Ross
Beattie's
ACTON/ACTENS/AXTENS, DOWDEN, CAINS, CARTER,
DIBSDALL/DIBSDALE and ANDREWS
Lineages
[please contact
Ross Beattie for further details
of this lineage, especially for details regarding more recent generations]
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This Dibsdall is first identified
about Corton Denham in south-eastern Somerset.
The Carters have been traced back to Birmingham Warwickshire about 1800.
The families came together in Bristol, Salisbury and later Downton. Descendants
are known in Sydney NSW Australia.
Section 1 is based substantially on data extracted from the excellent ‘Corton Denham Somerset.xls’ file on WebSite http://homepage.ntlworld.com/richardtravell/richardtravell/ of Richard Travell, 6 Orchard Court, 72 Kent House Road, London SE26 5LP Tel 0208 659 7113 (eMail: richardtravell@ntlworld.com) whose maternal grandfather's second cousin, Clive SMITH's grandfather was born in Corton, and his mother was a GALPIN; her brother, William GALPIN married a sister of Job DIBSDALL. Richard's data has been augmented by the research of this author.
Donal Carr eMailed [17 August 2012] regarding Acton/Axten family research.
John Acton (born 9 July 1656 at Henstridge, Somerset♠) and his wife Susan(na) — were the parents of:
John Acton was buried 12 August 1705 at Henstridge.
Note that a Suzanna Axton married Benjamin Chant at Hentsridge on 18 August 1711.
The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868) [transcribed by Colin Hinson © 2003] notes
"HENSTRIDGE, a parish in the hundred of Horethorne, county Somerset, 6 miles S. of Wincanton, its post town, and 2 from Templecombe. It is a station on the Somerset and Dorset railway. The village, which is wholly agricultural, is situated on the river Stour. Here was an alien priory, founded in the 11th century as a cell to St. Sever, in Normandy, by Hugh Lupus, Earl of Chester. The soil is loamy, on a limestone subsoil. The appropriate tithes have been commuted for a rent-charge of £350, and the vicarial for £550. The living is a vicarage* in the diocese of Bath and Wells, value £450, in the patronage of the bishop. The church, dedicated to St. Nicholas, is a stone edifice with an ivy-covered tower. The parochial charities produce about £3 10s. per annum. There is a parochial school for both sexes, in which a Sunday-school is also held. There are places of worship for Independents and Wesleyans."
Kelly's Directory 1889 has
“Henstridge is a village and parish situated on the river Stour and intersected by the high road from London to Exeter, on the Dorset border of the county, with a station on the Somerset and Dorset Railway, 7 miles south from Wincanton, 114 from London, in the eastern division of the county, Charlton Horethorne hundred, Wincanton petty sessional division, union and county court district, Milborne Port district of the rural deanery of Merston, archdeaconry of Wells and diocese of Bath and Wells. The church of St Nicholas was rebuilt in 1873 using local local forest marble with doulting stone dressings. The church now consists of chancel, with north aisle, organ chamber on the south side, serving also as a vestry, nave of five bays, aisles, south porch and a western tower, with stair turret, containing a clock and 5 bells …………The Registers date from 1653. There are Wesleyan and Congregational chapels here and a Wesleyan chapel at Yenston.
The soil is loamy and subsoil is limestone. The land is chiefly used for dairying purposes. the area is 3,073 acres and the population in 1881 was 1,299.
Susan Axton, daughter of JOHN and SUSAN(NA) AXTON, was baptised 9 September 1689 at Henstridge.
John Axton, baptised 26 December 1691 at Henstridge, Somerset, was the son of JOHN and SUSAN(NA) ACTON. An agricultural labourer, he married Elizabeth Dowden at Maperton on 28 January 1712/3. John and Elizabeth were the parents of:
John Axton was buried on 22 January 1784 at Marston Magna.
Anne Axton, baptised 6 May 1714 at Henstridge, daughter of JOHN AXTON and his wife ELIZABETH DOWDEN, appears to have been the mother of:
James Axtence, baptised 20 February 1736G [1735J], son of ANNE AXTON, was an agricultural labourer when he married Mary Cains at Henstridge in 1777, after banns. Mary was from Wincanton SOM. James and Mary were the parents of:
It appears that Mary married a second time, to James Crocker on 16 October 1797, at Hentsridge. Perhaps she was widowed at the time….
Maria Axtence, baptised January 1778, daughter of JAMES AXTENCE and MARY CAINS, bore an illegitimate son
Subsequently, at Hentsbridge on 2 October 1803 following banns, Maria married agricultural labourer John Langdon (son of ag. lab. STEPHEN LANGDON by MELLIAR PENNY), with six further issue identified:
Jane Langdon, born 14 January 1805 and baptised 20 January 1805, daughter of JOHN LANGDON and MARIA AXTENCE, married cordwainer Charles Parsons at Henstridge on 5 December1826. Charles and Jane had five known children:
Matilda Langdon, born 11 February 1808 and baptised 14 February 1808, daughter of JOHN LANGDON and MARIA AXTENCE, married ostler Evan Griffiths at Henstridge on 20 December 1826. Evan and Matilda had six known children:
Ostler Lewis Griffiths, baptised 20 March 1833 at Sherborne, Dorset, son of EVAN GRIFFITHS and MATILDA LANGDON, married Gillingham-born Ethel —; they were the parents of:
The 1881 census shews the family at Hound Street, Sherborne, with Evan aged 19 and Ethel 51...
John Axton, baptised 3 June 1716 at Henstridge, son of JOHN AXTON and his wife ELIZABETH DOWDEN, married Mary Ann Cains on 1 October 1739 at Maperton. John and Mary had two known issue:
John Axton was buried on 22 January 1784 at Marston Magna.
John Actens, agricultural labourer born c1752 at Marston Magna SOM, son of JOHN AXTON and his wife MARY ANN CAINS, married Allice Gillingham on 13 November 1775 at Corton Denham. John later married Mary —. John was the father, it appears by Mary, of at least five children:
John Axtens was buried at Corton Denham aged 68 years on 27 January 1820. Mary, his second wife, was buried at Corton Denham aged 70 years 6 October 1824.
N G Batten [battenng@bigpond.com, 17 August 2009] eMailed re "Axtens/Dowden/Dibsdale":
My great great grandfather Joel Axtens … had a son by Mary Atkins at Sutton Montis in approx 1814/15 named John. John came to Australia in 1841 on the "Portland". I have his shipping records.
I have been researching Joel for about 7 years and eventually found him in various census under different names according to the person who transcribed the census.
I have a copy of Joel's baptism, his marriage to Mary Atkins in 1837 and his death certificate as well as Mary's.
My enquiry is would you have any additional information regarding his family, his parents etc.
Mary Actens, born c1776, daughter of JOHN ACTENS and his wife ALLICE GILLINGHAM (or his second wife MARY —) married William Smith on 2 February 1802 at Corton Denham. William, a soldier, had been baptised on baptised 10 August 1779, son of WILLIAM SMITH junior and ELIZABETH MITCHELL [“Betty”, daughter of PAUL MITCHELL]. William and Mary had children.
William died on 22 July 1838 aged 59, and was buried at Corton Denham on 27 July 1838. In the 1811 census Mary is aged 65, "Ind" [independent?] or "Lnd" [laundress?], with Paul Smith (aged 15) at Corton Denham, in the 1851 census she is a widowed laundress aged 74 at Corton Denham. Mary died 20 August 1858, aged 82, and was buried 24 August 1858.
Elizabeth Axtens [“Betty”] of Girt (born c1781 at Sutton Montis?), Somerset, the daughter of JOHN ACTENS and his wife ALLICE GILLINGHAM or his second wife MARY —) married Daniel Dibsdall on 2 February 1802 at Corton Denham. Daniel, a blacksmith, had been baptised on 31 January 1780 at Corton Denham, the son of blacksmith ROBERT DIBSDALL and his wife ANN ANDREWS. Daniel and Betty were the parents of (at least) ten children, including:
For further details of Daniel and Elizabeth's family refer to Section 2.1 below.
Daniel Axtins, baptised 10 December 1786 at Corton Denham, son of JOHN ACTENS and his wife ALLICE GILLINGHAM (or his second wife MARY —) married Martha Browne at Nether Compton, Dorset, on 25 January or 5 February 1812 [one of these dates probably regared publication of Banns]. Martha, daughter of ROBERT and ANN BROWN, had been baptised at Nether Compton on 5 May 1793. Children of Daniel and Martha included:
The 1841 census has the following entries:
(Bradford Abbas, Dorset () [HO107, piece 291, folio 10, page 19, lines 1-, GSU 241341)
Name Pos MS Age Occupation Born inCounty eYoB
Daniel Axtence Head M 50 Hacker flax N 1791
Martha Axtence Wife M 45 . Y 1796
Ann Axtence Wife . 24 Glover Y 1817
Mary Axtence Wife . 20 Glover Y 1821
Sarah Axtence Son . 17 Glover Y 1824
The 1851 census has the following entries:
(Bradford Abbas, Dorset () [HG107, piece 1859, folio 417, pp 19-20, entry 74, GSU 331007)
Name Pos MS Age Occupation Birthplace eYoB
Daniel Axtenes Head M 63 Labourer Corton Denham som 1789
Martha Axtens Wife M 56 Washerwoman Compton dor 1795
Ann Axtens Dau S 35 Glove Sewer Compton dor 1816
The 1861 census has the following entries:
(Bradford Abbas, Dorset () [RG9, piece 1351, folio 4, page 2, entry 12, GSU 542801)
Name Pos MS Age Occupation Birthplace eYoB
Daniel Axtence Head M 74 Flax Coomber Corton som 1787
Martha Axtence Wife M 65 . Compton dor 1797
Ann Axtence Dau S 43 School Mistrefs Bradford Abbas dor 1818
Florence Bragg GDau . 6 Scholar Stoke Abbot dor 1855
Daniel Axtens, of Bradford Abbas, aged 75, was buried at Bradford Abbas on 10 April 1862.
The 1871 census has the following entries:
(Bradford Abbas, Dorset () [RG10, piece 2021, folio 56, page 3, entry 13, GSU 831757)
Name Pos MS Age Occupation Birthplace eYoB
Richard Ashdown Head M 46 Gardener Cirencester gls 1825
Ann Ashdown Wife M 34 School Mistrefs Compton dor 1837
Martha Axtence M-i-L W 76 Laundrefs Compton dor 1796
Florence A Bragg Miece U 16 Teacher at School Bradford Abbas dor 1855
Martha Axtens née Brown, of Bradford Abbas, aged 83, was buried at Bradford Abbas on 18 January 1877.
Joel Axtins, born at Corton Denham, baptised 5 March 1791, a son of JOHN ACTENS and his wife ALLICE GILLINGHAM (or his second wife MARY —) married of Lower Watton; married Maria Moors on 1 March 1813 at Corton Denham. Children of Joel and Maria were:
Maria Axtens née Moors was buried on 2 June 1822 at Corton Denham, aged 32.
Donal Carr notes that a son came to Australia in 1841 in the 541 ton Portland which sailed from London and Plymouth direct and arrived in Sydney NSW on 11 March 1841after a voyage of 108 days [labourer John Atkins "a native of Sutton Montis - Somerset son of Joel a Cooper and Mary his wife there", age 25 in December 1840, no baptismal details, character certified by John Blandford; bodily health, strength and probable usefulness "very good", reads only].
Subsequently, Joel Axtins, aged 47, married Mary Atkins on 13 July 1837 at Corton Denham [the marriage registered at Wincanton in 3q1837]. Mary had been born c1790 at Sutton Montis, a daughter of agricultural labourer JOHN ATKINS).
The 1841 census has the following entries:
(Lower Watton, Corton Denham [RG9, piece 1648, folio 19, page 3, entry 10, GSU 152845)
Name Pos MS Age Occupation Born in County eYoB
Joel Axtens Head M 45 Flax comer Y 1796
Mary Axtens Wife M 45 . Y 1796
George Axtens Dau . 25 . Y 1816
Caroline Axtens Son . 25 . Y 1816
Mary Axtens Dau . 20 . Y 1821
John Syms . . 25 . Y 1821
Mary Syms . . 47 . Y 1821
The 1851 census has the following entries:
(Corton Denham [HO107, piece 1931, folio 237, page 4, entry 17, GSU 221008-9)
Name Pos MS Age Occupation Birthplace eYoB
Joel Axtens Head M 61 Ag. Labourer Corton Denham som 1790
Mary Axtens Wife M 61 . Sutton Montis som 1790
The 1861 census has the following entries:
(Corton Denham [Urtcombe Street?] [RG9, piece 1648, folio 19, page 3, entry 10, GSU 152845)
Name Pos MS Age Occupation Birthplace eYoB
Joel Axtens Head M 71 Ag. Lab Corton Denham som 1790
Mary Axtens Wife M 71 Ag. Lab's wife Sutton Montis som 1790
George Axtens Son S 47 Ag. Lab Corton Denham som 1814
The death of a Joel Axtens, age 77, was registered at Wincanton, Somerset, in 1q1867 [viz: born c1790].
The 1871 census has the following entries:
(Charlton Horethorne () [RG10, piece 2424, folio 49, page 24, entry 121, GSU 835177)
Name Pos MS Age Occupation Birthplace eYoB
George Axtens Head M 57 Agr. Lab Corton Denham som 1814
Jane Axtens Wife M 54 Agr. Lab's wife Bruton som 1817
Charles Holland Son . 14 [Wife's son] Agr. Labr. Charlton Horethorne som 1857
Joel a flax comber, 47-1837, 45-1841, Joel Axtens [Axtews] 61-1851, 71-1861 of Lower Watton
George Axtins, baptised 6 January 1814 at St Andrew's church, Corton Denham, a son of labourer JOEL AXTENS and his first wife MARIA MOORS, married Jane Holland as registered at Wincanton in 3q1866.
Jane, born c1817 at Bruton, Somerset, had been previously married to George Holland (born c1807, Charlton Horethorne) with issue apparently including:
Richard Holland (baptised 17 November 1840 at Bruton),
Mary Ann Holland (baptised 16 October 1842, Bruton),
Elizabeth Holland (baptised 25 August 1844 at Charlton-Mackrell, Somerset),
Ann Holland (baptised 5 July 1846 at Charlton-Mackrell),
Henry Holland (baptised 16 August 1848 at Charlton-Mackrell),
Henry Holland (baptised 23 November 1851 at Charlton-Mackrell) and
Charles Holland (baptised 2 November 1856 at Charlton-Mackrell).
The 1841 census has the following entries:
(Dunkerton, Somerset () [HO107, piece 961, folio 25, page 19, lines 20-22, GSU 474605)
Name Pos MS Age Occupation Born inCounty eYoB
George Holland Head M 25 Sheppard Y 1806
Jane Holland Wife M 20 . Y 1821
Richard Holland Son . 6m . Y 1840
The 1861 census has the following entries:
(Charlton Horethorne, Somerset () [RG9, piece 1648, folio 39, page 19, entry 122, GSU 542845)
Name Pos MS Age Occupation Birthplace eYoB
George Holland Head M 54 Agricultural Laboreo Charlton Horethorne som 1807
Jane Holland Wife M 44 . Bruton som 1817
Richard Holland Son M 20 Do. Bruton som 1841
Ann Holland Dau M 15 Glover Charlton Horethorne som 1846
Henry Holland Son M 9 Scholar Charlton Horethorne som 1852
Charles Holland Son . 4 Do. Charlton Horethorne som 1857
George Holland appears to have died before the 1871 census which shews Jane now married to George Axtens:
(Charlton Horethorne, Somerset () [RG10, piece 2424, folio 49, page 24, entry 121, GSU 835177)
Name Pos MS Age Occupation Birthplace eYoB
George Axtens Head M 57 Agr. Lab Corton Denham som 1814
Jane Axtens Wife M 54 Agr. Lab's wife Bruton som 1817
Charles Holland Son . 14 [Wife's son] Agr. Labr. Charlton Horethorne som 1857
The death of a George Axtens aged 61 was registered at Wincanton in 4q1875 [viz: born c1814]. The 1881 census shews widowed and living with her son Richard at Charlton Horethorne:
(Charlton Horethorne, Somerset (Blackford Rd, Map Blds.) [RG11, piece 2396, folio 32, page 6, entry 31, GSU 1341576)
Name Pos MS Age Occupation Birthplace eYoB
Jane Axtens Head W 63 Pauper Bruton som 1818
Richard Holland Son U 40 Ag. Lab. Bruton som 1841
The 1891 census shews widowed and living with her son Richard at Charlton Horethorne:
(Charlton Horethorne, Somerset (Knap) [4-roomed dwelling] [RG12, piece 1902, folio 28, page 30, entry 31, GSU 6097012)
Name Pos MS Age Occupation Birthplace eYoB
Richard Holland Head U 48 farm Servant Charlton Horethorne som 1843
Jane Holland Wife U 58 . Sandford Orcas som 1833
Jane Axtens Head W 74 Living on her own means Charlton Horethorne som 1817
Could Jane Axtens formerly Holland be Jane Axtens, baptised 9 February 1817 at Nether Compton, Dorset, daughter of Daniel Axtens [Joel's brother] and his wife Martha? If so she would have been George's cousin.
Flora Actens, baptised 25 December 1793, a daughter of JOHN ACTENS and his wife ALLICE GILLINGHAM (or his second wife MARY —), was a resident of Lower Watton when she married carpenter Henry Collins on 9 January 1814 at Corton Denham. Henry had been born c1796, outside Somerset. Children of Henry and Flora included:
The 1841 census has the following entries:
(Lower Watton, Corton Denham, Somerset () [HO107, piece 945, folio 11, page 17, lines 16-21, GSU 474598)
Name Pos MS Age Occupation Born inCounty eYoB
Henery Colins Head M 45 Carpenter N 1796
Flora Colins Wife M 45 . Y 1796
Eliza Colins Dau . 15 . Y 1826
Henery Colins Son . 13 . Y 1828
Thomas Colins Son . 6 . Y 1835
John Colins Son . 4 . Y 1837
Maryann Andrews . . 15 Glove Sewer Y 1826
Henry and Flora emigrated to Canada, with at least sons Thomas, John and Henry, sometime before mid-1850, and settled at York, Ontario. The 1851 Canadian census has the following entries:
(York, York County, Canada West (Ontario) () [Schedule A; Roll C_11760, page 288, lines 8-18)
Name Pos MS AgeNextBirthday Occupation Relig Birthplace eYoB
Henry Collins Head M 51 Shingle Mkr. CoE England 1801
Flora Collins Wife M 48 . CoE England 1804
Thos Collins Son . 14 . CoE England 1838
Jno Collins Son . 13 . CoE England 1839
Eliz Rumney ? . 39 . CoE England 1813
Geo J Rumney ? . 12 . CoE Canada 1840
Isabella Rumney ? . 9 . CoE Canada 1843
Wm H Rumney ? . 6 . CoE Canada 1846
Henry Collins Son . 22 Laborer CoE England 1830
Eliza Collins D-i-L . 24 . CoE Ireland 1828
Henry M Collins GSon . 2 . CoE Canada 1850
Flora is listed in the 1861 Canadian Census with the family of her son Henry.
