abertillery,
Monmouthshire after finishing the Monmouth School contract
in the
Whitsun of 1896.
His address then was Clarence Place, Blaenau Gwent. He was still in the area in 1901 lodging with his niece Eleanor Roberts's family (pictured with her daughter above) at Glendower Street, Abertillery.
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tom.bint@tiscali.co.uk
