There are few records of John – he was alive in 1851, living with his parents according to the census of that year – no record of marriage or death.
Richard and Elizabeth married in 1842 in South Molton. Richard was a baker and farmer. In 1851 they were living in 107 Barnstable Street, South Molton with 5 of their children, two other children were born between that date and 1861 by which time they had moved to 1 Barnstable… Continue reading
When Minnie Andrew was born in 1861 in Parkham, Devon, England, her father, George, was 31, and her mother, Betsy, was 37. She married William Grigg in 1890 in Bideford, Devon, England. She died in June 1933 in Woolfardisworthy, Devon, England, at the age of 72, and was buried in… Continue reading
Living with parents in Barnstable St, South Molton – in 1841 census – no later records.
1841 census – living with parents in Barnstable Street South Molton
In the 1841 census she is living at home, aged 24, occupation milliner? The three sisters living at home have the same occupation.
Lived in South Molton all his life and was a baker and farmer – the 1871 census records him having 26 acres, but it does not say where. 1851 Census – head of family at 107 Barnstable Street, 1881 – he had moved to 2 Barnstable Street 1891 – he… Continue reading
This is the last generation to spell their name without an E – it would be interesting to know why it was changed – but all their children appear on records with the new spelling. John Clarke was a baker in the 1841 census – an occupation taken up by… Continue reading
Information on the on-line cenotaph for New Zealand Went to New Zealand in 1913, next of kin listed as Mrs I.K. Andrew (mother), Buckland House, Wiveliscombe, Somerset, England In 1916 he was back on a ship coming back to Europe to fight in WW1 (on joining up was a… Continue reading
Born in Wales, but the family had moved to Chipstable by the 1901 census. ” Aunty Elsie. She never married and lived in Barnstaple. Her life was devoted to the blind and when I was in Barnstaple from Shebbear she was so kind to me. When she died in about… Continue reading