1.2.2.1.5.1 Henry Collins (c1828…1881+) m. Elizabeth — (c1828…1881+) [Somerset, England → Ontario, Canada]
Henry Collins, born c1828 in Somerset, England (probably near Corton Denham), son of HENRY COLLINS and his wife FLORA ACTENS, born c1828; married Elizabeth — (born Ireland c1826; CoE). Henry emigrated to Canada and by 1851 was in York, Ontario, moving to Sarnia, Lambton, Ontario by 1861 and then to Elderslie, Bruce, Ontario by 1871 where they resided at least until 1881. Their children appear to have included:
Henry Collins (born in Union of Canada c1850; CoE),
Hannah Collins (born in Union of Canada c1852; CoE),
Thomas Collins (born in Union of Canada c1855; CoE),
Kezia(h) Collins (born in Union of Canada c1857; CoE) and
Nathaniel Collins (born in Union of Canada c1859; CoE) and
John Collins (born in Union of Canada c1859; CoE) and
Susan Collins (born in Union of Canada c1861; CoE) and
Isac Collins (born in Union of Canada c1863; CoE) and
David Collins (born in Union of Canada c1867; CoE).
The 1861 Canadian Census shews the family living in a log house in Sarnia township. The census of 8 April 1871 shews Henry a farmer at Elderslie, Bruce, Ontario. The 1881 census shews Henry a farmer at Elderslie, Bruce, Ontario.
John Axtens Collins, baptised 14 May 1837 at Corton Denham, son of HENRY COLLINS and his wife FLORA ACTENS, married twice. His second marriage, as a widower carpenter aged 61 resident at Chatsworth, was on 20 December 1905 at Sullivan, Williamsford, Ontario, to Sarah Anne Crozier, aged 39 resident at Williamsford (born at Sullivan), daughter of DAVID CROZIER and NANCY McCULLOUGH. Witnesses were David Crozier and Annie Kettie, both of Williamsford.
Jane Axton, daughter of JOHN and SUSAN(NA) AXTON, was baptised 17 June 1694 at Henstridge. Her nuptials to Robert Scott ["Robert Scott & Jane Axtence of Hencestridge Nupt. In the County of Somerset"] were recorded at Sherborne, Dorset, on 5 May 1718.
Mary Axton, daughter of JOHN and SUSAN(NA) AXTON, was baptised 22 September 1696 at Henstridge. Mary Axton was buried on 5 February 1699.
William Axton, baptised 7 April (or August♠) 1700, Henstridge, was a son of JOHN and SUSAN(NA) ACTON. His first marriage was to Sandford-born Mary Calvon ♠ [or, as Gulielmus Axton, married Maria Calpen] on 17 November 1726 at Hentsridge♠. William later married Margaret Snooke on 29 October 1731 at Henstridge. Margaret [“Margery”], baptised 11 January 1699 at Stalbridge, Dorset, was the daughter of Gentleman chandler RICHARD SNOOKE [of Horsington, Somerset] and SARAH NORTHOVER of Sandford Mill (sister of yeoman Nathaniel Northover of Sandford Orcas). William and Margery were the parents of:
Margery Axton née Snooke was buried on 10 November 1765 at Sandford Orcas dor. William Axton was buried 12 March 1770 at Sandford Orcas som.
Susan Axton, daughter of WILLIAM AXTON and MARGARET SNOOKE, was baptised 15 August 1732 at Sandford Orcas; Susan was buried 8 January 1735 at Sandford Orcas.
Twin Sarah Axton, daughter of WILLIAM AXTON and MARGARET SNOOKE, was baptised 10 March 1735 at Henstridge. Sarah was buried 26 April 1757 at Sandford Orcas.
Twin Susanna Axton, daughter of WILLIAM AXTON and MARGARET SNOOKE, was baptised 10 March 1735 at Henstridge. Susan was buried 9 August 1745 at Sandford Orcas..
Richard Axtens, baptised 14 March 1739G [1738J], was a son of WILLIAM AXTON and MARGARET SNOOKE. Richard married four times. His first marriage, by Licence on 11 March 1759 at Sherborne, was to Betty Denning of Sherborne (probably the daughter of innkeeper WILLIAM DENNING), witnessed by Wm Axtens, Ann Hole and Mary Denning; Richard was noted as being of the parish of Sandford Orcas. Richard and Betty were the parents of:
Betty Axtens was buried on 25 February 1760 st Sanford Orcas.
A widower, Richard married Sarah Snook on 11 February 1766 at Sandford Orcas. Sarah, baptised 16 January 1746G [1745J] was the daughter of WILLIS SNOOK, parish clerk, of Mill, by his second wife SARAH. Richard and Sarah were the parents of:
Sarah Axtens née Snook was buried on 28 January 1772 at Sandford Orcas, Somerset.
A widower again, Richard married Anne Davis on 24 March 1779 at Marston Magna. Richard and Anne were the parents of:
Anne Axtens née Davis, aged 34 Years, of Curry Rivel, was buried 9 February 1786 at Marston Magna.
Richard went to the altar a fourth and last time on 5 April 1787 at Rimpton with Betty Parker of Marston Magna SOM.
Richard, aged 72 years, was buried on 11 January 1813 at Sanford Orcas; his will written on 19 March 1812 was proven 2 July 1814.
Sarah Axton, baptised 20 February 1760 at Sanford Orcas, only child of RICHARD AXTON and his first wife (of four) BETTY DENNING, married John Stowe at Trowbridge, Somerset, on 8 August 1783. John Stowe had been Christened on 24 March 1765 at Polleria Trowbridge, a son of DAVID STOWE of Potterne by his first wife ANN BEARD (daughter of Roger Beard) John? lost a horse at Combe, St. Nicholas. Sarah bore John eight issue:
Sarah Stowe née Axton died on 13 March 1828 and was buried next day in Trowbridge.
Richard Axton Stowe, born c1785, son of JOHN STOWE and his wife SARAH AXTON, married Ann Brookman at Trowbridge, Somerset, on 18 February 1816. Richard and Ann were the parents of:
Thomas Stowe, son of JOHN STOWE and his wife SARAH AXTON, married Rosanna Thomson at Trowbridge, Wiltshire, on 27 July 1808. Thomas and Rosanna were the parents of six children:
Thomas Stowe subsequently married Ann Gregory on 3 May 1830 at Trowbridge. Thomas and Ann were the parents of three children:
Thomas Stowe died in 1838.
Thomas Stowe, born in May 1830 and baptised 11 June 1830 at Trowbridge (aged 5?), son of THOMAS STOWE by his second wife ANN GREGORY, married Ann Marie Rich on 30 September 1849 at St James' church, Trowbridge. Ann Marie was born and/or baptised on 27 December 1829 at Trowbridge, the daughter of JAMES THOMAS RICH [RICHMAN] and JEMIMA HALLIDAY◊. Thomas and Ann were the parents of twelve children◊:
Thomas died on 15 March 1873 at Trowbridge. In the 1881 census, Ann was a widow aged 52 at 9 St Thomas Passage, with children Emily (24. cloth-worker), Henry (22, post office clerk), Ellen (19, cloth-worker), John (14, telegraph messenger), Margaret (12, scholar), Sidney H (10, scholar) and Theodora (8, scholar) and brother-in-law Frederick (46, unmarried). In 1891 Ann Stowe was with her single children Margaret (22, woollen cloth worker), Sidney (20, postal clerk) and Theodora (18, woollen cloth worker) at 9 St Thomas Passage, Trowbridge. In 1901 Ann Stowe was with her single cloth-worker daughter Theodora at 33 Timbrell St, Trowbridge. In 1911 Ann Stowe was with her single cloth-worker daughter Theodora Annie Stow at 33 Timbrell St; Ann noted she would have been married 60 years with 12 issue resulting, 8 still living and 4 deceased. Ann Marie Stowe née Rich died on 3 October 1914 and was buried three days later at Trowbridge.
Thomas William Stowe, born 18 December 1849, baptised 15 September 1850 at Trowbridge, Wiltshire, son of THOMAS STOWE and his wife ANN MARIE RICH, married Caroline Georgina Bainton on 28 November 1869 at Trowbridge [Caroline was possibly Caroline Lucas, born 9 February 1848 and baptised 19 June 1853 at Trowbridge, daughter of JAMES and JANE LUCAS]. They were the parents of :
The 1871 census shews Thomas and Caroline, both Trowbridge born and aged 21, as woollen clothe weavers at 3rd Rank Brickplatt, Trowbridge.
Samuel Stowe, born 30 December 1851 and baptised 15 February 1852 at Trowbridge, son of THOMAS STOWE and his wife ANN MARIE RICH, married Elizabeth —. Elizabeth had been born c1855 at Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire. They were the parents of (at least):
The 1901 census lists Samuel and Elizabeth. Wool Weaver 29-1881, 49-1901; Elizabeth 27-1881, 46-1901
Melissa Stowe, born 14 February 1854 and baptised 16 April 1854 at Trowbridge, daughter of THOMAS STOWE and his wife ANN MARIE RICH, married Walter Cadby on 1 July 1875 at Trowbridge. Walter, a 'woollen weaver', had been born circa 1q1851 at Dilton Marsh, Westbury, Wiltshire. They were the parents of (at least):
The 1881 census shews the family at 15 Furlong, Trowbridge, the 1891 census at 15 Harford, Trowbridge.
Emily Stowe, born 7 September 1856 and baptised 19 October 1856 at Trowbridge, died 2 December 1920 at Trowbridge. Emily was a cloth-worker aged 24 in the 1881 census.
Henry Albert Stowe, born 9 December 1858 and baptised 20 February 1859 at Trowbridge, son of THOMAS STOWE and his wife ANN MARIE RICH, married Christianna Randall as registered at Melksham in 1886. They were the parents of (at least):
The 1881 census sees Henry a Post Office Clerk aged 22. The 1911 census shews the family at 16 The Down, East View, Trowbridge; Henry was an Overseer Post Office Trowbridge.
Ellen Stowe was born 7 April 1862 and baptised 21 September 1862 at Trowbridge, a daughter of THOMAS STOWE and his wife ANN MARIE RICH. Ellen was a cloth-worker aged 36 in the 1901 census. Ellen died on 5 July 1903, aged 62, at Trowbridge.
Fred Stowe, born 3 July 1863 and baptised 16 August 1863 at Trowbridge, was a son of THOMAS STOWE and his wife ANN MARIE RICH.
George Stowe, born 4 March 1865 and baptised 16 April 1865 at Trowbridge, was a son of THOMAS STOWE and his wife ANN MARIE RICH.
John Stowe, born 4 March 1867 and baptised 21 April 1867 at Trowbridge, was a son of THOMAS STOWE and his wife ANN MARIE RICH. John married Ada Alfreda Emery on 28 May 1891 at Logan, Cache, Utah USA. Ada, born 20 November 1871 at Salt Lake City, Utah, was a daughter of HENRY EMERY and ELIZABETH BREWERTON. John and Ada had seven known issue [for more detail, refer to http://www.familycentral.net/index/family.cfm?ref1=5742:6358&ref2=5742:5438] John died 27 February 1928, Sandy, Salt Lake, Utah. Ada Stowe née Emery died on 4 November 1940 at West Jordan, Salt Lake, Utah.
Margaret Louisa Stowe, born 29 March 1869 and baptised 30 May 1869 at Trowbridge, was a daughter of THOMAS STOWE and his wife ANN MARIE RICH. Margaret's marriage to Trowbridge-born Charles Richard Hodge was registered 3q1893 in the Melksham district, Wiltshire; they had one child:
The 1901 census shews the Charles (29, hot water fitter), Margaret (32) and Sidney (6) at 26 Aspenlea Rd., North West Fulham St Clement's perish), London, Middlesex. The 1911 census shews the family at 65 Yeldham Road, Hammersmith: Richard Hodge (39, storekeeper: heating engineer), Margaret Louisa Hodge (40, hairdresser) and Charles Edward Sidney Hodge (16).
Herbert Sidney Stowe, born 2 April 1871 and baptised 21 May 1871 at Trowbridge, was a son of THOMAS STOWE and his wife ANN MARIE RICH. Sidney Herbert Stowe of 59 Harford-street Trowbridge died 12 September 1988 with Probate granted in London on 28 October to "May Lowe and Theodora Cave widows. Effects £1921 2s. 8d."
Theodora Annie Stowe, born 21 March 1873 and baptised 4 May 1873 at Trowbridge, was a daughter of THOMAS STOWE and his wife ANN MARIE RICH. Theodora married — Cave sometime after 1911 census. Probate on the estate of "Theodora Annie Cave otherwise Theodora Anne of St. Marys Glamorgan Road Wick Middlesex died 2 November 1960" [Effects £198 5s. 5d.] was granted to "Evelyn Violet Stowe spinster". Eveline Violet Stowe, born c1891, was the fifth known child OF Theodora's older brother Thomas.
James Stowe, son of JOHN STOWE and his wife SARAH AXTON, married Hester Holly on 17 December 1817 at Trowbridge, Wiltshire. John and Hester were the parents of some eight children:
Isaac Axtens, of Curry Rivel, Somerset, baptised 14 April 1780 at Marston Magna, Somerset, a son of RICHARD AXTON by his second (of four) wife ANNE DAVIS, married Catherine Hodder (born 1780 at Marshwood, Dorset [she was probably baptised 7 June 1778 at Bettiscombe [Coppice], about 2km east of Marshwood, daughter of GEORGE and CATHARINE HODDER]) on 24 June 1805 at St Candida and Holy Cross church, Whitchurch Canonicorum, Dorset. Isaac (32) and Catharine emigrated to Connecticut, arriving in 1812. They were the parents of (at least):
The 1830 United States Federal Census for Brooke, Virginia, shews Isaac the head of a household of one male aged between 5 and 10, one male between 40 and 50, one female between 15 and 20 and one female between 40 and 50. The 1840 US Federal Census for Union Township, Tuscarawas County, Ohio, shews Isaac the head of a household of one male aged between 15 and 20, one male between 60 and 70, and one female between 60 and 70. The 1850 US Federal Census for Warwick Township, Tuscarawas County, Ohio, includes:
Name |
Pos |
MS |
Age |
Occupation |
Land |
Birthplace |
eYoB |
(Warwick Township, Tuscarawas County, Ohio) [dwelling #1437, family #1449] |
|||||||
Isaac Axtens |
Head |
. |
27 |
Farmer |
|
Virginia |
1823 |
Mary Axtens |
Wife |
. |
28 |
. |
|
Ohio |
1822 |
Robert S Axtens |
Son |
. |
3 |
. |
|
Ohio |
1847 |
Catharine Axtens |
Dau |
. |
1 |
. |
|
Ohio |
1849 |
James McMurtin |
|
. |
18 |
. |
|
Ohio |
1841 |
(Warwick Township, Tuscarawas County, Ohio) [dwelling #1438, family #1450] |
|||||||
Isaac Axtens |
Head |
. |
70 |
None |
$1600 |
England |
1780 |
Catharine Axtens |
Wife |
. |
70 |
. |
|
England |
1780 |
Neither Isaac nor his wife Catharine Axtens are apparent in the 1860 census.
The 7 April 1860 US Federal Census for Green Camp Township, Marion County, Ohio (p165) shews:
Name |
Pos |
MS |
Age |
Occupation |
Land |
Birthplace |
eYoB |
(Village of Big Officer, Green Camp Township, Marion County, Ohio (dwelling #1175, family #1163) |
|||||||
Isaac L Axten |
Head |
. |
40 |
Farmer |
$200 |
Virginia |
1820 |
Mary Axten |
Wife |
. |
39 |
. |
|
Ohio |
1821 |
Robert S Axten |
Son |
. |
12 |
(school) |
|
Ohio |
1848 |
Catharine Axten |
Dau |
. |
11 |
(school) |
|
Ohio |
1849 |
Eliza I Axten |
Dau |
. |
9 |
(school) |
|
Ohio |
1851 |
Harriett Axten |
Dau |
. |
8 |
(school) |
|
Ohio |
1852 |
Mary Axten |
Dau |
. |
4 |
(school) |
|
Ohio |
1856 |
Stephen L Axten |
Son |
. |
8m |
. |
|
Ohio |
1859 |
The 7 July 1870 US Federal Census for Jackson Township, Union County, Ohio shews:
Name |
Pos |
MS |
Age |
Occupation |
Land |
Birthplace |
eYoB |
(Jackson Township, Union County, Ohio / Rush Creek Post Office (dwelling #134, family #128) |
|||||||
Isaac L Axtens |
Head |
. |
47 |
Grocer ret. |
$800 |
West Virginia |
1823 |
Mary Axtens |
Wife |
. |
39 |
Keeping House |
|
Ohio |
1821 |
Catharine Axtens |
Dau |
. |
21 |
. |
|
Ohio |
1849 |
Eliza J Axtens |
Dau |
. |
19 |
. |
|
Ohio |
1851 |
Harriett Axtens |
Dau |
. |
18 |
(school) |
|
Ohio |
1852 |
Mary A Axtens |
Dau |
. |
13 |
(school) |
|
Ohio |
1857 |
Stephen L Axtens |
Son |
. |
10 |
(school) |
|
Ohio |
1860 |
George W Axtens |
Son |
. |
8 |
(school) |
|
Ohio |
1862 |
The 4 June 1880 US Federal Census for Bowling Green Township, Marion County, Ohio (p165) shews:
Name |
Pos |
MS |
Age |
Occupation |
Birthplace |
eYoB |
(Bowling Green Township, Marion County, Ohio / Rush Creek Post Office (dwelling #134, family #128) |
||||||
Isaac L Axtens |
Head |
M |
57 |
Grocer ret. |
West Virginia |
1823 |
Mary Axtens |
Wife |
M |
57 |
[doctors differ re health] |
Ohio [parents born PA] |
1823 |
Eliza J Axtens |
Dau |
S |
28 |
House keeper |
Ohio |
1852 |
Harriett Axtens |
Dau |
S |
27 |
Dressmaker |
Ohio |
1853 |
Mary A Axtens |
Dau |
S |
22 |
. |
Ohio |
1858 |
Steven Axtens |
Son |
S |
20 |
At home |
Ohio |
1860 |
George W Axtens |
Son |
S |
18 |
At home |
Ohio |
1862 |
Ephran Watkins |
Boarder |
W |
86 |
Retired Farmer |
Conn |
1794 |
Thomas Axtens, baptised 14 February 1782, a son of RICHARD AXTON and by his second (of three) wife ANNE DAVIS, married Mary Raymond [baptised 25 February 1793 at Bruton, Somerset, daughter of CUTHBERT and ANN RAYMOND of Queen Camel] on 12 April 1813 at Rimpton, Somerset. Thomas and Anne were the parents of:
Thomas Axtens died or was buried on 4 February 1855, age 73, at Marston Magna Somerset.
Ann Axtens, baptised 9 January 1814 at Rympton, daughter of THOMAS AXTENS and his wife MARY RAYMOND, married Cuthbert Raymond (born 1816, Church Farm, Podimore, Somerset or 1825) on 10 July 1845 at Yeovil, Somerset. Cuthbert and Ann were the parents of:
Ann Raymond née Axtens died of typhoid on 23 August 1854 at Yeovil.
Cuthbert remarried as registered at Yeovil in 3q1856 to Matilda Miles (daughter of MATILDA MILES), with issue.
