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Devon UK - Genealogy, Surnames, Family and Local History

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skinners from newton abbot - Newton Abbot
james b. 1816, (police constable) lived with his wife sarah b. 1816. 1851 census has james, sarah, sons james, john, richard and thomas, living at wolborough newt, newton abbot, devon. 1881 census has james and sarah living at lodge northernhay street, exeter st. david, devon. any information - much appreciated.

Vangucci Family - Newton Abbot
1891 Census VANGUCCI Alexander Head Married M 44 Musician (Not Empr/Empee) 1 Market St, 1 Hilldrop, Newton Abbot Devon Italy RG12/1703 Dist 11 Folio 124 Page 4 VANGUCCI Cetare Son Single M 10 Scholar 1 Market St, 1 Hilldrop, Newton Abbot Devon Bournemouth Hampshire RG12/1703 Dist 11 Folio 124 Page 4 VANGUCCI Edward Son Single M 8 Scholar 1 Market St, 1 Hilldrop, Newton Abbot Devon Weston Super Mare RG12/1703 Dist 11 Folio 124 Page 4 VANGUCCI Enrichetta Daughter Single F 5 Scholar 1 Market St, 1 Hilldrop, Newton Abbot Devon Torquay Devon RG12/1703 Dist 11 Folio 124 Page 4 VANGUCCI Francesco Son Single M 6 Scholar 1 Market St, 1 Hilldrop, Newton Abbot Devon Folkstone Kent RG12/1703 Dist 11 Folio 124 Page 4 VANGUCCI Gertrude Daughter Single F 1 ? 1 Market St, 1 Hilldrop, Newton Abbot Devon Torquay Devon RG12/1703 Dist 11 Folio 124 Page 4 VANGUCCI Irene Daughter Single F 12 ? 1 Market St, 1 Hilldrop, Newton Abbot Devon Bournemouth Hampshire RG12/1703 Dist 11 Folio 124 Page 4 VANGUCCI Sarah Wife Married F 32 ? 372 Grays Inn Rd (-374) London Isle Of Wight RG12/1703 Dist 11 Folio 124 Page 4

harris - Newton Abbot
looking for any harris family who have samual charles married keturah susan bowden 1896 samual harris / sarah ann wait m 1873 and my gggf born in bristol 1800

bowden family of devon - Newton Abbot
william and his wife maria and 4 children emigrated to south australia, about the 1840/50's. Looking for the family lineage in england.

benney, Newton Abbot Devon - Newton Abbot
Looking for relatives of Charles Samuel Griffen Benney born in Teignmouth but moved to Newton Abbot. Married to Elsie Maud Mary Howis born in Ashburton. Appreciate any help

eric joseph dore - Newton Abbot
eric was my father-in-law he came from a large family including ruby, gordon, cyril, marjorie, emily emmie. father was richard mother bessie? would to know more about parents where they came from or any other details. eric died 15yrs ago. thanks margaret

Sampson family - Newton Abbot
Had three boys, moved to London to give greater job opportunity in about 1910

PERROTT – Newton Abbot (Wolborough) - Newton Abbot
Charles and Charlotte (née Collins) Perrott moved to Newton Abbot in 1861/62 and operated a grocery and shoe/boot shop at 104-106 Queen Street. They had nine children, of whom the last four were born in Newton: Mary Ann (died in 1863 of scarlet fever); Charles James (who also died of scarlet fever in 1863); Colin; William Henry; Emma; Thomas Hugh; Lucy; Charlotte; and Clara. Colin married Alice Mary Benton (née Scoins) and took over the grocery business; William Henry moved to London and married Phoebe A. M. Hayhoe; Thomas Hugh also moved to London and married Edith Rachel Runyard; Lucy took over the shoe/boot shop; Charlotte married Samuel Harris Rabley (they initially lived in London, but moved back to Newton Abbot around 1893). Please get in touch if you have (or are looking for) any information about this family.

harris - Newton Abbot
samual charles harris had two brothers reginald and frederick born about the 1860s both emigrated to canada any info would be a great help

Rundle J.R. - Newton Abbot
I am looking for any English relative/s of my ggg grandfather, J R Rundle who came to Australia in 1840.

