A Dartmouth MITCHELMORE family:Ninth generation

A Dartmouth MITCHELMORE family

Ninth Generation


9.2 Elizabeth MARKS ( Sarah MICHELMORE , Mary Ann , William (4) , William (3) , John (5)Peter (1) , Peter (2) , Henry ) was born in 1868 in Prestleigh, Doulting, Somerset [near Shepton Mallet], and died there in 1930.

Elizabeth lived her whole life in Prestleigh, first with her parents and then with her husband and children.

Elizabeth married Robert John WADMAN in 1891, probably in Doulting.  Robert was born in 1857 in Horsington, Somerset, son of agricultural labourer George WADMAN and his wife Julia.

Elizabeth and Robert had the following children.

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Walter Leonard WADMAN was born in 1891 in Prestleigh. He married Amy Nellie Treasure WADMAN, the widow of his brother Robert, in 1950 in Droxford, Hampshire and died in 1977 in Trowbridge, Wiltshire.
+ 10.2 M ii Robert Wilfred Harry WADMAN was born in in 1894 in Prestleigh.
  10.3 M iii Wilfred Edward Luke WADMAN was born in 1903 in Prestleigh, married Emma Mabel GOULD in 1933and died in 1966 in Portsmouth. Emma was born on 19 Sep 1900 in Wells, Somerset, and died in 1972 in Hailsham, Sussex.

9.11 Georgina LEAR ( Harriett MITCHELMORE , John (2) , John (3) , John (4) , John (5)Peter (1) , Peter (2)Henry ) was born on 12 Dec 1855 in Dartmouth, Devon. She was christened on 10 Feb 1856 at Dartmouth St Petrox as Harriet Sophia but was generally referred to as Georgina. On 17 Sep 1882 she was re-christened as Georgina at a ceremony where her half-sister Caroline was also christened. Curiously, the baptism register records her twice, once under her maiden name and once under her married name. She died in Dartmouth in 1894.

After Georgina's father died in 1860, she lived with her grandparents John and Mary LEAR and with her aunt Anne; but she moved back to her mother's after her mother re-married in 1865. After her marriage, she lived the remainder of her life in Lower Street, Dartmouth.

Georgina married naval shipwright Charles TUCKETT in 1881. Charles was born in 1851 in Exeter, son of hatter Thomas TUCKETT and his wife Harriet, and died in 1912 in Exeter.

Georgina and Charles had the following children.

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Harriet Sophia TUCKETT was born on 19 Nov 1881 and christened on 17 Sep 1882 at Dartmouth St Petrox.

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Laura Violet Cecilia TUCKETT, known as Violet, was born on 14 Aug 1883 and christened at Dartmouth St Petrox on 26 Aug 1883. In 1901, she was living with her aunt Emma in New Road, Kingswear and in 1911 was a domestic nurse at Torbay Hall, Chelston, Torquay.

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Caroline Mabel TUCKETT was born on 28 Mar 1886 in Morice Town, Devonport.

9.12 Charlotte LEAR ( Harriett MITCHELMORE , John (2) , John (3) , John (4) , John (5) , Peter (1) , Peter (2)Henry ) was born in 1859 in Dartmouth and died there in 1898.

Charlotte continued to live with her mother after her father's death, and stayed with her until after she (Charlotte) married. In 1891, Charlotte and her husband were lodging with her aunt Patience (née MITCHELMORE) in Croter's Hill, Dartmouth.

Charlotte married Dartmouth tailor Philip Henry PEPPERELL on 4 Oct 1884 at Dartmouth St Saviour, with her half-sister Caroline as one of the witnesses. Philip was born in 1862 in Stoke Fleming, Devon, son of tailor Joseph Blatch PEPPERELL and his wife Hannah, and died in 1925 (probably in Dartmouth).

Philip moved to Dartmouth to be apprenticed to tailor William SPARKES and then became a tailor himself. Within 18 months of Charlotte's death, he married Annie BUNCROFT and accepted her 15-year-old daughter Elsie into his household. In 1911, his four children by Charlotte LEAR were still living with him in Dartmouth. Also in the household at this time was his step-daughter Alice's future husband, Frederick JARVISS.

Charlotte and Philip had the following children.

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Alice Mary PEPPERELL was born in 1884 in Dartmouth.


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William Allen PEPPERELL was born on 2 Apr 1891 in Dartmouth and was christened on 3 Sep 1891 at Dartmouth St Saviour. He died early the following year, probably in Dartmouth.

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Percival Lear PEPPERELL was born on 27 Oct 1893 in Dartmouth.