The 1861 census for Yeovil, Somerset, includes:
(Sherborne Road, Yeovil, Somerset ([1 inhabited dwelling] [RG9, piece 1644; folio 28, page 7, entry 31, GSU# 542844]) |
||||||
Name |
Pos |
MS |
Age |
Occupation |
Birthplace |
eYoB |
Cuthbert Raymond |
Head |
M |
42 |
Leather Glover Master employing |
Poddimore som |
1819 |
Matilda Raymond |
Wife |
M |
28 |
-"- |
Yeovil som |
1833 |
Ellen Raymond |
Dau |
. |
2 |
Scholar |
Yeovil som |
1859 |
Emma Raymond |
Dau |
. |
9m |
Scholar |
Yeovil som |
1860 |
Sarah A Seward |
Serv |
U |
18 |
Nurse Maid |
Chardstock ssx |
1843 |
Mary A Fudge |
Serv |
U |
17 |
House Maid |
Yeovil som |
1844 |
The 1871 census for Yeovil, Somerset, includes:
(Vicarge St., Yeovil, Somerset (St John's parish)[1 inhabited dwelling] [RG10, piece 2417; folio 70, page 11, entry 54, GSU# 835175]) |
||||||
Name |
Pos |
MS |
Age |
Occupation |
Birthplace |
eYoB |
Cuthbert Raymond |
Head |
M |
52 |
Glove Manufacturer |
Yeovil som |
1819 |
Matilda Raymond |
Wife |
M |
39 |
-"- |
Yeovil som |
1832 |
Walter Raymond |
Son |
U |
19 |
Glove Manufacturer |
Yeovil som |
1852 |
Matilda Raymond |
Dau |
U |
12 |
Scholar |
Yeovil som |
1859 |
Percy M Raymond |
Son |
U |
8 |
Scholar |
Yeovil som |
1863 |
Frances F Raymond |
Dau |
U |
6 |
Scholar |
Yeovil som |
1865 |
Alice Moad Raymond |
Dau |
U |
4 |
Scholar |
Yeovil som |
1867 |
Edward Raymond |
Son |
U |
3 |
Scholar |
Yeovil som |
1868 |
Ellen Haun |
Serv |
U |
33 |
Domestic Servant |
Yeovil som |
1838 |
MA A Higgin |
Serv |
U |
19 |
Domestic Servant |
Sutton Montis som |
1852 |
S A Bishow |
Serv |
U |
18 |
Domestic Servant |
Ashcombe som |
1853 |
Matilda Mills |
M-i-L |
W |
61 |
No occupation |
Hastings ssx |
1810 |
Emma |
Dau |
U |
10 |
Scholar |
Yeovil som |
1861 |
Cuthbert and Matilda were still listed the 1881 census at Yeovil:
(6 Vicarage St., Yeovil (St John's parish)[1 inhabited dwelling] [RG11, piece 2392; folio 92, page 60, entry 300; GSU 1341576]) |
||||||
Name |
Pos |
MS |
Age |
Occupation |
Birthplace |
eYoB |
Cuthbert Raymond |
Head |
M |
63 |
Retired Glove Manufacturer |
Poddimore som |
1818 |
Matilda Raymond |
Wife |
M |
50 |
. |
Yeovil som |
1831 |
Matilda E Raymond |
Dau |
U |
22 |
. |
Yeovil som |
1859 |
Emma Raymond |
Dau |
U |
20 |
. |
Yeovil som |
1861 |
Florence Raymond |
Dau |
U |
16 |
Scholar |
Yeovil som |
1865 |
Alice M Raymond |
Dau |
U |
14 |
Scholar |
Yeovil som |
1867 |
Edward Raymond |
Son |
. |
13 |
Scholar |
Yeovil som |
1868 |
Mary A Thyer |
Serv |
U |
25 |
Domestic Servant |
Yeovil som |
1856 |
Eliza Hillard |
Serv |
U |
22 |
Domestic Servant |
Yeovil som |
1859 |
Cuthbert was widowed by the date of the 1891 census for Southampton, Hampshire:
("Ivelton", Archer's Road, Southampton (St Mark's parish)[] [RG12, piece 927; folio 11, page 16, entry 108, GSU 609637]) |
||||||
Name |
Pos |
MS |
Age |
Occupation |
Birthplace |
eYoB |
Cuthbert Raymond |
Head |
W |
73 |
Living on own means |
Podimore som |
1818 |
Walter Raymond |
Son |
U |
39 |
Glove Manufacturer |
Yeovil som |
1852 |
Matilda E Raymond |
Dau |
U |
32 |
. |
Yeovil som |
1859 |
Alice M Raymond |
Dau |
U |
24 |
. |
Yeovil som |
1867 |
John James |
Visitor |
U |
7 |
. |
Guilford sry |
1884 |
Eliza J Blake |
Serv |
U |
24 |
Cook (Domestic) |
Southampton ham |
1867 |
Annie L Day |
Serv |
U |
22 |
|
Otterbourne ham |
1869 |
Cuthbert was still listed in the 1901 census for Southampton, Hampshire:
(9 Archers Rd., Shirley, Southampton (St Mark's parish)[1 inhabited dwelling] [RG13, piece 1074; folio 57, page 13, entry 62]) |
||||||
Name |
Pos |
MS |
Age |
Occupation |
Birthplace |
eYoB |
Cuthbert Raymond |
Head |
W |
83 |
Retired Glove Manufacturer [senile decay] |
Podynore som |
1818 |
Matilda E Raymond |
Dau |
U |
42 |
. |
Yeovil som |
1859 |
Frances F Raymond |
Dau |
U |
36 |
. |
Yeovil som |
1865 |
Alice M Raymond |
Dau |
U |
34 |
. |
Yeovil som |
1867 |
Jane Janeway |
Serv |
U |
58 |
Nurse Hospital |
Hazelbury Briant dor |
1843 |
Mary Ann Read |
Serv |
U |
37 |
Housemaid Domestic |
Swaythling ham |
1864 |
Alice Dawkins |
Serv |
U |
21 |
Cook Domestic |
Southpton ham |
1880 |
Cuthbert Raymond, aged 84, died on 17 November 1901 at Southampton; his Will granted double Probate in 1902:
RAYMOND Cuthbert of "Ivelton" Archers-road Southampton died 17 November 1901 Probate London 15 January 1902 to John Greenwell Raymond glove-manufacturer Effects £39777 12s. 9d. Double Probate August 1902.
RAYMOND Cuthbert of "Ivelton" Archers-road Southampton died 17 November 1901 Probate London 13 August 1902 to Walter Raymond author Effects £39777 12s. 9d. Former grant January 1902.
Much of the detail in this section is from http://members.westnet.com.au/boundy/coate/f112.html.
Walter Raymond, born 13 March 1852 at Back Kingston, Yeovil, Somerset, son of CUTHBERT RAYMOND and his wife ANN AXTENS, married Mary Elizabeth Johnston on 5 March 1878 at Marylebone Parish Church, Marylebone, London. Mary had been born on 3 December 1858 at 77 Baker Street, Marylebone, daughter of JOSEPH SIMPSON JOHNSTON (1822-1865) and ELIZA ANNE BISHOP (born c1828). Walter and Mary were the parents of:
Leonard Johnston Raymond (born 19 January 1879 at Yeovil; died 20 May 1952 at Taunton, Somerset; never married),
Dora Raymond (born 15 March 1880, Yeovil; died 10 October 1949, Brookvale Cottage, Highfield, Southampton, Hants., buried Southampton Old Cemetery, Hill Lane, Southampton; married William Prior Purvis (1869-1923) on 31 July 1902 at Preston Plucknett, Somerset),
Cuthbert Raymond (born 2 September 1881, Yeovil; died c1963, Wanganui, NZ; married Elsie MacFarlane (1892-c1961) in 1914, Hastings, NZ),
Walter Raymond (born 23 June 1883, Yeovil; died before 1952, Hastings, NZ; married Edith MacFarlane (born 1878) in 1909, Hastings, NZ),
Gladys Raymond (born 17 March 1885, Yeovil; died 1965, Droxford, Hants.; never married),
Enid Raymond (born 23 October 1886, Yeovil; died 12 April 1966, Knowle Hospital, Fareham, Hants.; married John Howard Bradford (born 1881) and
twins Dorothy Raymond (born 20 January 1888 at Yeovil; died 1 March 1933 at Cotford Hospital, Bishops Lydeard, Somerset)
and Barbara Raymond (born 20 January 1888, Yeovil; died 28 June 1938, Cotford Hospital, Bishops Lydeard).
Mary Elizabeth Raymond née Johnston died on 15 April 1912 at Preston Plucknett, Somerset, and was buried at Yeovil. Walter died on 2 April 1931 at Southampton.
The Exmoor National Park WebSite has a page dedicated to Walter Raymond:
WALTER RAYMOND AND EXMOOR
Walter Raymond was born in a humble cottage in Yeovil in 1852. His father, Cuthbert, worked in the glove industry in the town, although most of his ancestors had been farmers. When he was 2 years old his mother and sister died of typhoid and Walter was sent to Marston Magna to live with his grandparents. He also had typhoid but was nursed back to health. His grandfather soon died and he and his grandmother went to live in the school house, his aunt being the village school mistress. There he grew to love the countryside and gained a knowledge of natural history from his own teacher.
Cuthbert remarried and Walter returned to Yeovil only soon to be sent to school at Sherborne. His stepmother, Matilda, had six children of her own but brought Walter up as her own. Cuthbert built up his own glove manufacturing business, which Walter entered about 1875. Walter was keen on reading and natural science and Cuthbert had thought of sending him to university but felt that he would be better off in the glove trade. The gloves were sewn from calf and kid skins by women in cottages in the surrounding countryside. Walter recalled visits to these cottages in later novels. He spent more and more time in such visits and lost interest in the factory.
In 1878 Walter met Mary Johnston and married her the same year. Cuthbert retired from business in 1882 and moved to Southampton, leaving his house in Yeovil to Walter and Mary. They remained there for ten years. They produced five daughters and three sons, much to the delight of both, as were later grandchildren. Sons Cuthbert and Walter were sent to Blundell’s School at Tiverton and later emigrated to New Zealand. The work of the glove factory became more complex and demanding and in 1892, at the age of 40, Walter gave it up to embark on a literary career. He had often written articles and poems for local papers and in 1888 his book Misterton’s Mistake was also published locally.
Walter and Mary moved to Preston Pluknett so that he could devote himself to country writing. His next published works were Taken at His Word and Gentleman Upcott’s Daughter. The latter, probably his best novel, was the first under the pseudonym of ‘Tom Cobbleigh’. Walter had earned the nickname of ‘Uncle’ because of ‘Uncle Tom Cobbleigh’ in ‘Widdecombe Fair’, which he often used to sing. In quick succession came Young Sam and Sabina, Tryphena in Love and Love and Quiet Life. The books were very simply written. Walter never attempted involved plots, philosophical analyses or wordy descriptions. However, his writing was spontaneous and charming, suited the Somerset country life that was the subject of the writing and won much critical acclaim.
Around 1900 Walter began to take an interest in the work of the Dorset dialect poet William Barnes. The two men wrote about similar subjects and in a similar, simple style. Walter gave many recitals of Barnes’ poems and lectures on dialect and folk lore in various parts of the country, including the Exmoor area. These brought him acclaim from Thomas Hardy. His novels, however, were of varying quality and he found it difficult to write to order.
In 1905 Walter moved his family to London but he never cared to stay long there and, with a friend, Mr F Maggs, took the lease of a cottage at Withypool, behind the Royal Oak inn. He said: “I cannot loose connection with Somerset, so have taken a very quaint old cottage on Exmoor, eight miles from any station, at a place called Withypool. Very quaint. I shall have to put it in a book.” That he did in The Book of Simple Delights. The first few chapters describe the taking of and settling into the cottage. From then until 1914 he spent much of his time at Withypool, walking on the moors, fishing in the Barle and observing the people and their ways. Most of his subsequent books were written there or at Knighton Farm, where friends would put a quiet room or empty house at his disposal. He would often spend his evenings in the Royal Oak, listening in silence to the village gossip. Here he had the happiest time of his life, in which he had undisturbed time for writing and study. His family often spent their holidays with him, whilst he would return to London from time to time.
At that time Withypool was still a rich source of folklore. Cecil Sharp came there to search for folk songs and Walter joined him, along the Rev. F Etherington of Minehead and the Rev Charles Marson of Hambridge. They talked to the gypsies still common on Exmoor and some of Cecil Sharp’s best known songs were discovered in that area. Walter was also interested in sketching – in pen and ink, watercolour and pastel – and artist friends came to stay with him from time to time. In addition he had a keen interest in historic buildings and archaeology and was involved in several digs, including that of the stone circle on Withypool Common. In 1906 he had published A School History of Somerset, later republished as A Short History of Somerset, which became a long used text. He was a long and active member of the Somerset Archaeological and Natural History Society.
Mary was not in good health and in 1910, after a bout of serious illness, she was moved to a nursing home in Southampton, where she had family. She never fully recovered and died there in 1912. Walter then divided his time between his daughter, Gladys, in London and his cottage at Withypool. His distress at the death of his wife led to the publication of a philosophical book A Wayfaring Soul. Although he regarded it as his best work, it was not understood by his usual audience. It was his final book, much of the remainder of his career being spent writing articles in journals and lecturing.
Walter continued his literary activities until the First World War, when demand, especially for his lectures, all but ceased. In 1915 he went to live with Gladys in Kensington and started work as a clerk in a London office. In 1917 he moved to Shanklin, on the Isle of Wight, to be near another daughter, Mrs Bradford. Soon Gladys moved to Southampton and he spent time there cleaning at the YMCA. By 1920 he and Gladys had moved again, to Nether Stowey. He took a house there and at the same time relinquished the cottage at Withypool, which he seldom visited again, although he never loved anywhere quite as much. The cottage has now been much modernised and is known as 'Raymond's Cottage'. At the same time he began research into children’s singing games. He gave many lectures on the subject, often illustrated by children enacting the games. This led to a broader interest in Somerset folk dances and customs. He became active in the Somerset Folk Society and wrote articles for the Somerset Folk Press.
Gladys returned to London and, finding life in Nether Stowey lonely, Walter took a new house in Street. He spent much of the remainder of his life on the promotion of his novel Two Men o’ Mendip as a play. After years of effort, he managed to arrange for its production locally, then in London, although it was never the success that he had hoped. In 1930 he had a stroke and spent the remainder of his life being nursed by his daughters in Street and Southampton. Walter died in Southampton in 1931. After cremation, his ashes were buried with his wife in Yeovil cemetery.
1.5.4.3.2 Mary Axtens (1815…1816)
Mary Axtens, baptised 2 November 1815 at St Nicholas' parish church, Sandford Orcas [father a farmer at Sandford Orcas]xi, first-born of THOMAS AXTENS and his wife MARY RAYMOND, died in 1816.
1.5.4.3.3 Mary Ann Axtens (1816…1899) m. Cuthbert Marden (1828…1899)
Mary Ann Axtens, baptised 27 December 1816 at St Nicholas', Sandford Orcas [father a farmer at Sandford Orcas]xii, daughter of THOMAS AXTENS and his wife MARY RAYMOND, may have been the mother of:
Henry B Axtens (born 23 May 1848, Marston Magna).
Mary Ann Axtens married Cuthbert Marden (born 1828, Chilton) in 1854 at Wincanton with issue:
Elizabeth Marden (born 1855, Martick; died 1929),
William Marden (born 1857, North Cadbury, baptised as an adult at Castleton, Dorset, on 1 April 1873 [sic.; "Baker, Newland Sherborne" may have referred to William or his father Cuthbert]; aged 64, of Newland, Sherborne, buried 28 November 1921 at Sherborne; a bachelor baker residing at Newland, Sherborne, aged 47, married Elizabeth Annie Davies (spinster aged 39, residing at Westbury, Sherborne, daughter of William Davies (deceased)) on 6 July 1904 at Sherborne) and
Samuel Marden (baptised 18 February 1862, Sherborne [father a baker at Sherborne]; of Sherborne, buried 4 February 1873, aged 11, Castleton, Dorset).
The 1841 census shews Cuthbert, 12, one of eight pupils with schoolmaster John Burges Shepherd at the Parsonage, Buckhorn Weston, Dorset.
The 1851 census has Cuthbert with his relatives the Bewsey family at Yarlington, Somerset:
(Yarlington, Somerset / Yarlington Mill [1 inhabited dwelling] [HO107, piece 1931, folio 208, page 11, entry 40, GSU# 221088-9])
Name Pos MS Age Occupation Born in County eYoB
William Bewsey Head M 36 Miller Master Leigh dor 1815
Ann Bewsey Wife M 44 . Rimpton som 1807
John Rayment Bewsey Son U 6 Scholar Rimpton som 1845
Maryann Bewsey Dau U 3 Scholar Yarlington som 1848
Mary Bewsey Mother . 58 Widow Buckland Newton dor 1793
Sopia Diment Cosen U 20 . Leigh dor 1831
Cuthbert Marden Nephew U 22 Miller Journeyman Chilton Catilo som 1829
Hugh Cox . U 17 Servant Keinton Magna dor 1834
The 1861 census for Sherborne, Somerset, includes:
(Newland, Sherborne, Somerset [1 inhabited dwelling] [RG9, piece 1360; folio 106, page 3, entry 15, GSU# 542801])
Name Pos MS Age Occupation Born in County eYoB
Cuthbert Marden Head M 32 Baker Master Chilton Cantelo som 1829
Mary Marden Wife M 43 . West Camel som 1818
Elizabeth Marden Dau . 5 Scholar Martock som 1856
William Marden Son . 4 Scholar North Cadbury som 1857
Henry Axtens Visitor U 12 Scholar Marston Magna som 1849
John Marden Visitor U 41 Miller & Baker Chilton Cantelo som 1820
John R Leach Serv U 19 Baker Journeyman Thorn Coffin som 1842
Hannah Stuckey Serv U 18 General Servant Merriott som 1843
The 1871 census for Sherborne, Somerset, includes:
(Newland, Sherborne, Somerset [1 inhabited dwelling] [RG10, piece 2020; folio 78, page 64, entry 327, GSU# 831757])
Name Pos MS Age Occupation Born in County eYoB
Cuthbert Marden Head M 42 Baker Chilton Cantello som 1829
Mary Marden Wife M 54 Wife Sandford som 1817
Elizabeth Marden Dau U 15 . Martock som 1856
William Marden Son U 14 . North Cadbury som 1857
Samuel Marden Son . 9 . Sherborne dor 1862
Mary Axtens M-i-L W 79 Farmer's widow Pumpton som 1792
Henry Card Serv U 23 Journeyman Baker Mudford som 1848
Charles Barber Serv U 25 Journeyman Baker Wells som 1846
The 1881 census for Sherborne, Dorset, includes:
(Newland, Sherborne, Somerset [1 inhabited dwelling] [RG11, piece 2117; folio 133, page 59, entry 325, GSU# 1341512])
Name Pos MS Age Occupation Born in County eYoB
Cuthbert Marden Head M 52 Baker Chilton som 1829
Mary Marden Wife M 65 Wife Sandford som 1816
William Marden Son U 24 Baker North Cadbury som 1857
William Hooper Serv U 25 Baker Devonshire 1871
Thos. Frost Serv U 17 Baker Milborne som 1875
The 1891 census for Sherborne, Somerset, includes:
(Newland, Sherborne, Somerset [1 inhabited dwelling] [RG12, piece 1658; folio 90, page 11, entry 61, GSU# 6096768])
Name Pos MS Age Occupation Born in County eYoB
Cuthbert Marden Head M 62 Baker E Chilton Cantela som 1829
Mary Marden Wife . 75 . Sandford Orcas som 1816
Elizabeth Marden Dau S 35 . e Martock som 1856
William Marden Son . 34 Baker e North Cadbury som 1857
William Toot Serv S 20 Baker's Assistant e Sherborne dor 1871
William Burt Serv S 16 Baker's Assistant e Henstridge som 1875
Mary Marden née Axtens died 17 January 1899; Cuthbert Marden died 27 August 1899, aged 71; his Will was granted Probate on 19 September 1899:
MARDEN Cuthbert of Newland Sherborne Dorsetshire baker died 27 August 1899 Probate Blandford 19 September to Robert Lockyer miller and Henry Brook gentleman Effects £920 2s. 6d.