Leonard Soper - Newton Abbot
Looking for any information regarding Leonard Soper b. Woolborough Newton Abbot.1550 who Wed Elizabeth Parr 1573.

ELLIOTT Surname - Newton Abbot
I am looking for a John ELLIOTT, possibly married to a Jemima Elizabeth Lane, who lived in the Devon Newton Abbott area around the year 1853. They had a son born to them that year - William ELLIOTT, who later married Eliza Kate Peirce. I would appreciate it if some of you have access to the 1861 UK Census and would check for this family. Thank you.

Rees Family - Newton Abbot
Looking for info or relatives of Charles Morgan Rees family..1851 census shows them in Newton Abbbot on Highweek Street..wife Elizabeth 2 children Elizabeth, Frank Thanks

susan (sue) price - Newton Abbot
desperately seeking susan! Sue's surname is currently Price, but she has previously been known as Sue Morrisson and Sue Zammit. Maiden name is unknown. Has 2 children called Karl/Carl and darren who are their teens, but may not live with her. Believed to be living in torbay area of devon. last known address was in stoke gabriel near newton abbot. may be working as a nanny or childminder.

Portus ancestors of James Oliver - Newton Abbot
My father, William Hodder Oliver Portus, married at Newton Abbot Registry to Joanna Isabelle (Nee Bridger) post war. I believe they lived for a time in Dawlish. Grandfather Thomas Oliver Portus ran a garage in Exeter post war until death in 1953. My parents moved to Abbotsham, N Devon where I was born in 1954. Any reliable information about what my parents did during their time in S Devon would be appreciated.

Easterbrook - Newton Abbot
In 1897 Mary Ann P Cumming married William Henry Easterbrook at Newton Abbot. I would love to hear from anyone who knew this couple, or their descendants

Edwin WATKINS / Eliza WATKINS - Newton Abbot
Edwin WATKINS (baptised Christmas Eve 1824 at Providence Chapel-Independent, Wolborough And Newton Abbott but we think born in Dartmouth?). He married Elizabeth CHARLES (in Dartmouth approx 1834) In the 1851 cesus Edwin is working as a Master Painter in Wolborough. Their daughter Eliza/Elizabeth (b1849 in Newton Abbot) moved to Liverpool/Bootle and married John CONNOR in 1870. We think Eliza had a child (Beatrice) aged 16 in Plymouth before she married John. Would love to know more about them all than the census entries!

MARY ANN RADMORE - Newton Abbot
Mary Ann Radmore married James Moist in 1847 in Newton Abbot. They had a daughter Sarah Ann who had a son Richard born 1871 in Kingsteignton. Any information about this family would be welcomed.

Arscott family - Newton Abbot
I've just bought a Victorian photo album showing portraits taken in various Devon towns. The collection includes a picture of the headstone of Annie Alberta, William Albert and Alberta Annie Arscott who all died at Newton Abbot in 1870-1. Their parents were William Arscott of South Tawton and Eliza nee Wills. Does anyone know anything about this family?

Stinton - Jack, Jessie and Eric? - Newton Abbot
Does anyone have info on the Stinton family who lived in Newton Abbot? Jack Stinton born c 1900 was married to my aunt Jessie Matthews born c 1903. They had 2 sons, one died in a motor cycle accident in about 1960. I would like to trace the remaining brother, my cousin, who, I think, was named Eric. Jack Stinton was an engine driver and regularly drove "The Pendennis Castle" down to Penzance where I went to school.

Prowse/Williams Family - Newton Abbot
Looking for details on the following. Violet Williams married Kenneth V Prowse in Newton Abbot in 1946. It appears two children were born, Sandra M Prowse 1947 and Teresa Prowse 1949. Violet went on to marry Timothy R White in Plymouth in 1954. Info on any of the individuals would be very much appreciated. Thanks

Thomas Furse Collard - Newton Abbot
Looking for Thomas Furse Collard married Eliza Knott.Thomas was a mariner Thomas and Eliza had a son John Knott Collard born October 1856 in st mary church newton abbot.