10.10 M iv Philip Allen PEPPERELL was born on 15 Apr 1895 in Dartmouth and christened at Dartmouth St Saviour on 27 Jun 1895. He died in 1967 in Chard, Somerset.
        Philip married Jessie Celia COAKER in 1924. Jessie was born in 1892 in Widecombe in the Moor, daughter of hind Jonas COAKER and his wife Mary Grace, and was christened there on 12 Jun 1892. She had married Richard Ernest William FRENCH  on 27 Dec 1909 in Princetown, Devon. Jessie died in 1963 somewhere in the Newton Abbot district.

9.13 Caroline JOSLING ( Harriett MITCHELMORE , John (2) , John (3) , John (4) , John (5)Peter (1) , Peter (2)Henry ) was born in 1866 in Dartmouth. She was christened as an adult on 17 Sep 1882 at Dartmouth St Petrox along with her half sister Georgina. She appears to have died in Surrey in 1946.

Caroline lived with her parents in Lower Street, Dartmouth until she married... In 1891 she was living at Above Town, Dartmouth with her daughter and her sister-in-law Laura ROWE, and in 1911 she was living with her daughter Bertha and her new husband at Beach Cottage, High Street, Chobham, Surrey.

Caroline married fitter William Pearce ROWE on 20 Apr 1889 at Dartmouth St Petrox. William was born in 1866 in Dartmouth, son of mariner Walter Pearce  ROWE and his wife Sarah Jane.

William was not often at home at census time. In 1901 the family were living at 115 Riverdale Road, Erith, Kent, where William was a gun fitter.

Caroline and William had the following child.

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Harriet Alice Bertha ROWE was born in 1890 in Dartmouth.

9.14 Emma Williams JOSLING ( Harriett MITCHELMORE , John (2) , John (3) , John (4) , John (5)Peter (1) , Peter (2)Henry ) was born on 26 Jun 1869 in Dartmouth and christened on 1 Oct 1882 at Dartmouth St Petrox along with her sisters Ann and Laura. She died in Croydon, Surrey, on 16 Dec 1950 and was buried at Longcross Cemetery, Dartmouth, in the same grave as her husband.

By 1891, she was an assistant schoolmistress in the parish school at Harberton, Devon, and boarding in The School House. At the time of her marriage a year later was living at Spring Terrace, New Road, Dartmouth. In 1901, she was a teacher in an unidentified board school.

Emma married tailor Richard Watts FERRIS of Clarence Street, Dartmouth in 1892. Richard was born in 1867 in Dartmouth, son of sawyer George FERRIS and his wife Elizabeth. George FERRIS of Blackawton and his wife Elizabeth.  He died in Hampstead on 1 Sep 1927 and was buried at Longcross Cemetery, Dartmouth.

Emma and Richard moved to Kingswear soon after the birth of their daughter. In 1901 they were living in New Road and in 1911 at "Bryn-Mor", Kingswear.

Emma and Richard had the following child.


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Iris Guinevere Joselyn FERRIS was born on 9 Dec 1893 in Dartmouth and christened on 13 Jan 1894 at Dartmouth St Saviour along with her cousin Percy. She died unmarried on 3 Aug 1977 in Croydon and was buried at Longcross Cemetery in her parents' grave.

9.15 Ann Elizabeth JOSLING ( Harriett MITCHELMORE , John (2) , John (3) , John (4) , John (5)Peter (1) , Peter (2)Henry ) was born on 23 Mar 1872 in Dartmouth and christened on 1 Oct 1882 at Dartmouth St Petrox along with her sisters Emma and Laura. She died in 1938 in Surrey.

In 1891, she was a shop assistant living with her mother on Lower Street, Dartmouth, and presumably working in her mother's greengrocery shop. By 1901, she had become a bookkeeper and was working in a greengrocery at 35 Sharsted Street, Newington, London. In 1911, she was living with her new husband at 1 Chestnut Villa, Brookwood, Surrey.

Ann married grocer's assistant Levi Stephen HAWTHORNE, known as Stephen, on 18 Aug 1909 at St Michael's, Aldershot, Hampshire. Levi was born in 1877 in Chobham, Surrey, son of labourer Levi HAWTHORNE and his wife Naomi Esther née EACOTT, and died in 1957 in Surrey.

Ann and Stephen had the following child.

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Hyacinth Mercia Stephanie HAWTHORNE was born on 13 Dec 1909 in Brookwood.

9.17 Caroline MITCHELMORE ( William Henry (1) , John (2) , John (3) , John (4) , John (5)Peter (1) , Peter (2)Henry ) was born on 27 August 1857 in Dartmouth and christened at St Petrox Church, Dartmouth, on 23 Sep 1857. She died on 19 Sep 1927 in Dartmouth and was buried at Townstall.