1.5.4.3.4 Richard Axtens (1817…1890) m. Emma Dyer (c1817…1899)
Richard Axtence, born 1817, baptised 5 April 1818 at Holy Trinity parish church, Sutton Montis, fourth child and eldest son of THOMAS AXTENS and his wife MARY RAYMOND, married Emma Dyer after publication of Banns at St Barnabas' church, Finsbury, South London on 2 September 1846. Richard, a bachelor cheese-monger, and Emma, a spinster, were each of "full age" and residents at Finsbury Pavement. Emma, born c1817 at Marylebone, was a daughter of JOHN DYER, gentleman. Richard's father Thomas was noted as a farmer; the marriage was witnessed by James H Holland and Grace Dyer. Emma bore Richard seven known issue:
Emma Mary Axtens (born 1847 at Islington; died before 1881),
Thomas Axtens (born 1849 at Islington; died of scarlet fever on 26 June 1854 at Islington),
Richard Axtens (born 1850 at Islington; died of scarlet fever on 30 June 1854 at Islington),
William Axtens (born 17 August 1852),
Sarah Ann Axtens (birth registered 1q1855 at St Pancras; death aged 80 registered 1q1935 at Bristol; apparently never married),
Charlotte Jane Axtens (born 1857 at Kilburn; died 26 December 1858) and
Cuthbert Raymond Axtens (born 1859 at Kilburn; death aged 70 registered 1q1930 at Axbridge; possible marriage registered 3q1888 at Hendon).
The 1861 census for Hampstead, Middlesex, shews:
(2 St George's Terrace, Hampstead, Middlesex [] [RG9, piece 92; folio 14, page 27, entry 110, GSU# 542572])
Name Pos MS Age Occupation Born in County eYoB
Richard Axtens Head M 44 Clerk Coal Merchant Sutton Montis som 1817
Emma Axtens Wife M 44 . Marylebone msx 1817
Emma Mary Axtens Dau U 15 Scholar Islington msx 1846
William Axtens Son . 8 Scholar Islington msx 1853
Sarah Ann Axtens Dau . 6 Scholar Kensington msx 1855
Cuthbert Raymond Axtens Son . 1 . Kilburn msx 1860
The 1871 census shews the family at Paddington:
(56 Carlton Road, Paddington (St Augustine's parish) [] [RG10, piece 13; folio 18, page 28, entry 128, GSU# 838752])
Name Pos MS Age Occupation Born in County eYoB
Richard Axtens Head M 52 Clerk Coal Merchant Sutton som 1819
Emma Axtens Wife M 52 . Kensington msx 1819
Cuthbert R Axtens Son U 10 Scholar Kilburn msx 1861
Sarah Ann Axtens Dau U 16 Scholar Kentish Town msx 1855
Emma N Axtens Dau U 23 Draper's Assistant Islington msx 1848
The 1881 census still has the family at Paddington:
(56 Carlton Road, Paddington (St Augustine's parish) [] [RG11, piece 8; folio 111, page 47, entry 266, GSU# 1341002])
Name Pos MS Age Occupation Born in County eYoB
Richard Axtines Head M 62 Clerk Coal Office Sutton Montis som 1819
Emma Axtines Wife M 62 -"- Wife London msx 1819
William Axtines Son U 27 Draper's Assistant Islington msx 1854
Cuthbert R Axtines Son U 20 Unemployed Kilburn msx 1861
Sarah A Axtines Dau U 26 Music Teacher Kentish Town msx 1855
Richard Axtens died 6 December 1890 at Willesdon. Emma Axtens née Dyer died in 1899 at Paddington.
1.5.4.3.5 Cuthbert Axtens (1819…1892) m. Martha Ellen Surridge (1829…1909)
Cuthbert Axtence, born 24 May 1819, baptised 6 June 1819 at Sutton Montis, fifth child of THOMAS AXTENS and his wife MARY RAYMOND, married Martha Ellen Surridge on 9 August 1851 at Westminster. Martha, a daughter of JOHN and SUSAN SURRIDGE, had been born 2 May 1829 in London and baptised on 1 November 1829 at St Katheine Coleman, London [father a cheese-monger in Fenchurch Street, London]. Cuthbert and Martha had five known issue:
James Cuthbert Axtens (born 17 April 1856; died at Clapham aged 96 on 3 October 1915; married Alice Elizabeth Cole in Lambeth district in 1891 with one issue),
John Surridge Axtens (born 28 June 1858; a resident of 9 Albert Square, Claphams Road, died aged 40 on 18 May 1899, buried 24 May 1899 at Norwood Cemetery, Lambeth; married Ellen Ossman, three issue),
Ellen Mary Axtens (born 20 June 1861; died 7 May 1892; married Edward Boys-Tombs with issue one son (Cuthbert Boys-Tombs) and three daughters including Gwendolen Doris Boys-Tombs (born 1890; died 9 January 1960, buried at Norwood Cemetery, Lambeth)),
William Raymond Axtens (born 1 July 1863; a bachelor draper aged 25 and resident of 270 Kensington Park Road, married Mabel Letitia Green (spinster aged 19 and resident or 209 Brixton Hill, daughter of George Green (deceased)) by Licence on 17 June 1889 at Christ Church, Streatham Hill, Lambeth, witnessed by Joseph Henry Price and Mary Green) and
Walter Henry Axtens (born 27 October 1865; died 11 February 1867).
Cuthbert Axtens, resident of 270 Kensington Park Road, Surrey, died aged 72 on 9 February 1892 and was buried 15 February 1892 in a re-used grave at Norwood Cemetery, Lambeth, leaving Effects valued at £33337 7s. 7d. with Probate granted to "Martha Ellen Axtens widow James Cuthbert Axtens draper Cuthbert Raymond bank manager and William Raymond Axtens draper". The London Gazette of 7 October 1892 (p5646) noted:
CUTHBERT AXTENS, Deceased.
Pursuant to the Statute 22nd and 23rd Vic., cap. 35, intituled " An Act to further amend the Law of Property, and to relieve Trustees."
"NOTICE is hereby given, that all creditors and other persons having any claims or demands against the estate of Cuthbert Axtens, late of 270, Kennington-park-road, in the county of Surrey, deceased (who died on the 9th day of February, 1892, and whose will with a codicil was proved in the Principal Registry of the Probate Division of Her Majesty's High Court of Justice, on the 21st day of April, 1892, by Martha Ellen Axtens, of 270, Kennington-park-road aforesaid, Widow, the relict of the said deceased, and James Cuthbert Axtens, of 11, Albert-square, Clapham-road, in the county of Surrey, the son of the deceased, Cuthbert Raymond, of the city of Worcester, and William Raymond Axtens, of 7, St. Saviour's-road, Brixton, London, S.W., the son of the said deceased, the executors named in the said will and codicil), are hereby required to send the particulars in writing of their claims or demands to us the undersigned, Solicitors for the said executors, on or before the 1st day of December, 1892; after which date the said executors will proceed to distribute the assets of the said deceased amongst the persons entitled thereto, having regard only to the claims and demands of which they shall then have had notice; and they will not be liable for the assets of the said deceased, or any part thereof, so distributed, to any person or persons of whose claims or demands they shall not then have had notice.—Dated this 4th day of October, 1892.
NEWMAN, PAYNTER, and CO., 1, Clement's-inn, Solicitors for the Executors.
Martha Ellen Axtens née Surridge died 17 February 1909 at Lambeth.
An excellent account of this family by Friends of West Norwood Cemetery member Barbara Chick, based on material from Madeline Storr (daughter of John Cuthbert Axtens), was published in the FOWNC Newsletter 24 in October 1995.
The group of Axtens/Boys-Tombs graves stand in square 24 of West Norwood Cemetery, beside the road leading down from the crematorium to the Greek Cemetery. Cuthbert Axtens, whose grave is on the right of the group, was the first arrival in London of a group of London drapers, all members of his or his wife's family. The son of a Somerset dairyman, he came to London in the mid-1830s to take up an apprenticeship as a draper at Swan & Edgar. [William Edgar (1791-1869)
is buried at Norwood: square 52, grave 12,138.] His Sundays were spent with his aunt and uncle, Cuthbert and Sarah Raymond, also up from Somerset. His uncle was established as a cheesemonger in Finsbury Place.
In 1849 Cuthbert Axtens was sent by his Aunt Raymond to Paddington Station to meet a young lady, Martha Surridge, who was coming up to London from Devon to become apprenticed to a court milliner in Maddox Street. Cuthbert is said to have joked that he would willingly "meet her and marry her", which indeed is just what he did. Martha's father, a farmer, had died two years previously leaving a legacy to each of his children, to set them up in a business or career of their choice. With Martha's legacy and Cuthbert's savings (£500 each), they were able to buy their own drapery business at 226 Kennington Park. Road. They were married on 9 August 1851 at St James Piccadilly, which had been their local church in their apprentice days. After the ceremony, they spent the day at Hampton Court by way of a honeymoon, arriving back at the shop just before closing time at 10 pm for a wedding supper on the premises.
Cuthbert and Martha had five children, all born and brought up at 226 Kennington Park Road: James Cuthbert, John Surridge, Ellen Mary, William Raymond and Walter Henry, the last of whom died in childhood. Not surprisingly, in 1870 the family moved from the shop to live at 170 Kennington Park Road. Other members of Martha's family had also settled in London and set up drapery businesses in Hackney, Kilbum and Edgware Road; most of them are buried at Highgate.
By 1871, Cuthbert's business had expanded into neighbouring premises and he was employing ten assistants, among whom were at least two of his Axtens nephews. In due course, his elder sons James and John entered the business, but it could not accommodate William, who borrowed £1,000 from his father in 1887 to buy into partnership with Cornelius Quin (1830-1902); the latter had had a drapery shop at 430 Brixton Road since 1873. The business subsequently prospered under the name of Quin & Axtens, although Comelius Quin sold out of the partnership after a few years. Nothing further is known of him, except that he is buried at Norwood (square 96, grave 13,098).
One by one William Axtens bought up the whole block of shops between Ferndale Road and Stockwell Road (in one case taking a law suit to the House of Lords), and combined them to become a well-known department store. In 1889 he married Mabel Letitia Green, a court dress-maker (and member of the Green family, makers of chocolate blancmange), at Christ Church Streatham. They lived first on Brixton Hill, moving later to St Margaret's, 13 Leigham Court Road, Streatham (now the Constitutional Club).
Returning, however, to Kennington Park Road and the fortunes of the rest of the Axtens family: John Axtens had married Ellen Osman in 1882, and his sister Ellen had married Edward Boys-Tombs, a blouse manufacturer, in 1886. Both weddings took place at Claylands Congregational Chapel near the Oval, where their father Cuthbert was a deacon, John was a member of the choir and Ellen was a Sunday School teacher. In earlier times. a fellow deacon with Cuthbert Axtens had been John Doulton senior (1793-1873) of the Lambeth pottery firm (buried in square 40, grave 1,808 at 7 Norwood); and the Rev James Baldwin Brown (1820-1884) had been the minister for 24 years (buried in square 40, grave 7,167). After some years of neglect, Claylands Chapel has been restored and is now in use as offices.
Cuthbert Axtens died in 1892, and a few months later his daughter Ellen Boys-Tombs died of a heart attack, two weeks after the birth of her fourth child, Marjorie. After her death (and burial in square 24, grave 24,535), her brothers James and John Axtens had their father's body reburied in a grave (24,604) adjacent to hers. Previously Cuthbert had been buried in a grave originally for his infant son Walter (square 10, grave 10,698), and next to the grave of his mother-in-law, Susan Surridge, towards the rear wall of the cemetery. John also in the same year bought the plot in front of Ellen's (grave 24,799) for the future use of his own family, so that no stranger's grave should stand in front of hers.
The two elder Axtens brothers, James and John, continued to run the business at Kennington Park Road. Family legend has it that they were so unhappy as drapers, that each went to work on alternate days, while the other stayed at home to drown his sorrows. So often it is hard to be the son of a successful father. James dropped out after the first year, and nothing further is known of him; he does not appear to be buried at Norwood. John died at his home in Albert Square, Clapham Road in 1899, and subsequently the Kennington business was sold up. A shorter cross was chosen for his grave, so that Ellen's should not be hidden. [It should be remarked that John's daughter, Madeline Storr, recorded most of the family events detailed here.]
Following now the surviving family members into the twentieth century. Cuthbert Boys-Tombs, son of William's late sister Ellen, joined his uncle to become assistant manager of Quin & Axtens shortly before the First World War, a position that was interrupted by service in the RFC. Although the business was bought by the neighbouring department store Bon Marché in 1920, William Axtens remained very much in charge, with Cuthbert Boys-Tombs supervising a complete refurbishment, including a new facade, under his direction. This arrangement continued until 1929, when William retired and the store (together with Bon Marché and Pratts of Streatham) was bought by Selfridges. Neither uncle nor nephew needed to work again. In 1940 the group of stores was acquired by John Lewis, but a year later Quin & Axtens was destroyed by bombing.
Due to his wife Mabel's deteriorating health, William took a suite of rooms in Queen's Hotel, Eastbourne after his retirement, where sadly she took her own life in 1931. She was buried in a grave (27,362) a few yards to the left of the other three Axtens graves, which William had bought in 1897 for a relative of hers. He remained in Eastbourne throughout the 1930s looked after by his chauffeur and companion, but moved at the outbreak of the Second World War to Woodlands Hotel, Sidmouth, where he died in 1956 at the age of 93, leaving an estate of £327,000. William's cremated remains were interred in his grave with his late wife.
*FOWNC member Barbara Chick is a great-granddaughter of Cuthbert Axtens (a granddaughter of Ellen Boys-Tombs). Her family information forming the basis of this article has been supplemented by Brian Bloice's research into the history of the Quin & Axtens store and Jill Dudman's research in the burial register. One of the most pleasing aspects of this article is that all the graves numbered here still have intact tombstones.
1.5.4.3.5.1 James Cuthbert Axtens (1856…1915) m. Alice Elizabeth Cole (c1869… 1936)
The marriage of James Cuthbert Axtens, born 17 April 1856, a son of CUTHBERT AXTENS and his wife MARTHA ELLEN SURRIDGE, and Alice Elizabeth Cole was registered in the Lambeth district in 2q1891. James and Alice had one child:
Irene Alyce Axtens (born c1893, Lambeth; alive in 1936; married Walter Leslie Raymond).
The 1901 census has James (44, retired draper), Alice (31) and Irene (8) at 11 Albert Square, Kennington, Lambeth (St Stephen's parish) with servant Jane Maria Collins (26, single, domestic servant) and Edith Maria Hodde (24, single, domestic cook). The 1911 census shews James (54, draper and merchant), Alice (41, married 19 years, one issue born alive (still living)) and Irene (18, single) still at 11 Albert Square, Kennington, Lambeth with a cook and a housemaid. Electoral Registers [Kennington Div., Vauxhall Ward] shew James living in his house at 11 Albert square, South Lambeth, in 1899, 1906, 1907, 1909, 1910, 1911 and 1915.
James Cuthbert Axtens, aged 59, died 3 October 1915:
AXTENS James Cuthbert of 11 Albert-square Clapham Surrey died 3 October 1915 Probate London 16 November to Alice Elizabeth Axtens widow and Walter Leslie Raymond surveyor. Effects £16668 9s. 3d.
Alice Elizabeth Axtens, aged 67, died 16 September 1936:
AXTENS Alice Elizabeth of 14 Yew Tree Court Temple Fortune Middlesex widow died 16 September 1936 Probate London 19 November to Irene Alyce Raymond (wife of Walter Leslie Raymond). Effects £4320 13s. 6d.
1.5.4.3.5.2 John Surridge Axtens (1858…1899) m. Ellen Ossman (c1858… 1920)
The marriage of John Surridge Axtens, born 28 June 1858 (birth registered at Lambeth), a son of CUTHBERT AXTENS and his wife MARARTHA ELLEN SURRIDGE, and Ellen Ossman was registered in the Lambeth district in 2q1882. John and Ellen had three children:
Madeline Ellen Axtens (born 1883; died 1971; in the 1901 census she is a Music Student and is at her grandmother Axtens' house at 325 Brixton Road, Brixton; married William Kenneth Storr (1881…1940) with one known child, Barbara Ellen Storr (1917-1928)),
Harold Surridge Axtens (born 6 September 1885; Lieutenant in Royal Welsh Fusiliers, killed in action 6 April 1918 at Aveluy Wood, France and buried in Martinsart British Cemetery, France) and
Gladys Winifred Axtens (birth registered at Lambeth in 3q1887; marriage to Frank L Hall registered at Lambeth in 3q1914).
John Surridge Axtens (born 28 June 1858; a resident of 9 Albert Square, Claphams Road, died aged 40 on 18 May 1899, and was buried 24 May 1899 at Norwood Cemetery, Lambeth.
John Surridge Axtens, aged 40, died 18 May 1999:
AXTENS John Surridge of 9 Albert-square Clapham Surrey draper died 18 May 1899 Administration (with Will) London 17 June to Ellen Axtens widow Effects £1675.
In 1901 Ellen was a widow living at 81 Angell Road, North Brixton, with her son Harold and daughter Gladys. Ellen Axtens née Ossman died 30 August 1920 and was buried with her husband at West Norwood Cemetery.
1.5.4.3.6 Rebecca Axtens (1821…1906) m. Elisha Walker (c1827…1871-81)
Rebecca Axtence, born 1821, Holton, baptised 27 July 1823 at All Saints' parish church, West Camel [father a farmer at West Camel]xiii, sixth child of THOMAS AXTENS and his wife MARY RAYMOND, married widower grocer Elisha Walker on [son of woollen draper JAMES WALKER] by Licence at St James parish church, Paddington, on 23 June 1856; Thomas was noted as a yeoman, both Rebecca and Elisha were residents of the parish, witnesses were John Walker and E Axtens and all parties signed the register. Rebecca and Elisha had four known issue:
Maria Louisa Walker (born 10 July 1858, Paddington; died 3 June 1890, Marston Magna),
Edwin Axtens Walker (born 21 October 1860, birth registered at Greenwich; death aged 12 registered 3q1873 at Lambeth),
Eva M E Walker (born 3 March 1863, Lewisham, Kent) and
Frederick Walker (born 1865?).
