GALE Family - Thrushelton and surrounding area

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Hi all

Has anyone come across the GALE Family at Thrushelton (and the surrounding parishes of Bridestowe, Marystowe and Bratton Clovelly?)

I am trying to find out  more about my 3rd Gt Grandmother, Ann GALE and her family. Ann was born at Thrushelton. She was baptised there in 1795, a daughter of Edward and Alice GALE nee BLATCHFORD.

Thanks!

Graham

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I hope you get this; I am descended from a lady named Ann Gale. She was my great-great-great-grandmother; in 1826 she appeared at the church in Bratton on Clovelly with her son Richard Gale. He was then baptised. She appears again on the 1841 Bratton census. Richard Gale on later papers stated his father was Richard Gale. There is a Richard Gale on the 1841 Bratton census. I suspect Ann was the Ann Gale born in Bridstow, but I have no way to prove that. If you get this and are interested, maybe we can piece something togethe.

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[criochtun]

Hi!

I too am descended from Ann Gale who had a child by Richard Gale in Bratton Clovelly. Only recently I cam across information that may prove her link to Edward Gale and Alice Blatchford in Thrushelton. They had a child named "Maria" in 1803 who died that same year. I notice that Ann Gale's other child is called MARIA Newton - perhaps after her deceased sister? It's a long shot, but may link the Ann Gale of Bratton Clovelly to the Ann Gale of Thrushelton...

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Hello, thank you for your note. It has been established that Ann Gale was the daughter of Edward Gale & Alice Blatchford. Ann died in Plymouth 26.09.1826. The son Richard went to Plymouth and married Elizabeth Martin. One of their children (Richard Henry Gale) was my great-grandfather. I have a bit of info on the family. I hope we can keep in contact and exchange whatever info we have.

[criochtun]

Hi,

I think we may have been in touch a long time ago, but not on this forum! Are you descended from the branch that went to Scotland?

I have one problem with the information - my Ann Gale (mother of Richard Gale) was still alive in the 1841 Census. In fact, she gave birth to Richard around 1826, but in Bratton Clovelly, so she couldn't have died in Plymouth that year.

Did you have documentary evidence to establish her as the daughter of Edward and Alice? All my own research has only turned up circumstantial evidence...

Yours,

Ross.

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sorry the date of death was 17.6.1865. Yes I am descended from the Scottish branch. On her death record I think the name was Galle. I have to check; I believe her death record mentioned her parents' names.

[criochtun]

A bit of a breakthrough on the Gale side!

I received a copy of Ann Gale's burial record from Plymouth's Ford Park Cemetery: She was buried on 17 June 1860, aged 65 - likely then, that she was the Ann born to Edward and Alice in Thrushelton in 1795. Moreover, it gives her last address as Morley Place, Plymouth. Her son Richard gave this as his address on his marriage certificate. On the 1841 Census, Ann appears at that address with her daughter Maria. Her occupation is given as Laundress. Her birthplace is given as "Grisseton" (perhaps "Greystone" or even "Thrushelton") while Maria's is given as Braton (sic). This confirms the identity of Ann Gale/Gill and we know for sure she was buried in a common grave in Ford Park Cemetery.

For those of you interested in Richard Gale (Sr.), I cam across the following: A Richard Gale was born in Thrushelton in 1794, the son of Henry Gale and Elizabeth Blatchford. This would mean that Ann and Richard were doubly related! Henry and Elizabeth married in Thrushelton in 1792, and Henry was the son of Roger Gale and Ruth Piper (m.1768, Thrushelton). Henry was born 1773, Thrushelton.

Interestingly, Elizabeth (Blatchford) Gale was buried in Thrushelton, but her place of death is given as Buckland Monachorum. She died in 1846, and the 1841 Census shows her living with her daughter Mary, and her husband Simon Lethbridge, in Winsbeer Cottages. The daughter's place of birth in future censuses is given as Thrushelton. This then is likely to be the Elizabeth Gale who was the mother of our Richard. Amazingly, although she died in Buckland Monachorum, she was taken back to Thrushelton for burial. Thrushelton is obviously an important place for the Gales/Blatchfords...

Ross.