In 1881, Caroline inherited "all the houses and premises known as the Island (late Lindsay's) situate at Bearscove", the premises next to what is now the Lower Ferry slip, from her father. Memorial windows in St. Barnabas Church, Dartmouth, celebrate her life and that of her husband:


Robert's memorial window
To the Glory of God and in loving memory of
Robert Pillar who entered into rest 3rd April 1931.
For over 30 years Churchwarden of this parish

Caroline's memorial window
To the Glory of God and in dear memory
of Caroline, wife of Robert Pillar.
Born 27th August 1857 Died 19th September 1927

Caroline married Robert Thomas PILLAR, son of builder Langmead Casey PILLAR and Amelia Rebecca Tucker CAME, on 5 Sep 1878 in Dartmouth. Robert was born in the third quarter of 1857 in Dartmouth. He died on 3 Apr 1931 and was buried in Townstall.

Robert joined his father's South Town business as carpenter, builder and undertaker (making it "L. C. Pillar & Son") as a young man. His brother Richard Came PILLAR joined the same firm in about 1883, making it "L. C. Pillar & Sons", but when their father died in 1893 Robert and Richard both set up their own businesses. Robert was living at "Homeleigh", Lower Street in 1891 and 1901; at Island House, Lower Street in 1906; and at "Bellevue", South Town, in 1911. He then built the family home at 21 South Embankment (or South Parade). His son William Thomas joined the firm in his turn, continuing it under the name of "R. T. Pillar & Son" until 1945.

Robert was a councillor in the Dartmouth Town Council from 1910 to 1920.

Robert & Caroline PILLAR with grandson
Caroline and Robert PILLAR with grandson
Robert John (taken Dec 1909)
Caroline and Robert PILLAR with most of their
many grandchildren (taken about 1923)
Back row, from left: Winifred, Elliott, Robert John, Elsie, Lorna. Front row: Robert Charles, Amelia, Lionel, Helen

Caroline and Robert had the following children.

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Frederick Charles PILLAR was born on 12 Jan 1879 in Dartmouth.

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Robert Henry Mitchelmore PILLAR was born on 28 May 1881 in Dartmouth.


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Amelia Sophia PILLAR, known in the family as Millie, was born on 13 Jun 1883 in Dartmouth and baptised at St Petrox on 22 Jul 1883. She died on 25 Jun 1959 in Paignton and was buried at Townstall.





Amelia married Clifford Trist CRANFORD on 20 Feb 1906 at Dartmouth St Saviour. Clifford was born on 27 Nov 1875 in Dartmouth, and in 1914 was living in Fairfax Place, Dartmouth. He died in Birmingham, England, on 3 Dec 1938 and was buried at Townstall.

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William Thomas (1) PILLAR was born on 20 Jun 1886 in Dartmouth.

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Langmead Casey PILLAR was born on 28 Jan 1888 in Dartmouth.


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Caroline Charlotte (Lottie) PILLAR was born in 1890 in Dartmouth and baptised at St Petrox on 10 Apr 1890. She lived with her parents at least until 1911. In 1926, when she was living in  Chancery Lane, London, she visited her brother Lionel in Brisbane, Australia. Lottie died on 23 Jul 1963 at Cardiff, Wales when she was living at 69 Kimberley Road, Penylan.





Charlotte married insurance broker Frank HYDE in 1921, probably in Dartmouth. Frank died in 1973 in Cardiff, Wales.

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Winifred Frances PILLAR was born on 22 Sep 1891 in Dartmouth.

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Lionel Charles PILLAR was born in 1894 in Dartmouth.

9.18 William Henry (2) MITCHELMORE ( William Henry (1) , John (2) , John (3) , John (4) , John (5)Peter (1) , Peter (2)Henry ) was christened on 19 Oct 1859 in Dartmouth and died in 1910 in Plymouth, Devon.

William inherited his father's butcher business in 1881, a notice advertising the fact appearing in the Dartmouth Chronicle eight days after his father's death. In 1891 he was recorded as employing a slaughterman, a grocer's assistant, a nurse and a female general servant. Also in 1891, he was fined 20 shillings for failing to providing water to keep his slaughter house at Waterpool Road, Dartmouth, clean. He was still living in Dartmouth at the time of the 1901 census, but is said to have left soon after to fight in the Boor War. By 1907, he was a commercial traveller living in Plymouth.

William married Sarah Betsy Pellow CRABB in 1880. Sarah was born in 1859 in Devonport, Devon, daughter of Frederick Edward and Ann CRABB, and died on 28 Apr 1942 in Plymouth.

William and Sarah had the following children.

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Cecilia Eliza MITCHELMORE was born in 1881 in Dartmouth.

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Kate Eleanor MITCHELMORE was born in 1882 in Dartmouth .


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William Henry (3) MITCHELMORE was born in 1884 in Dartmouth.


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Dora Louise MITCHELMORE was born in 1886 in Dartmouth.

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 Annie Gertrude MITCHELMORE was born in 1887 in Dartmouth.

