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Devon / Re: WESTACOTT family - Barnstaple area
« on: Friday 08 August 14 12:54 BST (UK)  »
The best evidence I have is the information that my mother gives me. All the data that I have found, my mother had already told me. This includes much of the data that you gave me. She's like a walking encyclopaedia, when it comes to dates. She knew the birth dates and the marriage dates. She also new that Jane Westcott was born in Swimbridge. Considering that she is my mother's grandmother, then I would expect her to know this information. A couple of years ago, we took her to the house where her father grew up, (27 Richmond St. in Barnstable).
When she was a child, she used to visit the house during her holidays. Her father's brother, Redvers and two sisters Annie Justina and Nellie Audrey were living there alongside their parents, Harry and Jane Townsend, (formerly Westacott).

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Devon / Re: WESTACOTT family - Barnstaple area
« on: Friday 08 August 14 01:50 BST (UK)  »
Have I confirmed your suspicions?

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Devon / Re: WESTACOTT family - Barnstaple area
« on: Thursday 07 August 14 03:00 BST (UK)  »
I've been researching some dates.
My grandfather, (George Henry Townsend) was born 1883 registration quarter Apr-May-June.
Reg District. Barnstable. Birth index 1837-1915. volume 5b Page 450

He was married to my grandmother Charlotte Mace in 1919 reg quarter July-Aug-Sep. Reg district-Merthyr Tydfil. Marriage index 1916-2005. Volume 11a. Page 2095

My mother, (Joan Charlotte Davies), was born 30/09/1925.  volume 11a. page 1148. Pontyridd district.
My mother was married to my father 1952 Marriage index 1916-2005  Volume 8b page 1513

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Devon / Re: WESTACOTT family - Barnstaple area
« on: Tuesday 05 August 14 15:50 BST (UK)  »
Thank you very much for that. This is quite exciting for me, as I have never met any of my mother's relatives. Sadly, my grand father,(George H Townsend), died before I was born. My mother is the Grand Daughter of Jane Westacott. she is still going strong and still teaching music. George Townsend met my Gran and they moved to the Rhondda Valley in South Wales and he became a coal miner. My mother's name is Joan Davies.

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Devon / Re: WESTACOTT family - Barnstaple area
« on: Tuesday 05 August 14 01:01 BST (UK)  »
I've just joined this site, as I'm researching my mother's side of the family. My mother is eighty nine years of age this coming September. Her father was George Townsend. George Townsend's father was Harry Townsend, who was married to Jane Westacott. This is as much as I know about the Westacott family. Can anyone supply me with some more information please?
Thanks :)

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