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Family Tree back to about 1790 added April 2012.

Registration District: Ross
1884 BIRTH in the Sub-district of Ross in the Counties of Hereford and Gloucester

No. When and where born Name, if any Sex Name and surname of father Name, surname and maiden name of mother Occupation of father Signature, description and residence of informant When registered Signature of registrar
146 Twenty ninth April 1884
Morse Lane
Ruardean
Gloster RSD
Martin Luther Boy Thomas Sleeman Elizabeth Sleeman formerly Brain Ironstone Miner Thomas Sleeman
Father
Morse Lane
Ruardean
Eigth May 1884 George Morgan
Registrar

The picture shows my grandparents Martin and Edith in their garden with a view back over Morse Lane.

Martin Luther Sleeman was born the family house on the Morse Lane Ruardean.

He worked in the coal mines. Initially he worked at the stables for the pit ponies used underground for haulage.  In his latter days in the pits in the Forest, he was the  the boss haulier, responsible for getting the coal and waste from the pit face out to the surface.   

   
  slee1.gif (20973 bytes) My father, Len, outside the family home "Valley View" on Ruardean Hill in 1962.

His brother Les was just ten days old when the family moved into this house.