A Dartmouth MITCHELMORE family
Eighth Generation
8.1 Sarah MICHELMORE ( Mary Ann , William (4) , William (3) , John (5), Peter (1) , Peter (2) , Henry ) was christened on 14 Dec 1834 in Churchstow and died in Shepton Mallet, Somerset, in 1906.
Sarah was illegitimate. Her mother married when she was 3 years old and it appears she was then brought up by her grandfather William (4). After she left home, she worked as a servant in Loddiswell and Stoke Fleming, Devon, until her marriage. She then seems to have lived with her husband in Prestleigh, near Shepton Mallet, Somerset, for the rest of her life. In 1901, she was recorded as a shopkeeper living next door to her daughter Elizabeth and her family.
Sarah married thatcher Luke MARKS in 1865 in Sherbourne, Dorset. Luke was born about 1820 in Sandford Orcas, Somerset, and died in Shepton Mallet in 1900.
Sarah and Luke had the following children.
9.1 F i Mary Jane MARKS was born in 1866, probably in Prestleigh. She married William BISHOP in 1893, and in 1901 was living with him in Twerton, Bath. William was born about 1851 in Box, Wiltshire. + 9.2 F ii
Elizabeth MARKS was born in 1868 in Prestleigh.
8.8 William CLARK (Ann , William (4) , William (3) , John (5), Peter (1) , Peter (2) , Henry ) was born on 10 Mar 1854 in Churchstow and christened there on 2 Sep 1855. He died on 17 Apr 1921 in Greymouth NZ.
William signed up for the Royal Navy in 1871, but soon afterwards moved to New Zealand to join his father.
William married Margaret Winifred JONES in 1880. Margaret was born on 28 Oct 1860 in Ararat VIC, Australia. She died on 31 May 1920 in Ross NZ.
William and Margaret had the following children.
8.12 John Francis NUTE ( Mary (1) MUCHAMORE , John (3) , John (4) , John (5), Peter (1) , Peter (2) , Henry ) was born in 1838 in Slapton, Devon, and christened there on 29 Apr 1838. He died in Exeter in 1910.
John appears to have worked on his father's farm until he married, after which he became a rather itinerant gardener. He was living with his family in Above Town, Dartmouth in 1881, at 5 Adas Crescent, Morthoe [near Ilfracombe] in 1891 and in Dunchideock [near Exeter] in 1901. His children's birth places indicate that the family also lived in Halwell in 1881, in Bridgewater in 1886 and in Landkey [near Barnstaple] in 1891.
John married Maria Stammers CROCKER. Maria was born in about 1848 in Totnes. She had married Joseph Stephen HORSWILL in 1872, but he died in 1877. Maria died in the Tiverton district in 1909.
Maria was keeping a lodging house in Dartmouth in 1881 and in Morthoe in 1891.
John and Maria had the following children.
8.14 Harriett MITCHELMORE ( John (2) , John (3) , John (4) , John (5), Peter (1) , Peter (2) , Henry ) was christened on 30 Sep 1832 in Churchstow and died in 1895 in Dartmouth.
In 1861, Harriet was recorded as a baker.
Harriett married (1) John LEAR, also a baker,
on 26 Jul 1854 in Dartmouth. John, son of gamekeeper John LEAR of Shillingford, Devon, and his wife Mary née BOURNE, was born in
Harberton, Devon, in 1829 and died in 1860.
Harriet and John had the following children.
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Georgina LEAR was born in 1856 in Dartmouth. |
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Charlotte LEAR was born in 1859 in Dartmouth. |
Harriet married (2) William JOSLAND in 1865. William, a basket
maker, was christened on 28 Jan 1838 in Chawleigh, Devon, son of
butcher Richard JOSLAND and his wife Caroline née HOLE, and died in 1890.
Harriett and William lived in Lower Street, Dartmouth, where Harriett opened a greengrocery after William's death. They had the following children.
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Caroline JOSLING was born in 1867 in Dartmouth. |
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Emma Williams JOSLING was born on 26 Jun 1869 in Dartmouth. |
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Ann Elizabeth JOSLING was born on 23 Mar 1872 in Dartmouth. |
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Laura Harriet JOSLING was born on 14 Feb 1874 in Dartmouth. She was christened on 1 Oct 1882 at Dartmouth St Petrox along with her sisters Emma and Ann. In 1901, she was a dressmaker living at Maypool House, Churston Ferrers, Devon. |
8.15 William Henry (1) MITCHIMORE ( John (2) , John (3) , John (4) , John (5), Peter (1) , Peter (2) , Henry ) was christened on 18 May 1834 in Dartmouth. Known locally as "Butcher Bill", he died on 10 Mar 1881 in Dartmouth and was buried on 16 Mar 1881 in the Dartmouth suburb of Townstal.
Bill was initially
apprenticed to farmer William FEAL in the nearby village of Street,
Devon, but by 1856 was a butcher and had set up
a business at his residence, 23 Lower Street, Dartmouth, which he
continued to the end of his life. Later, he also took up farming again.
