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ALBERT HENRY J. BESLEY 1875: 1881 - 6 yrs, Scholar, with parents. 1891 - 16 yrs, Agricultural labourer, living with widowed father and siblings.
ANN ELIZA BESLEY abt 1839: 1941 - 2 yrs, with parents. 1851 - 11 yrs, at home with widowed father.
ANNIE BESLEY 1871: 1871 - 1 mth. with parents. 1881 - 10 yrs, with parents. 1901 - 30 yrs, with parents.
ANNIE BESLEY 1873: 1881 - 7 yrs, Scholar, with parents. 1891 - 17 yrs, scullery maid Desalis household, Egham, Berkshire.
ANNIE BESLEY: 1881 - 10 yrs, living with parents. 1891 - 20 yrs, living with parents.
CATHERINE (KATE) BESLEY abt 1860: 1861 - 1 yr, with parents. 1881 - 21 yrs, farmer's daughter at home. 1891 - with parents 1901 - 40 yrs, no occupation, living with father.
CATHERINE MARY BESLEY abt 1867: 1871 - 4 yrs, with parents. 1911 - married 21 yrs, had 6 children of which 5 living, in an 11 roomed house.
Probate: Catherine Mary Martin of Hillcot, Honiton Road, Exeter, widow, died 13 May 1950 at the City Hospital, Exeter. Probate 28 June to John Besley Martin, farmer and Sydney Besley Martin, clerk. Effects £4633 4s 2d.
Husband JOHN MARTIN b. Halberton. 1911 - farmer.
ELEANOR BESLEY 1755: Died aged 63 yrs.
Husband JOHN BESLEY of Loxbear: Witnesses George and John Besley.
ELIZABETH BESLEY abt 1822: 1841 - 15 yrs, living with parents. 1861 - 38 yrs, unmarried housemaid in household of Elizabeth Hole, Newport St, Tiverton. Died aged 47 years.
Probate: 5 April 1870. Letters of Administration of the personal estate and effects of Elizabeth Besley, late of Tiverton in the county of Devon, who died 16 March 1870 at Clare House, Tiverton, aforesaid, were granted at Exeter to James Besley of Tiverton, aforesaid, Farmer, the brother and one of the next of kin of the said deceased, he having been first sworn.
ELLEN BESLEY 1884: Presumed daughter of Samuel and Jane. Died infancy.
HANNAH BESLEY 1849: 1851 - 1 yr, at home with widowed father. 1861 - 11 yrs, with family.
HARRIET BESLEY abt 1831: 1841 - 10 yrs, living with parents. 1851 - 20 yrs, milliner, lodging in household of Patrick and Sarah Doyle, Hammett Lane, Tiverton. 1861 - 30 yrs, milliner living with father and two older sisters. Died aged 38 years.
JAMES BESLEY 1752: 1787 - marriage by banns. A James of Tiverton probate 1818.
Wife JENNY TAYLOR: 1787 - of Cheriton Fitzpaine, signed her name. William Taylor a witness to marriage.
JAMES BESLEY 1788: 1841 - James, 50 yrs, farmer, dwelling Tiverton with wife Elizabeth and 6 children and two male servants. 1851 - 62 yrs, widowed farmer with 4 unmarried adult kids at home, and one male servant. 1861 - 73 yrs, widowed farmer, dwelling ?Bronshill (close to Portrow) with 3 adult daughters and 1 domestic servant. Died aged 81 years.
EXETER & PLYMOUTH GAZETTE 30 April 1869 - Deaths - Besley - April 20 at Ditches, Tiverton Mr James Besley aged 81.
Wife JANE GUNNINGHAM 1786:
Wife ELIZABETH: 1841 - 50 yrs. Died pre 1851 census.
JAMES BESLEY abt 1815: 1841 - 25 yrs, farmer, dwelling Little Ainsley with wife and two young children. 1851 - 37 yrs, widowed farmer of 80 acres, dwelling Little Hensley Farm, with 4 children , a housekeeper and two farm labourers. 1861 - 45 yrs, farmer, dwelling Gt Hensley, Tiverton, with new wife and 5 children. 1871 - 56 yrs, farmer, dwelling Ditches Farm, West Exe, Tiverton, with wife and two children - also a house and farm servant. 1881 - 66 yrs, Highway Surveyor & Farmer Of 127 Acres Employing 2 Labs & 2 Boys, dwelling Ditches & Hensleigh Farm, Tiverton with wife and daughter. Also in residence - Thomas Payne 18 farm serv, Wiliam Cockram 15, farm serv, Emma Sankabeer, 14, gen serv, and Annie Wilson a school mistress b. Scotland. 1891 - 76 yrs, farmer, dwelling Bycott Farm Halberton, with wife and youngest daughter and Annie Wilson (boarding Scottish teaher aged 38 yrs) plus 2 servants. 1901 - 86 yrs, dwelling 40 Leaf St., (married?), daughter Kate and boarder 47 year old Annie Wilson, elementary teacher. Died aged 95 yrs.
Wife ELIZA: 1841 - 20 yrs.
Wife HANNAH SMITH abt 1820: 1861 - 41 yrs. 1871 - 51 yrs. 1881 - 62 yrs. 1891 - 71 yrs. Died aged 79 yrs.
JAMES BESLEY 1843: 1851 - 7 yrs, at home with widowed father. 1861 - 16 yrs, with family. 1871 - 26 yrs, with family. 1881 - 36 yrs, Farmer of 100 acres, employing 2 labs and 2 boys, dwelling Quirkhill Farm Tiverton with wife Amelia and sister-in-law, Elizabeth B Besley. 1891 - 47 years, farmer, dwelling Quirkhill Farm with wife and her 57 yr old sister, Elizabeth, as assistant. 1901 - 55 yrs, dwelling Harpridge, Washfield, with wife and 64 yr old Rebecca Greenslade as servant.
Wife AMELIA BESLEY: 1881 - 38 yrs. 1891 - 47 yrs. 1901 - 60 yrs.
JANE BESLEY abt 1820: 1841 - 15 yrs, living with parents. 1851 - 26 (?) yrs, living with widowed father. 1861 - 41 yrs, living with father and two younger sisters. 1871 - 50 yrs. No issue.
Husband ROBERT REDWOOD abt 1830: 1871 - 40 years, farmer of 102 acres, dwelling Wayland Farm, Westexe, Tiverton.
JANE BESLEY 1851: 1851 - 2 weeks or months, with parents.
JANE ELIZABETH BESLEY 1876: 1881 - 5 yrs, Scholar, with parents. 1891 - Elizabeth, 14 yrs, with family.
JANIE ELIZABETH 1872: 1881 - 8 yrs, living with parents. 1891 - 18 yrs, living with parents. 1901 - 28 years, with parents.
