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Notes on Individuals 1990 Section 3.

Robert (b 1792).

Agricultural labourer, husbandman, thatcher. Buried from Wellington Workhouse. Family living at North Flory, Nynehead, 1841, Robert and second wife Sarah at Linch Cottage, Nynehead, 1851. Sarah and son Solomon Drew at Pring's Cottages, Nynehead, 1861, Sarah shown as "formerly silk weaver". Sarah's father William Chorley, husbandman.

John (c 6.4.1794).

Agricultural labourer. Elizabeth, his wife, baptised in 1853 in her maiden name, Betty Gore, at the age of 57, at Bridgwater St. Mary, parents Edward and Betty Gore; she was living at the time at Halswell Lane, Bridgewater, and described as a weaver, Widow of John Wadgood. Family were apparently at Chedzoy from around 1818, and Elizabeth and then unmarried sons James and Thomas were with her there in 1861; in 1851 she was living alone at Chedzoy Lane and described as pauper.

Richard (c 28.8.1796)

Agricultural labourer, at Langford Budville 1851, no children traced.

William (b 28.12.1802)

Tanyard worker, farmer. Mary Ann, his wife, at Cornhill, Wellington, 1841, with sons Henry and William, her occupation weaver; in 1851 she was lodging with James and Jane Winter at Phillips Well, Wellington, and in 1861 with Elizabeth Cope at Langford Budville. In these later years described as formerly weaver, in 1851 pauper and 1861 unemployed.

Elizabeth (b 28.8.1808).

See Elizabeth c 25.12.1790, Sec.1, alternatively 74 Appendix A may relate.

Thomas (c 13.7.1817).

Described as traveller in the medical trade 1841, druggist 1850, pauper, former vendor of medicines 1851, vendor of medicines 1857, labourer 1863, herbalist 1868/75. Family homes at Swan Court, Wellington, 1851, and at Farthings Pitts, Wellington, 1861/81. Thomas does not appear on local 1861 census, when wife Mary erroneously shown as widow, or on 1871 when she was shown as wife, shopkeeper in 1881 she is correctly shown as widow, charwoman (deaf). Thomas's absence from his home address at the; 1861/71 censuses could possibly be explained if he was on the road in the course of his business as herbalist (see George 9 b 1842, this section, below). He is listed as shopkeeper at Farthings Pitts in 1872 and 1886 directories, presumably the business continued in his name after his death. Mary was a domestic servant at marriage, her father, George, a shepherd. Note the mass baptism of their first six children, the earliest traced Waygood baptisms in Wellington.

John. (c 11.7.1819).

Agricultural labourer, husbandman, general labourer. At Champford Lane, Wellington 1841, lodging with Harriet Dyer at Wiveliscombe, 1851, with son Robert. On 1861 census at 6, Wakefield cottages, Bedminster, Bristol, with Mary, 30, tailoress, born Taunton, and son Robert; Mary shown as wife but no trace of marriage or her death. John's death not traced but his second wife re-married 1866(3) Bedminster RD. First wife's father William, shopkeeper, second wife's John Preston, soldier. John's address at second marriage Merchant Street, Bristol.

Mary (c 1.7,1821).

At Sand Street, Milverton, 1841. Husband and his father, John, labourers.

Elizabeth (b 1823).

Husband and his father, Thomas, labourers. See Richard born 1827, this section, below.

Robert (c 11.12,1825).

Manservant with William Davey, farmer, at Meadland, Ashbrittle, 1841, sailor 1851, staying with Robert Enyes at Milverton.  At 8, Queen Street, Bedminster, Bristol, 1861, occupation seaman, Merchant Service, wife Jane, tailoress. No record of death found (could. have occurred outside the U.K), Jane described as wife, 1881. Marriage record shows Jane as widow, father Joseph Lembery, carpenter. Jane appears (alone) at Fairfield Terrace, Bedminster, in 1871, tailoress, and at 1, Nelson Place, Bedminster, 1881 this time as monthly nurse. No record found of children.

Richard (b 1827).

