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St Olave, Exeter, Devon
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One of Exeter's oldest churches, it was founded in 1035. It had a varied past, being closed by Cromwell and converted to a school, reopened during the Huguenot exodus as a church. |
Both were listed as
sojourner (temporarily residing) in this parish. Further records suggest that Mary was born in around 1806-1807, in Devon. The 1851 census transcribes her birthplace as 'Kintbar, Devon', which Google helpfully asks if I meant
Kentisbeare. Yes, I
probably did. :)
This Thomas and Mary had at least three children:
- Ellen Tooze b. 1837 in Stoke Newington, Middlesex (no reg)
- William Tooze b. 19 Aug 1839 (1839 S Quarter in OF THE HACKNEY UNION Volume 03 Page 133). A 1879 record, British Civil Service Evidence Of Age (Post Office), gives William's birth date.
- Elizabeth Tooze b. 10 Jan 1842 M Qtr HACKNEY Vol 03 Page 196
The mother's maiden name on both birth registrations is James.
In addition, there was a Mary Tooze b. 1835 (no birth record), who died, aged 2, in 1837 D Quarter in ST MARY NEWINGTON Volume 04 Page 272. St Mary
Newington is not
Stoke Newington, but is too close in so many ways not to wonder if this was also child of this family. Clearly, they were in what is now the
London Borough of Hackney by the time of Ellen's birth, but there are no baptisms, so there could well have been other children that were never recorded. There is no birth registration, but there is also a death of a 3 year old Eliza Tooze, in Hackney, in 1849, who could also have been theirs.
In 1841, Thomas Tooze (rounded down to 30), Mary Tooze (30), Ellen Tooze (4) and William Tooze (1) were living in
Brook Street, Hackney.
In 1851, Thomas Tooze (47) Brewers Servant - no surprise, his father was a
Maltster - from Halberton, Devon, and Mary Tooze (44) from Kintbar, Devon [Kentisbeare] Laundress; William Tooze (11) and Elizabeth Tooze (9), both born in
Clapton, Middlesex, were living in Assembly Row, which
Victorian Villas in Hackney (PDF) suggests was in
Northwold Road,
Clapton, London. Ellen Tooze (14) Domestic Servant, born in
Stoke Newington, Middlesex, was employed in the household of Thomas F Wilson (33) Stock Broker, in Wellington Place, Hackney. (
An offshoot from the high road, called Wellington Place, had eight gentleman's residences by 1821; it had been extended due east as Wellington Road (from 1939
Shacklewell Road).
In 1861, Thomas Tooze (56) from Halberton, Devonshire with his occupation listed as 'Formerly Braid' (no idea what Braid means - a transcription error maybe), but saying formerly and being only in his 50's, I would read to indicate that Thomas had become infirm; Mary Tooze (54) Laundress and Elizabeth Tooze (19) Dress Maker, were living in Queens Road, Hackney.
Thomas Tooze died, at 65, in 1869 D Qtr in HACKNEY Vol 01B Page 335.
In 1871, Mary Tooze (69) Widow, seemingly living alone, was a Domestic Servant in the district of
St John At Hackney (Lower Clapton).
Mary Tooze died at 66, in 1872 J Qtr in HACKNEY Vol 01B Page 287.
So what relation are Thomas Tooze and Mary James to
Thomas Tooze and Mary Summers? The chance that they are
NOT related, given they all hail from the same Devon villages, is
infinitesimally small, however the link is further back than available records, so we can only speculate.
We do know that:
Baptisms for William Tooze (b. 1727) and Thomas Tooze (b. 1735) are not available online, however, with only eight years between them, it would not be a surprise to discover that these two were brothers. If this is so, then the first common ancestor that Thomas Tooze (b. 1801) and Thomas Tooze (b. 1805) would share would be their great-grandfather, making them 2nd cousins.