KATIE BERTHA BESLEY 1881: 1891 - 10 yrs, scholar, with family. 1901 - 19 yrs, living with widowed father. 1911 - 29 yrs, housekeeper for widowed father, dwelling The Moon Inn, Bentworth, along with young nephew.
MARGERY BESLEY 1757: Of Sampford Peverell. Died aged 74 yrs.
MARY ANN 1824: 1851 24 yrs?, niece of Samuel. Working as a barmaid, Bridge St Tiverton.
PHILIPPA BESLEY 1843: 1851 - 7 yrs, with parents. 1867 - spinster married by licence, Witnesses George Cosway, Amelia Mary Morris andJane Besley.
Husband JOHN DEAN BLACKBURN: 1867 - bachelor, draper, son of John (grocer), signed name.
SAMUEL BESLEY 1846: 1851 - with great Uncle William and great Aunt Jane at Morgans, Tiverton. 1861 - 13 yrs, with family. 1871 - 23 yrs, with family. 1891 - 42 yrs, widower, farmer, dwelling Keyhaven Tavern House, Milford, Hampshire with 5 kids and sister-in-law Hannah Weeks as housekeeper. (Bealey in Ancestry.com). 1881 - 33 yrs, farmer of 120 acres, dwelling Prospect, Thelbridge with wife and 5 offspring plus 79 yr old, widowed father-in-law, Henry Weeks, and 35 yr old unmarried sister-in-law, Hannah. 1901 - 53 yrs, Inn Keeper and Farmer, dwelling Moon Inn, Bentworth, Hampshire with youngest daughter. 1911 - 63 yrs, widower, farmer and Beer Retailer, dwelling The Moon Inn, Bentworth, near Alton, Hants., with daughter Kate Bertha and grandson Alfred Frank Etheridge in 8 rooms. Married 12 years and had 7 children of which 6 were still living in 1911. Died aged 84 yrs.
Wife JANE WEEKS abt 1847: 1881 - 34 yrs. Died aged 37 years.
SAMUEL JOHN BESLEY 1878: 1881- 3 yrs, with parents. 1891 - 13 yrs, scholar, with family. 1901 - 2 yrs, cattleman at Manor House, boarding The Village South Warnborough, Hampshire in Simpson household.
SARAH BESLEY abt 1829: 1841 - 12 yrs, living with parents. 1851 - 22 yrs, living with widowed father. 1861 - 32 yrs (either glovemaker dwelling as a boarder in Tiverton with Ann Yates or servant in Beamish household, St David, Exeter).
SARAH ALICE BESLEY 1879: 1881 - 2 yrs, with parents. 1891 - 12 yrs, scholar, with family.
SUSAN BESLEY abt 1827: 1841 - 13 yrs, living with parents. 1851 - 24 yrs, living with widowed father. 1861 - 34 yrs, living with father and two sisters. Died aged 44 years.
THOMAS BESLEY 1761: Died aged 57 yrs.
THOMAS BESLEY 1818: Marriage by licence 1842 - bahelor, baker, son of James (yeoman), both signed names.. Witnesses George Cosway and Mary Golding Davey (later to become his wife). 1851 - 32 yrs, master baker, dwelling West Exe, Tiverton with wife and 2 daughters.
Wife PHILLIPPA COSWAY abt 1817: Free BMD have her as Philippa Bersley. Daughter of George - a woollen manufacturer - 1842. Died aged 27 yrs.
Wife MARY GOODING DAVEY abt 1818: 1851 - 33 yrs.
WILLIAM BESLEY abt 1816: 1841 - 20 yrs, living with parents. 1851 - 35 yrs, living with widowed father. Died aged 37 yrs.
WILLIAM BESLEY 1840: 1841 - 18 mths, living with parents. 1851 - 10 yrs, at home with widowed father. 1861 - 20 yrs, butcher, living at home. 1871 - 30 yrs, butcher, dwelling west side of Jericho St., with wife and three children plus 3 servants and a Hepper visitor. - 1881 - 40 yrs, butcher, dwelling Jericho St., Thorverton, Devon, with wife, three children and 3 servants. 1891 - 50 yrs, Farmer, dwelling Burrow Farm House with wife, 3 children and 1 farm servant. 1901 - 60 yrs, farmer, dwelling Stoke Canon, with wife and three adult offspring. 1911 - 70 yrs, farmer dwelling Honors, Stoke Cannon with wife of 45 yrs. In 9 roomed abode. Had 5 children of which 3 were still alive in 1911.
Wife MARY HEPPER abt 1839: 1871 - 31 yrs. 1881 - 42 yrs. 1891 - 52 yrs. 1901 - 62 yrs. 1911 - 72 yrs.
WILLIAM HENRY BESLEY 1868: see below
William m. Jane Downing
23 Apr 1790 7 Nov 1810 abt 1788
Tiverton Cruwys Morchard Bradninch
d. 5 Oct 1857 ? d. 4Q 1857
Woodsbradley, Tiverton Tiverton
all b. Tiverton
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Jane Elizabeth Mary Ann Charlotte Thomas Loveday Caroline Sarah William
b. 11 Feb 1818 b. 17 Feb 1824 b. 9 Dec 1827
c. 15 Sep 1811 c. 13 Jan 1813 c. 11 Sep 1815 c. 11 May 1818 c. 12 Apr 1819 c. 3 Sep 1819 c. 30 Jan 1822 c. 12 Mar 1824 c. 3 Jan 1828
d. 2Q 1893 d. 29 Dec 1883 ? d. 2Q 1889
1Q 1884 Fulham
I Tiverton Tiverton
I m. 2Q 1858 m. 1Q 1872 m. 4Q 1860
I Tiverton St Thomas Bristol
I John Squire Ellen Parish Elizabeth Grey
I 1807 abt 1842 abt 1836
I St Thomas Washfield/Stoodleigh
I d. 1898 d. 1Q 1891
I Avon, Glouc I
I I
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Edwin Ridler Frederick Albert Loveday Francis Herbert Alice Thomas
c. 26 Mar 1832 b. 22 Aug 1835 William Emily Henry William Cordelia "Ernest"
Burlescombe Burlescombe
c. 25 Sep 1835 c. 27 Oct 1861
Tiverton Bedminster Bristol Bristol Bristol Bristol
1Q 1857 4Q 1861 4Q 1863 1Q 1866 1Q 1868 2Q 1870
Wgtn. Som Bristol Clifton Clifton Clifton Bristol
Holcombe Rogus
d. 3Q 1849 d. 3Q 1861 d. 2Q 1926
Tiverton Bristol Shoreditch
bur. 1 Oct
m. 3Q 1863 m. 4Q 1900 m. 2Q 1895 m. m. 2Q 1887 m. 1Q 1888
Bristol Fulham, Lon Portsea. Hants Fulham Fulham
Sarah Horrell Margaret Lucy Priest Emma Lizzie Faulkner
abt 1839 d. 3Q 1895 abt 1868
Wincanton Portsea. Hants West Drayton, MDX I
I m. 4Q 1896 I
I Portsea. Hants I I
I Jane Courtney I ______________________I______
I 1864 I I I I I
I Southsea I Ethel Edith Margaret Percy
I d. 1905 I Notting Hill Paddington Mary William
I I 4Q 1889 2Q 1891 Shepherds Bush
I ____________I_ I Fulham Fulham 2Q 1896 1Q 1901
I I I I Fulham Fulham
I Frances Violet J Frank Henry Ernest William
I 1Q 1899 3Q 1900 1Q 1893
I Landport. Hants Gosport Acton, MDX
I
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Emily Charlotte Albert J Florence Jane Lucy Harriet Ellen Elizabeth Walter Frederick Ada Sarah
2Q 1864 1Q 1866 1Q 1866 4Q 1868 1Q 1871 2Q 1875 1Q 1877
Bedminster Bedminster Bedminster Bedminster Bedminster Bedminster Bedminster
d. 1Q 1876
Bedminster
m. 2Q 1984 m. 2Q 1892 m. 3Q 1895 m. 3Q 1893 m. 1Q 1902
Bedminster Barton Regis Barton Regis Barton Regis
Thomas John Tom Bettis Albert Stedeford George Herbert
Sloman Slade
m. abt 1907
Joseph Taunton
NOTES:
ADA SARAH BESLEY 1877: 1881 - 4 yrs, Scholar, with parents. 1891 - 14 yrs, with parents. 1901 - 24 yrs, drapers assistant, living with parents.