9.19 Eliza MITCHELMORE ( William Henry (1) , John (2) , John (3) , John (4) , John (5)Peter (1) , Peter (2)Henry ) was born in 10 Apr 1861 at Bearcove [Bayard's Cove], Dartmouth and christened on 15 May 1861 at Dartmouth St Petrox. She died on 13 Feb 1902 in Brixham, shortly after the birth of her last child, and was buried in Brixham St Mary.

At age 19, when her father died he left her "my two Dwellinghouses and premises situate in Newcomin Road Saint Petrox ... except the Cellars thereunder which I have given to my son William Henry Mitchelmore". After her marriage, she moved with her husband to Fore Street, Brixham.

Eliza married John Putt DECENT on 24 Mar 1885 in Dartmouth. John, son of master mariner William DECENT and his wife Jane Poole née PUTT, was born on 8 Aug 1860 at Manor Terrace, Brixham, and christened as an adult on 30 Mar 1905 at Brixham St Mary. He died on 8 Mar 1930 in Brixham and was buried in St Mary's churchyard.

John lived all his life in Brixham. He lost his mother when he was only 4 year old, and in 1871 he was living with his widowed aunt Mary Ann COLLIER at 10 Manor Terrace along with his sisters Jane (8) and Sarah (12) . By 1881, he had moved to Dartmouth to become an assistant to draper and milliner Georgina PARVIS at New Quay. After his marriage, he set up his own drapery business in Fore Street, Brixham. By 1911 he was living at The Cedars, Brixham, and by 1916 he had become a Justice of the Peace.

Two years after his first wife died, John married Blanche KING. Blanche was born in 1881, daughter of sailor Joseph Henry KING and his wife Hellen, and christened on 8 Mar 188 at Brixham St Peter. She died in 1962, probably in Brixham.

More information on John Putt DECENT's ancestry is available here.

Eliza and John had the following children.

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John Percy DECENT was born on 4 Jan 1886 in Brixham.

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May DECENT was born on 25 May 1887 in Brixham.


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Mary DECENT was born in 1891 in Brixham and died within 3 months.

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Amy DECENT was born in 1892 in Brixham.

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Elsie D DECENT was born in 1895 in Brixham.


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William Edgar DECENT was born in 1896 in Brixham. As a private in the 12th Battalion of the Middlesex Regiment, he was killed on 26 Sep 1916 during the allied offensive on Thiepval in the Somme, France.

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Francis Mitchelmore DECENT was born in 1901 in Brixham.

9.20 Kate Mary MITCHELMORE ( William Henry (1) , John (2) , John (3) , John (4) , John (5)Peter (1) , Peter (2)Henry ) was born on 31 Mar 1863 and christened on 24 Apr 1863 in Dartmouth. She died in 1949.

Kate married William Henry HAWKE on 9 Jan 1882 in Dartmouth. Henry was born on 15 Jul 1860 in Dartmouth, son of coal and corn merchant William Aysh HAWKE and his wife Rebecca née MUMFORD, and died in 1946.

William started his working life in his father's business in Foss Street, Dartmouth. After his marriage, he moved to Higher Mount Galpin, Townstall, where he also became an agent for Royal Exchange Insurance. About 1893, the family moved to South Brent, Devon, where William ran his own business as a coal and corn merchant. In 1914, he was reported to be a railway goods delivery agent and a "miller (water)" in South Brent.

Kate and William had the following children.

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William Henry Aysh HAWKE was born on 26 Apr 1882 in Dartmouth.

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Kate Eliza HAWKE was born on 2 Dec 1883 in Dartmouth.


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Edith Augusta HAWKE was born on 8 Nov 1885 in Dartmouth and christened on 8 Jan 1886 at St Saviour. In 1901, she was a pupil at The College, Bridgetown, a girls' boarding school, as were her sisters Kate and Daisy. She died in 1970 at Richmond upon Thames.

        Edith married engineer Frederick William Barnard SAUNDERS, son of William Loveday SAUNDERS, on 27 March 1913 in South Brent. Frederick was born in 1886 in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire and died in 1962 in Sturminster, Dorset.
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Daisy HAWKE was born on 12 Oct 1887 in Dartmouth.

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Frederick Herbert Ayshe HAWKE was born on 9 Jun 1891 in Dartmouth.


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Harold Ayshe HAWKE was born on 8 Jul 1893 in South Brent and baptised on 16 Feb 1894 at Dartmouth St Saviour.

Harold emigrated to the USA, arriving at New York aboard the Caronia on 20 Nov 1909 en route to Chicago to stay with uncle George DUDER at Grand Ridge IL. He must have returned to England, because in Mar 1913 he arrived at Halifax NS en route to Winnipeg MB.

By 6 Nov 1917 he had become a US citizen and registered for the WW1 draft at the US consulate in Winnipeg MB. He stated that he was a mechanic working for the Dominion Motor Car Company, Winnipeg, but gave his home address as Grand Ridge, Rockwood Farm, Ottawa IL and also Halandale FL.