Living at South Street, Wellington, 1871, Nynehead 1877, Olands Buildings Wellington, 1881. In 1871 shown as pensioner (aged 44), agricultural labourer later.  Probably a sailor in earlier days, like his brother Robert. Buried from Wellington workhouse, where death was recorded as of "Thomas", by which name he was presumably known (St. Catherine's House index shows Thomas to have been Richard). Appears identical with Thomas who in 1851 was shown as servant at the Workhouse, and whose birthplace was not recorded in the census; Richard's sister Eliza occupied a similar position at the time. No children of his marriage to Elizabeth Ann identified, but 32 Appendix A may relate and account for Elizabeth Ann's death at 44 years a few months later. Second marriage appears to have been to daughter of his sister Elizabeth, b 1823, the baptismal record in relation to their son, Charles Richard, showing his parents as "Richard/Mary Ann alias Cottrell".

Eliza (c 8.5,1831).

Servant at Wellington Workhouse, 1851 not on later local censuses.

Sarah (b 1833).

Mother of illegitimate son Richard, c 11.8.1851 and bu 119.8.1851 at Milverton. House servant for Commander Charles E. Day R.N. (retd.), at Periwinkle Street, Milverton, in that year.

James (c 19,1,1817).

Agricultural labourer, in lodgings at Chedzoy 1841/51, with mother 1861.

Thomas (c 8.10.1820).

Agricultural and general labourer, at Chedzoy until 1861, and at "Mount", St. Mary s parish, Bridgewater, with wife Charlotte, in 1871. Wife's father William Chedzey/Chedzoy, labourer. Charlotte also married his brother Francis, c 5.9.1830, her recorded birthplaces have not been identified.

Francis (c 5.9.1830).

Farmer’s servant for James Mogg, Chedzoy, 1851, labourer, moulder, foundryman, carter, Bridgwater, 1861/81.  Family homes Barclay Street and Falkners Cottages, St. John Street Bridgwater.  First marriage in name Wagwood, second to widow of his brother Thomas.

John (c 16,2,1823).

Tailor. Family homes Scotts Lane and North Street, Wellington. Died at Union Infirmary, St. John's, Battersea, having resided at 3, Stormont Road, Lavender Hill, Surrey. Elisabeth, his wife, hand loom weaver, daughter of William, labourer; the RD in which she died is in Suffolk.

Henry (b 24.8.1826).

Cotton weaver/winder, wife Ann's father James, labourer. 1851/2 home 8, New Street, Bristol. Not found on census after 1841, and no record of himself or family in St. Catherine s House index after 1859.

William (b 5.7,1830).

Porter 1851, husbandman 1855, cabinet maker 1861. Family homes 1, Redcross Street and 13, Ellbroad Street, Bristol, and Buckwell, Wellington. No record found of William's death, but his wife, Mary, daughter of James, weaver, re-married on 17.10.1864 at Taunton St. James, Richard Cowley Lusty, who appears to have signed the register at the marriages of William's children Mary Jane and Caroline. See further note Mary Jane b 1848(4), this section below.

George (b 1842).

Notes by local historian B.L. Thorne record that George, known as "Doctor Waygood", was a clever herbalist who travelled on foot over a wide area, visiting fairs and selling his medicines from door to door. He lived for many years in Butler's Row, Foxdown Hill, Wellington, and grew large quantities of herbs in his small Garden there.  In summer he often slept under a hedge or in a haystack, always with eighteen pence in his pocket to avoid being charged as a vagrant for "sleeping-out without visible means of subsistence".  He was a clever poacher and an expert in the art of tickling trout, and quite a naturalist also. On the only occasion he appeared on a poaching charge he was acquitted, and congratulated by magistrates for a masterly defence and his knowledge of the law. The historian's assessment, ''he was one of the outstanding figures of his day, and with the advantage of a modern education would have gone far.”  He was not exclusively occupied as a herbalist, and is recorded as a labourer in the 1868/79 and 1883/5 periods.  An early family home was at Oldway, Wellington, his wife was a factory worker at marriage, her father, Samuel, labourer. As a herbalist he was "following in his father's footsteps".

