| Name |
James GADD |
- GADMAN: The man or boy who directed or guided a team by means of a gad or goad, esp. in ploughing; a goadsman.
c1450 HENRYSON Mor. Fab. 73 His Gadman and hee, His stots hee straught with Benedicite. 1515 Ld. Treas. Acc. Scotl. in Pitcairn Crim. Trials I. 260*, xij cartaris ane hundrethe and xx pynouris and ix gadmen, being careand the Artalzery fra Edinburghe to Streueling. 1786 BURNS Inventory, A gaudsman ane, a thrasher t'other. 1827 HONE Every-Day Bk. II. 1656 Pig drivers and gadsmen. 1863 J. L. W. By-gone Days 10 With every plough two persons were engaged, one the ploughman..the other the gadman, from the long gad or goad with which he impelled the horses or oxen. [OED]
- GADLING:
1. Originally, a companion or fellow, in good sense; esp. a companion in arms.
Beowulf 2617 His gædelinges guewædu. c1000 Daniel 422 Hwa a yfe sealde ingum gædelingum. c1205 LAY. 12335 Alle a gadelinges Alse heo weoren sunen kinges. a1250 Prov. Ælfred 312 in O.E. Misc. 120 So is mony gedelyng godlyche on horse. 13.. K. Alis. 1192 Fiftene thousand of fot laddes..And alle stalworthe gadelynges.
2. In bad sense, as a term of reproach: A base, low-born person, a ‘fellow’.
1297 R. GLOUC. (1724) 310 e beste body & noblest..yslawe was oru a gadelyng, so vyllyche, alas! c1400 Gamelyn 107, I am no worse gadelyng..But born of a lady, and geten of a knight. c1475 Rauf Coiear 612 Quhair gangis thow, Gedling, thir gaitis sa gane? ?a1500 Chester Pl. (E.E.T.S.) x. 237 That false gedlinge [v.r. gelding]. 15.. Robd. Cysille in Hazl. E.P.P. I. 273 Fals thefe, and fowle gadlyng, Thou lyest falsely.
3. A wanderer, wayfarer, vagabond.
a1542 WYATT in Tottel's Misc. (Arb.) 41 The wandring gadling, in the sommer tyde, That findes the Adder with his rechlesse foote. 1565 Maister Randolphes Phantasey 539 The amased lewsarde..from the wandringe gadlinge hasteth amayne.
4. Hence attrib. (in sense of ‘wandering’, as if formed from a verb gaddle); also as vbl. n.
1594 CAREW Tasso (1881) 98 Nor on the promisde ten alone relyes, But trusts he stealth should more a gaddling lead. c1624 LUSHINGTON Resur. Serm. (1659) 15 Three way-going women, gadling gossips that came from Galilee. 1676 COLES, Gadling, stradling. 1706 PHILLIPS (ed. Kersey), Gadling (old word), straggling.
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| Birth |
1803 |
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| Christening |
- No baptism found in any Bristol parish - checked B&AFHS index and also original registers of most parishes. Somerset: no record of GADD baptisms in Norton Malreward, Wraxall, Chew Magna, Barrow Gurney, Chew Stoke, Butcombe, Winford, Wrington, Long Ashton. A few at the right time in Dundry, but not James. May be the James, christened 25 Dec 1805 in Berrow (father George).
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| Gender |
Male |
| Occupation |
Collier, according to Marriage Certificate of son, John, to Jemima SAINSBURY. |
| Occupation |
15 Jul 1827 |
St. George, Bristol, Gloucestershire  |
| Labourer |
| Occupation |
26 Jul 1829 |
Lawrence Hill, Bristol |
| Labourer |
| Occupation |
25 Mar 1832 |
St. George, Bristol, Gloucestershire |
| Labourer |
| Death |
Dec 1835 |
| Burial |
25 Dec 1835 |
St. George, Bristol, Gloucestershire |
- Burial register states that he was poor, and lived near the Church, aged 32. There were many burials around the same time, suggesting an epidemic.
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James GADD, burial register
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| Notes |
- Note that at least 3 of his children were baptised at St. Philip's even when James was living near St. George's church. William DAY was Vicar of St. Philip's from 1810-1833, and was previously Curate of St. James's from 1804.
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| Person ID |
I2 |
Gadd |
| Last Modified |
5 Sep 2025 |
| Family |
Martha HOWELL, b. 1799, Gloucester, Gloucestershire d. 25 Jul 1873, 14 Ellbroad Street, St. Philip's, Bristol (Age 74 years) |
| Marriage |
08 Apr 1827 |
St. George, Bristol, Gloucestershire [1] |
- Witnesses: James SILCOX & John COLLINS
- A William COLLINS was a witness at the marriage of Joseph GADD and Anne SAGE at Dundry in 1777 - Joseph's grandmother was Joyce COLLINS (wife of Guy GADD).
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| Notes |
- Living in the household with Martha and the children in 1841 were Sophia (b abt 1791, d Q4 1842?) and Sarah (b. abt 1816) DYMOCK. Sarah was in 1861 living with her sister, also named Sophia, who had married Robert COLES in 1841. Robert came from a family of chimney sweeps. It's not known whether there was a familial link with the GADDs.
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| Children |
| + | 1. William GADD, b. 1824, Bristol, Gloucestershire d. 19 Aug 1899, Bristol Workhouse, Bristol, Gloucestershire (Age 75 years) |
| + | 2. Thomas GADD, b. 1827, St. George, Bristol, Gloucestershire d. Mar 1884, Barton Regis, Gloucestershire (Age 57 years) |
| + | 3. John GADD, b. 06 Jul 1829, St. George, Bristol, Gloucestershire d. 19 Dec 1879, 15 Ellbroad Street, St. Philip's, Bristol (Age 50 years) |
| + | 4. Mary Ann GADD, b. 1832 d. Bef 1837? |
| | 5. Eliza GADD, b. 1834 |
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| Family ID |
F2 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
19 Jun 2012 |
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