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Offline sharon30

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harry huxtable please help
« on: Wednesday 22 March 06 21:05 GMT (UK) »
can anyone help i'm looking for my grandmothers brother:
harry huxtable born between 1902 and 1918 in the barnstaple area of north devon parents  edward huxtable and maud morrish.
he left in some sort of disgrace to go to the isle of wight which is virtually all i know except he was deff there before 1955
please help, many thanks
sharon
DEVON- martin, huxtable, morrish, pugsley,willis, melhuish, langworthy.
KENT- doughty
NORFOLK- Drage
PEMBROKESHIRE/ glamorgan- thomas
NSW, AUSTRALIA- doughty, shaw
USA- duckham, benskin

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Re: harry huxtable please help
« Reply #1 on: Sunday 30 July 06 13:59 BST (UK) »
Hi Sharon,
This is not so much help for your quest, more a couple of points of interest.  I was under the impression that I had a "Huxtable" in my family tree.  If I remember correctly it was George Huxtable Davie.  It turned out that he was a bud on a twig on a small branch etc, so I did not follow it up. In the course of finding out that he was "not close enough", I visited A small village in North Devon Called Swimbridge.
It is about five miles from Barnstaple.  In the small Churchyard there I found a whole load of Huxtables buried.   They, and a family called Yeo make up a large percentage of the graves in the churchyard.
Swimbridge is mildly famous because of a hunting vicar they had there in bygone years.
His name was Russell and it was he that bred the Jack Russell terriers and got them recognised as a breed, by the kennel club.
The pub in the village is called The Jack Russell.
This is on line, together with photo,s of the church, (Google "Swimbridge North Devon UK").
The little village next to Swimbridge is Chittlehampton.  I understand that the Yeo's and the Huxtables were  the "reigning families" of these two villages and were respected throughout North Devon.
Well, I have used a lot of words but I haven,t told you much. I do hope that what I have said is of some interest to you.     Good luck with your future searching.   feel free to get back to me any time.   regards, Mick (Davie).