Elisha Walker had previously married Sophia Ann Green (daughter of coach proprietor Uriah Green) at St Leonard's Shoreditch on 27 August 1846 with issue (at least) Yeovil-born Sarah M Walker (born c1848) and Frederick W Walker (born c1851).
The 1871 census shews the family at 9 Green Hill Lane, Camberwell:
(9 Green Hill Lane, Camberwell / St Giles parish [] [RG10, piece 724; folio 32, page 8, entry 42, GSU# 823350])
Name Pos MS Age Occupation Birthplace eYoB
Elisha Walker Head M 54 Solicitors [something] clerk Bostock som 1817
Rebecca Walker Wife M 47 . Wincanton som 1824
Frederick W Walker Son U 20 Scholar Yeovil som 1861
Maria Walker Dau U 14 [something] London msx 1857
Edwin A Walker Son U 10 Scholar Deptford lnd 1861
Eva E Walker Dau U 8 . Lewisham knt 1863
Louise B?? Serv U 18 Domestic Epsom sry 1853
Rebecca is listed as an annuitant widow born at Holbrook, Somerset, in the 1881 census of Wincanton
The 1881 census shews the family at 9 Green Hill Lane, Camberwell:
(High Street, Wincanton, Somerset / St Giles parish [] [RG11, piece 2398; folio 31, page 1, entry 3, GSU# 1341577])
Name Pos MS Age Occupation Birthplace eYoB
Rebecca Walker Head W 59 Annuitant Holbrook som 1822
Maria Walker Dau U 24 . Paddington msx 1857
Eva M E Walker Dau U 18 . Lewisham knt 1863
Sarah Young Boarder U 60 Annuitant U.K. Cantelo 1821
Rebecca Walker née Axtens died 22 January 1906 at Marston Magna.
1.5.4.3.7 Thomas Axtens (1823…1871) m. Harriett Smith (1815…1873)
Thomas Axtens, baptised 27 July 1823 at All Saints', West Camel [father a farmer at West Camel]xiv, a son of THOMAS AXTENS and his wife MARY RAYMOND, married Harriet Smith (born 1815) on 23 December 1851 at Islington, with two known issue:
Henry Axtens (born 1849 at Marston Magna) and
Caroline Harriett Axtens (born 1855 in London).
Thomas Axtens died 20 February 1871 at Marston Magna. Harriett Axtens née Smith died in 1873 at Islington.
1.5.4.3.8 Elizabeth Axtens (1826…1895)
Elizabeth Axtence [Elizabeth Axtanes] was baptised on 20 August 1826 at All Saints', West Camel [father a farmer at West Camel]xv, eighth child of THOMAS AXTENS and his wife MARY RAYMOND. Elizabeth died on 25 April 1895 at Marston Magna.
1.5.4.3.9 Martha Axtens (1828…1881-91) m. Benjamin Traves (c1829…1901+)
Martha Axtens, baptised 2 November 1828 at All Saints', West Camel [father a farmer at West Camel]xvi, daughter of THOMAS AXTENS and his wife MARY RAYMOND, married Benjamin Traves on 27 April 1852 at Marston Magna, with five known issue:
Cuthbert Traves (baptised 2 March 1854 at St Mary's church, Marston Magna [father a dairyman at Marston Magna]; died before 1901 census; married cousin Elizabeth Sheppard ["Bessie", daughter of Martha's younger sister Jane] with three issue; Bessie widowed in the 1901 census),
Rebecca Traves (baptised 3 February 1856 at St Mary's church, Marston Magna [father a dairyman at Ashington, Somerset]; alive in 1911; married Thomas Green with six issue),
Walter Traves (baptised 12 December 1858 at at St Mary's church, Marston Magna [father a dairyman at Sandford Orcas]; a baker aged 31 born at Sandford Orcas dwelling alone at Holton in 1891 census; marriage to Harriet Mary Louisa Hancock (born Lee, Kent, c1866) registered in the Wincanton district, Somerset, 4q1895, with issue [but none indicated in 1911 census which has Walter a farmer and Harriet a head teacher (elementary school) residing at Shepton Montague, Castle Cary),
Raymond Traves (♠) and
William Traves (♠).
The 1901 census shews the family at Shepton Montague, Somerset:
(Shepton Montague, Somerset [] [RG13, piece 2306; folio 19, page 5, entry 33])
Name Pos MS Age Occupation Birthplace eYoB
Walter Traves Head M 40 Farm Bailiff Sandford Orcas som 1861
Harriet M L Traves Wife M 35 Head School Mistress Kensington knt 1866
Benjamin Traves Father W 71 Living on own means Marston Magna som 1830
Eliza J Hancock Visitor S 29 . Sydenham lnd 1872
Carl Ivon Haugwitz Visitor S 3 . London 1898
Martha Traves née Axtens, listed in the 1881 but not in the 1891 census, died at Marston Magna♠.
1.5.4.3.9.1 Cuthbert Traves (1854…1891-1901) m. Elizabeth Sheppard (1868… 1911+)
Cuthbert Axtens, baptised 2 March 1854 at St Mary's church, Marston Magna, son of Marston Magna dairyman BENJAMIN TRAVES and his wife MARTHA AXTENS, married his first cousin Elizabeth Sheppard ["Bessie"], daughter of THOMAS SHEPPARD and JANE RAYMOND AXTENS [Martha's younger sister], about 1892, with three known issue:
Kathleen Marion H Traves (birth registered at Wincanton, Somerset, 4q1892; listed in 1911 census as an unmarried Wincanton-born draper (customer sales) aged 18 at 7 & 8 Milsom St, Bath),
Dorothy Pattie Traves (birth registered at Chard, Somerset, 1q1895; listed in 1911 census as a an unmarried Crewkerne-born showroom drapery apprentice aged 16 at 6 & 7 Strand (Top Floor No 7 Only), Higher Terrace Road, Torquay; aged 23, of Mill Street, Wincanton, Somerset, arrived Plymouth, England, on 14 April 1918 aboard Union-Castle Mail Steamship Company Ltd Saxon from Cape Town [via Zanzibar ex Kilindini, Kenya?]xvii) and
Cuthbert Raymond Traves (born 12 February 1896 and baptised 26 March 1899 at Longfleet, Dorset [father a dairyman at Longfleet]; death aged 78 registered at Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, 1q1974).
Cuthbert Traves died before the 1901 census which shews Bessie a widow at Tything, Wincanton, with her three young children:
(Wincanton, Somerset – Tything [] [RG14, piece 14447; entry 102])
Name Pos MS Age Occupation Birthplace eYoB
Bessie Treaves Head W 33 Private Somerset 1868
Kathleen M H Treaves Dau S 8 . Somerset 1893
Dorothy P Treaves Dau S 6 . Somerset 1895
C Raymond Treaves Son S 5 . Somerset 1896
Annie B Lippiatt Visitor S 19 . Somerset 1882
Louie Lippiatt Visitor S 17 [female] Somerset 1884
Robert Kean Brdr S 33 Draper (own account) Scotland 1868
Lucy Hayward Brdr S 70 Private Sussex 1841
The 1911 census has Bessie a widow at 12 Church Street, Wincanton, with her father Thomas Sheppard and her son Cuthbert Raymond Traves:
The 1911 census shews Thomas at 12 Church Street, Wincanton with his daughter Bessie Traves and her son:
(Wincanton, Somerset – 12 Church Street [] [RG14, piece 14447; schedule# 251])
Name Pos MS Age Occupation Birthplace eYoB
Bessie Traves (1) Head W 41 Boarding House Keeper Marston som 1870
C Raymond Traves Son S 15 School Boy Crewkerne som 1896
Thomas Sheppard (2) Father W 77 Private Means Marston som 1834
E A Collard Brdr S 35 Grocer's Assistant Henstridge som 1876
(1) marriage of 19 years with 3 live issue all surviving;
(2) Father of Bessie Traves; marriage lasted 54 years with 10 live issue, 8 still living and 2 deceased.
1.5.4.3.9.2 Rebecca Traves (1856…1911+) m. Thomas Green (c1855…1940)
Rebecca Traves, baptised 3 February 1856 at St Mary's church, Marston Magna, daughter of Ashington dairyman BENJAMIN TRAVES and his wife MARTHA AXTENS, married Thomas Green c1884. Thomas had been born at Wincanton c1855, a son of ROBERT GREEN and FRANCES NEWMAN. Rebecca and Thomas had six children (one deceased by 1911) including:
Frances Mary Green (born c1886, Wincanton; appears to have married Stanley Gates; Frances Mary Gates, age 49 [viz: born c1886], arrived in Quebec on 25 May 1935, ex Southampton, aboard the Empress of Australia; Frances Gates age 64 [viz: born c1885] arrived in Southampton on 17 December 1949 ex Wellington, New Zealand via Sydney, Melbourne and Cape Town aboard Shaw, Savill & Albion Company Ltd's Warwick Castle),
Frank Victor Green (born 5 July 1887, Wincanton; married Jane Wilson McQuillan with at least one issue (Thomas H Green (1922-2012), married with three issue; residing Ngaere, New Zealand, when he enlisted in the NZ Expeditionry Force; grandfather of Ancestry contributor “Rob Green Shaskeen”),
Thomas Herbert Green (birth registered 4q1891, Wincanton; alive in 1911) and
Leonard Cuthbert Green (born 4 July 1895, Wincanton; death age 84 registered in Yeovil district 2q1980; in 1911 census a boy artificer engineer, single, age 15, at HMS Indus (a mechanics' training establishment based at Devonport, Devon)).
The 1911 census shews Thomas, Rebecca and son Thomas at Wincanton, Somerset:
(73 High St., Wincanton, Somerset [] [RG14, piece 14446; schedule# 21])
Name Pos MS Age Occupation Birthplace eYoB
Thomas Green Head M 56 Builder (employer) Wincanton som 1855
Rebecca Green Wife M 55 . Ashington som 1856
Thomas Herbert Green Son S 19 Assisting in business Wincanton som 1892
Ethel May Lodge Serv S 15 General Servant (Domestic) Shepton Montague som 1896
In the 1911 census Leonard Cuthbert Green is listed as a boy artificer engineer, single, age 15, aboard the Indus at Homoaxe, Devonport, Devon.
Thomas Green of 62 High-street Wincanton died on 28 February 1940 at Tout Hill House, Wincanton; Probate on his Will was granted on 7 May 1940 to “Leonard Cuthbert Green builder and Stanley Gates manager” [effects £10740 13s.].
Frances Mary Gates, age 49, born Wincanton eng c1886, and husband Stanley Gates, age 49, born Guildford eng c1889, arrived in Quebec on 25 May 1935, ex Southampton, aboard the Empress of Australia; [on passports issued on 27 June 1927] intending a one month visit to a friend, Cyril Page Esq., of Cow & Cate Ltd., Cananoque; they noted Staley's brother Charles G Gates of 44 Chorley Rd., Lostoch near Bolton, Lancashire, as their nearest relative in the UK. Frances Gates, housewife aged 64 (born c1885) and Stanley Gates, retired, age 61, arrived in Southampton on 17 December 1949 ex Wellington, New Zealand via Sydney, Melbourne and Cape Town aboard Shaw, Savill & Albion Company Ltd's Warwick Castle, with their proposed address noted as 26 Parmandur Ave., Thorpe Bay, Essex.
1.5.4.3.10 Jane Raymond Axtens (1831…1908) m. Thomas Sheppard (1835…1912)
Jane Raymond Axtens, baptised 9 October 1831 at Sandford Orcas [father a dairyman at Sandford Orcas], daughter of THOMAS AXTENS and his wife MARY RAYMOND, married Thomas Sheppard (born 1835) at Marston Magna on 22 May 1857, nine known issue:
James Axtens Sheppard (born Newtown [in Geelong], Victoria, Australia, as registered in Victoria in 1860; died aged 60 on 21 November 1841 and buried at Shaston St Rumbold [Cann, a parish just south of Shaftesbury, Dorset (no monumental Sheppard inscriptions in the church ground)]; marriage to Ada Emma Chapman registered in the Mitford district, Norfolk, 1q1894),
Martha Sheppard (born 22 June 1862 at Marston Magna, baptised 27 July 1862 at St Mary's church, Marston Magna [father a dairyman at Marston Magna]),
Martin Sheppard (born 1864 at Marston Magna, baptised 24 April 1864 at St Mary's church, Marston Magna [father a dairyman at Marston Magna]),
John Axtens Sheppard (born 22 February 1866, baptised 15 April 1866 at St Mary's church, Marston Magna [father a miller at Marston Magna]; died aged 72 on 4 September 1938 at Shepton Mallet (death registered at Wells, Somerset, in 3q1938); married Bertha Charlotte Hockey on 8 October at St Luke's Kilburn, Paddington, London with five known issuexviii),
Elizabeth Sheppard (born 1868 at Marston Magna, baptised 14 April 1870 at St Mary's church, Marston Magna [father a miller and baker at Marston Magna]; listed in 1911 census; married cousin Cuthbert Raymond [son of Jane's older sister Martha] with at least three issue [see Section 1.5.4.3.9.1 above]),
Mary Anne Sheppard (born 1869 at Marston Magna, baptised privately on 15 March 1870 at St Mary's church, Marston Magna, received into the congregation 14 April 1870 [father a miller and baker at Marston Magna]; perhaps married James Verrier, 46 (born c1845, son of John Verrier) on 24 December 1891 at Creech St Michael, Somerset),
Denis Sheppard (born 1872?),
Jane Sheppard (baptised 22 October 1872 at St Mary's church, Marston Magna [father a baker at Marston Magna]),
Albert Sheppard (born 1875 at Marston Magna, birth registered at Taunton 3q1875; in 1891 census) and
Ethel Sheppard (baptised 5 February 1877 at St Mary's church, Marston Magna [father a baker at Marston]).
The 1871 census shews the family at Marston Magna, Somerset:
(Marston Magna, Somerset – Rimpton Street [] [RG10, piece 2021; folio 22, page 4, entry 16, GSU# 831757])
Name Pos MS Age Occupation Birthplace eYoB
Thomas Sheppard Head M 37 Miller & Baker Marston Magna som 1834
Jane Sheppard Wife M 39 . Sandford Orcas som 1832
James Sheppard Son U 10 Scholar Geelong Australia 1861
Martha Sheppard Dau U 8 Scholar Marston Magna som 1863 Martin Sheppard Son U 6 Scholar Marston Magna som 1865
John Sheppard Son . 5 Scholar Marston Magna som 1866
Elizabeth Sheppard Dau . 3 . Marston Magna som 1868
Mary Anna Sheppard Dau . 1 . Marston Magna som 1870
The 1881 census shews the family at Marston Magna, Somerset:
(Marston Magna, Somerset – Post Office [] [RG11, piece 2118; folio 51, page 3, entry 20; GSU# 1341512])
Name Pos MS Age Occupation Birthplace eYoB
Thomas Sheppard Head M 47 Baker Marston Magna som 1834
Jane Sheppard Wife M 49 Baker's Wife Sandford Orcas som 1832
Martin Sheppard Son U 17 Cabinet Maker Marston Magna som 1864
John Sheppard Son . 15 . Marston Magna som 1866
Elizabeth Sheppard Dau . 13 Scholar Marston Magna som 1868
Mary A Sheppard Dau . 11 Scholar Marston Magna som 1870
Albert Sheppard Son . 6 Scholar Marston Magna som 1875
Ethel Sheppard Dau . 4 Scholar Marston Magna som 1877
The 1891 census shews Thomas and Jane with daughter Ethel at Marston Magna, Somerset:
(Marston Magna, Somerset – Post Office [] [RG12, piece 1659; folio 42, page 3, entry 22; GSU# 6096769])
Name Pos MS Age Occupation Birthplace eYoB
Thomas Sheppard Head M 57 Baker master Marston Magna som 1834
Jane Sheppard Wife . 59 . Marston Magna som 1832
Ethel Sheppard Dau S 14 . . 1877
The 1901 census shews Thomas and Jane at Wincanton, East Somerset:
(Wincanton, East Somerset – Tything [] [RG13, piece 2306; folio 13, page 18, entry 146])
Name Pos MS Age Occupation Birthplace eYoB
Thomas Sheppard Head M 66 Retired Marston Magna som 1835
Jane Sheppard Wife M 68 Retired Sandford Orcas som 1833
Martha Knight Serv S 18 Domestic North Cheriton som 1883
The death of Jane Raymond A Sheppard née Axtens, aged 77, was registered at Wincanton in 2q1908 [viz: born c1831].
The 1911 census shews Thomas at 12 Church Street, Wincanton with his daughter Bessie Traves and her son:
(Wincanton, Somerset – 12 Church Street [] [RG14, piece 14447; schedule# 251])
Name Pos MS Age Occupation Birthplace eYoB
Bessie Traves (1) Head W 41 Boarding House Keeper Marston som 1870
C Raymond Traves Son S 15 School Boy Crewkerne som 1896
Thomas Sheppard (2) Father W 77 Private Means Marston som 1834
E A Collard Brdr S 35 Grocer's Assistant Henstridge som 1876
(1) marriage of 19 years with 3 live issue all surviving;
(2) Father of Bessie Traves; marriage lasted 54 years with 10 live issue, 8 still living and 2 deceased.
The death of Thomas Sheppard, aged 78, was registered in 1q1912 in the Wincanton district [viz. born c1834].
1.5.4.3.10.1 James Axtens Sheppard (1860…1941) m. Ada Emma Chapman (c1864… 1941+)
James Axtens Sheppard, born in 1855 at Geelong, Victoria, Australia, born Newtown, Victoria, Australia, as registered in Victoria in 1860, son of THOMAS SHEPPARD and his wife JANE RAYMOND AXTENS, married Ada Emma Chapman registered in the Mitford district, Norfolk, 1q1894. Ada had been born at Bristol c1864. James and Ada had one child:
Gordon Sheppard (born Hornsey, London, c1898).
The 1901 census shews the family at 1 Malvern Terrace, Taunton, Somerset:
(8 Allison [St.?], Hornsey, London [] [RG13, piece 1237; folio 113, page 44, entry 285])
Name Pos MS Age Occupation Birthplace eYoB
James A Sheppard Head M 40 Commercial traveller Geelong Australia 1861
Ada E Sheppard Wife M 37 . Stapleton Bristol gls 1864
Gordon Sheppard Son . 3 . Hornsey lnd 1870
Elizabeth Walker Serv S 20 General Servant Domestic Wyddial, Hertfordshire 1881
The 1911 census shews the family at 1 Malvern Terrace, Taunton, Somerset:
(1 Malvern Terrace, Taunton, Somerset [] [RG14, piece 14240; folio Schedule# 466])
Name Pos MS Age Occupation Birthplace eYoB
James Axtens Sheppard Head M 50 Commercial traveller Drapery Geelong Australia 1861
Ada Emma Sheppard (1) Wife M 47 . Bristol gls 1864
Gordon Sheppard Son . 13 School Hornsey lnd 1870
(1) marriage of 17 years, with one issue, still living, none deceased.
