Census Entry

6 June 1841	Burn, Launcells CON (HO107/151/5 f12 p16)
Name	Age of		Rank, Profession or Occupation	Born in CON?
Name	Male	Female	Rank, Profession or Occupation	Born in CON?
Christopher RISDON	70		Farmer	No
Susana RISDON		63		No
Ann RISDON		19		Yes
George RISDON	16			Yes
George RISDON	13		Grand son	No
Jane RISDON		8	Grand daughter	Yes
John HEARD	23		Male Servant	Yes

Ann and the elder George Risdon are the children of Christopher and Susana.

Jane Risdon's birthplace is given as Launcells in the 1851 census. I thus take her the be the Jane Risdon christened in Launcells 3 March 1833, daughter of John and Philippa Risdon.

The parents of the younger George Risdon have not yet been traced. But I would tentatively identify George as the George Risdon born ~1828 in Black Torrington DEV (where Christopher Risdon was born and married), listed in the 1851 census of Black Torrington

George S Risdon [1794 Buckland Filleigh DEV -] and Susanna Risdon [1793 Black Torrington DEV -]
1. Ann Risdon [1824 Black Torrington -]
2. Mary Jane Risdon [1826 Black Torrington -]
3. George Risdon [1828 Black Torrington -]
4. Edwin Risdon [1831 Black Torrington -]
5. Emily Risdon [1834 Black Torrington -]
6. John Risdon [1835 Black Torrington -]
7. James Risdon [1839 Black Torrington -]

This would imply that George S Risdon was Christopher Risdon's son, presumably either illegitimate or from an earlier marriage.

George S Risdon is presumably George Smale Risdon, who married Susanna Braund in Black Torrington on 21 April 1817. The Black Torrington baptismal register lists several children to the couple. George Smale Risdon's wife is also given as Joanna, which, unless there are two George Smale Risdons, I suspect may be a misreading of the name in the register. But several family trees (which do not quote their sources) claim that George Smale Risdon's father was a Joseph Risdon.