ALBERT J BESLEY 1866: 1871 - 5 yrs, with parents. 1881 - 15 yrs, assistant in Pawn shop, living with parents.
ALBERT WILLIAM BESLEY abt 1857: 1861 - 4 yrs, with parents.
ALICE CORDELIA BESLEY abt 1868: 1871 - 4 yrs, with parents. 1881 - 13 yrs, Scholar, with parents. 1891 - 21 yrs, dressmaker in Clallice, Eggesford - married aunt Fanny Mathews, 39 b, Eggesford in residence also.
CAROLINE BESLEY abt 1824: 1841 - 15 yrs, living with parents. 1851 - 29 yrs, housemaid in Gervis household, Peter St Tiverton. 1861 - 39 yrs, servant in Fox household (cook) dwelling Tonedale, Wellington, Bath and Wells. 1871 - 49 yrs, Lodging House Keeper, dwelling Waterloo Rd, Melcombe Regis, with a servant. 1881 - 59 yrs, Lodging House Keeper, dwelling 1 Waterloo Place, Melcombe Regis, with a servant. 1901 - 79 yrs, living on own means, dwelling 1 Alma Terrace.
EDITH BESLEY 1891: 1891 - 1 month, with parents. 1901 - 10 yrs, with parents.
EDWIN RIDLER BESLEY 1832: 1841 - 8 yrs, living with grandparents. Died aged 17 yrs.
ELIZABETH BESLEY 1813:
ELLEN ELIZABETH BESLEY 1871: 1871 - under 4 months, with parents. 1881 - 10 yrs, Scholar, with parents. 1891 - 20 yrs, assistant school mistress, living with parents.
EMILY CHARLOTTE BESLEY 1864: 1871 - 6 yrs, with parents. 1881 - 16 yrs, Pupil Teacher, living with parents. 1891 - 26 yrs, assistant school mistress, dwelling Weare St., Bristol with 5 yr old son Hubert and sister Lucy. Husband 27 yrs, a patient in Royal Mineral Water Hospital.
ERNEST W BESLEY abt 1892: 1901 - 9 yrs, with parents.
ETHEL BESLEY 1889: 1891 - 1 yr, with parents. 1901 - 11 yrs, with parents.
FLORENCE J BESLEY 1866: 1871 - 5 yrs, with parents. 1881 - 15 yrs, Machinist, living with parents. 1891 - 25 yrs, boot machinist, living with parents. 1901 - 35 yrs widowed boot machinist, living with parents along with her daughter, Hilda Bettis, 7 yrs. 1911 - 46 yrs, remarried 4 yrs previous to Joseph Taunton (48) metal casement maker dwelling 25 Heron Rd., along with her daughter 17 yr old Hilda Bettis and father in a 6 roomed home.
FRANCES VIOLET BESLEY 1899: 1901 - Violet 2 yrs, with parents.
FRANCIS HENRY BESLEY abt 1864: 1881 - 17 yrs, Gilder, with parents. 1901 - 37 yrs, Pte R Marines, dwelling 21 Cobden St., Alverstoke with wife and two young children.
Wife MARGARET LUCY PRIEST: Died aged 26 yrs.
Wife JANE COURTNEY abt 1864: 1901 - 37 yrs.
FRANK HENRY BESLEY 1900: 1901 - 7 mths, with parents.
FREDERICK BESLEY abt 1836: Named Freddie at Christening. 1841 - 5 yrs, living with grandparents. 1851 - 14 yrs, living with grandparents. 1861 - 26 yrs, porter, boarding with Uncle William and family. 1871 - 35 yrs, sugar baker, dwelling 10 Mead St., Bedminster, Bristol, with wife and 5 children. 1881 - 45 yrs, Labourer, Dwelling 94 Mead St., Bedminster, Somerset, with wife and 6 children. 1891 - 55 yrs, Tobacco Shover?, dwelling Liverpool House, Bristol with wife and 3 daughters. 1901 - 65 yrs, tinworker, dwelling 13 Heron Rd, Bristol, with wife, two adult daughters, and a grandaughter. 1911 - 75 yrs, father-in-law of Joseph Taunton a 48 year old metal casement maker (worker) married to daughter Florence, dwelling 25 Heron Rd., Bristol.
Wife SARAH HORRELL abt 1839: 1871 - 32 yrs, governess at small private school. 1881 - 42 yrs, School Mistress. 1891 - 52 yrs. 1901 - 62 yrs.
HERBERT WILLIAM BESLEY abt 1866: 1871 - 6 yrs, with parents. 1881 - 15 yrs, Stable Boy, with parents. 1901 - 36 yrs, engineers carman, dwelling 7 Hare Walk, Shoreditch with wife and son.
Wife EMMA abt 1868: 1901 - 33 yrs.
JANE BESLEY 1811: 1881 - 70 yrs, Needlewoman, boarding in household of George Clark, grocer, Locking Road 21, Weston Super Mare, Somerset.
LOVEDAY EMILY BESLEY 1862: 1871 - 9 yrs, with parents.
LUCY HARRIET BESLEY 1868: 1871 - 2 yrs, with parents. 1881 - 12 yrs, Monitor In Day School, with parents. 1891 - 22 yrs, dressmaker, residing with married sister Emily, Weare St., Bristol.
MARGARET MARY BESLEY 1896: 1889: 1901 - 4 yrs, with parents.
MARY ANN BESLEY abt 1815: 1851 - 36 yrs, living with parents.
