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Notes on Individuals 1990 Section 7.

Charles (b 24.3.1833).

Live-in servant of Robert Duckham, butcher's dealer, of Sand Street, Milverton, 1851, agricultural and general labourer thereafter. Wife Mary's father William, thatcher. Family home Buttsway, Milverton.

Graham (b 8.7.1835).

Painter. At North Street, Bridgwater, 1861 (unmarried). Wife Mary Ann's father Francis, labourer, with her at Church Road, Wilton, Taunton, 1871.  Not traced in 1851 or 1881, and no record found of his death, no trace of children.

Mark (b 16.5.1838).

Agricultural labourer 1851, later baker. Wife Sarah's father John, farmer. Unmarried journeyman baker working for and. lodging with Edwin Collier, master baker of 13, East Street, Taunton, 1861. At 18, Middle Street, Taunton, 1871, with wife and lodger Sarah Salter, 25, dressmaker, born Norton Fitzwarren. In 1881 at Prospect Cottage, Canal Road, Taunton, with wife and Sarah Shettock, 63 (described as aunt, presumably Sarah's). In later years Mark lived in the small lodge leading to Norton Fitzwarren Church, and probably worked in a nearby bakery. No record of children.

Nathaniel (b 8.8.1840).

Agricultural labourer cordwainer (shoemaker), railway labourer/ganger, gardener, colliery worker.  Family at Higher Street, Carhampton, Minehead, in 1881, probably until around 1896, Nathaniel railway ganger, was gardener at Atherleigh House, Maindee, Mon., in 1899.

Emily Ann (c 24.12.1857).

Emily and sister Elizabeth married brothers, sons of George, labourer. Emily's children, all baptized Spaxton, William John 1880, Elizabeth Mary 1882, Edith Bessie 1884, Mary Anne 1887, Ernest Edward 1889, Florence Clara 1892, Lucy 1896, Reginald George 1900.  Reginald almost certainly adopted the name Brown, to become Reginald Porter-Brown, cinema and radio organist.

John William (c 26.12.1859).

Buried as William John.

Elizabeth (c 24.12.1861).

See Emily Ann c 24.12.1857, this section, above. Publican's assistant at Traveller's Rest Inn, Spexton (top of Buncombe Hill), 1881, licensee John Porter, brother of George and Eli; he married her aunt, Charlotte Cude, on 8.5.1873, at Spaxton.  Lived at Gibb Hill, Spaxton.

Frederick (c 6.12.1866).

General labourer, 1881. Railway servant at marriage, wife Charlotte's father James, engine driver.   Bristol directory shows a Frederick at 1, Skinner Street, St. Paul's (general shop) in 1899; no other likely candidate can be found, and his sister Louisa and brother Edward both spent some time in the City. Edward followed an unidentified Herbert into 59, High Street, Lower Easton, Bristol, no Herbert fits and it seems likely that the earlier tenant was Frederick. Frederick's address at marriage West Dock Hotel, Cardiff, wife's residence 1, Prior Street, Port Talbot.  No record of children.

Clara (b 28.5.1869).

Husband baker, his father William, labourer, family home Norton Fitzwarren. Daughter Winifred Minnie Crudge b 14.8.1899. Husband re-married, wife Elsie buried 30.9.1943, Norton Fitzwarren.

William John (b 16.6.1872).

Butcher at marriage, later farmed Home Farm, Norton Fitzwarren, farm bailiff 1921.Wife Amy's father Thomas, engine driver.

Edward Charles (b 24.5.1874).

Chocolate maker/cocoa operator, publican. Bristol addresses 3, Parks Cottages, School Road, Totterdown (1902), 87, St. Luke's Road, Bedminster (1903/08), 59, High Street, Lower Easton (1912/14).  Licensee of Oxford Inn, Canon Street, Taunton (1914/15), Coach & Horses, East Street, Taunton (1915/1f) and later New Inn, Cannington, where he resided until his death in a Bristol Hospital.  A Rugby footballer, capped for Bristol. Wife Emily died in Musgrove Hospital, Taunton.