ALFORD - Newton Abbot
LOOKING FOR A JANE B ALFORD MAIDEN NAME UNKNOWN WHO GAVE BIRTH TO ANNIE ALFORD IN 1889 IN NEWTON ABBOTT AND WHO DIED IN 1926 AND WAS BURIED IN NEWTON ABBOTT AS JANE B ALFORD.

Looking for Mary-Anne Rooke d.o.b august 1948 - Newton Abbot
can you help me find Mary-Anne Rooke? Does she still live in Newton Abbot? Any info at all please

wotton family - Newton Abbot
I am seeking any information and pictures relatimg to my Wotton family. They lived in Highweek Street,East Street, Newton Abbot during a period arround the late 1700-1875.They had a business as basket makers,coal merchants and employed many people

Thomas Weekes - Newton Abbot
Looking for the parents of my g-g-grandfather Thomas Weekes, a clothier, born in Newton Bushel c. 1817. I know he had 2 sisters, one of whom married a Pasco(e). He emigrated to the US in 1841, returned to England in 1857 and was living on Station Rd. in Wolborough at the 1861 census. He returned to the US permanently in 1863.

Captain Thomas William Taylor 10th Royal Hussars of Waterloo.Later Major General CB. - Newton Abbot
Born Coombe Royal 1782.Married Ann Petri 1810.Appointed Colonel 17th Lancers 1853.Died 1854.

SIMMONDS, GOSLING , GIBSON, Newton Abbot - Newton Abbot
I would like to trace living relatives of Reginald George SIMMONDS who married Amy M. GOSLING Jun. Q 1922 in Newton Abbot. Their daughter was born in Newton Abbot Dec. Q 1926. Could anyone tell me who she married? Reginald was the son of Ada Ellen (nee GIBSON) and Charles SIMMONDS who lived in Winchester, Hampshire in 1901. There seems to be some confusion about what happened to Ada , mother of Reginald.

John Ritchie - Newton Abbot
I am looking for John Ritchie (born c1872) who, in 1912, worked in the Post Office Telephone Service. In December 1912 he was living in Torquay Road, Newton Abbot when he married Elizabeth Ellen Williams (born c1880) who lived in Prospect Terrace, Newton Abbot.

Ruby and Counter families to Canada 1848 and 1851 - Newton Abbot
Thomas Ruby (1822-1902) married Louisa Augusta Lindsay (1820-1900) in Newton Abbot, Devonshire, England, in 1849 in the Jan - March quarter. They probably said their goodbye and left in March or April for Canada where their first child was born in 1851 in West Nissouri Township, Middlesex County, Ontario. They were probably encouraged to emigrate by another couple, Richard Counter (b. 1814) and Mary Ruby (b. 1816) who were in Canada by 1848 when their son John was born. The first children of the Counter family were born in England: George 1835, Mary J 1837, James 1842, Aaron 1844 and Moses 1847. Richard Counter was a joiner living with his family in East Nissouri Township, Oxford Co. Ontario, Canada in a frame house, which he probably built, in the 1851 census.

Cleave / Foster - Newton Abbot
Looking for any relatives or info on a William John Cleave & his wife marr 1838 in newton Abbott ? Priscilla Foster. they Immigrated to Australia on the Terese in July 1840. Maybe came with his brother william walter ??. would love to hear from anyone linked to these familys please. thanks for any help kath

ROBERT REANO - Newton Abbot
I AM SEARCHING FOR ANY FAMILY OF ROBERT REANO BORN CROYDON 1939 ALSO OF DOROTHY REANO WHO MARRIED CRISTA THELIN

Masters Family History - Newton Ferrers
Any information on the Masters family of Newton Ferris and surrouding villages requested Especialy William Henry Masters and his wife Mary Ann Masters nee Revell

Parish Chest Records - Newton Ferrers
Does anyone know if there are Parish Chest records for Newton Ferrers?

Tope - Newton Ferrers
Elizabeth Lethbridge marr. William Tope in Newton ferrers Sept 1825.William from Yealmpton there daug Jane ann born June 1841 was my great Grandmother. Anyone else researching

Robin WEST - Newton Ferrers
Robin WEST b abt 1792 Newton Ferrers, Devon, married Marianne CRISPIN in 1827 also Newton Ferrers. Children Sarah, William and Jane Hill West. All tips appreciated.