9.21 Edith Augusta MITCHELMORE ( William Henry (1) , John (2) , John (3) , John (4) , John (5)Peter (1) , Peter (2)Henry ) was born on 9 Nov 1864 and christened on Christmas Day 1866 in Dartmouth. She died in 1950 in Hendon.

Upon her father's death in 1881, Edith inherited "the two houses in Carlton Terrace, New Road, Dartmouth [now Victoria Road] which I lately purchased from Mr Ashford". In 1890 her mother was living in one of these houses and in 1897 her brother Charles was living in the other.

In 1891, Edith was visiting Kate SEWELL, a sister of her future husband, at 4 Pembridge Villas, Kensington, London. After the marriage, the couple moved to 2 Grove Villas, Regents Park Road, Finchley.    

Edith married Walter Manning SEWELL on 23 Dec 1893 in Dartmouth. Walter was born in 1866 in Middleton, Suffolk, son of farmer William Hullen SEWELL and his wife Sarah Ann née MANNING. He died in 1958 in Hendon.

Walter was recorded as a warehouseman in 1891 and on his marriage certificate. In 1901, he was a "warehouseman ladies under clothing" and in 1911 simply a warehouseman.

Edith and Walter at their son John's wedding in 1938.

Edith and Walter had the following children.


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Sidney Walter SEWELL was born in 1896 in Finchley, Middlesex, and died in 1972 in Tonbridge, Kent.

        Sidney married Amy Sarah GRANDFIELD in 1923 in Finchley. Amy was born in the St Saviour district of Southwark, London, in 1895, daughter of hatter John GRANDFIELD and his wife Ellen née NORTHCOTT. She died in 1958 in Uckfield, Sussex.
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Charles William SEWELL was born in 1898 in Finchley.


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Edward George SEWELL was born in 1900 in Finchley and died in 1990 in Tunbridge Wells. He is believed to have married Hazel but no marriage record has been found.


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Robert SEWELL was born in 1903 in Finchley.

        Robert married Doris Ivy READER in 1932 in Finchley. Doris was born in Wandsworth in 1900 and died in 1990 in Bracknell, Berkshire.
 

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Margaret Edith SEWELL was born in 1905 in Finchley and died in 1933 in Dartford, Kent. 

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John SEWELL was born in 1907 in Finchley.

9.23 Frederick George (1) MITCHELMORE ( William Henry (1) , John (2) , John (3) , John (4) , John (5)Peter (1) , Peter (2)Henry ) was born on 28 Dec 1869 in Dartmouth and died on 19 Jul 1920 in Durban, South Africa.

After his father's death when he was only 12, Frederick moved with his mother to 2 Carlton Terrace, Dartmouth. In accordance with his father's will, in which he also inherited fields and premises at "Ridges", he was given "a good boarding school consistent with [his father's] position in life for the term of three years". Between 1886 and 1896, he played rugby for Dartmouth and for Devon; and in 1888-1889 he rowed with the Dartmouth Amateur Rowing Club.

In 1891 he was a boarding clerk, but by 1895 was running the Dartmouth Arms Public House in Lower Street and living at The Island, Bayard's Cove. In 1900 he was still running the Dartmouth Arms but had also started a coal merchant business.

Later in 1900, Frederick went to South Africa to fight in the Boer War. He enlisted in the Natal Mounted Rifles and then the 27th Company, 7th Battalion Imperial Yeomanry. He judged to be "inefficient" in 1901 and was to be sent home; but this order was clearly rescinded, for he was wounded at Kalkfontein in 1902 and received the Queen's and the King's South Africa Medal with clasps. After the war ended, he returned to Dartmouth to continue running his coal merchant business on the North Embankment.

Frederick returned to Natal with his wife in 1906. His funeral at Stellawood Cemetery, Durban, in 1920 was attended by several members of the League of Comrades.

Frederick married Mabel Augusta Mary ATHERTON, on 27 Dec 1893 in Dartmouth St Petrox. Mabel, known in the family as Augusta, was born in Dartmouth in 1872 and died in Basingstoke in 1947. She was a daughter of Thomas William ATHERTON, a Master at Arms in the Royal Navy, and his wife Susan Elizabeth Wotton NILLING.

Augusta ran the Dartmouth Arms Public House while Frederick was in South Africa. She went to South Africa with Frederick in 1906, but by 1911 had returned and was working as a housekeeper in a public house in Plymouth. In the 1940s, she lived in Basingstoke with her son George for a time but then moved up to Burton-on-Trent to live with her other son, Fred. After this, she went to Leicester and got a job as a housekeeper. Presumably she died at George's.

F. G. Mitchelmore and family
Frederick George MITCHELMORE and his wife Mabel Augusta (seated),
with his sons Frederick (in uniform) and George. Taken about 1915.

Frederick and Mabel had the following children.