PERCY WILLIAM 1901: 1901 - 3 mths, with parents.
SARAH BESLEY abt 1827: 1841 - 15 yrs, living with parents. 1851 - 24 yrs, living with parents.
THOMAS BESLEY abt 1819: 1841 - 20 yrs, living with parents. 1851 - 30 yrs, labourer, living with parents. 1861 - unmarried 38 yrs, cattle dealer, boarder, dwelling Pippings part of Howden, Tiverton Parish. 1881 - 59 yrs, Cattle Dealer, dwelling Saint Andrew St (Country House Inn) Tiverton, with wife, uncle Thomas Moore (unmarried builder aged 67 yrs, b. Okehampton, and Elizabeth Parish umarried sister-in-law aged 57, b. Okehampton. Died aged 66 yrs, Tiverton Reg. District.
Probate: 22 Jan 1884. Personal Estate £111. The will of Thomas Besley late of Tiverton in the County of Devon, Cattle Dealer, who died 29 Dec 1883 at St Andrew St Tiverton, was proved at Exeter by Ellen Besley of St Andrew St. widow, the relict, the sole Executrix.
Wife ELLEN abt 1842: 1881 - 39 yrs.
THOMAS "ERNEST" BESLEY abt 1870: 1871 - 1 yr, with parents. 1881 - 11 yrs, Scholar, with parents. 1891 - 20 yrs, engine attendant and stoker, dwelling 8 Wharf Rd Hammersmith with wife and 2 young daughters, plus mother-in-law, Mary Faulkner. 1901 - 32 yrs, house painter, dwelling 2 Victoria Villas, Willow Vale Flats, Hammersmith, with wife and 4 children.
Wife LIZZIE FAULKNER abt 1863: 1891 - 27 yrs. 1901 - 38 yrs.
WILLIAM BESLEY 1790: Marriage by licence, of Tiverton, both signed, - witness mark of Edward Downing. Up until 1819 he was referred to as a yeoman, dwelling Brook in Tiverton at children's christenings, 1841 - 50 yrs, farmer, dwelling Morgan Bradley with wife and 4 offspring and 2 grandchildren (both belonging to Elizabeth) and 45 yr old male servant John Bennett. 1851 - 60 yrs, farmer of 60 acres employing 1 lab. , dwelling Morgans, Tiverton, with 4 adult children and one grandson. Also Samuel Besley (great nephew - son of James and Eliza) aged 4 yrs - visitor.
Probate: 5 March 1858. Effects under £300. The Will of William Besley the elder late of Woodsbradley in the parish of Tiverton in the County of Devon, Yeoman deceased, who died 5 Oct 1857 at Woodsbradley aforesaid, was proved at Exeter by the oath of Thomas Besley of Woodsbradley aforesaid farmer, the son and one of the Executors.
Wife JANE DOWNING abt 1788: 1841 - 55 yrs. 1851 - 63 yrs.
WILLIAM BESLEY abt 1829: 1841 - 13 yrs, living with parents. 1851 - 21 yrs, labourer, living with parents. 1861 - 33 yrs, policeman, dwelling 1 Vine Row, Old Park Stile Lane, Bristol. St Michael, with wife, young son and nephew Frederick boarding with them. 1871 - 41 yrs, cellarman, dwelling 12 Bath Buildings, St James and St Paul, with wife and 4 children. 1881 - 52 yrs, Mail Cart Driver dwelling 9 Sidmouth Mews, London, Middlesex, with wife and 4 children. ? Died 62 yrs.
Wife ELIZABETH GREY abt 1836: 1861 - 25 yrs. 1871 - 36 yrs. 1881 - 44 yrs, b. Stoodleigh.
Thomas Stone m. Ann Aunger
b. 5 Oct 1792 4 Sep
5 Nov 1792 1816 17 Dec 1795
Tiverton Exeter St Lawrence Exeter St Stephen
d. 2Q 1855 d. 4Q 1875
Tiverton Crediton
bur. 5 June
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Ann Caroline Thomas Thomas William Charles John Augusta Fanny
1818 b. 4 Jan 1821 1824 b. 29 Nov 1834 b. 19 Jul 3Q 1838
c. 29 Oct c. 19 Jan 1821 c. 21 Sep 1822 c. 27 Sep 1824 c. 1 Jan 1835 c. 20 Aug 1838
Tiverton Tiverton Tiverton Tiverton Tiverton
? d. 1891 d. 1Q 1902 d. Sep 1822 d. 3Q 1892 d. 1Q 1894 d. 2Q 1873
Tiverton Weymouth Marylebone Evesham Guisborough
bur. 26 Sep
m. ?? m. 2Q 1858
Marylebone
Frances Benjamin North
Rockley Batty
abt 1824 abt 1828
Chudleigh
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Winnifred Mary Elizabeth Alice Adelaide Margaret Clara R Christopher North Rockley Fanny Agatha
abt 1859 abt 1862 abt 1864 abt 1867 abt 1869 abt 1870
NOTES:
ANN BESLEY 1818: Private baptism. 1841 - 21 yrs, living with parents. 1851 - 31 yrs, with parents. 1861 - 41 yrs, living Cheriton Fitzpaine in brother Charles house along with her widowed mother. 1871 - 51 yrs, annuitant, dwelling Village Cheriton Fitzpaine with widowed mother. 1881 - 62 yrs, living Lancashire with unmarried bother Charles John, vicar.
AUGUSTA FANNY BESLEY 1838: 1841 - 2 yrs, living with parents. 1851 - 12 years, with parents. 1861 - 22 years, married with 2 yr old Winifred M. Dwelling 2 Caroline Lane, Mirfield, Yorkshire. 1871 - 32 yrs, dwelling Redcar, Upleatham with husband and 6 children, plus 3 servants. Died aged 34 yrs.
Husband BENJAMIN NORTH ROCKLEY BATTY abt 1828: 1861 - 32 yrs, curate in Christ Church, Mirfield, York. with wife, young daughter and 2 servants. 1871 - curate without cure! dwelling Cliff House, High Street, Redcar, Upleatham with wife and 6 children, plus 3 servants.
CAROLINE BESLEY abt 1822: 1841 - 20 yrs, living with parents. 1851 - 29 yrs, with parents in Tiverton. 1861 - 39 yrs, cook/servant dwelling Tonedale, Wellington, Somerset. 1871 - 49 yrs, Lodging House keeper, with one servant, dwelling Waterloo Row, Melcombe Regis. 1881 - 59 years, lodging housekeeper, lodging 1 Waterloo Place, Melcombe Regis, Dorset. 1891 - 69 yrs, lodging house keeper, dwelling 4 Salisbury Terrace, Melcombe Regis, Weymouth, Dorset with widowed needlewoman Mary Careter in residence.1901 - 79 yrs, living on own means, dwelling 1 Alma Terrace, Weymouth alone. Died aged 80 yrs.