James Axtens Sheppard died aged 60 on 21 November 1841 [viz. born c1860] and was buried at Shaston St Rumbold [Cann, a parish just south of Shaftesbury, Dorset (no monumental Sheppard inscriptions in the church ground)]. James' Will was granted Probate on 13 January 1941:
SHEPPARD James Axtens of 7 Lower Blandford-road Shaftesbury Dorsetshire died 21 November 1941 at Salisbury Hospital Wiltshire Probate Llandudno 13 January to Ada Emma Sheppard widow. Effects £741 6s. 8d.
1.5.4.3.10.2 John Axtens Sheppard (1866…1938) m. Bertha Charlotte Hockey (1867… c1900)
Much of the detail in this section is from the Bullen Deitz Pendleton April 2010 WebSite by Charles Deitz [accessed October 2012].
John Axtens Sheppard, born 22 February 1866, baptised 15 April 1866 at St Mary's church, Marston Magna [father a miller at Marston Magna], son of THOMAS SHEPPARD and his wife JANE RAYMOND AXTENS, married Bertha Charlotte Hockey on 8 October 1894 St Luke's Kilburn, Paddington, London, after Banns. John, bachelor draper aged 28, was noted as a son of baker Thomas Sheppard and a resident of 204 Fernhead Road. Bertha was noted as a spinster aged 27, daughter of deceased farmer JAMES HOCKEY [and LOUISA CULLIFORD], and resident of 214 Fernhead Road. Witnesses were Emma Wylie and Arthur Edwin Yalls. Bertha's birth had been registered at Sherborne, Dorset, in 3q1867.
John and Charlotte had five known issue:
Winifred Bertha Axtens Sheppard (born 29 March 1895 at Stoke-under-Ham, Somerset; died 12 February 1922 at Brighton, Sussex; married Barnard James Tapear Webber on 14 June 1922 at Brighton,),
Kenneth John Culliford Sheppard (born 10 June 1897 at Marston Magna, Somerset; died aged 72 in September 1968),
Irene Marion Raymond Sheppard (born December 1898 at Marston Magna),
Graham John Axtens Sheppard (born 31 January 1899 at Marston Magna; died 9 May 1899,Marston Magna),
Gerald Sheppard (born 19 December 1899 at Marston Magna; died 1900 at Marston Magna).
The death of Bertha Charlotte Sheppard née Hockey was registered at Yeovil, Somerset, in 1q1900.
The 1901 census shews John a widower draper at Little Marston Road, Marston Magna, with his surviving elder children Winifred (6), Kenneth (4) and Irene (3).
The 1911 census has John, 40, an assistant draper, with his daughter Irene, 13, as boarders with the family of Albert Court at 3 Albion Terrace, Upper Bristol Road, Bath. The 1924 Electoral Roll shews John at 7 David's Road, Lewisham, London.
John Axtens Sheppard died aged 72 on 4 September 1938 at Shepton Mallet (death registered at Wells, Somerset, in 3q1938).
1.5.4.3.11 John Axtens (1833…1918) m. Eliza A Surridge (1835…1919)
John Axtens, baptised 24 November 1833 at Sandford Orcas, son of THOMAS AXTENS and his wife MARY RAYMOND, a full-age bachelor linen-draper residing at 27 Ordnance Road, married Eliza A Surridge (full-age spinster residing in Edgeware Road) by Licence on 4 May 1861 at All Saints, St John's Wood, Marylebone, Westminster, witnessed by James Surridge and Susan Surridge [Allegations had been given 2 May 1861]. Eliza A Surridge born 28 June 1838, Sampford Peverell, Devon, was a daughter of farmer JOHN SURRIDGE. Eliza bore John nine issue [forebears of Donal Carr])
Herbert Henry Axtens (born 9 September 1862 at Hackney; death on 19 June 1948 registered at Mosman in Sydney nsw; marriage to Matilda Rose Ward registered at Leichhardt in Sydney in 1984, with issue),
Frederick John Axtens (born 6 June 1864 at Hackney; died 1917 at Dartford; married Frances Gertrude Bullen on 19 March 1892 at Wayford, Somerset [Frances born 1870 at Wayford, died 1 December 1942 at Winchester]),
Edith Mary Axtens (born 15 December 1865 at Hackney; married Herbert Moore Pearson on 7 May 1891 at Hackney),
Arthur Edward Axtens (born 1867 at Hackney; died 24 March 1869 at Hackney),
Anne Salome Axtens (born 18 August 1869 at Hackney; died 2 April 1958 at Finchley; married William Henry Holden on 28 July 1892 at Edmonton, London [William born 1 October 1861 in London, died 18 February 1947 at Hornsey]),
Louise Eliza Axtens (born 1871 at Hackney; married Joseph John Mason in 1900 at Edmonton, London),
Emily Kate Axtens (born May 1873 at Hackney; died 3 March 1879 at Hackney),
Ernest Ewart Axtens (born 5 January 1875 at Hackney; died 12 November 1948 at Muswell Hill, London; married Lenore Alice Ford in 1901 on Isle of Wight [Lenoreborn 27 August 1875, died 6 January 1940]) and
Florence Ellen Axtens (born 17 September 1879 at Hackney; died 2 September 1971 at Hammersmith; piano teacher and concert pianist; visited Australia in 1921, returning to London 24 August 1922).
John Axtens died on 21 April 1918 in Hornsey, London. Eliza A Axtens née Surridge of 115 Crouch Hill, Middlesex, died 8 January 1919 at Abney Park near Hornsey: probate on her estate [effects £1312 9s. 10d.] was grantedto “Florence Ellen Axtens spinster”on 31 January 1919.
1.5.4.3.11.1 Herbert Henry Axtens (1862…1948) m. Mathilde Rose Ward (1874… 1960)
Herbert Henry Axtens was born 9 September 1862 at Hackney in London, a son of JOHN AXTENS and ELIZA A SURRIDGE. Herbert had emigrated to Melbourne aboard the Ocena on 31 February 1890. Herbert's marriage to Matilda Rose Ward on 25 April 1894 was registered at Leichhardt in Sydney. Mathilde had been born on 30 May 1875 in Gibralter and with her mother and siblings emigrated ex London in the MV Ormuz arriving in Sydney on 22 July 1887; William E Ward had already emigrated in 1884. Herbert and Matilda [“Tilly”] were the parents of (at least):
John William Axtens (birth on 9 February 1895 registered at Leichhart; died 25 April 1980 at Albury in southern NSW; married Ella Doreen Sackett on 7 June 1926 at Lismore in north-east NSW, with issue [Ella born 5 November 1902 at Cooma, died 12 February 1988 at Albury]),
Herbert Raymond Axtens (born 17 March 1897 at Mosman; death at Cremorne on 9 November 1966 registered at St Leonards; married Estelle Jean Beasley on 13 April 1935 at Orange, central-west NSW, with issue [Estelle born 26 January 1913 at Forbes, died 12 May 2011 at Gladesville]),
Geoffrey Ernest Axtens (born on 16 July 1899 at Mosman; died 22 October 1987 at Coffs Harbour; married Doris Ann Brake on 27 January 1930 in Sydney, with issue [Doris born 16 March 1900, died 14 November 1986 at Coffs Harbour]),
Alan Ward Axtens (born 18 February 1901 at Mosman; died 7 July 1966 at Lismore; married Joyce Madeline Flora Mackay on 4 April 1931 at Lismore, with issue [Joyce born 9 November 1903 at Lismore, died 7 April 1958 at Lismore]),
Dolores Axtens (born 30 December 1905 at Mosman; died 2 April 1993 at Chatswood; married surveyor Charles Cavanough on 20 October 1927 in Sydney, with issue [Charles born 28 July 1897 at Lismore, died 17 Jily 1980 at Seaforth]),
Gwendolen Eva Axtens (born 25 July 1907 at Mosman; died 12 March 1983 at Belrose; married architect Hedley Norman Carr on 15 March 1930 at Orange, with issue [Hedley born 21 March 1904 at Orange, died 9 July 1966 at Mosman]),
Marjorie Florence Axtens (born 19 April 1909 at Mosman; died 26 September 1996 at Griffith; married William Lyndon Primrose on 10 February 1937 in Sydney City, with issue [William born 5 March 1903 at Donald vic, died 17 July 1985 at Griffith]) and
Phyllis Madeline Axtens (born 9 November 1911 at Mosman; died 13 December 1998 at Griffith; married Edgar Leahy Sides on 25 March 1933 at Mosman, with issue [Edgar born 25 August 1905 at Hay nsw, died 27 August 1990 at Griffith]).
NSW Electoral Rolls shew Herbert Henry Axtens [agent], Geoffrey Ernest Axtens [storeman], Gwendolen Eva Axtens [home duties] and Matilda Roae Axtens [home duties] at 18 Killarney street, Mosman in 1930.
The death of Herbert Henry Axtens 19 June 1948 was registered at Mosman in Sydney nsw. Mathildo Rose Axtens née Ward, daughter of WILLIAM and DELORES MARY, died on 25 December 1960 at Narrandera in southern NSW.
1.5.4.3.12 Sarah Axtens (1835…1842)
Sarah Axtens, born 1835, Stapleton Martock, baptised 24 January 1836 at All Saints' parish church, Martock, Somerset [father a dairyman at Stapleton]xix, daughter of THOMAS AXTENS and his wife MARY RAYMOND, died of scarlet fever at West Coker on 28 July 1842.
1.5.4.3.13 Samuel Axtens (1839…1842)
Samuel Axtens, born 16 April 1839 at Stapleton Martock, Somerset, was the last child born to THOMAS AXTENS and his wife MARY RAYMOND. Samuel succumbed to scarlet fever on 1 August 1842 and was buried at West Coker, Somerset.
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Mary Axton, baptised 12 April 1703 at Henstridge, was the daughter of JOHN and SUSAN(NA) ACTON. She married John Oburn on 21 April 1728 at Henstridge. John and Mary had issue.
John was buried at Sandford Orcas on 10 November 1765♠.
Note: corrections made September 2012
Amy Axton, daughter of JOHN and SUSAN(NA) ACTON. was baptised 20 March 1706G [1705J] (posthumous to her father) at Henstridge. Amy married Benjamin Sanger on 3 September 1726 at Henstridge. A Benjamin Sanger had married a Jana Hobbs at Hentsridge on 26 April 1713.
Amy and Benjamin were the parents of:
Benjamin Sanger subsequently married Christian Grimes on 1 May 1737 at Henstridge.
The information in Sections 2 and 2.2 (to Job Dibsdall baptised 1804) was extracted from the ‘Corton Denham Somerset.xls’ file on Richard Travell’s WebSite http://homepage.ntlworld.com/richardtravell/richardtravell/.
Richard's data has been augmented by the research of this author.
Blacksmith Robert Dibsdall and his wife Ann Andrews were the parents of (at least)
Information in this Section was garnered from http://trees.ancestry.co.uk/tree/769400/person/6082525866, ‘Smith Family Tree’ by 'amsca135'. augmented by the research of this author.
Thomas Dibsdall, born about 1760 in Sherborne, northwest Dorset, son of ROBERT DIBSDALL and his wife ANN ANDREWS, married Jane Dean on 29 December 1788 at St Bartholemew's, Crewkerne, Somerset, Jane was the daughter of SAMUEL DEAN and JANE TYLER. Thomas and Jane had some nine issue:
A Thomas Dibsdall died June 1851 in the Dorset-Somerset area, aged 91. Note though the burial of a Thomas Dibsdale, aged 71, of Crewkwrne, was buried at St Bartholemew's church, Crewkerne, on 6 January 1835 [viz: born c1764]
Jane Dibsdall née Dean died aged 89 in 1854 at Sherborne, Dorset.
Thomas Dean Dibsdall, baptised 9 May 1789 at Sherborne, son of THOMAS DIBSDALL and JANE DEAN, married Susan Pope, daughter of JAMES and SUSANNAH POPE. Thomas and Susan had some eleven issue:
Thomas Dean Dibsdall died in 1851 at Sherborne, aged 63. The 1861 census shews the Susan and two of her younger children at Green Hill, Sherborne as follows:
(Sherborne, Dorset / Green Hill [RG9; Piece 1360; Folio 50; Page 36; entry 198; GSU 542801])
Name Pos MS Age Occupation X Birthplace eYoB
Susan Dibsdall Head W 52 . Sherborne dor 1809
Henry Dibsdall Wife U 20 Cabinet maker Sherborne dor 1841
Godfrey Dibsdall Brdr . 14 Baker Sherborne dor 1847
Interestingly, Woodford Dibsdall who in the 1861 census is with the Yeovilton family of blacksmith Charles Dibsdall, presumably an uncle or cousin and to whom Woodford is apprenticed:
(Yeovilton, Somerset / Chantry [RG9; Piece 1645; Folio 70; Page 14; entry 67; GSU 542844])
Name Pos MS Age Occupation X Birthplace eYoB
Charles Dibsdall Head M 43 Blacksmith Yeovilton som 1818
Ann Dibsdall Wife M 40 . Allen som 1821
Reuben Dibsdall Son U 13 . West Camel som 1848
Woodford Dibsdall App U 17 . Sherborne dor 1844
Lucy Dibsdall Dau U 10 . West Camel som 1851
Mary S Dibsdall Dau U 8 . West Camel som 1853
Ann Dibsdall Dau U 6 . West Camel som 1855
Charles Dibsdall Son U 4 . Yeovilton som 1857
James B Dibsdall Son U 4 . Yeovilton som 1857
Elizabeth Dibsdall Dau U 5m . Yeovilton som 1860
From the 1841 census it appears blacksmith Charles Dibsdall was the son of blacksmith James Dibsdall, born in Somerset about 1771 [age probably mod5]:
(Yeovilton, Somerset / Bridghampton [RG9; Piece 1645; Folio 70; Page 14; entry 67; GSU 542844])
Name Pos MS Age Occupation X Born in Country eYoB
James Dibsdall Head . 70 Blacksmith Y 1771
June Dibsdall . . 50 . Y 1791
Charles Dibsdall . . 22 . Y 1819
Mary Dibsdall . . 20 . Y 1821
Anna Dibsdall . . 15 . Y 1826
James Peach . . 10 . Y 1831
Charles Jaines . . 3 . Y 1838
Susan Dibsdall née Pope died aged 76 on 1 January 1882 at 8 Villett Street, Swindon, Wiltshire.
Information in this Section was garnered from Dorset OPC Sheila Carr's transcriptions for Sherborne.
Robert Dibsdall, possibly a son of ROBERT DIBSDALL and his wife ANN ANDREWS, married Elizabeth Miller after Banns, at Sherborne, Dorset on 20 October 1784; witnesses were Sarah Miller and William and Mary Upsall [?].
Robert and Elizabeth had several issue:
Silas Dibsdall, baptised 28 September 1785 at Sherborne, son of ROBERT DIBSDALL and ELIZABETH MILLER, married Ann Turner at Saint George, Bristol on 18 May 1820 with at least three issue:
Silas was a Linen-Draper and his business appears to have been handed down the family. The London Gazette of 26 November 1818 noted dissolution by mutual consent of his business partnership with Samuel Badam Castle-Street, Bristol, at the end of 1817. Silas became Deputy Governor Incorporation of Poor, Bristol, 1826-1827. Residing at Brunswick-sq. Bristol, Silas Dibsdall, Esq., contributed money to the 1829-33 attempts to find the North-West Passage. Pigot's Directory of Gloucestershire, 1830 lists "DIBSDALL Silas, Linen Draper, 49 Castle Street, Bristol". In April 1839 Silas was mentioned in bankruptcy proceedings [Bankrupts, Certificates, and Dividends in the Month of April, 1839. (p20. Gazette, Friday, April 19): "TOWN AND COUNTRY FIATS. DAVIS, William, of the city of Bath, in the county of Somerset, linen-draper, d. c. Sols. Holme & Co. New Inn, and Prideaux, Bristol. Fiat, April 12. Pet. Crs. James Low and Silas Dibsdall, of Bristol, linen merchants."]
Silas died 14 October 1839, aged 52..
Blacksmith Daniel Dibsdall, son of blacksmith ROBERT DIBSDALL and his wife ANN ANDREWS, baptised 31 January 1780 at Corton Denham; married Elizabeth Axtens [“Betty”] (of Girt, born Sutton Montis?) on 2 July 1802 at Corton Denham.
Daniel Dibsdall, aged 56, of Corton, was buried at St Andrew's church, Corton Denham, on 5 February 1835 [viz: born c1779]. Elizabeth Dibsdall née Axtens was buried on 13 January 1852, aged 73 years, Corton Denham.
Diana Dibsdall, born c1802 and baptised 14 March 1802, daughter of DANIEL DIBSDALL and ELIZABETH AXTENS, married carpenter Charles Down Cox on 19 January 1825 at Corton Denham. They were the parents of:
Charles and Diana are listed in the 1841 census at Sherborn[e], Dorset:
(Sherborne; County: Dorset / Abby St [1 inhabited dwelling] [HO107/295/5; Folio 48; Page 41; Line 17; GSU 241344])
Name Pos MS Age Occupation Born in County eYoB
Charles Cox Head M 40 Joiner Y 1801
Diana Cox Wife M 35 N 1806
Thomas Cox 30 Carpenter Y 1811
Mary Cox 70 N 1771
Charlotte Cox 25 Y 1816
Mary Cox Dau 15 N 1826
Elizabeth Cox Dau 8 Y 1833
Charles Cox Son 10 Y 1831
The 1851 census shews the Cox family at St Mary, Redcliff, Bristol, Gloucestershire as follows:
(St Mary, Redcliff, Bristol, Gloucestershire / 71 Thomas St [HO107; Piece 1947; Folio ; Page 24; entry 115; GSU 87347])
Name Pos MS Age Occupation X Birthplace eYoB
Charles Do Cox Head M 54 Carpenter Sherborne DOR 1797
Diana Cox Wife M 49 Dressmaker Corton Denham SOM 1802
Mary A Cox Dau U 25 Dressmaker London MSX 1826
Elizabeth Cox Dau U 18 Milliner Sherborne DOR 1833
The 1861 census shews the Cox family at 9 Viacoff Parade, Bristol as follows:
(St Mathias, Bristol, Gloucestershire / 9 Viacoff Parade [RG9; Piece 1715; Folio 76; Page 27; entry 173; GSU 542855])
Name Pos MS Age Occupation X Birthplace eYoB
Charles Down Cox Head M 64 Carpenter Sherborne DOR 1797
Diana Cox Wife M 59 Corton Denham SOM 1802
Elizabeth Cox Dau U 28 Sherborne DOR 1833
Sarah Hyat Brdr U 73 Yatton SOM 1788
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Job and Emma are listed in the 1841 census at Salisbury, Wiltshire:
| Name | Position | Marital Status | Age | Occupation | Born in County | eYoB |
| New
Sarum [Salisbury] (St Edmund), Wiltshire / Castle St
[1 inhabited dwelling] [HO107/1190/1, folio 19, page 5, lines 9-10, GSU 464204] |
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| Job Dibsdall | Head | Married | 36 | Coach m. | N | 1805 |
| Emm[a] Dibsdall | Wife | Married | 39 | . | N | 1802 |
| Emma Dibsdall | Dau | . | 9 | . | Y | 1832 |
| Paul Dibsdall | Dau | . | 11 | . | Y | 1830 |
| Alfred Dibsdall | Son | . | 8 | . | Y | 1833 |
| Elizabeth Dibsdall | Dau | . | 6 | . | Y | 1835 |
| Henry Dibsdall | Son | . | 2 | . | Y | 1839 |
| Sarah Woodward | . | . | 68 | Ind. [Independent] | Y | 1773 |
| Thomas Henly | . | . | 35 | Tinplate worker | Y | 1806 |
The death of Emma Dibsdall
(age not given) was registered at Salisbury in Wiltshire in the first quarter
of 1851 [as was the death of a Samuel Dibsdall at Wincanton SOM].
