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Methinks I may have been right on the second marriage theory:


Marriages Sep 1848
Berry Caroline Stroud 11 528
>> Drew Nathaniel Stroud 11 528
Duffey Patrick Stroud 11 528
>> HILLIER Elizabeth Stroud 11 528
PEARCE Charlotte Stroud 11 528
WINTLE Daniel Stroud 11 528

Ancestry and FindMyPast take turns making a dog's breakfast of census years ...

But who/where is this daughter Ethel??

If you use the IGI batch number

P018101

to search for Drew births with father Nathaniel, you also get:


JANE DREW
Christening: 29 AUG 1852 Horsley, Gloucester, England
Father: NATHANIEL DREW
Mother: JANE
Batch No.: P018101


That's odd, because there's no Nathaniel Drew with wife Jane in the censuses. And your Nathaniel is still with wife Elizabeth -- and daughter Jane born c1852 -- in 1861:


Name: Nathaniel Drew
Age: 55
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1806
Relation: Head
Spouse's Name: Elizabeth
Gender: Male
Where born: Horsley, Gloucestershire, England

Civil Parish: Horsley
County/Island: Gloucestershire
Country: England

Registration district: Stroud
Sub-registration district: Horsley
ED, institution, or vessel: 9
Household schedule number: 26

Catherine Drew 2
Elizabeth Drew 43
Emma Drew 11
Jane Drew 9
Julia Drew 4
Martha Drew 17
Nathaniel Drew 55
William Drew 16


Where did you get the children's names you listed in your post? Have I got hold of the wrong Nathaniel Drew altogether??

So now that we know where he was in Gloucestershire, we find him in 1841, per Ancestry:


Name: Nathaniel Dron
Age: 35
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1806
Gender: Male
Where born: Gloucestershire, England

Civil Parish: Horsley
Hundred: Longtree
County/Island: Gloucestershire
Country: England

Registration district: Stroud
Sub-registration district: Horsley

Maria Blanchard 12
Nathaniel Dron 35


The image says Drew.

It's a little hard to sort out that census page, but they seem to be part of the household of Ann Burford and her son.

Is this news to you? If not, then your reporting it would have meant I didn't have to go looking for it ...

If you search in the IGI for births with parents Nathaniel Drew and Elizabeth (all the info you need to use), you get:


EMMA DREW
Christening: 26 AUG 1849 Horsley, Gloucester, England
Father: NATHANIEL DREW
Mother: ELIZABETH
Batch No.: P018101


Might one of the parents not be the parent of the other children?

Yeesh, Nigel. Calm. Seriously. Unlock that capitals key. No need to shout at us.

You know a wee bit more than is in your post, obviously. Like from the 1851 census:


Name: Nathaniel Drew
Age: 46
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1805
Relation: Head
Spouse's Name: Elizabeth
Gender: Male
Where born: Horsley, Gloucestershire, England

Civil Parish: Horsley
Town: Bow and Stroud
County/Island: Gloucestershire
Country: England

Registration district: Stroud
Sub-registration district: Minchinhampton
ED, institution, or vessel: 2f
Household schedule number: 62

Elizabeth Drew 33
Emma Drew 1
Martha Drew 8
Nathaniel Drew 46
William Drew 6


Top of the results list for Nathaniel Drew in Gloucestershire born 1805 with wife Elizabeth.

Is "Emma" a mistranscription of Ethel? ... No, it says Emma on the census page.

So now we know *where* in Gloucestershire. Didn't you know?

ANYONE WITH INFO ON NATHANIEL DREW B1805 IN GLOUCESTERSHIRE.HE WAS MARRIED TO ELIZABETH.IVE SOME OF THE CHILDRENS NAMES....WILLIAM,MARTHA,JANE AND ETHEL.I AM PULLING MY HAIR OUT NEARLY!!!!