Probate: Besley - Caroline of Abbotsbury Rd, Westham, Weymouth, Dorset died 5 Feb 1902. Probate Blandford 15 April to Ellen Maria Jarvis, spinster. Effects £56 13s 5d.
CHARLES JOHN BESLEY abt 1835: 1841 - 6 yrs, living with parents. Blundells School - Charles John Besley, 12 yrs, son of Thos. Stone Besley, grocer, Tiverton, Aug. 21, 1847 — Dec., 1854. N.;
elected to an Exhibition, 1853. 1851 - 16 yrs, with parents. 1861 - 26 yrs, BA Curate, dwelling Village, Cheriton Fitzpaine. Also in residence is his widowed mother and oldest siater Ann. 1871 - 36 yrs, MA Curate of Bromley, dwelling alone at 61 Fulledge Rd, Burnley, Lancastershire. 1881 - 46 yrs, unmarried, Vicar Of Ellel M.A.Oxford, dwelling Vicarage, Ellel, Lancashire, with oldest sister, Ann, 62 yrs, no Occupation and niece Fanny A. BATTY, 10 yrs, b. Redcarr, York, Scholar. 1 Domestic Servant. 1891 - 56 yrs, clerk in Holy Orders, dwelling The Vicarage, Ellel, Galgate, with neice, Fanny Batty, 20 yrs, ward in chancery, living on own means, and a domestic servant. Died aged 59 yrs.
Oxford University Alumni 1500 - 1886: Charles John 2s Thomas Stone of Tiverton, Devon gent. St Edmund Hall matric 31 Mar 1855 20 yrs BA 1858 MA 1866, vicar of Ellel, co. Lancashire 1874.
Probate: Besley - The Rev. Charles John of Evesham, Worcester, clerk, died 23 Mar 1894. Probate Worcester 30 April to Fanny Agatha Batty, spinster. Effects £1330 4s 4d.
THOMAS STONE BESLEY 1792: 1816 - Thomas Stone bachelor of Tiverton married by licence to Ann Aunger underage spinster of Exeter St. Lawrence, daughter of William who gave his consent. Witnesses were William and Sophia Aunger. All parties signed their names.1837 Directory - Alderman in Tiverton. 1841 - 45 yrs, grocer and tea dealer, dwelling Fore St. Tiverton, with wife and 5 children. 1851 - 57 yrs, grocer and tea dealer, dwelling Fore St Tiverton, with wife and 4 offspring. Parish register notes he died suddenly.
Wife ANN abt 1796: 1841 - 45 yrs. 1851 - 55 yrs. 1861 - 65 yrs, widow, living with son Charles in Cheriton Fitzpaine and with her oldest daughter Ann aged 41 yrs. 1871 - 75 yrs, annuitant, dwelling Village, Cheriton Fitzpaine with unmarried daughter Ann - also an annuitant. Died aged 80 yrs.
THOMAS BESLEY abt 1822: Private baptism. Died aged 2 days.
THOMAS WILLIAM BESLEY abt 1826: Blundells School - Thos. Willm. Besley, 11 yrs, son of Mr. Thos. Stone Besley, Tiverton, Feb. 9, 1836— Dec. 19, 1840. 1841 - 15 yrs, living with parents. 1851 - 25 yrs, Tea dealers assistant visiting Robert and Caroline Skerritt, 86 Park St, St Pancras. 1871 - 47 yrs, grocers traveller, lodging Knight household, 12 Gloucester Rd, Brighton with wife Frances. Died aged 67 yrs.
Wife
Wife FRANCES abt. 1824: 1871 - 47 yrs.
Samuel m. Ann Ford
27 May 1795 22 Oct 1835 abt 1815
Tiverton Tiverton Tiverton
bur. 30 Mar 1878 bur. 22 Aug 1874
Sholdon & Ringmore Sholdon & Ringmore
d. 1Q 1878 d. 3Q 1874
Newton Abbott Newton Abbott
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Walter Samuel Ann Ellen
b. 25 Dec 1836 b.17 Jan 1Q 1839 b. 25 Nov 4Q 1840 b. 10 Nov 4Q 1844
Tiverton Tiverton Tiverton Tiverton
c. 26 Jan 1837 c. 13 Feb 1839 c. 4 Feb 1841 c. 26 Dec 1844
d. 3Q 1898 d. pre 1891
Exeter
bur. 20 Aug
Exeter St James
m. 3Q 1875 m. 2Q 1875 m. 4Q 1879
Tiverton Newton Abbott Upton
Emma Swinney Drusilla Elliot William John
Markes Hoskings (nee Redway) Pembridge
abt 1849 2Q 1847 abt 1844
Bristol, Glou. Shaldon Monmouth
d. 5 Apr
d. 13 Dec 1936 2Q 1925
Clapham Common Newton Abbott I
Surrey
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Edith Marie Markes Walter Ernest Charles Arthur Nellie Lucy Redway Henry Percy Charles Alfred
b. 23 Jul 3Q 1876 b. 27 Nov 1877 b. 19 Aug 3Q 1880 3Q 1875 2Q 1877 abt 1881 abt 1883
c. 25 Sep 1876 c. 24 Dec 1877 c. 19 Oct 1880 c. 1877 c. 1877
Tiverton Tiverton Tiverton Wesleyan Methodist
Barnstaple Barnstaple N Malvern N Malvern
d. 3Q 1877 d. 2Q 1905
Tiverton Wandsworth
m. 3Q 1907 m. 2Q 1899 m. 2Q 1902
St Thomas Newton Abbott Newton Abbott
Jabez Edward George
Tucker Tucker
NOTES:
ANN BESLEY 1840: 1841 - 6 mths, with parents. 1851 - 10 yrs, with parents. 1861 - 20 yrs, milliner, visitor in household of widow, Frances Perkins, Londonderry, Tiverton. 1871 - 30 yrs, drapers assistant, living with parents. 1881 - ??29 yrs, companion to sister Ellen, who is married with 8 month old baby, in Leigh, Worcester. Niece Nellie also in residence.
1891 - 49 yrs, dwelling with younger sister, her husband and two children in Leigh, Worcester.
CHARLES ARTHUR BESLEY 1880: 1881 - 7 mths, living with parents. 1891 - 10 yrs, with parents. 1901 - 20 yrs, presumeably a clerk like older brother, dwelling Clapham, London with widowed mother and older brother. 1905 - insurance clerk at time of brother's death.
ELLEN BESLEY 1844: 1851 - 6 yrs, with parents. 1861 - 17 yrs, appentice draper, in Cobley household, Fore St., Tiverton. 1871 - 25 yrs, drapers assistant, dwelling Fore St. Lowman, Tiverton with Henry Davey. 1881 - 36 yrs. married with 8 month old Henry in Spring Vale, Leigh, Worcester. Sister Ann in residence as a companion as is niece, 5 year old Nellie Besley. 1891 - 47 yrs, living with husband, two children, 1 boarder, 1 servant and also sister Ann in residence. 1901 - 54 yrs, dwelling Malvern Links with husband and two sons - oldest a law clerk and youngest a drapers assistant.