The 1851 census shews the Dibsdall family in Salisbury Wiltshire as follows:
| Name | Position | Marital Status | Age | Occupation | Birthplace | eYoB |
| Salisbury (St Edmund), Wiltshire / Castle St [HO107; piece 1847; folio 99; page 27; entry 126; GSU# 220994] | ||||||
| Job Dibsdall | Head | Married | 46 | Coach Maker Wheeler Journeyman |
Corton Denham SOM | 1805 |
| Emma Dibsdall | Wife | Married | 49 | Shoe Binder | Wincanton SOM | 1802 |
| Alfred Dibsdall | Son | . | 17 | Coach Maker (apprentice) | Salisbury WIL | 1834 |
| Henry Dibsdall | Son | . | 12 | Scholar | Salisbury WIL | 1839 |
| Elizabeth Ridout | Visitor | . | 29 | Independent | Broad Chalk WIL | 1822 |
In the 1861 census the Dibsdale [Dibsdall] family is still in Salisbury Wiltshire as follows:
| Name | Position | Marital Status | Age | Occupation | Birthplace | eYoB |
| Salisbury (St Edmund), Wiltshire / Church St [RG9; piece 1316; folio 96; page 14; entry 70; GSU# 542794] | ||||||
| Job Dibsdale | Head | Married | 55 | Coach Wheelwright | Corton Denham SOM | 1805 |
| Emma Dibsdale | Wife | Married | 59 | . | Wincanton SOM | 1802 |
| Henry Dibsdale | Son | . | 22 | Wheelwright | Salisbury WIL | 1839 |
| Ellen Dibsdale | D-i-L | . | 22 | . | Salisbury WIL | 1839 |
| Catherine Dibsdale | GDau | . | 10m | . | Salisbury WIL | 1840 |
The deaths of Job Dibsdall, aged 67 years, and Emma Dibsdall, aged 69 years, were registered at Alderbury in Wiltshire in the first quarter of 1870
The 1841 census for Corton Denham, Somerset, includes the following probably related Dibsdall entries:
| Name | Position | Marital Status | Age | Occupation | Born in County | eYoB |
| Corton Denham, Somerset / North Town [1 inhabited dwelling] [HO107, folio 11, page 8, lines 6-9, GSU# 474598] | ||||||
| Raymond Dibsdall | Head | Married | 25 | Blacksmith | Y | 1816 |
| Flora Dibsdall | Wife | Married | 20 | . | Y | 1821 |
| Charles Dibsdall | Son | . | 3 | . | Y | 1838 |
| Corton Denham, Somerset / Girt [1 inhabited dwelling] [HO107, folio 11, pp 8-9; lines 23-25, 1, GSU# 474598] | ||||||
| Elizabeth Dibsdall | Head | . | 60 | .Ind. [Independent] | Y | 1781 |
| Daniel Dibsdall | Son? | . | 30 | Blacksmith | Y | 1811 |
| Paul Dibsdall | Dau? | . | 20 | Brightsmith | Y | 1821 |
| June Dibsdall | Dau? | . | 15 | . | Y | 1826 |
| Name | Position | Marital Status | Age | Occupation | Birthplace | eYoB |
| Salisbury St Thomas, Wiltshire / 33 High Street [Piece 2071, Folio 39, Page 14] | ||||||
| Frederick Alesworth | Head | Married | 23 | Fruiterer | Cerne DOR | 1858 |
| Rose Alesworth | Wife | Married | 49 | Dressmaker | Salisbury WIL | 1859 |
| Bertha Mussell | Boarder | Unmarried | 19 | Dressmaker | W Grimstead WIL | 1862 |
| Alice Elliott | Boarder | Unmarried | 19 | Dressmaker | Salisbury WIL | 1862 |
| Sarah Trowbridge | Boarder | Unmarried | 20 | Dressmaker | Norwich WIL | 1861 |
| Mary Dibsdall | Boarder | Unmarried | 17 | Dressmaker | London MSX | 1864 |
Mary Emma Crockford née
Dibsdall died aged 60 years on 20 October 1924 in Greenwich, Sydney NSW Australia.
Walter William Crockford died on the 9 August 1950 in Sydney.
For further details of Mary Emma and Walter
William Crockford refer to
Crockford
notes.
The deaths of Ellen Dibsdall, aged 57 years, and of Henry Dibsdall, aged 60 years, were registered in 1Q 1896 and in 1Q 1900 respectively at Wandsworth in London.
Mary Anne Dibsdall, born c1806 and baptised 7 August 1806, daughter of DANIEL DIBSDALL and ELIZABETH AXTENS, married Joseph Raymond of Cheriton on 29 May 1833 at Corton Denham. Research into her Raymond ancestry by Melinda Pohlman [22 and September 2011] indicates that Joseph had been baptised in May 1800 at Glastonbury SOM at that he had married Naomi Parsons about 1828 with issue:
Joseph's 1833 marriage to Mary Anne Dibsdall, in Somerset, realised a further seven issue:
Joseph emigrated to the United States aboard the Onward and by 1850 in Macoupin was living in Macoupin County, Illinois. He married a third time, to Mary Ann Lovett on 17 April 1861 in Madison County, Illinois: there was no issue to this marriage. In 1880 in Joseph resided in Brighton, Macoupin County, Illinois. Joseph died on 20 May 1882 in Woodburn, Macoupin County, Illinois.
Melinda Pohlman is a descendant of Joseph Raymond and Mary Ann Dibsdall.
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Note that a John Raymond (possibly a brother of Joseph) and his wife Mary are listed in the 6 June 1841 census at Corton Denham, Somersetshire::
Daniel Dibsdall, born c1806, son of DANIEL DIBSDALL and ELIZABETH AXTENS, a blacksmith aged 30 in the 1841 census, married Elizabeth Norman on 23 November 1842 at Corton Denham. Elizabeth, born c1818, was the daughter of agricultural labourer JOHN NORMAN. They were the parents of:
Elizabeth Dibsdall née Norman died aged 26 years and was buried on 9 August 1844 at Corton Denham. Daniel Dibsdall died aged 43 and was buried on 25 February 1851.
Raymond Dibsdall, baptised 12 April 1811 at Corton Denham, son of DANIEL DIBSDALL and his wife ELIZABETH AXTENS, married Flora Mitchell on 16 January 1838 at Corton Denham. Flora had been baptised 14 February 1819, the daughter of weaver JOHN and SUSANNA MITCHELL. Raymond and Flora were the parents of (at least):
The 1841 census for Corton Denham, Somerset, includes:
(Corton Denham, Somerset / North Town [1 inhabited dwelling] [HO107, folio 11, page 8, lines 6-9, GSU# 474598])
Name Pos MS Age Occupation Born in County eYoB
Raymond Dibsdall Head M 25 Blacksmith Y 1816
Flora Dibsdall Wife M 20 Y 1821
Charles Dibsdall Son 3 Y 1838
The 1851 census shews Raymond and Flora still at Corton Denham:
(Corton Denham, Somerset / Corton Street [HO107; Piece 1931; Folio 242; Page 15; entry 57; GSU 221088-221089])
Name Pos MS Age Occupation X Birthplace eYoB
Raymond Dibsdall Head M 40 Ag. Labourer Corton Denham SOM 1811
Flora Dibsdall Wife M 32 Corton Denham SOM 1819
Charles Dibsdall Son U 13 Ag. Labourer Corton Denham SOM 1838
Susan Dibsdall Dau U 9 Scholar Corton Denham SOM 1842
Job Dibsdall Son 7 Scholar Corton Denham SOM 1844
Elizabeth Dibsdall Dau 5 Sandford Orcas SOM 1846
Jesse Dibsdall Son 7m Corton Denham SOM 1850
Jane Dibsdall Dau 2 Corton Denham SOM 1849
John Mitchell FiL M 78 a pauper Corton Denham SOM 1773
Susannah Mitchell MiL M 77 a pauper Corton Denham SOM 1774
The 1861 census shews Raymond and Flora still at Corton Denham:
(Corton Denham, Somerset / Urtcombe St [RG9; Piece 1648; Folio 19; Page 4; entry 20; GSU 542845])
Name Pos MS Age Occupation X Birthplace eYoB
Raiment Dibsdall Head M 49 Ag. Lab. Corton Denham SOM 1812
Flora Dibsdall Wife M 42 Ag. Lab. Wife Corton Denham SOM 1819
Job Dibsdall Son U 17 Ag. Lab. Corton Denham SOM 1844
Jesse Dibsdall Son 10 Scholar Corton Denham SOM 1851
Mary A Dibsdall Dau 8 Scholar Corton Denham SOM 1853
Laura Dibsdall Dau 2 Corton Denham SOM 1859
The 1871 census shews Raymond and Flora still at Corton Denham:
(Corton Denham, Somerset / North Town Street [RG10; Piece 2424; Folio 21; Page 4; entry 21; GSU 835177])
Name Pos MS Age Occupation X Birthplace eYoB
Raymond Dibsdall Head M 60 Ag. Lab. Corton Denham SOM 1811
Flora Dibsdall Wife M 52 Washerwoman Corton Denham SOM 1819
Laura Dibsdall Dau 12 Scholar Corton Denham SOM 1859
Susan Norman Dau M 29 Soldier’s Wife Corton Denham SOM 1842
Philip Norman SiL M 27 Soldier Sandford SOM 1844
Frederick Norman GSon 8 Scholar Plymouth DEV 1863
Raymond Dibsdall was buried on 24 March 1872, aged 61. A washerwoman, Flora Dibsdall née Mitchell died aged 86 years at Wincanton Union Workhouse of North Town Street and was buried on 25 June 1904 at Corton Denham.
Charles Dibsdall, baptised 1 March 1838 at Corton Denham, son of RAYMOND DIBSDALL and his wife FLORA MITCHELL, married Emma Smith on 16 October 1874 at Corton Denham; eight known issue. Emma, baptised 25 December 1846 at Corton Denham, was the daughter of East Coker agricultural labourer ROBERT SMITH and his wife MARY ANN (Mary Anne was probably the daughter of bleacher Robert Raymond). Charles and Emma were the parents of (at least) eight children:
Charles Dibsdale died aged 77 on 6 April 1915 and was buried on the 10th inst. at Corton Denham. Emma died aged 77 on 27 September 1925 at 188 Kensal Road, London, and was burid on 2 October 1925.
Susan Dibsdall, baptised 10 October 1841 at Corton Denham, daughter of RAYMOND DIBSDALL and his wife FLORA MITCHELL, married 27-year-old bachelor marine Philip Norman of Sandford Orcas. Phillip, apparently born at Sandford Orcas on 17 February 1842, was baptised at Corton Denham on 6 April 1843, the son of carpenter PHILIP NORMAN and his wife ANN HAMMOND. Susan and Phoilip were the parents of:
Philip later married Georgina Constance Margaret Hammond (born c1868 at Sandford Orcas, the daughter of ALFRED HAMMOND and ELIZABETH MORRIS) at Yeovil on 14 January 1887, with five issue.
Philip Norman died at or near Yeovil, Somerset, in 1905.
Job Dibsdall, born at Sandford Orcas and baptised on 5 November 1843 at Corton Denham, son of RAYMOND DIBSDALL and his wife FLORA MITCHELL, was listed in the 1861 census at Corton Denham In 4Q1880 a marriage for a Job Dibsdale was registered in the Hereford district: the 1891 census shews his wife as Mary Ann (Dibsdale).
The death of Job Dibsdall, aged 67, widower, Assistant of Sheriff of London, was registered in the St Giles district, London, 3Q1911. He had been married 35 years wit seven live issue.
Elizabeth Dibsdall, born at Sandford Orcas and baptised on 2 November 1845 at Corton Denham, was a daughter of RAYMOND DIBSDALL and his wife FLORA MITCHELL. The 1861 census appears to shew Elizabeth as a servant in the household of retired captain Frederick Wentworth Bennett at 9 Princes Street, St George Hanover Square, Westminster.
Jane Dibsdall, baptised on 24 September 1848 at Corton Denham, was a daughter of RAYMOND DIBSDALL and his wife FLORA MITCHELL. Jane married solicitor's clerk Thomas Richardson of Honition (son of shoemaker WILLIAM RICHARDSON) on 20 March 1874 at Sherborne.
Aged 20, bachelor post-boy Jesse Dibsdall of Sherborne, baptised 13 October 1850 at Corton Denham, son of RAYMOND DIBSDALL and his wife FLORA MITCHELL, married 20-year old Rimpton-born spinster laundress Eliza Hodder (daughter of agricultural labourer JAMES HODDER) on 16 May 1870 in the parish church at Sherborne. Witnesses were William Hodder, G Hodder, Ann Hodder and Jane Dibsdall.
Jesse and Eliza raised at least nine children:
The 1891 census shews Job, Agnes and family at , Paddington:
(Chetnole, Dorset / 22 Cirencester St (Chetnole parish)[RG12; Piece 1657; Folio 24; Page 6; entry 35; GSU 6096767])
Name Pos MS Age Occupation X Birthplace eYoB
Jesse Dibsdall Head M 40 Groom, Coachman, dom. serv. Corton Denham som 1851
Eliza Dibsdall Wife M 40 . Rimpton som 1851
Laura Dibsdall Dau S 14 . Sherborne dor 1877
Walter J Dibsdall Son . 12 Scholar Sherborne dor 1879
Clara Kate Dibsdall Dau . 10 Scholar Chetnole dor 1881
Arthur Geo Dibsdall Son . 8 Scholar Sherborne dor 1883
Bertha M Dibsdall Dau [sic] 6 Scholar Chetnole dor 1885
Edith Mabel Dibsdall Dau S 4 [3, 30] Chetnole dor 1887
Alfred Patten Ldgr S 22 Groom, Domestic S. Bowen Hinton dor 1869
Jesse Dibsdall, aged 70 [viz: born c1850], died on 18 March 1923 (registered in Poole, Dorset in 1Q1923). His Will was granted Probate on 3 July 1923:
DIBSDALL Jesse of Inverness Sandbanks-road Parkstone Dorsetshire died 18 March 1923 Probate London 3 July to Harry Raymond Dibsdall coach builder and Edith Mabel Gill (wife of Alfred Henry Gill). Effects £1061 19s. 11d..
Mary Anne Dibsdall, daughter of RAYMOND DIBSDALL and his wife FLORA MITCHELL, was baptised on 8/ August 1852 at Corton Denham. Mary Anne married Newington-born agricultural labourer Thomas Elliot of Ellens Place in Milton, Kent. Thomas and Mary Anne had at least one child:
Kerenhappuch Dibsdall, daughter of RAYMOND DIBSDALL and his wife FLORA MITCHELL, was baptised on 30 September 1855 and buried on 27 January 1856 Corton Denham (age 7 months).
Laura Dibsdall, daughter of RAYMOND DIBSDALL and his wife FLORA MITCHELL, was baptised on 24 April 1859 at Corton Denham. Laura was alive in 1874..
Jesse Dibsdall, born c1813 and baptised 22 August 1813 at Corton Denham, Somerset, son of DANIEL DIBSDALL and his wife ELIZABETH AXTENS, drowned aged 2 falling into a kettle of water and was buried 25 July 1815 at Corton Denham.
Elizabeth Dibsdall, baptised 24 March 1816 at Corton Denham SOM (daughter of DANIEL DIBSDALL and his wife ELIZABETH AXTENS) married Willian Galpin on 31 March 1835 at Corton Denham. William was baptised 31 October 1813 to pork butcher WILLIAM GALPIN and his wife ANN WARR (daughter of John Warr). Elizabeth and William were the parents of (at least) thirteen children:
The 1851 census shews Elizabeth the wife of William Galpin at Corton Denham:
(Corton Denham, Somerset / Corton Street [HO107; Piece 1931; Folio 242; Page 14; entry 56; GSU 221088-221089])
Name Pos MS Age Occupation X Birthplace eYoB
William Galpin Head M 37 Servant Gamekeeper Corton Denham SOM 1814
Elizabeth Galpin Wife M 35 Corton Denham SOM 1816
John Galpin Son U 15 Ag. Labourer Corton Denham SOM 1836
Lavinia Galpin Dau U 14 Corton Denham SOM 1837
William Galpin Son U 12 Ag. Lab. Corton Denham SOM 1839
Austin Galpin Son U 10 Ag. Lab. Corton Denham SOM 1841
Hubert Galpin Son U 8 Scholar Corton Denham SOM 1843
Gabriel Galpin Son U 7 Scholar Corton Denham SOM 1844
Sarah Galpin Dau 5 Scholar Corton Denham SOM 1846
Mary Galpin Dau 3 Scholar Corton Denham SOM 1848
Emma Galpin Dau 1 Corton Denham SOM 1850
The 1861 census shews the Galpins at Corton Denham:
(Corton Denham, Somerset / Corton Street [RG9; Piece 1648; Folio 23; Page 11; entry 52; GSU 542845])
Name Pos MS Age Occupation X Birthplace eYoB
William Galpin Head M 46 Ag. Labr. Corton Denham SOM 1815
Elizabeth Galpin Wife M 44 Dress maker Corton Denham SOM 1817
William Galpin Son U 22 Ag. Lab. Corton Denham SOM 1839
Gabriel Galpin Son U 17 Ag. Lab. Corton Denham SOM 1844
Mary Galpin Dau 12 Scholar Corton Denham SOM 1848
Paul Galpin Son 7 Scholar Corton Denham SOM 1854
Anna Galpin Dau 5 Scholar Corton Denham SOM 1856
Fredrick Galpin Son 4 Corton Denham SOM 1858
Jesse Galpin Son 2 Corton Denham SOM 1860
The 1871 census shews the Galpins at Corton Denham:
(Corton Denham, Somerset / Chapel Farm and Corton Street [RG10; Piece 2424; Folio 24; pp 9&10; entry 48; GSU 835177])
Name Pos MS Age Occupation X Birthplace eYoB
William Galpin Head M 56 Gamekeeper Corton Denham SOM 1815
Elizabeth Galpin Wife M 54 Gamekeeper’s wife Corton Denham SOM 1817
Mary Galpin Dau U 22 Dressmaker Corton Denham SOM 1848
Paul Galpin Son U 18 Ag. Lab. Corton Denham SOM 1853
Anna Galpin Dau U 15 Dressmaker Corton Denham SOM 1856
Fredrick Galpin Son 14 Ag. Lab. Corton Denham SOM 1858
Jesse Galpin Son 12 Ag. Lab. Corton Denham SOM 1860
Ann Aptens Brdr W 88 Formerly Glover Corton Denham SOM 1784
The 1881 census shews the Galpins at Corton Denham:
(Corton Denham, Somerset / Poor House Lane [RG11; Piece 2396; Folio 25; Page 11; entry 66; GSU 1341576])
Name Pos MS Age Occupation X Birthplace eYoB
William Galpin Head M 67 Labourer Corton Denham SOM 1814
Elizabeth Galpin Wife M 65 none Corton Denham SOM 1816
Agnes E Galpin GDau U 15 School Teacher Corton Denham SOM 1848
Gamekeeper William Galpin was buried at Corton Denham on 5 February 1884, aged 71 years. The death of Elizabeth Galpin née Dibsdall, aged 68 years, was registered in 4Q 1884 in the Wincanton district, Somerset / Dorset; she was buried at Corton Denham 17 December 1884, aged 68 years.