Louisa Mary (b 22.11.1876).

Domestic servant at Clifton, Bristol, prior to marriage. Mother of illegitimate son, Richard Disney Gaskells born 5.1.1899 at Spaxton home of sister E1izabeth, buried 6.9.1899 Spaxton. Husband railway signalman, his father Abraham, mason.  Family homes at Bishops Hull and 9, Greenbrook Terrace, Taunton.

George (b 5.10.1882).

Gardener. Family home Watts Lodge, Bishops Lydeard. Wife Alice lived at 39, High Street Bishops Lydeard after George's death and died at Trinity Hospital, Taunton.

Michael (John) (b 31.5.1868).

Birth registered as Michael, known thereafter as John.  Farm labourer 1881, shepherd for nearly seven years to February 1896, for Edward Badcock, Marshwood.  Carhampton, Minehead one of around 15 employees).  Wife, Eliza, maidservant at marriage, her father George, pumpman.  At marriage Michael was a banksman (superintending unloading at pit mouth) and shown as colliery worker at the marriage of his son.

Walter (b 1871(1))-

Baker (journeyman) 1902, pithead bath superintendent at retirement, living at 67, Queens Road, New Tredegar, 1902.

Florence (b 26.5.1872).

Domestic servant prior to marriage, husband worked in pit and iron foundry, his father a flour miller. Children Edwin Nathaniel, Emily (Munday) and Dora (unmarried).

Charlotte Maud Louisa (b 19.1.1895).

Husband carpenter, his father Henry, sexton.  Children Elizabeth Margery Joan 23.10.1923), Cynthia Patricia (1.6.1925), Henry Cecil Dennis (15.5.1930), Ethel Alfreda Mary (24.12.1934). Henry, a railway signalman, was killed in a motorcycle accident; Ethel married Brian Stephen Finch (divorce 1969).

Gladys Kate (b 15.2.1897).

Husband farmer, his father publican.

William John (b 5.4.1899).

Farm bailiff at Spring Grove, Milverton, farmed at Rock Farm, Bagborough.  Children William Gordon (22.3.1923), Merlin. Ronald (12.10.1924), Derek (1925?), Monty (1929?), Madge and John.

Amy Mary (b 8.12.1901).

Husband chauffeur, his father William Henry, cowman.

George Ronald (b 12.9.1906).

Farmed at Longlands Farm, Bishops Lydeard.

Hilda Emily (b 1906(2)).

Husband supplier of agricultural requisites, milking plant &c., his father Henry, cabinet maker.   Children Barbara Mary Dibble (16.4.1934), Jean (13.5.1937), David (8,10.1948).

Lilian Mary (Quick) (b 6.10.1906)..

Employed at Hatchers (ladies' fashions), High Street, Taunton, 1921/2, as a shop assistant/manageress at The Bon-bon confectioners, East Street, Taunton, 1923/33, and Wilkins & Sons, manufacturing confectioners, Station Road, Taunton, 1333/7.  Talented amateur artist (oils). President of Wells Inner Wheel, 1956. Children Marian Jane Davies (24 10.1938) and Robert (7.8.1940). Husband police constable/inspector, his father Stuart William, lorry driver.

Charles Edward (b 12.4.1911).

Warrant officer, Retd.

Albert George (b 2.11.1912).

Railway ticket collector.

Edina: Mary (b 1.3.1916)

Second husband Harry Charles, police constable.

Douglas John (b 13.10.1918).

Prison Chief Officer.

Frederick Thomas (b 4.4.1920)

Labourer.

Harold Ralph (b 13.8.1929).

Carpenter. Killed in motorcycle accident.

Bert (b 1901(4)).

'Bus driver, motor mechanic, maintenance engineer. Wife Laura's father Thomas, collier. Lived at 7, Ladysmith Road, Blackwood, Mon.  Only child. Shirley (Watkins) born 1934.

Alan Glynfad (b 19.5.1902).

Marine engineer.