George TIPPETT or BENNETT...confusion over names

[judefw]

I've wondered similar things Marg...though that seems a bit grand for a humble bootmaker.
However...now it gets even more complicated!!...George Tippett's son who was registered as John Henry Tippett Bennett married a Florence Luscombe. I have traced her family back. Her father was Moses William Luscombe...and her mother Mary Hannah Bennett...and low and behold Mary Hannah's father is a John Bennett and his parents were Henry Bennett and Harriet Tippett! These are a family of boot and shoe makers with names such as Cyrus appearing in lists of children. This all ties in nicely except for the fact that throughout all the census entries George Tippett maintained the Tippett surname and always said that he was born in Devonport. The Tippett Bennett family of bootmakers are from Kenwyn Truro! I'm pretty sure there must be a connection but I just can't find the missing link!

It's like getting to the end of a jigsaw and finding a piece missing...very frustrating!
Any ideas are more than welcome
Jude

[MargP]

Hi Jude

Have you found any Will's for the earlier Tibbett's and  Bennett's this is what I am doing to piece together the earlier part's of my tree and I think that Boot Maker's were a bit more upper class in those day's compared to say a Farm Labour

Margp

[ScouseBoy]

Why dont you do a surname geographical distribution search  on the 1881  census year?

Search for a double barrelled Tippett-Bennett, then 2.  Tippett,,  then thirdly   Bennett.

[judefw]

Thanks for the idea Scouse Boy...but I know where George and Mary Ann were in 1881. They were in Malta ...he was in the Royal Engineers. His son Cyrus George was born there and they returned to Plymouth in 1885. I have his army records which confirm all this.
Unfortunately these records don't tell me anything about his origins other than that they say he was born in Stoke Damerel in 1854 and that he was called Tippett or Tippitt.

[judefw]

I'll have a go at tracing some wills Marg. I hadn't thought of that...but why do I get a  suspicion that he will be cut out of any wills?
Still waiting for the marriage certificate...hope it comes soon!
Jude

[judefw]

  Well the marriage certificate has arrived....and I'm still none the wiser!

My great great grandfather George Tippit married Mary Howard in 1877 ...registry office so I think there is some non-conformist element here too. His army entry crossed off c.ofe. and put a non-conformist church instead.
George lived in 24 Looe St Plymouth (but wasn't there in 71 or 81 as far as I can see) and Mary in 7 Looe St Plymouth...again not in 71 or 81.
His father is another George Tippit...shoemaker
Her father is William Howard...carpenter.
The witnesses are Elizabeth Shephard and Celia Gomer or Gorner or something similar.
I'm having no luch so far with wills.

Any other ideas would be more than welcome!
Thanks
Judith

[fizzix]

Hi

There is a tree on A**y for this family which suggests this on the 1871

RG10/2123
5 St Andrews St Plymouth

William Howard Head 50 Carpenter Sandford, Devon
Caroline Howard        50 b. Totnes
George   19  Mason b. Kinsteignton, Devon
Mary      14 Shop Girl  Torquay
Jane        7   Plymouth
Anne       1   Plymouth

The same family is on the 1861, mistranscribed as Heward
RG9/1444

Can I also say that although George claims to be born Devonport, that doesn't mean anything, he was too young to remember at the time.

One of mine thought he was born in Kent, but he wasn't that was his brother, he was born in Wales!
So you could be right about the Cornwall connection, but I can't pin him down there either.

Good luck
Jacqui

[judefw]

Hi Jacqui,

Thanks again for your interest. That's probably my tree you found on the website as I had traced these Howards as the most likely to be the family of Mary. Was hoping to find a link there but nothing much came up other than shoemakers in the wife's family.
Back to the drawing board!
Judith

[julesmom]

I am also researching the Tippett family from Cornwall, England. My gr gr Grandmother Bessie Andrew Tippett (born Oct 1873) and her dad was a George Tippett...I don't know if this would be the same George or not....

Any thoughts?