Husband WILLIAM JOHN PEMBRIDGE abt 1844: 1891 - 47 yrs, drapers outfitter, dwelling Cowleigh Rd, Spring Vale, Leigh, Worcester, with wife, 2 children, 1 boarder, 1 servant and also sister-in-law, Ann, in residence. 1901 - draper and outfitter - own business - dwelling Richmond Rd., Malvern Links, Wor., with wife, 2 adult sons, and 1 servant.
LUCY REDWAY BESLEY 1877: 1881 - 3 yrs, with parents. 1891 - (Lucy R Bexey in Ancestry.com) 13 years, teacher in ?? school, dwelling Bridge St, Shaldon, Teignmouth with 71 year old widowed grandfather, William Redway (living on private means). 1901 - 23 yrs, School Bd Teacher, living with mother.
NELLIE BESLEY 1875: 1881 - 5 yrs, staying with Aunt Ellen and her husband in Leigh, Worcester. 1891 - 15 yrs, drapers assistant, living with widowed mother and half sister, Beatrice.
SAMUEL BESLEY 1795: Married by licence, both of this parish - both signed their names. 1841 - 40 yrs, innkeeper, dwelling Bridge St., Tiverton, with wife and 3 children. 1851 - 55 yrs, Innkeeper, dwelling Bridge St., Tiverton with wife, 2 daughters, niece Mary Ann aged 24 yrs, 3 servants and visitor John Besley, a 20 yr old yeoman born Sampford Peverell. 1861 - 65 yrs Wine, Spirits, Ale and Porter dealer, dwelling 12 George St., Tormoham, Torquay, with wife and two sons. 1871 - 75 yrs, former Innkeeper, dwelling 118 Union St., East Stonehouse, Devonport, with wife, son Samuel and daughter Ann. Died aged 82 years.
Wife ANN abt 1815: 1841 - 25 yrs. 1851 - 36 yrs. 1861 - 46 yrs. 1871 - 56 yrs. Died aged 59 years.
SAMUEL BESLEY 1839: 1841 - 2yrs, with parents. 1851 - 10 yrs, pupil at New St., Honiton along with older brother. 1861 - 22 yrs, drapers assistant, living with family. 1871 - 32 yrs, Brewers Traveller, living with parents. 1881 - 42 yrs, coal merchant, dwelling 12 Pollimore Squ., Exeter St Sidwell, with wife and daughter Lucy, daughter Nellie with Aunties Ellen and Ann in Worcester.
Wife DRUSILLA ELLIOT HOSKINGS abt 1848: Daughter of William Redway. Previously married 1Q 1868 Newton Abbott to William Sayers Hosking who died 2Q 1871 aged 32 yrs. 1881 - 34 yrs. 1891 - 44 yrs, widowed green grocer, dwelling Exeter St Thomas, with daughter by previous marriage, Beatrice L Hoskings (22 yrs, lady's maid), and daughter Nellie. 1901 - 53 yrs, widow, living on own means, dwelling Bridge Rd Terrace, with daughter Lucy.
Probate: Drusilla Elliot Besley of Shaldon, Devon, widow, died 5 April 1925 at Bovey Tracey, Devon. Probate Exeter 30 December to Jabez Edward Tucker and George Tucker, carriage builders. Effects £1660 18s 6d.
WALTER BESLEY abt 1837: 1841 - 4 yrs, with parents. 1851 - 14 yrs, pupil in New St., Honiton, along with younger brother, Samuel. 1861 - 24 yrs, living with parents. 1871 - 34 yrs, commercial traveller to brewer, boarding in Williams household, Gold St., Tiverton. (Baley in Ancestry.com). Marriage entry - bachelor, commercial traveller, son of Samuel (hotel keeper), banns, signed. Witness S Markes and Ann Besley. 1881 - 43 yrs, Commercial Traveller To Brewer & Spirit Merchant, dwelling St Peter St., Tiverton, wife wife, 2 young children and 1 domestic servant. 1891 - 54 yrs, commercial traveller, dwelling Rockside, Exeter St David, with wife and 2 sons and 1 domestic servant. Died aged 62 yrs. Resdent at Bath Road Exeter at time of death.
Probate: Besley - Walter of Bath Rd., Exeter, commercial traveller, died 16 Aug 1898. Administration 10 October to Emma Swinney Besley, widow. Effects £82 19s 2d.
Wife EMMA SWINNEY MARKES abt 1849: Daughter of Samuel and Susannah Smyth. Marriage entry - spinster, father an insurance agent. 1881 - 32 yrs. 1891 - 42 yrs. 1901 - 52 yrs, widow, living on own means, dwelling 75 The Chase, Clapham London, with two sons, 2 boarders and 1 servant. 1911?
Probate: Besley - Emma Swinney of 75 The Close, Clapham Common, Surrey, widow, died 13 Dec 1936. Probate Exeter 25 Feb 1837 to Charles Arthur Besley, insurance offcial. Effects £4173 9s 2d.
WALTER ERNEST BESLEY 1878: 1881 - 3 yrs, Scholar living with parents. 1891 - 13 yrs, with parents. 1901 - 23 yrs, CS Clerk Medical Dept Local G Board, dwelling 75 The Chase, Clapham London, with mother and younger brother. Died aged 27 yrs.
Probate: Besley - Walter Ernest of 75 the Chase, Clapham Common, Surrey, died 29 June 1905. Administration London 7 Sept to Charles Arthur Besley, insurance clerk. Effects £443 9s 4d.
