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Mary Osborne was born in Illogan,Cornwall and was a servant in Devon. Registration was Newton Abbot,Sub district Torquay. I am interested who else was in that household and what the address was.

I have posted this query on other sites without any success. I hope I may be luckier here. Even though I am posting in the Devonshire forum, it is possible the event I am trying to trace could have taken place elsewhere. Joanna Cowling was baptised on 4 Sept 1822 at Tavistock Wesleyan, the...

This is going to be rather lengthy but I have a bundle of twigs and am not sure if they are from the same tree or a whole forest! John Grenning bapt 17 Jun 1724, s/o Philip and Jane. Highampton Philip Greening bapt 16 Aug 1750, s/o John and Mary. Highampton Philip Greening married Susanna...

On 15 February 1849 the INCONSTANT commanded by Captain Patrick Culliton, sailed from Plymouth for Adelaide in South Australia. On board were 209 Irish female migrants including my Great Great Grandmother Margaret WALSH. The Inconstant arrived in Adelaide on 7 June 1849 Margaret WALSH's name...

John Ford married Harriet Ruby in 1857, and their children were: Emanuel b. 1857 Inwardleigh Samuel b. 1859 Inwardleigh Mary b. 1862 Jacobstowe George b. 1864 Jacobstowe Emma b 1867 Jacobstowe John b. 1870 Jacobstowe Lucy b. 1873 Jacobstowe Fred b. 1876 Jacobstowe

Hi. I am trying to research and track down any information on my GG Grandparents. Robert Alfred Widdicombe he was born Circa- 1839 in Harburton, Devon, England. Robert Alfred Widdicombe married Mary Caie Circa - 1864. Mary Caie was born Circa- 1841, in Nigg, Kincardine, Scotland. Her parents...

I am trying to confirm the identify of the parents of my great, great, great, grandfather. They would have been born in the late 1700's. My great, great, great grandfather was Francis John Lethbridge, born 1807 in Plymouth, Devon and his (oldest?) son was Francis John Lethbridge born in 1834 in...

I hope you can help me. I have been trying to tie in Kezia(h) Stocker who married Richard Cock(s) 1825 in Stepney.(I have posted my queries on Richard Cocks on another thread) I have all her census, marriage and death, also extensive mentions in Richard's Will. I am still having difficulty in...

I'm trying to find the family of my 3xg-grandmother, Mary Ann Matthews, born abt. 1782. Here's what I know: Mary Ann Matthews married Richard Perrott at Plymouth St. Andrews on June 29, 1802. Witnesses to the marriage were Thomas Matthews and Thomas Richards. I'm guessing that Thomas Matthews...

Would some who has a subscription to FMP be kind enough to check if there any baptism records for Mary Ann Cove born Plymouth about 1808 and if it's not too cheeky, her sister Eliza Cove's birth about 1820. I am very lucky in that Eliza is listed as Mary Ann's unmarried sister is all the...

Does anybody know how I can access past electoral registers? I really need to access the 1930 electoral register for Devonport and find the name and details of the family living at 3A Nelson Gardens, Devonport at that time. The information would make a huge difference to confirming an important...

My husbands cousin has asked if I can find out about her Fathers family. Her Father was killed in 1944 on HMS Mourne. I am stuck on her Fathers Father. Her father was John Reginald Kemble 4 Nov 1904 - 15 Jun 1944 His Father was Daniel Kemble b.1862 Coffinswell, Devon, d. 1919 Coffinswell,...

John Po(a)wley and his wife Mary (nee Palmer) were married in Broadwoodkelly Devon in 1809. They had 8 children baptised in Winkleigh. Mary Ann 1809, Richard 1811, Agnes 1814, Elizabeth 1817, John 1819, William 1822, Benjamin 1824, Anne 1829. To date I have found further information on Richard,...

I have been looking into the branch of my family tree regarding the Damerells and looking at the IGI, it seems they possibly lived in Shaugh Prior, Devon up to the first part of the 1700s. Because of this, I ordered the parish records for Shaugh Prior and was disappointed to find that the IGI...

I have come across three Sarah Symons who were all born to Henry & Sarah in Stoke Damerel, Devon. SARAH SYMONDS Gender: Female Christening: 19 JUN 1753 Stoke Damerel, Devon, England SARAH SYMONS Gender: Female Christening: 06 SEP 1761 Stoke Damerel, Devon, England SARAH BLIGH SYMONS ...

I am the great, great Granddaughter of Moses John Nicholls and his wife Eliza Trethewey through their youngest son Charles Sidney Nicholls who was born in Torquay in 1881, he married Mary Catherine Taylor in Briton Ferry, Glamorgan in 1906 and would have nine children eight daughters and one son,...

Hello, I have been researching Elizabeth LUGG who married William NEWBERY 14 Dec 1744 Chardstock, Devon. I have found her christening 10 Apr 1717 in Axminster. I was told by a fellow researcher she had a brother Solomon LUGGE born about 1717 Kilmington, Devon who died about 1719, a brother...

I have found a death for a Vandervelden in Devon. I would really like to find his birth as it will give me a clue to his family, through the name of his mother. Graham Vandervelden's death was registered in Exmouth, Devon June Q 1946 Volume No:5C Page No:252. I can find no sign of his birth in...

Someone, somewhere, gave me the information that my g-grandmother Isett Wonnacott was born or christened in 1817 in South Tawton, but I have not been able to check this information through my local FHS. She appears in the 1841 census at King Street, Tavistock with her parents William Wonnacott, a...

Does any one have any information on Nicholas Newbery who married Susanna Shapton 22 Jan 1782 in Combe Raleigh?