Rachel Ann (b 1843(4)).

In 1851 an Ann Waygood, 18 years, (almost certainly Rachel Ann), was a servant of John Bond, innkeeper, of Fore Street, Wellington. Marriage at 80, appendix A, could relate - her sister Rebecca married in Lambeth.

Thomas (b 1845)

Labourer, wool weaver/sorter, factory hand. Wife, Mary Ann (father John, labourer) shown as labourer, 1871, wool weaver 1881. Lived at Rockwell Green, at one time at 21, Clock Lane.

Rebecca (b 1847).

Wool weaver.

Mary Jane (b 1850(15).

Husband painter, "of Old Cleeve", his father Henry, labourer.

Richard (b 1853).

On 1851 census, and St. Catherine's House index of births, but no other trace found.

Robert (b 1855(1)).

Labourer, brickmaker, brickworks foreman. Family home at Farthings Pitts, Wellington, 1881. Wife E1izabeth's father James, labourer.

William Henry (b 1865(3))

Wool washer, labourer scavenger, mechanic.

Robert John (b 1848(1)).

General labourer 1861, master baker.

Selina (b 1845).

With her maternal grandparents at Brompton Ralph 1851, no trace registration birth.

Charles Richard (b 1877(4)).

Labourer and mineworker at Bronclewin, Rhondda Valley, killed on the Somme while serving with South Wales Borderers. Family moved to Weston-super-Mare where they lived at 2, Ivy Cottages, Kings Lane. Wife, Sarah Ann, daughter of Benjamin, gardener.

Sarah (b 1853(2)).

Servant of John Lee, Star public house, Eastover, Bridgewater, 1871, servant at marriage, husband and his father John labourers.

Thomas (b 1859(4)).

Labourer, carter, hobbler, coal merchant, wife Mary Jane's father Charles, carter. Family homes 48, Bristol Road, Bath Road, 63, Barclay Street, Bridgwater, and 18, Hurst Road, Weston-super Mare. Also at Mount Terrace, Bridgewater.

Emily (b 1862(2)).

Husband Labourer his father George, porter.

James (b 1857(4)).

No.1552, Pte. J. Weygood, 2nd Bn. Somerset Light Infantry. Awarded Queen's South Africa medal with clasps for Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith, Bloemfontein. Alice Kate's father William, labourer, she re-married 1901(3) Isle of Wight.

Elizabeth Aishstone (b 1849, (1)).

Glover, 1861. Husband and his father Richard recorded as "gentlemen" in marriage record, husband's address 45, Kensington Gardens, Bayswater, London.

John Aish (b 1853(2)).

A John H. M. (?), 17, born Wellington, appears on 1871 census as apprentice ironmonger lodging at 20, East Reach, Taunton.

Mary Jane (b, 1848(4)).

Woollen factory worker Living at Phillips Well, Wellington, 1871, with Jane Winter, 63 years, presumably her grandmother. Husband and his father Charles labourers. Space or father's name in marriage record blank, although 1851 census shows her to be daughter of William and Mary (Winter). See William, b 5.7.1830, this section, above.

Caroline (b Feb. 1°51).

Husband and his father Joseph labourers.

William (b 25.3.1864).

Wool carrier, factory hand, spinner, labourer, Elizabeth Ann's father Eli, labourer. Family home at 7, Crosslands, Tone, Wellington, for many years.

John (b 1856(2)).

Factory hand, Bessie's father John, tailor. Family home at Farthings Pitts, Wellington. Bessie lived with her granddaughters Eva and Ivy after John's death.

James (b 1873(3)).

Salesman, grocer's deliverer, van man. At first marriage living at 2, Guildford street, Cardiff, wife Sarah Ann factory hand, her father Matthew, blacksmith, second wife Kate, daughter of Thomas Broom, brick maker. Lived for some time at Farthings Pitts, Wellington.

Mary Ann (b 187;(4)).

Husband and his father, Alfred John, labourers.

