HELP! I'm in the 'DARK'!!!

[PaulineJ]

Hi all

There is a Ann Dark, aged 10 b Buckland Brewer living with her parents Joseph and Jane in 1871. Also siblings ...one of her brother's is a Gardener, Joseph is an Ag lab.

there is a marriage of Joseph Dark to either a Jane Arnold or Jane Hookway in 1855 , Bideford.

ummm cannot find Joseph in 1891 ....

deb 

What is the census ref?

Pauline

[PaulineJ]

Bit of an aside.

I'm less-than-convinced that the OP has the correct ann in 1881, as there's another Dark servant in the household.
It ties in too well with the family at (1871) RG10/2219 F55 P9. Father william, his wife Elizabeth.

Pauline

[deb usa]

Hi Pauline

the ref is
RG10/2205 fol 6 p4

I have also searched for Ellen Dark a possible mother for Annie Dark b c 1864 in the union workhouse. I also cannot find any great matches in 1871 for an Annie b 1864 with mother Ellen.

Was Joseph, the father, deceased at the time of Annie's marriage?

deb

added...I recall seeing an ellen Dark with mother jane who is a market gardener ...will try to find her again

[deb usa]

Hi

In 1891
Dorset, Chardstock
Annie Dark ,28, Devon , Wear Gifford, is working as a cook and servant. Two doors away there is a Frederick SPILLER b Membury Devon , farmer, and his family. 

Annie dark married George Spiller. Is this a coincidence? I know on Millymollymandy's other posts one of her Spiller people was born in Membury , Devon.

RG12/1668 fol 27 p 5

deb

[deb usa]

Hi

In 1881:

There is an Ann DarT b 1862, Buckland Brewer working in Monkleigh, in a posh household/Mansion. This is the same area as Annie Dark was with parents Joseph and Jane in 1871...see previous post.  I wonder if this was not a mistranscription or an error on the enumerators part.

Monkleighs reg district is Bideford, sub reg district is Parkham

RG11/2262 fol 41 p 4

deb

[millymollymandy]

Hello again,

Thanks for all the information you've discovered. It would seem to me that there are two possibilities that would appear most likely to be my great grandmother:

Ann DarT on the 1881 Devon Census - My mother can recall her mother Gertrude (Ann's daughter) telling her stories of when she (Gertrude) was a young girl having to curtsy whenever the horse and carriage went by as she played in the lanes. She could have been staying with her grandparents Joseph and Jane at the time in Parkham, maybe.

Annie Dark, age 28, on the 1891 Devon Census - The neighbour, Frederick Spiller, could well have been a relation of George Spiller who she married on 3rd May 1892 in North Curry, Somerset.

MMM
 




 

[Trees]

Don't know how I missed this thread but I have a Mary DARK born about 1796 in Woolfardsworthy West who married James BALE in Parkham in 1811 she had at least 8 children and died in Bideford in 1874 in Parkham and Abbotsham. If any one comes across her I would be delighted to hear from you
Trees

[jorog]

I have gathered a lot of information on the Devon Dark Families - most of it is rather confusing because the 'offspring' of different branches seem to have the same given names.
What info do you need on Mary Dark - is it the childrens names etc?
Jo

[jorog]

Hi Milly Molly Mandy
I have only just seen your message - I have done quite a bit of research into the North Devon Dark's. I will have a look through my notes to see if I can help . This  may take a couple of days because 'Ann & Joseph' are not  uncommon names in the Dark Families
Jo