Frederick John Gosling was born 3/10/1846 Rattery. First child of parents John Gosling & Elizabeth Inniss . 3 subsequent brothers

A possible reason Frederick that was born in Rattery, was that John & Elizabeth Gosling - or at least Elizabeth Gosling could have been down there to visit George and Emma Norman, at Marley Garden House, Rattery, where George was employed as a gardener.
Emma's maiden surname was Kelson and she originates from Gloucester. In 1841 Emma Kelson was a ‘Farm Servant’ in the Barton Regis area of Bristol, Gloucestershire; while Elizabeth was a F.S. living in Gloucester ??and they may have met there. Again, it might seem a bit thin, but so far, it’s the only plausible explanation I can come up with. - Philip

And in the 1841 and 1851 censuses, there are no Goslings noted in Rattery: and it is a bit far to go for work when everybody else seems to be going in the opposite direction!.

'My Ancestor Was An Agricultural Labourer' ,published by The Society of Genealogists, is a bit of an eye-opener! The average wage of an 'Ag Lab' in Wiltshire in 1851 was seven shillings a week! 

By 1849 his family are living in Gloucester and stay there through the 1851C, 1861C & 1871C, his father, John Gosling, a labourer in all 3. .

1868 Frederick John Gosling, sawyer, married Mary Allen 29/6/1868 in St. James Church Gloucester .“Marriage solemnized at St James' Church in the (District of St James) near the City but in the County of Gloucester”
Frederick Gosling | Of full age | Bachelor | Sawyer | Back Terrace | John Gosling | Sawyer
Mary Ann Allen | Minor | Spinster | Ryecroft Street | Richard John Allen | Tailor
Witnesses: George Perry & Eliza Perry

Mary Ann Allen was born 5/10/1850 Gloucester

1868. First child Mary Elizabeth Gosling born 20/11/1868 at Ryecroft Street, South Hamlet, Gloucester. Father a Sawyer. A quick birth!

10 Children: Mary 1868, Kate 1872, Julia 1877, Frederick 1880, Beatrice 1882, Gertrude 1884, Louisa 1887, Letitia 1889, Richard 1893, Rose 1895

1871C At 4 Alma Place , Gloucester . GOSLING Frederick J (24) Mary A (20) Mary E (2)

1874. Likely that the Henry William J Gosling born Dec 1874 Bristol, and dies, aged 2, Jun 1877 Bristol is the child shown as having died in the 1911C??

By 1877, or likely 1874, family has moved from Gloucester to Bristol

But 1880 Birth of Frederick John Gosling is back in Gloucester - from BMD, but always given as Bristol on censuses !

1881C 22 Lake Street, BRISTOL . GOSLING Frederick (34) Mary (30) Kate (9) Julia Fanny (4) Frederick (1)

1884. Still at 22 Lake Street when Gertrude Annie Gosling was born, 7/9/1884. He still a wood sawyer. Have her b.c in an email from Philip.

1891C 35 Brooklyn Street, Bristol
GOSLING Frederick J / Head / M / 42 / Freestone Sawyer* / Devon Totnes

1901C 35 Brooklyn St, St Werburghs, Bristol
GOSLING Frederick J / Head / M / 55 / Wood Sawyer / Worker / Gloucester

1911C 6 Downend Park, Horfield, Bristol. Living in 6 rooms.
GOSLING, Frederick / Head / 61 / Married / 43 Years / Wood Sawyer / Timber / Worker / Gloster. 11 Children, 1 died.[ Likely Henry William J Gosling 1874-1877] . . . . . .. 3 children still living with him & Mary: Louisa 24 Richard 18, Rose 16

1927. Frederick John Gosling died 8/4/1927, aged 75, at 59 Penfield Street, Bristol

His wife Mary Ann Gosling died the same year, 20/9/1927 in hospital, usual address 59 Penfield Street, Bristol

The informant for both these deaths was Fanny Gamlin. She was Julia Fanny, nee Gosling 1877, having married Frederick Gamlin 7/1/1899, Bedminster St. Silas Somersetshire, his father Robert Gamlin- IGI. . My mother remembers her as ‘Aunt Fan’.
Fanny Gamlin died 21 Jan 1965 and is buried along with her husband Frederick, and three other members of the Gamlin family in Greenbank Cemetery, Bristol.

Comment.

Frederick John Gosling 1846 and his brother George Enniss Gosling 1858, both lived in Bristol 1877/1891?-1927: I wonder how much they and their 10 children apiece saw each other!!

James Gosling 1854 & George Gosling 1858 - any family likeness??

* I have absolutely no idea what a ‘Freestone Sawyer’ is…Philip

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