Albert (b 1879(4)).

Labourer, wife Maggie (widow) factory hand, her father James, labourer. Lived at Tone, Wellington. Maggie apparently married a again, 1920(4) Wellington RD, Fred Lake.

Joseph (b 1881(4)).

Factory worker, labourer, wife Edith's father, Walter, labourer. Lived at Foxdown, Wellington.

Nimrod (b 28.1.1885).

Timber man/colliery repairer. Served in Coldstream Guards before and during 1914/18 War (Regimental Sergeant Major). Killed in pit accident. Wife Ann's father David, collier.

Mary Jane (b 1872(1))

Husband and his father, John, labourers. Lived in Berry, Glam.

Walter James Matherwick (b 1876(1)).

Apprenticed as carpenter with Twyfords, builder, Wellington. Served in Royal and Merchant Navies. Jumped ship in South Africa and served in British Forces in Boer War, 1901/2. Awarded Victoria and Edward medals for involvement in relief of Kimberley, Transvaal &c. His late marriage is accounted for, in part, by the fact that Annie Rebecca's first husband was posted missing presumed dead in the 1914/18 War. Annie Rebecca's parents (Merchant by name) farmed at Wrangway Farm near Rockwell Green.

Elizabeth Mary (b 1878(3)).

Baptised and known as Mary Elizabeth, mother of illegitimate son Archibald Nimrod Thomas, b 18.4,1895 at Farthings Pitts, Wellington. Married as Mary, husband metal tube drawer, his father Solomon, gun implement maker.

Robert Henry (b 1879(4)).

Brickyard labourer, wife Eva's father James, Army pensioner. Assumed to have been father of Robert Henry b 1904(1) and may also have fathered Mary Jane born 1901(1), who appears at 40, Appendix A. Lived at Cottage Court, Wellington.

Clara (b 7.2.1886).

Baptised twice. At Glyntaff House, Rhydfelen, Glam. at marriage at 18 years (age shown as 21). Husband and his father William colliers.

Thomas (b 31.1.1888)

Gardener, wife Emma factory hand, her father Frank, shoemaker. Lived at no.19, Rockwell Green, Wellington.

Stuart William (b 21.4,1890).

Labourer. See sister Alice Maud Mary below.

Charles Henry (b 10, 3.1892).

Pte.7995, 20th. Hussars, Cavalry Barracks, Colchester, at marriage, wife Elizabeth tailoress, her father Alfred, gardener. A son, Charles J. H., died Colchester RD 1916(3), under a year old.

Alice Maud Mary (b 27.6.1895).

First husband brother of wife of her brother Stuart William.

Sarah Jane (b 21.12.1897).

Attributed marriage could have been transposed with that shown for Sarah Jane b 1871(1), Sec.10.

Walter John (b 10,2,1902).

Weaver, mattress maker, wife Winifred's father Frederick, factory worker. Children Lilian May Hellings (16.5.1927) and Gerald Nicholas (10.10.1928).

Alfred John (b 1,1,1904).

Boilerman. Son. Reginald William born 1933.

John (b 1873(2)). Insurance agent.

Robert (b 1874(3)).’

Colliery official.

Esther Jane (b 1876(2)).

Husband wire drawer, daughter, Mabel, b. 1906 approx.

Ada (b 1878(2)).

Husband collier/council worker (parks). Children Ronald (1906), William Robert (1906), Lilian (1911), Harold (1915), Rita (1920). Birth dates are approximate.

William Richard (b 1883(1)).

Colliery foreman.

Stanley Augustus (born 1888(3)).

Master baker. Children, with approximate birth dates, Beatrice May Smith and Knight (1919- '25.1.1984), Kenneth George (1921), Edith M. (1922- 1.1.1938), Robert John (1925). Kathleen Williams (1928), Ada Jones (1931).

Reginald Thomas (b 1889(4)).

Wire drawer. Daughter Irene Davies (1915 approx.).

Edith Maria (b 1895(3)).

Husband newsagent. Children Doreen Purtell (1920 approx.),

 Edna Gurnett (1925 approx).