In 1872, Bill was
involved in three court cases. Two involved trespassing on Brownston Estate,
Kingswear, where he (and his aunt Mary) were tenants, and one involved his "savage dog loose and unmuzzled".
He lost all three cases.
His will shows that Bill died a rich man. By 1881 he owned "The Island" at Bayard's Cove, two houses in Newcomin Road, two houses in Carlton Terrace, fields and a slaughterhouse at Batts Park, fields and premises at Ridges, and three boats—an estate valued at £8000 (the equivalent of nearly £5 million today). He was obviously well respected in Dartmouth. A notice in the Dartmouth Chronicle of 11 March 1881 commented, "Perhaps a brighter example of what perseverance, tact, and general aptitude for business, can achieve, was never known, and his career should be a stirring example to the rising generation, of what is possible to be achieved”. The following week, the Chronicle reported that “his funeral cortege comprised seven carriages and was followed by above 100 of the principal inhabitants of the town and neighbourhood, nearly every shop on the route from Lower Street to Townstall cemetery being partially closed.”
William married (1) Sophia EASTMAN, daughter of Totnes butcher William EASTMAN, on 23 Sep 1856 at Bridgetown, Totnes. Sophia was born in Totnes and christened there on 10 Nov 1833; she died on 24 Feb 1858 in Dartmouth.
William and Sophia had the following child.
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Caroline MITCHELMORE was born on 27 Aug 1857 in Dartmouth. |
William married (2) Eliza TOLMAN née DEANE on 18 Jan 1859 in Dartmouth. Eliza, daughter of George and Mary Ann DEANE, was born in 1832 in Harwich, Essex. She died on 24 Mar 1902 in Dartmouth and was buried at Dartmouth St Clement.
Eliza had married Dartmouth master mariner John Jago TOLMAN sometime after 1851, but he died on a voyage to the West Indies on 4 Jun 1856 at the age of 24.
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In 1879, Eliza became a part owner with her husband of the brig Fawn and the cutter Rose and became their full owner when he died in 1881.
After 1881, Eliza moved to 2 Carlton Terrace, Victoria Road, Dartmouth, where she lived until her death. Her brother, Charles DEANE, a painter and unmarried, was living with her there in 1891 and 1901.
William and Eliza had the following children.
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William Henry (2) MITCHELMORE was born in 1859 in Dartmouth. |
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Eliza MITCHELMORE was born on 10 Apr 1861 in Dartmouth. |
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Kate Mary MITCHELMORE was born in 1863 in Dartmouth. |
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Edith Augusta MITCHELMORE was born on 9 Nov 1864 in Dartmouth. |
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Charles John MITCHELMORE, who was born on 3 Dec 1866 in Dartmouth and christened at Dartmouth St Petrox on Christmas Day 1866, became a farmer and horse dealer. In 1891 and 1901, he was living with his mother and her brother at 2 Carlton Terrace, Dartmouth; in 1911 he was boarding at Dartview Terrace, Dartmouth. He is said to have owned a farm at Blackdown (presumably bought with the 200 pounds he inherited from his father on reaching the age of 21) and to have supplied horses to the Bristol Fire Brigade. He made a journey to Canada and the USA in 1912, presumably to buy or sell horses. In 1921 he travelled on the Saxon to Cape Town, South Africa, indicating that he intended to settle there. |
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Frederick George (1) MITCHELMORE was born in 1869 in Dartmouth. |
8.17 Anne Elizabeth
MICHELMORE ( John (2) , John (3) , John (4)
, John (5), Peter
(1) , Peter (2)
, Henry
) was born on 6 Aug 1837 in Dartmouth and
christened at Dartmouth St Petrox on 25 Oct 1837. She
was buried
on 11 Nov 1902 in East Teignmouth.
Anne lived with her parents in Dartmouth until her marriage.
Anne married coastguard James MALLETT on 23 Nov 1858 in Dartmouth, with her siblings Harriett and Nathaniel as witnesses. James, son of William MALLETT of Holbeton, Devon, was born in 1833 in Plymouth and christened on 19 May 1833 at Plymouth St Andrew. He was buried on 17 Apr 1906 in East Teignmouth.
James and his family moved around the South Devon coast following his employment. They initally lived in Mothecombe, near Holbeton. They had moved to Babbacombe by 1866, living at Cottage No. 2, Coast Guard Station, St Mary Church. By 1877 they were living in St Peter's Terrace, Brixham. After James retired some time before 1891, they made their final move to Northumberland Place, East Teignmouth.
They had the following children.