Henry m. Maria Gale
28 Mar 1799 2 May 1822 abt. 1796
Tiverton Tiverton
d. 4Q 1838 I d. 3Q 1852
Tiverton I Tiverton
bur. 27 Oct I bur. 22 Jul
Halberton I Halberton
I all c. Halberton
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I I I I I
Henry Maria Gale Mary Sarah Richard Gale
b. 11 Jul 1823 b. 11 Oct 1824
c. 14 Aug 1823 c. 3 Mar 1825 c. 24 Jan 1826 c. 6 Aug 1830 c. 2 Jan 1834
d. 1Q 1892 d. 1826 d. 2Q 1899
St Thomas Halberton Plymouth
bur. 28 Jan
m. 22 Jun 1853 m. 23 Apr 1856 m. 10 Oct 1861 m. 2Q 1866 m. 1Q 1887
Halberton Halberton Tiverton Barton R
Arabella Samuel Elizabeth Elizabeth Ellen Besley
Chave Ferris Bidgood Easterbrook abt 1842
abt 1828 abt 1834 abt 1834
Halberton Tiverton
d. 1908 d. 1Q or 3Q 1865 d. 4Q 1878 d. 1Q 1891
Tiverton Liverpool Bristol
bur. 30 Jan
Exeter St Thomas
I ______________________I_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _________I__________________________
I I I I I I
I Louis Gale Richard Gale Edith Ralph George Bertha Jane
I b. 9 Jul 3Q 1863 b. 27 Jan 1Q 1865 b. 29 Apr 2Q 1867 b. 31 Aug 4Q 1869 b. 23 Sep 4Q 1871
I c. 23 Aug 1863 c. 20 Jun 1867 c. 20 Jun 1867 c. 21 Oct 1869 c. 13 Feb1873
I Tiverton Tiverton Tiverton Tiverton Tiverton
I d. 2Q 1869 d. 3Q 1921 d. 16 Jan 1952
I Tiverton Willisden Plymouth
I m. 1Q 1888
I Thanet
I Emma Jane Horne
I abt 1863
I Ramsgate, Kent
I I
I Edith
I 1Q 1889
I Thanet
I
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I I I I I I I I
Arabella Ann Maria Chave Henry Pullin Walter Laura Ellen Sydney Samuel Frederick
b. 6 Jun 1854 b. 14 Jan 1857 b. 27 Dec 1858 b. 6 Oct 1861 b. 12 Nov 1863 b. 10 Nov 1867 b. 1 Mar 1870
2Q 1854 1Q 1857 1Q 1859 4Q 1861 4Q 1863 4Q 1867 1Q 1870 4Q 1872
c. 13 Jul 1854 c. 12 Feb 1857 c. 27 Jan 1859 c. 21 Nov 1861 c. 24 Dec 1863 c. 19 Dec 1867 c. 31 Mar 1870 c. 24 Feb 1873
Halberton Halberton Halberton Halberton Halberton Halberton Halberton Halberton
d. 2Q 1886 d. 2Q 1920 d. 1Q 1942 d. 4Q 1889
St. Thomas Bridgwater Exeter Tiverton ?
bur. 9 Jun bur. 16 Nov
m. 2Q 1884 m. 4Q 1887 m. 11 Mar 1889
St. Thomas Lambeth St Thomas, Exeter
Henry Cann Clara Carrington Sidney John Milford
abt 1849 abt 1861
Croydon, Surrey
d. 1Q 1929
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I I I
Daisy Ellen Henry Charles Frank Stanley
2Q 1887 3Q 1890 2Q 1897
Stockwell, Surrey Bridgwater Bridgwater
d. 4Q 1895
Bridgwater
m. 4Q 1914
Bridgwater
Donald J McMillan
NOTES:
ANN MARIA BESLEY 1857: 1861 - 4 yrs, with parents. 1871 - 14 yrs, with parents. 1881 - 24 yrs, servant in Drewe household, Ratcliffe, Clist Hydon (husband to be also a servant in the same household). 1901 - 44 yrs, widow dwelling Little John Cres St St Thomas, Alphington with younger brother Walter and her 3 children - Sydney 13 yrs, Leopold 11 yrs, and Beatrice 7 yrs. 1911 - 54 yrs, widow dwelling Little Johns Cross St., Alphington with younger brother Walter and her 3 children - Sydney 23 yrs, Leopold 21 yrs, and Beatrice 17 yrs - all working as market gardeners.
ARABELLA BESLEY 1854: 1861 - 6 yrs, with parents. 1871 - 16 yrs, boarder, scholar and dressmaker in household of a schoolmistress, Pound, Tiverton. 1881 - 27 yrs, dressmaker, living with parents. Died aged 32 yrs of Regent St..
BERTHA JANE BESLEY 1871: 1881 - 9 yrs, scholar, living with widowed father in Liverpool. 1891 - 19 years, visitor in household of Samuel Ash whose housekeeper, Sarah is her great Aunt. 1911 - 37 yrs, niece to Sarah, dwelling 11 Ladywell Place, Plymouth. Died aged 80 yrs.
Probate: Bertha Jane of 11 Ladywell Place, Regent St., Plymouth, died 16 January 1952 at South Devon and East Cornwall Hospital, Freedom Fields, Plymouth. Probate Bodmin 14 March to Edith Mary Tyler, married woman and Francis Home Howard solicitor. Effects £1700 10s 7d.
DAISY ELLEN BESLEY 1887: 1891 - 4 yrs, with parents. 1901 - 14 yrs, with parents. 1911 - 24 yrs, dressmaker, with parents.
EDITH BESLEY 1867: 1871 - 3 yrs, with family. 1881 - 13 yrs, scholar, living with widowed father in Liverpool.
EDITH BESLEY 1889: 1891 - 2 yrs, with family.
ELLEN BESLEY 1867: 1871 - 3 yrs, with parents. 1881 - 13 yrs, scholar, living with parents. 1889 - Ellen, 21 yrs, spinster, daughter of Henry (a machinest) of Regent St., married by banns Sidney John, accountant of Exeter St James, (son of John Frederick Milford, baker). Witnesses Henry and Laura Besley. All parties signed their names.
FRANK STANLEY BESLEY 1897: 1901 - 4 yrs, with parents. 1911 - 14 yrs, with parents.
HENRY BESLEY 1799: Married by Lic. - both signed their names. Henry of Halberton and Maria of Tiverton. Witnesses Richard Gale and Sarah Redwood. Died aged 39 yrs.
Wife MARIA abt 1796: 1841 - 40 yrs, dwelling Lower Ford, Halberton, with 2 oldest children, 2 male and 1 female servant. 1851 - 55 yrs, farmer of 140 acres employing 3 labourers, dwelling Halberton with 4 children. Died aged 56 yrs.
Probate 1852 Maria, widow, admon. to Henry of Halberton, son.
HENRY BESLEY 1823: 1841 - 15 yrs, living with mother and oldest sister, Maria. 1851 - 27 yrs, living with widowed mother and siblings. 1853 - marriage. - both single, literate and full age of Halberton - no recognised witnesses.1861 - 37 yrs, farmer 120 acres, employing 2 men & 2 boys., dwelling Ford Farm, Halberton, with wife, 3 children, 2 house servants and 2 carters. 1871 - 47 yrs, farmer (out of business at present), dwelling South Barrington St., Lowman, Tiverton, with wife and 5 children. 1873 described as a bailiff, Muxbere, Halberton. 1881 - 57 yrs, Agricultural machine inventor, dwelling 15 Regent St., St. Thomas, with wife and 6 children. 1891 - 67 yrs, retired farmer, dwelling 15 Regent St., St Thomas with wife and three adult offspring. Died aged 68 yrs.
Wife ARABELLA CHAVE abt 1828: Daughter of Samuel and Anne Pullin. 1861 - 33 yrs. 1871 - 43 yrs. 1881 - 53 yrs. 1891 - 63 yrs. 1901 - 73 yrs, widow, housekeeper, own account, dwelling 26 School Rd, St Thomas the Martyr, Exeter with two grown up unmarried offspring - Laura and Sidney. Died aged 80 yrs - of 26 School Rd.