Jesse Dibsdall [Jefse], born Corton Denham Somerset c1818 and baptised 4 January 1818 at Corton Denham, was a son of DANIEL DIBSDALL and his wife ELIZABETH AXTENS. Jesse, bachelor police constable of full age, his father a blacksmith, married full-age spinster Maria Ellen Steeds on 14 May 1854 at St Saviour's Southwark, London. Jesse and Maria were each residents of Union Street of that parish, each signed the register witnessed by Humphrey Oxenburn and Emma Steeds. Maria, baptised at St John's church, Hackney, Middlesex, on 17 January 1819, was a daughter of Well Street shoemaker JOSHUA and MARY STEEDS. Jesse and Maria were the parents of (at least):
The 1861 census shews Jesse Dibsdall married and resident at St George, Southwark, London:
Name |
Pos |
MS |
Age |
Occupation |
Birthplace |
eYoB |
(St George, Southwark, London / 18 Webber Row [RG9; Piece 334; Folio 29; Page 6; entry 31; GSU 542617]) |
||||||
Jesse Dibsdale |
Head |
M |
41 |
Police Constable |
Corton Denham som |
1820 |
Maria E Dibsdale |
Wife |
M |
41 |
|
Hackney msx |
1820 |
Mary Ann Dibsdale |
Dau |
|
6 |
Scholar |
St George, Southwark |
1855 |
The 1871 census shews relocated but in the same area:
Name |
Pos |
MS |
Age |
Occupation |
Birthplace |
eYoB |
(St George, Southwark, London / 7&6 St George Circus (Opthalmic Hospital) |
||||||
Jesse Dibsdall |
Head |
M |
51 |
Collector |
Corton Denham som |
1820 |
Maria Dibsdall |
Wife |
M |
51 |
|
Hackney msx |
1820 |
Mary Ann Dibsdall |
Dau |
|
16 |
|
St George, Southwark |
1855 |
The death of Jesse Dibsdall, aged 54 years, was registered in 4Q 1873 in St Saviour district, Southwark, London, Surrey. The 1881 census lists Hackney-born Maria E Dibsdall, 61, as the widowed Matron of the hospital at 6 St George's Circus (Ophthalmic Hospital), Southwark.
The "Will of Maria Ellen Dibsdall late of 10 Westminster-Bridge-road in the Parish of St. George the Martyr Southwark in the County of Surrey Widow who died 5 October 1889 at 10 Westminster-Bridge-road was proved at the Principl Registry by Mary Ann Deborah Ruffle (Wife of William Elsdon Ruffle) of 10 Westminster-Bridge-road the daughter the sole Executrix" [Effects 1,012 2s. 10d.].
Mary Ann Deborah Dibsdall, born 5 January 1855, baptised 26 June 1859, St John the Evangelist, Lambeth, was a daughter of police constable JESSE DIBSDALL and his wife MARIA ELLEN STEEDS, residents of resident at 18 Webber Road. Mary married William Elsdon Ruffle on 5 March 1878 at St Saviour's [both were of full age, he an engraver on wood, resident at Blackfriars Road, she a spinster resident at St George's Circus, Blackfriars Road, daughter of a police constable; both signed the register witnessed by Joseph Devitt and Maria Ellen Dibsdall: William, son of builder GEORGE WILLIAM RUFFLE and his wife MARY ANN, had been baptised at St Mary's, Lambeth, on 12 October 1851 (abode noted as 21 Princes Road, his father as a "Bricklayer (dec?)").
William and Mary Ann had no children during their marriage. The 1881 census shews William (29, born Lambeth) and Mary Ann (25, born Lambeth) lodgers at 32 Wincott St., Lambeth. The 1901 census shews William (49, born Kensington) and Mary Ann (45, born Lambeth) resident at 25 Angell Rd., Brixton.
Mary Ann Deborah Ruffle née Dibsdall died aged 51 on 13 February 1906 and was buried on 19 February 1906 at Norwood cenmetery, Lambeth, her abode noted as 25 Angell Road, Brixton]. Her Will was granted probate on 26 March 1906:
"RUFFLE Mary Ann Deborah of 25 Angell-road Brixton Surrey (wife of William Elsdon Ruffle) died 13 February 1906 Probate London 26 March to the said William Elsdon wood-engraver Effects £949 18s. 8d.".
Willam Elsden Ruffle is listed in the 1911 census as a widower aged 59 living with his older single sisters Mary Ann Ruffle (70) and Ann S Ruffle at 25 Angell Rd, Brixton; each gave their birthplace as Lambeth.
Paul Dibsdall, born Corton Denham Somerset c1820 (baptised 20 February 1820 at Corton Denham, son of DANIEL DIBSDALL and his wife ELIZABETH AXTENS) married Mary Ann Jones, on 25 November 1844 at Queen Camel, Somerset, as registered at Wincanton, Somerset, in 4q1844. Mary Ann (born 1820 and baptised on 29 December 1820 at Queen Camel) and Paul were the parents of (at least):
The 1851 census shews Paul Dibsdall married and settled in Dorset as follows:
Name |
Pos |
MS |
Age |
Occupation |
Birthplace |
eYoB |
| (Sherborne, Dorset / Long St [HO107; Piece 1859; Folio 178; Page 50; entry 197; GSU 221007]) | ||||||
Paul Dibsdall |
Head |
M |
31 |
White Smith & Bell Hanger |
Corton Denham som |
1820 |
Mary Ann Dibsdall |
Wife |
M |
30 |
Milliner & Dress Maker |
Queen Camel som |
1821 |
Anna Maria Dibsdall |
Dau |
. |
4 |
. |
Queen Camel som |
1847 |
Mary Ann Dibsdall |
Dau |
. |
3 |
. |
Sherborne dor |
1848 |
Henry Paul Dibsdall |
Son |
. |
3m |
. |
Sherborne dor |
1850 |
Cecilia Jones |
Niece |
. |
13 |
House Servant |
Shepton Mallett som |
1838 |
Paul seems to have died in the early 1850s: the death of a Paul Dibsdall was registered in the Wincanton district in 3q1851. Mary Ann Dibsdall née Jones then married Edwin Palmer about March 1852
In the 7 April 1861 census Mary Ann was a lodger in the household of George Palmer (aged 44) at Sherborne Dorset as Mary Ann Palmer [possibly George's sister-in-law]:
Name |
Pos |
MS |
Age |
Occupation |
Birthplace |
eYoB |
(Sherborne, Dorset / Green Hill [RG9; Piece 1360; Folio 52; Pages 40-41; entry 221; GSU 542801]) |
||||||
George Palmer |
Head |
M |
44 |
Tailor |
Marston Magna som |
1817 |
Rurh Palmer |
Wife |
M |
47 |
. |
Queen Camel som |
1814 |
Abel Palmer |
Son |
U |
20 |
Tailor |
Marston Magna som |
1841 |
Mary Ann Palmer |
Dau |
U |
18 |
Milliner |
Marston Magna som |
1843 |
William George Palmer |
Son |
U |
16 |
Scholar |
Marston Magna som |
1845 |
Edwin Palmer |
Son |
U |
7 |
Scholar |
Sherborne dor |
1854 |
Thomas Vincent |
Lodger |
U |
23 |
Tailor |
Queen Camel som |
1838 |
Mary Ann Palmer |
Lodger |
W |
40 |
Milliner |
Queen Camel som |
1821 |
Anna Maria Dibsdall |
Lodger |
U |
14 |
Dress Maker |
Queen Camel som |
1847 |
Mary Ann Dibsdall |
Lodger |
U |
13 |
Scholar |
Queen Camel som |
1848 |
Sarah Whittle |
Visitor |
W |
51 |
. |
Queen Camel som |
1810 |
Fanny Whittle |
Visitor |
U |
13 |
Scholar |
Marston Magna som |
1848 |
Mary Jane Whittle |
Visitor |
U |
11 |
Scholar |
Marston Magna som |
1850 |
There were no issue to the marriage of Mary Ann and Edwin Palmer. Edwin died between the 1861 and 1881 censii.
The 3 April 1881 census shews widowed Mary Ann Palmer and George Palmer (probably her brother-in-law):
Name |
Pos |
MS |
Age |
Occupation |
Birthplace |
eYoB |
(High Street Queen Camel, Somerset [RG11; Piece 2195; Folio 141; Page 22; entry 125; GSU 1341576]) |
||||||
Abel Jones |
Head |
M |
65 |
Shoemaker |
Queen Camel som |
1816 |
Frances Jones |
Wife |
M |
64 |
Shoemaker's Wife |
Queen Camel som |
1817 |
Frances Jones |
Dau |
U |
19 |
Dressmaker |
Queen Camel som |
1862 |
George Palmer |
Visitor |
M |
64 |
none |
Marston Magna som |
1817 |
Mary Ann Palmer |
Visitor |
W |
60 |
. |
Queen Camel som |
1821 |
Mary Anne Palmer formerly Dibsdall née Jones died after 1881.
Jane Dibsdall, born Corton Denham Somerset c1823 (baptised 18 May 1823 at Corton Denham, youngest established child of DANIEL DIBSDALL and his wife ELIZABETH AXTENS) married carpenter James Read (son of carpenter JAMES READ) on 17 August 1847 at Corton Denham. They were the parents of (at least):
The 1851 census shews the Reed family at Wincanton:
(Wincanton, Somerset / South Street [HO107; Piece 1931; Folio 573; Page 16; entry 61; GSU 221088-221089])
Name Pos MS Age Occupation X Birthplace eYoB
James Reed Head M 26 Smith ans Wheelwright (Employing 1 man and 1 boy) North Cadbury SOM 1825
Jane Reed Wife M 26 Wheelwright’s Wife Corton Denham SOM 1825
Mary Ann Reed Dau 3 Scholar Wincanton SOM 1848
James Reed Son 2 Scholar Wincanton SOM 1849
Georgiana Reed Dau 5m Wincanton SOM 1851
Richard Edwards Serv W 40 Smith Journeyman Wincanton SOM 1811
Sarah Bond Serv 13 House Servant Wincanton SOM 1838
The 1861 census shews the Read family at Corton Denham:
(Corton Denham, Somerset / ~~ Cottages [RG9; Piece 1650; Folio 81; Page 2; entry 7; GSU 542845])
Name Pos MS Age Occupation X Birthplace eYoB
James Read Head M 36 Wheelwright Jour. North Cadbury SOM 1825
Jane Read Wife M 36 Wheelwright’s Wife Corton Denham SOM 1825
James Read Son U 12 Scholar Wincanton SOM 1849
Georgiana Read Dau U 10 Scholar Wincanton SOM 1851
Jane Read Dau U 7 Scholar Sway Hampshire 1854
Stephen Read Son 5 Wincanton SOM 1856
Paul Read Son 1 Wincanton SOM 1860
The 1871 census shews the Read family at Wincanton:
(Wincanton, Somerset / High Street [RG10; Piece 2426; Folio 124; Page 15; entry 69; GSU 835178])
Name Pos MS Age Occupation X Birthplace eYoB
Jane Read Head W 46 Dress Maker Corton Denham SOM 1825
Jane D Read Dau U 17 Dress Maker Sway Hampshire 1854
Stephen W Read Son 14 Smith Wincanton SOM 1857
Rosa Read Dau 7 Scholar Bristol GLS 1864
Paul Read Son 4 Scholar Glastonbury SOM 1867
Diana Dibsdall, daughter of blacksmith ROBERT DIBSDALL and his wife ANN ANDREWS, baptised 8 February 1782 at Corton Denham; married weaver William Davis on 19 April 1801 at Corton Denham. Diana was buried at Corton Debham on 4 August 1801.
William remarried on 11 January 1804 at Corton Denham, his second wife being Charlotte Smith, baptised 5 May 1782 at Girt, daughter of WILLIAM SMITH junior and his wife ELIZABETH MITCHELL. Charlotte and William were the parents of nine children:
William Davis was buried at Corton Denham on 17 August 1849, aged 71 years. Charlotte Davis née Smith was buried 17 January 1864, aged 82 years.
The 1841 census shews the
Carter family in Wiltshire as follows:
| Name | Position | Marital Status | Age | Occupation | Born in Country | eYoB |
| New
Sarum [Salisbury] (St Edmund), Wiltshire / Endless St [HO107; piece 1190; book 1; folio 34; page: 7; Lines 10-19; GSU 464204] |
||||||
| John Carter | Head | Married | 40 | Comb M. | N | 1801 |
| Mary Carter | Wife | Married | 35 | . | N | 1806 |
| Jas. Carter | Son | Unmarried | 15 | Comb M. | N | 1826 |
| Elizth Carter | Dau | Unmarried | 14 | . | N | 1827 |
| Amelia Carter | Dau | Unmarried | 11 | . | N | 1830 |
| John Carter | Son | . | 9 | . | N | 1832 |
| Susan Carter | Dau | . | 6 | . | N | 1835 |
| Mary Carter | Dau | . | 4 | . | N | 1837 |
| Wm. Carter | Son | . | 2 | . | Y | 1839 |
| Wm. Carter | Brother | Unmarried | 30 | Comb M. | N | 1811 |
| Name | Position | Marital Status | Age | Occupation | Birthplace | eYoB |
| New
Sarum [Salisbury] (St Edmund), Wiltshire / Endless St [HO107; piece 1847; folio 118; page: 25; entry 120; GSU# 220994] |
||||||
| John Carter | Head | Married | 49 | Comb Maker | Birmingham WAR | 1802 |
| Mary Carter | Wife | Married | 49 | . | Bristol SOM | 1802 |
| Amelia Carter | Dau | Unmarried | 20 | . | Bristol SOM | 1831 |
| John Carter | Son | Unmarried | 18 | Comb Maker | Bristol SOM | 1833 |
| Susan Carter | Dau | Unmarried | 16 | Stay Maker | Bristol SOM | 1835 |
| Mary Carter | Dau | . | 14 | . | Bristol SOM | 1837 |
| William Carter | Son | . | 12 | . | Salisbury WIL | 1839 |
| Joseph Carter | Son | . | 7 | . | Salisbury WIL | 1844 |
| William Carter | Brother | . | 42 | . | Birmingham WAR | 1809 |
| Name | Position | Marital Status | Age | Occupation | Birthplace | eYoB |
| Salisbury (St Edmund), Wiltshire / Greencrofs Sq [RG9; piece 1316; folio 102; page 4; entry 24; GSU 542794] |
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| John Carter | Head | Married | 60 | Bricklayer’s Labourer | Birmingham WAR | 1801 |
| Mary Carter | Head | Married | 63 | . | Bristol SOM | 1798 |
| John Carter | Son | . | 28 | Servant | Bristol SOM | 1833 |
| Joseph Carter | Son | . | 17 | Tailor | Salisbury WIL | 1844 |
| Name | Position | Marital Status | Age | Occupation | Birthplace | eYoB |
| Salisbury
(St Edmund), Wiltshire / Frowds Almshouse (12 inmates) [RG10; piece 1955; folio 30; page 20; entry 120; GSU# 830882] |
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| John Carter | Head | Widowed | 79 | Birmingham WAR | 1802 | |
| Name | Position | Marital Status | Age | Occupation | Birthplace | eYoB |
| Salisbury
(St Edmund), Wiltshire / Frowds Almshouse
(12 inmates) [RG10; piece 1955; folio 30; page 20; entry 120; GSU# 830882] |
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| John Carter | Head | Widowed | 79 | Birmingham WAR | 1802 | |
| Name | Position | Marital Status | Age | Occupation | Birthplace | eYoB |
| Salisbury (St Edmund), Wiltshire / 29 Church St [RG10; piece 1955; folio 29; page 17; entry 100; GSU# 830882] | ||||||
| Amelia Dibsdall | Head | Widowed | 40 | None | Bristol SOM | 1831 |
| James Dibsdall | Son | . | 10 | . | Salisbury WIL | 1861 |
| Mary E Dibsdall | Dau | . | 7 | . | Salisbury WIL | 1864 |
| Joseph Pocock | Nephew | . | 3 | . | Old Sarum WIL | 1868 |
| Alfred Pocock | Nephew | . | 1 | . | Old Sarum WIL | 1870 |
| Edgar Pocock | Nephew | . | 5m | . | Old Sarum WIL | 1871 |
| Name | Position | Marital Status | Age | Occupation | Birthplace | eYoB |
| Salisbury St Thomas, Wiltshire / 33 High Street [Piece 2071, Folio 39, Page 14] | ||||||
| James Mitchell | Head | . | 37 | Shoe Maker | Downton WIL | 1844 |
| Eliza Mitchell | Wife | . | 34 | Shoe Maker's wife | Wilton WIL | 1847 |
| Eanes Mitchell | Dau | . | 8 | Scholar | Downton WIL | 1873 |
| Henery G Mitchell | Son | . | 5 | Scholar | Downton WIL | 1876 |
| Edward J Mitchell | Son | . | 2 | Scholar | Downton WIL | 1879 |
| Amelia Dibsdall | Head | Widowed | 40 | Nurse (SMS) | Bristol SOM | 1831 |
| Name | Position | Marital Status | Age | Occupation | Birthplace | eYoB |
| Downton, Wiltshire / Borough Cottages [; piece 1619; folio 37; page 5; entry 34; GSU# 6096729] | ||||||
| Robert Andrews | Head | Married | 59 | (Earth) Potter | Verwood DOR | 1832 |
| Amelia Andrews | Wife | Married | 60 | . | Bristol SOM | 1831 |
| Arthur E Andrews | GSon | . | 10 | Scholar | Verwood DOR | 1881 |
Sarah Susan Carter, born c1835 in Bristol som, daughter of JOHN CARTER and MARY GREEN, married Edwin Pocock, at Salisbury on 28 June 1855. Edwin, born 26 January 1818 and baptised 20 February 1818 at Salisbury Wiltshire, was a son of JOSEPH and ANN POCOCK. Susan and Edwin were the parents of (at least) thirteen children:
The 1861 and 1871 census shew Susan and children at Catherine street, Salisbury, the 1881 shews them at 31 New Canal street, Salisbury, 1891 and 1901 census at Idmiston in Wiltshire.
The death of Edwin Pocock on 10 February 1902, 84 (born c1818), was registered at Amesbury, Wiltshire. His Will was granted Probate on 3 July 1923:
POCOCK Edwin of Gombeldon Wiltshire died 10 February 1902 Probate London 20 June to Susan Pocock widow. Effects £3787 5s. 9d.
The 1911 census shews Susan a widow with the family of her daughter Alice at the 17-room Hallsands Hotel, Stokenham, Knightsbridge.
The death of Susan Pocock was registered in 2Q1911..
Related
Families from the same areas:
See Crockford
lineage pages.
Other
(probably unrelated) Lineages:
None known.