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Old Parisle in Devon

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ann

ann Report 4 Mar 2008 19:16

Angela,The Thomas i am looking for was actually born in St Austell in 1846.The family moved to Gurnsey,Channel Islands and my gg grandfather Bennett was born there in 1853.Losing the family in the 1861 census and then finding Bennett in West Ham in 1871 census was wondering what had happened to Thomas.I have found there sister Caroline.To me it looks as though Thomas stayed in the Channel Islands and married Eliza from Jersey and then moved to linconshire?But the census do say birthplace as Devon? Annie

Researching:
Hedges in Headington and Headington Quarry Oxford

Angela now in Wilts (not North Devon)

Angela now in Wilts (not North Devon) Report 4 Mar 2008 18:35

Laptop Dancer obviously didn't come to my house - he'd find something old here!

Grannie,

I have traced your Thomas back through the censuses & believe this is him in 1861, born in Buckfastleigh.

Thomas Treloar
Age: 10
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1851
Relation: Son
Father's Name: Thomas
Mother's Name: Elizabeth
Gender: Male
Where born: Buckfastleigh, Devon, England

Civil Parish: Calstock
County/Island: Cornwall
Country: England


Registration district: Tavistock
Sub-registration district: Tavistock
ED, institution, or vessel: 18
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 64
Household Members: Name Age
John Harvey 18
Elizabeth Treloar 31
Elizabeth Treloar 6
Mary Ann Treloar 3
Milia Treloar 8
Thomas Treloar 40
Thomas Treloar 10


Buckfastleigh is on the south eastern edge of Dartmoor & there is a place called Holne slightly to the North. Holme was given as Thomas's birthplace on the 1901 census.

Angela

Just thought, perhaps as he was 'up north' for later censuses, Holme Parish was misheard as Old Parish?

Hello Sheila, I was typing my reply at the same time as yours :-))

Devon Dweller

Devon Dweller Report 4 Mar 2008 18:29

LOL lots of old things round here!I

Most people with that name seem to come from Cornwall so I should imagine that the name of the place he was trying to tell them (they probably had a problem with his accent) was on the boarders of Devon and Cornwall.
Not much help I know.
What other places of birth did he give?

Sheila

LD

LD Report 4 Mar 2008 16:06

I cannot find a Old anything in Devon !

Researching:
Evans, Radnorshire, Herefordshire,Cheshire. Jones, Breconshire. Lewis, Herefordshire.

LD

LD Report 4 Mar 2008 15:55

He seems to have a different place of birth on each census !

Researching:
Evans, Radnorshire, Herefordshire,Cheshire. Jones, Breconshire. Lewis, Herefordshire.

Chris in Sussex

Chris in Sussex Report 4 Mar 2008 15:39

My immediate thought was that it could be 'Old Parish'

And checking the image that is exactly what it is...

Devonshire. Old Parish

So not alot of help in your research :(

Chris

Researching:
Avatar...My darling Dad. 1931-2019 'Take nothing on its looks, take everything on evidence. There is no better rule' Charles Dickens, Great Expectations. 'A brickwall is a problem that you haven't solved yet' Dave Annal http://media.nationalarchives.gov.uk/index.php/brick-walls-and-lost-ancestors/

ann

ann Report 4 Mar 2008 15:23

I have a Thomas Treloar born in Old Parisle in Devon on the 1891 census.I can not find where this is.Any help would be appreciated. Annie

Researching:
Hedges in Headington and Headington Quarry Oxford