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James John MALLETT was born on 9 Oct 1860 in Mothecombe and christened at Holbeton on 19 Nov 1860. He was buried at Holbeton on 21 Nov 1860. | |
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Ann Augusta MALLETT was born on 23 Dec 1861 in Mothecombe and christened at Holbeton on 5 Jan 1862. She was buried at Holbeton on 7 Apr 1862. | |
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William Alfred MALLETT was born on 9 Feb 1863 in Mothecombe and christened at Holbeton on 1 Mar 1863. He was buried at Holbeton on 19 May 1864. | |
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James Albert MALLETT was born on 23 Sep 1864 in Mothecombe and christened on 16 Oct 1864 at Holbeton. He became a house painter, living with his parents until his marriage and then elsewhere in Teignmouth. He died in 1937, probably in Teignmouth. |
| James married Mary Ann HATT in 1905 in Headingly, Oxfordshire. Mary was born in 1859 in Farnborough, Hampshire, and in 1901 was living in Teignmouth as a domestic cook. She died in 1925, probably in Teignmouth. | ||||
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John Edward MALLETT was born on 17 Aug 1866 in Babbacombe and christened on 28 Sep 1866 at St Mary Church, Torquay. He died in 1941 in Holsworthy. |
| On 25 Feb 1878, he was admitted to Brixham British School along with his brothers William, Charles and George. He started his working life as a ropemaker (1881) but then became a merchant seaman (1891). After that he became a painter and decorator, living with his parents in 1901 and at 21 Chapel Street, Teignmouth in 1911. | ||||
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William George MALLETT was born on 11 Jun 1868 in Babbacombe and christened there on 26 Jun 1868. | |
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Charles Frederick MALLETT was born on 26 Apr 1870 in Babbacombe. |
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George Henry Mitchelmore MALLETT was born on 24 Mar 1872 in Babbacombe and christened there on 21 Apr 1872. On 25 Feb 1878, he was admitted to Brixham British School along with his brothers John, William and Charles. He died on 12 Sep 1893 and was buried on 14 Sep 1893 at the Chapel of the Good Shepherd at the Royal Navy Hospital in East Stonehouse, at which time he was recorded as a "ship's claddr asst". |
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Sidney Thomas MALLETT was born on 11 Jul 1875 in Babbacombe and christened there on 29 Aug 1875. In 1901, he was recorded as a mariner but by 1911 was a house painter living at 17 Saxe Street, Teignmouth. Sidney died in 1952 in Southend on Sea. |
| Sidney married Annie HEATLIE in 1904. Marriage banns were read at East Teignmouth between 17 and 31 Jul 1904, but the wedding took place in the parish of Jedburgh in Scotland, where Annie had been born in 1883. | ||||
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Alfred Mitchelmore MALLETT was born on 1 Feb 1877 in Brixham. |
8.18 Nathaniel MICHAMORE ( John (2) , John (3) , John (4) , John (5), Peter (1) , Peter (2) , Henry ) was born on 9 Jun 1839 in Dartmouth and christened on 23 Jun 1839 at Dartmouth St Saviour. He died in Dartmouth on 3 Apr 1897.
Nathaniel founded a painting business which was to extend over the next two generations. He was first recorded as a painter in 1861 when he was resident in St Helier, Jersey. By 1862, he had returned to Dartmouth. He lived in South Street, Torquay, for a time, and in 1871 was resident at Little Picton Place, Littleham, Devon (near Exmouth).
Nathaniel had returned once again to his place of birth by 1873. Advertisements for "Nathaniel Mitchelmore, House Decorator, Lower Street" first appeared in a Dartmouth trade directory in 1878. By 1890, his son Charles had entered the business so that its name had become "Nathaniel Mitchelmore & Son". A weekly advertisement appeared in the Dartmouth Chronicle. The business premises in Lower Street had a shop front as well as a workshop and accommodation for the family.
In his will, Nathaniel left his business and stock in trade to his widow Elizabeth and his sons Charles and Ernest. The two sons set up separate painting businesses: Ernest in Lower Street (possibly in his father's house) and Charles in Newcomin Road. Elizabeth appears to have sold her interest and bought a house and shop in Hanover Square.
Nathaniel married Elizabeth HOLE on 17 Apr 1862 in Townstal, Dartmouth. Elizabeth was born about 1836 in Tormoham [Torquay], Devon, daughter of brewer and innkeeper John HOLE and his wife Elizabeth née GRUIT, and died on 26 Dec 1899 in Dartmouth.
Various census entries put her birth in 1833-1839, but no record of her birth or christening has yet been found.
In her will, she left her house and shop in Hanover Square to her daughter Emily, who herself died two years later.
Nathaniel and Elizabeth had the following children.
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Augustus John MITCHELMORE was born on 6 Mar 1863 in Dartmouth. |
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William Arthur MITCHELMORE was born in 1865 in Torquay. |
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Charles Frederick MITCHELMORE was born on 28 Dec 1867 in Torquay. |
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Nathaniel Walter MITCHELMORE was born in 1870 in Exmouth. He died, unmarried, on 29 Dec 1891 in Dartmouth and was buried in Longcross Cemetery, Townstal. Shortly before his death, he was reported to be a "fitter (engine)". |
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Emily Florence MITCHELMORE was born on 4 May 1873 in Dartmouth. Emily was a dressmaker and in 1899 inherited her mother's shop and home in Fairfax Place. In the 1901 census, she was living with her sister Gertrude at 2 Summerland Terrace. Emily died, unmarried, on 27 Apr 1901 in Dartmouth and was buried in Longcross Cemetery. |
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Alfred Ernest MITCHELMORE was born in 1875 in Dartmouth. |
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Gertrude Elizabeth MITCHELMORE was born on 8 Nov 1881 in Dartmouth. |