HENRY PULLIN BESLEY 1859: 1861 - 2 yrs, with parents. 1871 - 12 yrs, with parents. 1881 - 22 yrs, grocers assistant, living with parents. 1891 - 31 yrs, railway porter, dwelling 33 Edward St, Bridgwater, Som, with wife and 2 children. 1901 - 41 yrs, railway porter, dwelling 35 Edward St, Bridgwater, Som., with wife and 2 children. 1911 - 51 yrs, porter on the Gt Western Railway, dwelling 35 Edwards St., Bridgewater in a five roomed house with 2 offspring (only ones of the 3 born to them that are still living - married 25 yrs).
Wife CLARA CARRINGTON: 1891 - 31 yrs. 1901 - 40 yrs. 1911 - 51 yrs.
HENRY CHARLES BESLEY 1890: 1891 - 10 mths, with parents. Died aged 5 years.
LAURA BESLEY 1863: 1871 - 7 yrs, with parents. 1881 - 17 yrs, dressmaker, living with parents. 1891 - 27 yrs, dressmaker (employee), living at home of parents. 1901 - 37 yrs, dressmaker living on own account, living with widowed mother. 1911 - 47 yrs, housekeeper for brother Sydney at 26 School Rd., St. Thomas, Exeter.
LOUIS GALE BESLEY 1863: 1871 - 7 yrs, with family. 1881 - 18 yrs, bus conductor, living with widowed father in Liverpool. 1891 - 27 yrs, master butcher, dwelling 28 High St., Margate, with wife and young daughter.
Wife EMMA JANE HORNE abt 1863: 1891 - 27 yrs.
MARIA GALE BESLEY 1824: 1841 - 15 yrs, living with mother and older brother, Henry. 1851 - 26 yrs, living with widowed mother, 2 brothers and sister Sarah. 1856 - marriage - both single, literate and full age she of Halberton he farmer of Tiverton - Henry and Sarah Besley witnesses.
MARY BESLEY 1826: Died in infancy.
MARY BESLEY 1826: 1841 - ? . Probably 1851 - Mary A, 24 yrs, barmaid in household of Uncle Samuel, Bridge St., Tiverton. oops
RALPH BESLEY 1869: 1871 - 1 yr, with family. 1881 - 11 yrs, scholar, living with widowed father in Liverpool. Died aged 51 yrs.
RICHARD GALE BESLEY 1834: 1841 - ? . 1851 - 17 yrs, living with widowed mother and older siblings. 1861 - 27 yrs, butcher, living with brother Henry and family. 1861 - marriage - both single, literate and full age of Halberton - Maria and another Bidgood witnesses. Ha a butcher, son of Henry, a farmer. 1871 - 37 yrs, butcher, dwelling Lowman, Tiverton, with wife and 3 children plus 4 butcher's assistants and 2 domestic servants. 1881 - 47 yrs, widowed butcher, dwelling 15 Tiber St., Toxtoth Park, Liverpool, with 4 children.
1891 - 57 yrs, widower, Clerk in bird feed factory, dwelling alone in Charles St. St. James, Bristol. Died aged 65 yrs.
Wife ELIZABETH BIDGOOD abt 1834: Daughter of Abraham Bidgood, a farmer. Suspect she died after birth of baby Richard Gale.
Wife ELIZABETH EASTERBROOK or WEBBER abt 1834: 1871 - 37 yrs. Died aged 44 yrs.
Wife ELLEN BESLEY abt 1842:
RICHARD GALE BESLEY 1885: Died aged 4 years. (Risley in Free BMD)
SAMUEL FREDERICK BESLEY 1872: (Bazley in Free BMD) 1881 - 8 yrs, scholar, living with parents. Died aged 15 yrs - of Regent St. .
SARAH BESLEY 1830: 1841 - 10 yrs, pupil in William Grant household, Higher Town, Halberton. 1851 - 20 yrs, living with widowed mother. 1861 - 30 yrs, servant in Hawkins household, Lower Morbays, Cullompton. 1871 - niece of Samuel and Sarah (b. Tiv. abt 1786) dwelling 14 Green St., Charles, Plymouth.1891 - 60 yrs, boarder/housekeeper in house of Samuel Ash, 11 Ladywell St, Charles, Devon - visitor Bertha J Besley 19 yrs, in residence. 1901 - 70 yrs, living on own means, 11 Ladywell St, Charles, Devon. Niece Bertha Jane Besley (29 yrs, house assistant) in residence. 1911 - 80 yrs, own means, dwelling 11 Ladywell Place, Plymouth with niece Bertha Jane aged 37 yrs - 8 roomed house.
SIDNEY BESLEY 1870: 1871 - 1 yr, with parents. 1881 - 11 yrs, scholar, living with parents. 1891 - 21 yrs, druggists clerk (employee), living at home of parents. 1901 - 31 yrs, wholesale druggist clerk, residing with widowed mother. 1911 - 41 yrs, worker for wholesale druggist at 26 School Rd., St. Thomas, Exeter, in a 6 roomed house, with sister Laura in residence as housekeeper.
WALTER BESLEY 1861: 1871 - 9 yrs, with parents. 1881 - 19 yrs, Apprentice Tailor in household of Philip Chave and family, Halberton. 1891 - 29 yrs, Taylor (employee) living at home of parents. 1901 - 39 yrs, gardener in market gardens, dwelling Little John Cres St St Thomas, Alphington with widowed sister Annie Cann and her 3 children - Sydney 13 yrs, Leopold 11 yrs, and Beatrice 7 yrs.
1901 - 39 yrs, gardener in market gardens, dwelling Little John Cres St St Thomas, Alphington with widowed sister Annie Cann and her 3 children - Sydney 13 yrs, Leopold 11 yrs, and Beatrice 7 yrs. 1911 - 49 yrs, market gardener, dwelling Little John Cross, Alphington (7 rooms) with widowed sister Annie Cann and her 3 children - Sydney 23 yrs, Leopold 21 yrs, and Beatrice 17 yrs - all market gardeners. Died aged 80 yrs.
John m. Eleanor (Ellen) Besley witnesses George and John Besley
24 Jan 1753 18 Apr 1777
of Loxbear Tiverton
I first 6 c. Uplowman rest c. Loxbear.
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I I I I I I I I I
Thomas Eleanor Elizabeth John Mary Henry Susanna James William
c. 5 Nov 1778 c. 20 Jul 1780 c. 10 Apr 1783 c. 4 Mar 1785 c. 23 May 1787 c. 27 Mar 1789 b. 26 Feb 1791 b. 23 Jan 1793 1797
c. 16 Jun c. 27 Jun c. 5 Feb
Notes:
JOHN BESLEY: 1778 at Thomas's baptism, John is of Halberton.
Wife ELEANOR BESLEY:
