Group A5 (Exeter/Colchester/Taunton) Somerwill

• JOHN: See Group A2. Born 20 Apr 1798; baptised Tawstock 8 Dec 1799. Married ELIZABETH MORTIMER, Morchard Bishop 2 Jun 1827 (IGI). In 1851 census at 79a Bartholomew St, All Hallows, Exeter, age 50, wheelwright, with Elizabeth, age 49. Elizabeth, daughter of George & Betty Mortimer (nee Gibbons, married Morchard Bishop 26 Dec 1792), baptised Morchard Bishop 30 Dec 1801 (IGI). In 1861 census Elizabeth is a widow.
• MARY ANN: Born Alphington c.1829. At home age 22, dressmaker, in 1851 census; in 1861 age 32, dressmaker. Marriage regd Exeter Sep 1862
• PRUDENCE: baptised Mint Lane Wesleyan Methodist, Exeter, 3 Apr 1831 (IGI); baptised St Edmund’s, Exeter, 9 Sep 1832. In 1851 census at home, upholsteress. Marriage to John Peters regd Exeter Jun 1857. In 1861 census at Rackfield Rd, Exeter: John cabinet maker, 25, born Exeter; Prudence 30, upholtsress; daughter Ellen, age 1, born Exeter. Has descendants in New Zealand through a daughter, Ellen Nellie Peters, who married Francis James Roberts, and her daughter, Edith Nellie Roberts (born 1883, Exeter).
• ELIZABETH MORTIMORE: baptised St Edmund’s, Exeter, 9 Sep 1832. Elizabeth’s death regd St Thomas, Sept 1887, age 55
• JOHN MORTIMER: Born Exeter; baptised Mint Lane 12 Sep 1834 (IGI). At home, age 16, errand boy, in 1851 census; bootmaker in 1861 census. Married Susan Phillips. See Group A6
• EMMA: baptised Mint Lane 6 Mar 1836 (IGI). At home, age 14, in 1851 census. Marriage (Summerfield) regd Exeter Dec 1863
• GEORGE MORTIMER: Birth regd St Thomas Mar 1838. At home, age 13, errand boy, in 1851 census. Married LOUISA DAVIS. See Group A8
• ELLEN: Birth regd St Thomas Dec 1841. At home, age 9, scholar, in 1851 census; dressmaker in 1861 census
• THOMAS: Born Exeter c.1844. With parents in 1851 census, age 7, scholar; with widowed mother in 1861 census, upholdsterer (apr). Marriage to MARY JANE DAVEY (born Exeter c.1840) at All Hallows, Exeter, regd Exeter Dec 1862. In 1871 census at Prospect Place, Exeter: Thomas 27, upholsterer; Mary 30, lace maker, born Exeter. In 1881 census at Exeter St Mary’s: Thomas age 37, ‘upholdster’; Mary age 40. In 1901 census at 15 Prospect Place, Exeter: Thomas age 57, 'upholster', worker; Mary J. age 60. Thomas’s death regd Exeter March 1909, age 65. In 1911 census Mary Jane, widow, 70, is at 31 Bartholomew Street, in one room, with granddaughter Edith Elizabeth. 5 children born, 5 living. Mary Jane's death regd Exeter Mar 1932, age 92
  • JOHN CHARLES DAVEY: Birth regd Exeter Jun 1863; death regd Exeter Sep 1863
• GEORGE: Birth regd Exeter Dec 1864. Death regd Exeter, Dec 1870, age 6.
• THOMAS: Birth regd Exeter Sep 1866. At home, Exeter, in 1881 census, age 14, tailor. Ran away from home to join the army; married MARGARET PATTEN, St Peter’s Church, Colchester 3 Apr 1892; tailor. Margaret born c.1869, dau of William Patten, railway foreman. Thomas' death regd Exeter Mar 1929, age 65. Margaret's death regd St Thomas Dec 1932, age 63. See Group A9
• ELIZABETH MARY: Birth regd Exeter Sep 1868. At home in 1881 census, age 12, scholar. Went to USA?
• JOHN CHARLES: Born Exeter 7 Oct 1870; birth regd Exeter, Dec 1870. At home in 1881 census, age 10, scholar. See Group A9a.
• ELLEN: Birth regd Exeter, Dec 1872. At home (Eileen) in 1881 census, age 8, scholar; at home in 1901 census, age 28, tailoress. In 1921 census at 234 High St, Brentford, Essex, aunt of Frederick and Catherine Tomsen; 48yrs 4 mths; single; born Exeter; hospital sister sick nurse, employed by Whitechapel Infirmary, London E.
• GEORGE: Birth regd Exeter, Mar 1875; death regd Exeter, Dec 1875, age 0.
• FREDERICK JAMES: Birth regd Exeter, March 1879; at home, age 2; at home in 1901 census, age 22, brass finisher. See report of attendance at first aid classes at Willey & Co., Engineers. Marriage to LOUISE MADGE regd St Thomas (Exeter) June 1903. See Group A10
• FRANK: Birth regd Exeter Sept 1881; at home in 1901 census, age 19, upholster's apprentice. Death regd Exeter Jun 1906, age 24
• ALICE: Birth regd Exeter June 1883; death regd Dec 1883.

 

Probably Thomas Sommerwill and Margaret (nee Patten) with Thomas' mother Mary

 

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