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Frederick Atherton MITCHELMORE was born on 28 Jul 1895 in Dartmouth.

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George Deane MITCHELMORE was born on 11 Feb 1900 in Dartmouth.

9.30 Charles Frederick MALLETT ( Anne Elizabeth MICHELMORE , John (2) , John (3) , John (4) , John (5)Peter (1) , Peter (2)Henry ) was born on 26 Apr 1870 in Babbacombe, Devon, and christened there on 20 May 1870. He died in 1962 in Plymouth.

On 25 Feb 1878, he was admitted to Brixham British School along with his brothers John, William and George. In 1901, Charles was a seaman in the Royal Navy and living with his son in Devonport, Devon. By 1911 he had taken his Navy pension and was working as an assurance agent and living at 38 Ford Hill, Stoke Damerel.

Charles married Minnie Emma DAVIS in 1895. Minnie was born in 1871 in Devonport and died in 1951 in the Plympton district.

Charles and Minnie had the following children.


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Frederick Charles MALLETT was born in 1896 in Devonport and died there in 1908.
  10.50 M ii Herbert George MALLETT was born on 9 Oct 1901 and died there in 1902.
  10.51 M iii Albert James MALLETT was also born on 9 Oct 1901 in Devonport and died there in 1902 less than six months after the death of his twin brother.
  10.52 F iv Kathleen Eva MALLETT was born on 31 Jul 1904 in Devonport and baptised at Devonport St Michael on 22 Sep 1904. She died in 1978 in Plymouth.
  10.53 M v Arthur Bramwell MALLETT was born on 13 Mar 1907 in Devonport and baptised at Devonport St Michael on 21 Apr 1907. He died in 1977 in Plymouth.
  10.54 F vi Marjorie D MALLETT was born in 1912 in Devonport.

9.33 Alfred Mitchelmore MALLETT (Anne Elizabeth MICHELMORE , John (2) , John (3) , John (4) , John (5)Peter (1) , Peter (2)Henry )  was born on 1 Feb 1877  in Brixham and christened on 25 May at Brixham All Saints. He died in 1944 in Teignmouth.

Alfred started his career as a pupil teacher in Newton Abbot, but later entered the Royal Navy as a gunner. He became a Lieutenant in 1923 and by 1935 had risen to the rank of Lieutenant Commander. According to his cousin Charles Frederick MITCHELMORE's 1918 funeral announcement, he was also a Teignmouth Councillor.

Alfred married Emma Annie AUSTIN in 1899. Emma was born in 1872 in Devonport and died in 1951 in the Newton Abbot district.

Alfred and Emma had the following children.

  10.55 F i Eunice MALLETT was born on 25 Aug 1904 in Devonport and died in 1986 in Boston, Lincolnshire. She married (1) Evzen ESTERAK in 1943 and (2) Robert Leslie TAIT in 1967. Robert was born on 3 Jul 1904 in Sunderland, Durham, and died in 1971 in Boston.
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Dora Phyllis MALLETT was born in 1909 in Plymouth.

9.34 Augustus John MITCHELMORE ( Nathaniel , John (2) , John (3) , John (4) , John (5)Peter (1) , Peter (2)Henry ) was born on 6 Mar 1863 in Dartmouth and christened at St Saviour's Church, Dartmouth, on 3 May 1863. He died on 10 Mar 1929 at the Chilton Nursing Home, Plymouth, as a result of an enlarged prostate, nephritis and cardiac failure, and was buried in Ford Park Cemetery, Plymouth.

Augustus was recorded as a boat builder in 1881. After a few years in the merchant navy, he entered the Royal Navy in 1889 as a carpenter and rose steadily through the ranks, culminating in his appointment as shipwright lieutenant commander in 1926. In 1919, he was awarded the MBE for his services during World War I. A detailed account of his illustrious naval career has been kindly provided by Richard Taylor, Secretary of the Naval Historical Collectors and Research Association.

Possibly because he was away from Dartmouth and already established in the Royal Navy, the inheritance Augustus received on his father's death  in 1897 consisted solely of his father's watch.

Augustus retired in 1919, at which time he was living at 8 St James Terrace, Keyham, Plymouth.  In 1926 , he was reported to be living at Belcroft, Cowes, Isle of Wight. It is possible that he worked for the famous White’s shipyard in Cowes, a company that was successful in the post-war years despite the decline in the need for warships.

At the time of his death in 1929, Augustus was living at 8 Beauchamp Crescent, Peverell, Plymouth. A death notice appeared in the Western Evening Herald and an obituary in the London Times

Augustus married Rosalie Emmeline HODGE in Stoke Damerel in 1887. Rosalie was a daughter of naval pensioner William HODGE, previously chief boatman in the Coast Guard at Dartmouth, and his wife Angelina. She was born in 1864 in Mansands, Brixham and died on 25 Jun 1946 at 8 Beauchamp Crescent, Peverell.

