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Tiverton : The Barley Mow cc-by-sa/2.0 - © Lewis Clarke - geograph.org.uk/p/1601875 |
Charles John Northcott and Emily Stone
Thomas Ware and Harriet Ridgeway
Church of St Thomas, Chevithorne cc-by-sa/2.0 - © David Smith - geograph.org.uk/p/5109963 |
- Eliza Ware born 1862 in Somerset
- Thomas Ware born 1863 in Somerset
- Mary Jane Ware born 1865 in Tiverton, Devon
- Emma Ware born 1867 in Tiverton, Devon
- Robert Were (sic) born 5 Jul 1869, bap. 25 Jul 1869
- Harriet Ware born 28 Feb 1871, bap. 19 Mar 1871
- James Ware born 23 Jun 1873, bap. 13 Jul 1873
- Ann Ware born 25 Mar 1875, bap. 11 Apr 1875
- John Ware born 16 Mar 1878, bap. 14 Apr 1878
- Ellen Ada Ware born 1883 in Tiverton, Devon
- Eliza Ware had married Charles Stuart McDougal, Mechanic, son of John McDougal, at St Peter's Church, Tiverton, on 15 Dec 1879.
- Emma Ware married John Copp, Labourer, son of John Copp, at St Peter's Church, Tiverton, on 11 Sep 1884
- Mary Jane Ware married Charles Vinnicombe, Mason, son of Henry Vinnicombe, at St Peter's Church, Tiverton, on 5 Jul 1885
- Robert Ware married Amelia Land, daughter of Robert Land, Labourer at at St Thomas, Chevithorne, on 25 Dec 1891. Robert Ware died in 1909, aged 40.
- James Ware (24), Porter at the Railway, of "Paradise" Cowleymoor Road, Tiverton, married Mary Pook, daughter of Richard Pook, Labourer, at St Peter's Church, Tiverton on 4 Apr 1896. James Ware died in 1897, aged 24.
William Northcott and Emma Jane Wood
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Fore Street, Cullompton with the grade II listed White Hart cc-by-sa/2.0 - © Stephen McKay - geograph.org.uk/p/5497724 |
William Northcott married Emma Jane Wood, daughter of Henry Wood and Mary Jane Melhuish from Kentisbeare, Devon, in 1896. Five years earlier, in 1891, William Northcott (19) Blacksmith, had been a lodger at The White Hart, Fore Street, Cullompton, but I've not found him before that.
- Maud Wood, Emma's illegitimate daughter, born 1894 and baptised on 19 Feb 1895, when she was 14 months old, in Kentisbeare
- William Henry Northcott born 8 Mar 1897 (not seen after 1911)
- Arthina Northcott born 14 Oct 1898, bap. 2 Nov 1898 in Cullompton
- Elizabeth Northcott born 1900 (died 1900 aged 0)
- Charles John Northcott born 23 Feb 1902, bap. 23 Mar 1902
- Albert James Northcott born 30 Aug 1903, bap. 16 Sep 1903 in Cullompton (died 1904, aged 0)
- Florence Northcott born 25 Oct 1907, Emma's illegitimate daughter
In 1901, William Northcott (31) Blacksmith Journeyman from Branscombe, Devon (not identified relevant birth), wife Emma Jane (30) from Kentisbeare, along with Emma's daughter, Maud Wood (7), William Henry Northcott (4) and Arthenia Northcott (2) were living at Church Cottages, Cullompton.
William Northcott (33) died and was buried on 15 May 1904, in Cullompton.
Charles John Northcott was registered at Elmore School, Tiverton in 1908, with his address as Elmore Workhouse. In 1911, Emma Northcote (sic) (37) Widow, Laundress was living at 7 Rices Court, West Exe South, Tiverton with William (14) Errand Boy, Arthina (12), Charles (9) and Florence (3).
In 1917, Emma Jane Northcott remarried to Arthur Southcott. What were the chances? Arthur Southcott, born 30 Jul 1883, bap. 9 Aug 1883 at St Peter’s Church Tiverton, therefore 12 years younger than his wife, was the son of Frederick Southcott and Eliza Harris.Arthur Southcott died in 1935, in his early 50's.
In 1939, Emma Jane Southcott, Widowed again, was living at 7 Bartows Causeway, Tiverton with Dorothy A Evans (Arthina Northcott married Ernest F J Evans in 1918), Laundress, and Dorothy Florence Northcott (b. 16 Nov 1916, mother's maiden name Northcott, so appears to be Arthina's illegitimate daughter), who worked at the Lace Factory and one other person.
Emma Jane Southcott died in 1947.