Emigrated to Australia.

Benjamin James (b 1 4,1908).

Salesman, clerk, wife Olive's father William John, motor driver. Lived at 95, Milton Road and 17, Chesham Road South, Weston-super-Mare. Son Alex John (22.10.1936).

Lily Louisa (b 23,7,1909).

Husband Royal Marine .at marriage.

Emily Jane (born 1886(4)).

Baptised as Emma Jane, husband seaman, his father, Joseph, shipwright. Living at Highbridge at marriage.

Sarah Ann (b 1893/4). 

No trace of registration of birth or baptism, living at Little Carlton Street, Weston-super-Mare, at marriage. Husband soldier ((Wartime marriage), his father William, labourer.

Susan (b 1894(4)).

Husband soldier (Wartime marriage), his father James, miner.

Charlotte Kate (b 1897(2)).

Marriage at 87, Appendix A may relate.

William (b 2.12.1883).

Warper and waler (a sort of quality controller) in woollen cloth factory. Lived for a time in Corams Lane, Wellington.

Eli Walter (b 18.3.1886).

Spinnner at marriage, later lived and worked at Culmstock, Devon, in charge of Fox's small woollen factory there. Wife factory hand, her father, James, labourer.

David John (b 1888(4)) .

Worked at Fox's woollen cloth factory, Tonedale, Wellington. 'Adopted a son, Sidney James Dibble (Known as Percy) at the age of three years. Lived at Longmead Cottage, Wellington, wife Millicent Minnie died at The Court, Courtlands Road, Wellington.

Edwin (b 21.8.1891) .

Went to Canada for about four years, later joined Glamorganshire 'constabulary, retiring as Sergeant. Children Betty (10.1,1922), Jeoffrey Edwin (^9.8.1925) and Jean (25.11.1928).

Florence (b 1897(2))

Husband Labourer, his father, William George, farmhand.

Wallace James S. (b 9.5.1899)

Quarryman, Grocer's assistant, wife Winifred's father Edward, factory hand. Children Pearl Sylvia Winterton and Sprague (24.6.1924), Joyce Doreen (5.9.1927, died same year).

George Leslie (b 19O1(1)).

Quarryman, labourer. Children Leslie James (7.12.1925), queried in. baptismal register, Cyril Gordon <13.7.1929) and Sheila Marina and Shirley Geraldine (both 26.7.1935).

Arthur Reginald (b 29.9.1904).  

Milk separator, saleroom attendant lived at Buckland, Wellington.

Albert William (b 13.7.1908).  

Factory hand, wife Ethel's father Charles William.

David George (b 1.5.1914)

Only child Patricia Ann Trott born 26.3.1938.

Nimrod (b 2.6.1920).

Miner.

Leonard ( b 2.10.19222 ).

Miner, lived at Stanley Town, mid-Glam. Only child Malcolm (19.2.1948).

Olwen (b 27.9.1926).

Tea. packer at marriage, husband coal hewer, culvert Inspector, his father, David John, coal hewer. Children Lyn Waygood (25.5.1949), Valerie Ann Bulmer (30.1.1955).

John (b 1913(3)). 

Welsh guardsman, miner. Died of industrial disease. Children Queenie Sheila (11.2.1939), Tegwen (20.1,1942), Thomas Edward (1952).

Walter William (b 17.4.1920).

Miner. Children Walter John (17.11.1943), Gloria June Johnson (13.4.1946) Stuart Wayne (15.6.1948). Wife, Beryl, re-married.

John (b 1900(4)).

Master baker, one daughter.

Robert Gerald (b 1910(4)).

Master baker, one daughter.

Doris Margaret (b 1901(2)).

Husband commercial traveller.

Ada May (b 1906(3)).

Husband gas fitter.

Herbert Reginald (b 27,10.1908).

Lived in Taunton.

Anne Alice Elizabeth (b 23.11.1914)

Husband waler (a sort of quality controller) at Poole brickfield, his father, Charles Henry, waler at cloth factory.