Augustus and Rosalie had the following child.


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Bessie Rosalie MITCHELMORE was born in 1889 in Stoke Damerel. She died, apparently unmarried, on 2 Sep 1971 in Plymouth and was buried in Ford Park, Plymouth.

9.35 William Arthur MITCHELMORE ( Nathaniel , John (2) , John (3) , John (4) , John (5)Peter (1) , Peter (2)Henry ) was born in 1865 in Torquay. He died on 16 Oct 1909 in Dartmouth.

Several times in later records, William gives his birthplace as Dartmouth. This may have been because he lived in Dartmouth for most of his childhood. (His younger brother Charles was also born in Torquay and also gave his birthplace as Dartmouth in the 1901 census.)

William's first sea voyage was in 1878, when he was engaged as a cook on the Catherine & Mary, a Dartmouth-registered vessel. In 1886, he joined the Royal Navy as a stoker. His naval career lasted until 1896, when he was invalided out of the service with a wrist infection while working at the Chatham base.Possibly because he was living away from Dartmouth, the inheritance William received on his father's death  in 1897 consisted solely of his father's watch chain.  

In the 1891 census, William was living aboard HMS Britannia in Dartmouth harbour while his wife and son were living in Llandudno with her parents. His whereabouts in the 1901 census has not been determined, but his wife and son were both living in Birkenhead, Lancashire (his wife in a workhouse).

William was buried at Longcross Cemetery, Townstal. His gravestone records that he was a boatswain aged 44.

William married Elizabeth BESWICK on 25 Jun 1889 at St John's Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Llandudno, Denbighshire. The bride and groom were both living in Gadlys House, Llandudno, at the time. Elizabeth was born in 1858 in Widnes, Lancashire, the daughter of boatman Richard BESWICK and his wife Margaret. She died in 1907 at 22 Longfellow Street, Bootle, Lancashire, and was buried on 9 Oct 1907 in Farnworth, Lancashire

William and Elizabeth had one child:

 

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Enos Augustus MITCHELMORE, also known as Ernest, was born on 29 Jul 1890 in Llandudno and died in 1971 in Plymouth.
  
In 1891, Enos was living with his mother in Llandudno but in 1901 he was boarding alone in Birkenhead. He joined the Royal Navy as a stoker in 1907, was promoted to Leading Stoker in 1916, and was still engaged in 1929. In World War I, he served aboard the battle cruiser HMS New Zealand in the same squadron as his cousin Nat and was awarded the 1914-15 Star, the British War Medal and the Victory Medal for his services.  A detailed account of the majority of his naval career is given here.

 

HMS New Zealand

 

Enos married Margaret L STEER in Plymouth in 1935. Margaret was born in 1895 and died in 1962 in Plymouth. They do not appear to have had any children.

9.36 Charles Frederick MITCHELMORE ( Nathaniel , John (2) , John (3) , John (4) , John (5)Peter (1) , Peter (2)Henry ) was born on 28 Dec 1867 in Torquay, Devon, and died on 28 Apr 1918 in Dartmouth.

Charles was originally apprenticed as a baker, but then entered his father's painting and decorating business some time in the 1880s. He and his family lived in Lower Street, in the same building as his parents and the family business. In 1897 he was living in Hockworthy, Devon, but returned to Dartmouth on  his father's death when he inherited part of the family business. By 1900 he had moved to "Orcana", 15 Newcomin Road, Dartmouth, and set up his own business as a painter, decorator, plumber and glazier; weekly advertisements appeared in the Dartmouth Chronicle. By1911 he had added picture frame making and fine art dealing to his repertoire.

Charles's death and funeral were reported in the 28 April 1918 issue of the Dartmouth Chronicle. The reporter surmises that Charles' illness "was doubtless in part due to anxiety as to the fate of his son [Albert] ... from whom no news had been received since the German attack."

In his will, Charles left his entire estate (valued at 448 pounds and 10 shillings) to his wife Caroline. His sons Albert and Arthur continued to run the painting business for their mother, but two years later she sold out.

Charles married Caroline Louisa TUCKER, daughter of Dartmouth Trinity House pilot Thomas TUCKER and Sarah Ann née POPE, on 24 Nov 1887 in the Congregational Church, Paignton, Devon. An announcement appeared in the Dartmouth Chronicle.

Caroline was born on 29 May 1864 in Dartmouth and died on 13 Feb 1938 in Paignton. Her bible records the dates (and some times) of birth of all her children and most of her grandchildren. For further details on Caroline and her family history, please transfer to the TUCKER line.

Charles and Caroline had the following children.

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Frederick Thomas Nathaniel MITCHELMORE was born on 16 Mar 1888.

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William Charles John MITCHELMORE was born on 14 Oct 1889.

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Albert Ernest MITCHELMORE was born on 24 Nov 1892.

