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16 July 1864 - Hereford Times - Hereford, Herefordshire, England

Ledbury
Harriett Amey, an unfortunate, charged by Supt. Tanner with being drunk and riotous in the streets of Ledbury, on the 28th June, and also in the Red Lion public house, on the same day, and refusing to leave on the application of the landlord. She was committed for seven days hard labour.

(also similar 29 August 1863)

Chris :)

Ha ha! "Drunk and riotous"! I like it!!




Going back to Samuel's son John Thomas (born c1877, in Leyton, Essex, per 1891 census), this will be his birth:

Births Jun 1887 (>99%)
Griffiths John Thomas W. Ham 4a 203


1891, just to complete the record:

Samuel Griffiths in the 1891 England Census

Name:
Samuel Griffiths
Age:
46
Estimated birth year:
abt 1845
Relation:
Head
Spouse's Name:
Annie F Griffiths
Gender:
Male
Where born:
St Pancras, London, England
Civil Parish:
Leyton
Ecclesiastical parish:
Leyton All Saints
County/Island:
Essex
Country:
England
Registration district:
West Ham
ED, institution, or vessel:
16
Piece:
1345
Folio:
92
Page Number:
31
Household Members:
Samuel Griffiths 46 - commercial traveller
Annie F Griffiths 34
Samuel G Griffiths 5
John Thos Griffiths 4

I wonder if Maria reverted to her maiden surname?

Maria Amey
Estimated birth year: abt 1846
Registration Year: 1877
Registration Quarter: Apr-May-Jun
Age at Death: 31
Registration district: Birmingham
Inferred County: Warwickshire
Volume: 6d
Page: 148

That looks like a good possibility, Rootgatherer

EDIT: Samuel's still listed as married in 1881, but perhaps he didn't think to say widowed,

(for 1877 Death)

Warwickshire, Birmingham Burials, 1836-2010 Transcription (Find My Past)

First name(s) Maria
Last name Amey
Death year 1877
Cemetery Witton cemetery
Place Birmingham, Witton cemetery
County Warwickshire
Country England
Registry reference 83068

(gives below link)

http://bmsgh-shop.org.uk/BIRM-Cemeteries

Chris :)

Thanks all for the info, will have to take time & try work all this out.

Just to add -
Maria and Samuel may well have had children between 1871 (or earlier, for all we know) and 1877 (if that's her death), but there are so many Griffiths and Amey births in the Aston / Birmingham/St Pancras areas during those years, that it's impossible to know if any of them were theirs, without spending a fortune on birth certs.