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Bricky James

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Susan

Susan Report 26 Aug 2008 13:31

sorry Grandad is my grandad, brickie james married his mum my grand mother Elfreda in 1907 so was his step father, I have sent away for my grandads birht certificate but sure there is no father on it

BatMansDaughter

BatMansDaughter Report 26 Aug 2008 11:35

Hi Susan,

Sorry I should have said G Grandfather.

If he married Elfreda 1907 he couldn't have been born 1906.
Or are you looking for their son??
Births Sep 1905 (>99%)
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James William George Plymouth 5b 250

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Births Jun 1906 (>99%)
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James William Hedley H Tiverton 5b 384

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Births Sep 1906 (>99%)
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James William George Tavistock 5b 337

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Births Jun 1907 (>99%)
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JAMES William Eric L Plymouth 5b 206

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Births Sep 1907 (>99%)
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JAMES William John S Plympton 5b 174
If you are we would need to know who he married.

Dee x

Susan

Susan Report 26 Aug 2008 11:15

Grandad was born 1906

BatMansDaughter

BatMansDaughter Report 24 Aug 2008 22:05

Possible birth for "Brickie"

Births Dec 1880 (>99%)
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James William Henry Exeter 5b 88


Dee

BatMansDaughter

BatMansDaughter Report 24 Aug 2008 21:59

Hi susan,

The family that Elfreda was working for;

1901 England Census
about Arthur Wyatt Sdgell
Name: Arthur Wyatt Sdgell
Age: 62
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1839
Relation: Head
Spouse's Name: Francis Wyatt
Gender: Male
Where born: London, England

Civil Parish: Upton Pyne
Ecclesiastical parish: Brampford Speke and Upton Pyne
Town: Upton Pyne
County/Island: Devon
Country: England

Street address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Education:

Employment status: View Image

Registration district: St Thomas
Sub registration district: Heavitree
ED, institution, or vessel: 23
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 32
Household Members: Name Age
Bertie Ford 23
Kate Lake 31
Dora Langworthy 17
Eliza Satter 38
Arthur Wyatt Sdgell 62 (Head, living on own means)
Cecil Wyatt Sdgell 19 (son)
Francis Wyatt Sdgell 53
Lucy Priscilla Wyatt Sdgell 29
Pamela Stuart 31
Elfreda Tancock 18
Reginald Tancock 16 ****** Relation???
William Taylor 32

When was your Grandfather born?

Dee

Susan

Susan Report 24 Aug 2008 21:35

Thank you to all for this info it has helped me greatly I can now import all this info into my family tree, would love to know if anybody has any info on the family at cowley where my grandmother was working before the birth of my grandfather. no fathers name ever been known

MargaretM

MargaretM Report 23 Aug 2008 18:18

1891 census
Foxhayes, St. Thomas, Devon
Thomas Tancock, head, 42?, gardener, born Witheridge
Sarah A., wife, 32, born Broadclyst?
*Alfrida, dau, 8, born Shaldon
Sidney, son, 7, born Shaldon
Aurthur, son, 4, born Shaldon
Florance, dau, 2, born Exwick?
Phillip, son, 4 months, born Exwick?

doddsy1

doddsy1 Report 23 Aug 2008 18:10


1891 England Census about Alfrida Tancock
Name: Alfrida Tancock
Age: 8
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1883
Relation: Daughter
Father's Name: Thomas
Mother's Name: Sarah A
Gender: Female
Where born: Shaldon, Devon, England
Civil Parish: St Thomas
Ecclesiastical parish: St Andrew
Town: Foxhayes
County/Island: Devon
Country: England
Street address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Education:

Employment status:

View Image
Registration district: St Thomas
Sub registration district: St Thomas
ED, institution, or vessel: 3
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members:
Name Age
Alfrida Tancock 8
Aurther Tancock 4
Florence Tancock 2
Phillip Tancock 1/12
Sarah A Tancock 32
Sidney Tancock 4
Thomas Tancock

MargaretM

MargaretM Report 23 Aug 2008 18:05

An Elfreda Tancock was a servant on the 1901 census in Cowley Place, Upton Pyne, Devon. She was 18, a kitchen maid, born Shaldon, Devon.

doddsy1

doddsy1 Report 23 Aug 2008 18:03

Algie Thomas Tancock was born in 1906

Elfreda was born in 1883

Sue C

Sue C Report 23 Aug 2008 18:01

Marriage.



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Marriages Dec 1907 (>99%)
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BASTIN Florence Exeter 5b 162
>>>JAMES William Henry Exeter 5b 162
LAS[C_]ELLES William Atwood Exeter 5b 162
>>>TANCOCK Elfrida Emma Exeter

The marriage certificate will give you the names of both their fathers.

MargaretM

MargaretM Report 23 Aug 2008 18:01

An Elfrida Emma Tancock married a William Henry James, Dec. quarter 1907, Exeter. (5b 162)

Susan

Susan Report 23 Aug 2008 17:52

Hi Trying to find relatives or any info of Brickie James , I believe he was called William c1905 from Exeter Devon. he married my great grandmother Elfreda/freda tancock who at the time of marriage had a son called Alginin Thomas

thanks Sue