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Arthur Edward MITCHELMORE was born on 9 Mar 1896.

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Ivy Elizabeth MITCHELMORE was born on 18 Jan 1900.

9.39 Alfred Ernest MITCHELMORE ( Nathaniel , John (2) , John (3) , John (4) , John (5)Peter (1) , Peter (2)Henry ) was born in 1875 in Dartmouth and died there on 22 Mar 1926.

Although registered at birth, marriage and death as Alfred Ernest, this son was consistently known in the family as Ernest.

Ernest was a painter all his life, having no doubt been apprenticed to his father. He inherited part of the family business on his father's death in 1897 and continued to run it from the same premises in Lower Street under the name of "E. A. Mitchelmore".

On 3 Jun 1901, he jumped into the River Dart to save a boy who had fallen off the Embankment.

In 1906, Ernest travelled aboard the Saint Louis from Southampton to New York, landing at Ellis Island on 18 November. He stated that he was visiting his friend J Goldstein of 247 W 117 Street, New York. He was said to be 5' 9½" tall, with fair hair and brown eyes. The occasion of his visit is not known.

By 1923, Ernest had moved to live above his shop at 9 Fairfax Place, Dartmouth, where he sold wallpaper for 2d to 6d [1p-2½p] a roll and paint for 6d to 1s 6d [2½p-7½p] a tin. 

Alfred Ernest
Ernest in 1925

The Dartmouth Chronicle of 26 March 1926 reports that Ernest collapsed and died one afternoon while engaged in fitting a plate glass window. A large crowd of relatives, friends and business associates attended his funeral, and the flags of the Constitutional Club and the British Legion flew at half-mast.

Alfred married Mabel Gertrude BEADON in 1897. Mabel was born in 1879 in Dartmouth, daughter of accountant Frank Samuel BEADON and Lavinia Ann née EFFORD.

After her husband died, Mabel announced that she would continue his business, but it was in effect run by her son Frank.

Ernest and Mabel had the following children. add baptisms to children below (2 dates)

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Gertrude Florence Muriel MITCHELMORE was born on 18 Aug 1898.

 

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Emily Lilian Grace MITCHELMORE was born on 21 Feb 1901 and christened on 7 Mar 1913 in Dartmouth. She died on 23 Feb 1971 somewhere in the Newton Abbot district.





Emily married Ernest Bertram EVANS in 1930. Ernest was born in 1902 in Honiton, Devon, and died on 9 May 1941 in the Totnes district. The couple had no children.

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Mabel Valerie Irene MITCHELMORE was born on 1 Aug 1902.

 

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Ernest Frank Nathaniel MITCHELMORE was born on 3 Jul 1906 and died in Torquay in Mar 1988. He was known in the family as Frank, presumably to distinguish him from his father Ernest (whose registered name was Alfred). Frank took over the family painting business when his father died in 1926 and renamed it “Ernest Mitchelmore & Son, painter & decorator, 9 Fairfax Place”. The business was still in operation in 1939. Some time later, Frank sold the business and retired to Babbacombe, Torquay.





Ernest married Catherine Louise EDWARDS on 9 Mar 1931. She was born on 17 Jan 1911 and died in Torquay in Aug 2001.

 

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Alfred Geoffrey Beadon MITCHELMORE.





Alfred married (1) Mollie Eileen Laura HARRIS. Mollie was born on 30 Oct 1914 and died on 31 Oct 1969 in Torbay. They had no children.





Alfred married (2) Jacqueline Margaret FOSTER.

9.40 Gertrude Elizabeth MITCHELMORE ( Nathaniel , John (2) , John (3) , John (4) , John (5)Peter (1) , Peter (2)Henry ) was born on 8 Nov 1881 in Dartmouth and died on 3 Jul 1957.

In 1901, Gertrude was living with her husband and her sister Emily at 2 Summerland Terrace, Dartmouth. By 1911, they had moved to Duke Street and Hanover Square, where she was a confectioner. She is recorded as having attended her brother Charles's funeral in 1918 and her brother Ernest's funeral in 1926 (at which time she was living in Torquay).

Gertrude married carpenter George Sydney MAUNDER on 25 Feb 1899. George was born about 1878 in Dartmouth, son of George W and Sarah MAUNDER, and died in 1957.

Gertrude and George had the following children.

  10.69 M i George Mitchelmore MAUNDER was born in 1899 and died a few days later.

 

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Annie Gertrude MAUNDER was born on 9 Aug 1900 in Dartmouth and died in Feb 1990 in the Torbay district.

        Annie married her second cousin Aubrey Gilbert Whiffen HOLE on 30 Jul 1923. (Aubrey's grandfather, William Henry HOLE, was a brother of Annie's grandmother, Elizabeth MITCHELMORE née HOLE.) Aubrey was born on 27 Jan 1899 in Torquay and died in Jan 1985 in the Torbay district.

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