ROE - Newton Ferrers
Elizabeth ROE (1724-?) daughter of Robert ROE(1865-?) and Christian COPPLESTONE (1699-?). Elizabeth married in 1747 at Holbeton to William SHILLABEER and had issue of Mary (1749), Mary Roe (1753), Andrew (1755), Sarah (1758) and Samuel Thomas (1762).

SHILLABEER - Newton Ferrers
Andrew SHILLABEER (1797-1866) was son of Andrew SHILLABEER (1755-?) and Ann Marie PEARCE (1755-?). He married Sophia DOWN (1800-1878) in 1821 in Plymouth. In 1840 together with children Ellen Sophia (1823), Andrew (1824), William Henry (1826), Agnes (1827), Sophia Down (1831), Sarah Jane (1833) Marie (1837) and Samuel Roe (1838) all emigrated to South Australia, Australia.

SMITH, Eliza Jane - Newton Ferrers
I'm searching for details of my 2xggm Eliza Jane Smith born about 1853 who married a Smith (Joseph John Rockingham) from Essex in London in 1875. How did she get there and where did they meet? Any suggestions gratefully received.

Dean - Newton Poppleford
Is there any one who is connected to a John Walter Dean and Emma Down who married in Alysbeare,in 1861 and lived and baptised their children in St. Lukes in Newton Poppleford. We are desended from their son Walter

Beatrice Dean and George Bolt - Newton Poppleford
Beatrice Dean was a sister of my grandmother (Blanche Dean). The Dean family lived in Newton Poppleford. Blanche Dean moved to South Wales and married Thomas H Davey in 1906. Blanche died in 1912 and sister Florence Dean married Thomas in 1913.I believe Beatrice Dean married George Bolt of Colaton Raleigh in 1902. I believe they had at least one child Edith Bolt who married a Courtney Drake.I have more information on the Dean family but little on the Bolt or Drake families. Would welcome any further information

Holmes Pre 1797 - Newton St Cyres
HOLMES Richard son of Richard HOLMES/Frances MAIDENHEAD b.1752

Helmore Family - Newton St Cyres
William Rixworthy Helmore was born in Newton St Cyres in 1816, and married Emma Stevens from Oxfordshire in 1856. He was employed mainly as a gardener, but also as a labourer in the paper mills, and moved around the country quite a lot.

School Photos Required - Newton St Cyres
I wish to obtain copies of any school photo's between the years 1920 to 1926 which might contain picture of my father, he was foster child with Mrs Gribble, can come to take copies if in Devon.

William Packer/Parker - Newton St Cyres
My third great grandfather was William Packer born around 1791 in Newton St. Cyres, Devon. He married Jane Colton in 1815 in Blackawton. Their son Samuel married Ann Prout in Blackawton in 1842. I would be interested to hear from anyone who has aconnection this this family.

Hawkins Family - Newton St Cyres
I am searching for information on George Hawkins, born Newton St. Cyres, Devon, sometime between 1830 and 1840. Married Ann Newton, from Broadclyst. Need marriage info and his parents.

Jackman and Ellis - Newton St Cyres
James Jackman was born in Newton St Cyres in 1805 and married Jane Ellis in 1830 in North Tawton. James' father was a John Jackman b. 1781. Looking for information about earlier Jackman / Ellis families.

Cade Family - Newton St Cyres
I am looking for details on an Elizabeth Cade born 14/2/1782 at Newton St Cyres. Father was William Cade and mother Sara Herring. Elizabeth married Phillip Thorne on 10/9/1808 at Newton St Cyres. Believed they stayed in England. They had two sone - George and John Thorne who emigrated to Australia as free settlers in 1841. Appreciate any help Regards Malcolm

moris,morrish - Newton St Cyres
any info on john morish who married in plymtree about 1710.

Hutchings family - Newton St Cyres
I am researching my maternal grandmother's fathers family - the Hutchings and have got as far as Robert Hutchings born abt 1835 but have now 3 possible fathers for him (all James). Is anyone covering this ground also? A bit of help would be much appreciated.


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