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Chris :)

(who are Witnesses on Marriage?)

Birth
TOWNSEND, SUSAN ANN (BRIMMACOM)
GRO Reference: 1865 D Quarter in TAVISTOCK Volume 05B Page 372


Marriages Dec 1864 (>99%)
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BRIMMACOMBE Elizabeth Tavistock 5b 650
Townsend William Tavistock 5b 650

Thanks Chris, I saw these before, but couldn't put it together. A relative has the baptisms and marriage for Annie to Simon Moore Wilton. I believe "William" her admitted father was labelled "labourer" ..not helpful. So Annie could be Susan A ..do you think, if the districts match all admissions..
We think she was pregnant when marrying, so could have lied about her age, saying 21. Presumably then one didn't need father's permission.??

Interesting Chris! This is that William in 1881.


1881 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
Tilridge Cott, Marystow, Tavistock, Devon, England


First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Gender Age Birth year Occupation Birth place
James Townsend Head Widower Male 71 1810 Quarryman (Stone) Stowford, Devon, England
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William Townsend Son Widower Male 42 1839 Quarryman (Stone) Stowford, Devon, England
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Susan A Townsend Grand Daughter Single Female 15 1866 Housekeeper Devon, England
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Bessie J Townsend Grand Daughter Single Female 13 1868 - Devon, England


and 1871 minus William. Samsend is Thomazin on the 1841.



1871 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
Splats, Milton Abbot, Tavistock, Devon, England

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Household Members
First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Gender Age Birth year Occupation Birth place
James Tonsend Head - Male 60 1811 - Devon, England
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Susan Tonsend Wife - Female 73 1798 - Devon, England
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Samsend Tonsend Daughter - Female 30 1841 - Devon, England
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Susan Tonsend Granddaughter - Female 5 1866 - Devon, England
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Bessie Tonsend Granddaughter - Female 4 1867 - Devon, England

No idea of things!, but as Annie Cousins has Launceston on 1901, saw below...

Chris :)

William Townsend Lodger (Widower) Male 31 1840 - Devon (Stowford) England (Quarryman)
Street Port Lane
Parish North Hill
Registration district Launceston
Archive reference RG10
Piece number 2226
Folio 26
Page 12

(need details for William from 1883 Marriage)


24 July 1908 - Western Times - Exeter, Devon, England

FOUND DEAD.
...that early on Thursday morning deceased complained that he did not feel well, but afterwards appeared to be all right. Simon M. Wilton, a fellow lodger, gave deceased a bottle of spirit, and this he drank. Wilton told the jury that he did not know what the bottle he gave deceased contained, and he did not know where he got it from, as he was drunk the night before. It might have been poison for all he knew.
Another lodger said the bottle contained whisky.
Dr. Scrass who made a post mortem examination said he was able to trace acute alcoholic poisoning. At the request of the jury the Coroner severely censured Wilton, and told him he would probably find himself in a serious position if he was not more careful about what he gave people.

(relating to inquest on Joe Clark, a hawker who was found dead at the Jolly Sailor lodging house.)

Think this may be Edward Thomas Cousins? There is another one born in London at the same time.



England & Wales marriages 1837-2005 Transcription

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First name(s) EDWARD T
Last name COUSINS
Marriage quarter 4
Marriage year 1932
Registration month -
MarriageFinder™ EDWARD T COUSINS married
Mary E Jaques
Spouse's last name Jaques
District Bristol
District number -
County Gloucestershire
Country England
Volume 6A
Page 57



Cousins Household (4 People) 45 Mortimer Road , Sodbury R.D., Gloucestershire, England

First name(s) Last name(s) DOB Sex Occupation Marital status Schedule Schedule Sub Number
Edward T Cousins 04 Nov 1902 Male Aero Engine Inspector Married 294 1
Mary E Cousins 24 Aug 1907 Female Domestic Duties Married 294 2




England & Wales deaths 1837-2007 Transcription
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First name(s) EDWARD THOMAS
Last name COUSINS
Gender Male
Birth day 4
Birth month 11
Birth year 1902
Age -
Death quarter 1
Death year 1970
District Weston-Super-Mare
County Somerset
Volume 7C
Page 1576

The Joseph Wilton burial looks like Simons father, as Simon lived with him on one census, 1891 or 1901 I forget
and Joseph Moore Wilton baptism is Annie Townsend /Wilton child
Marriage cert details I will ask about.. Annie says she was 21 but she could have lied as she was probably pregnant at the time. Marriage date 20th December 1883.
Her father William labourer. Address or both Pipe Well Street, Callington, Cornwall
Simons age 25.
Simon and his father were both born Callington.
Thanks

thank you do much.....I couldn't do this myself..
I can confirm what you have for Leonard Moore Wilton.
Annie's seems to have her age wrong, or lied, as did her daughter Annie. Family trait?
I'm not so sure about the baptism for Annie Townsend ..saw this Meredith myself, but she SAYS her father was William.

This enquiry came after a family visit to my mum in law..this is her family, so she holds some certificates including the Simon Wilton marriage.
She will be amazed, but not surprised, at the extra child.

The summary was most helpful, it was quite hard to follow, so was needed. Thanks everyone! You worked so hard.

Below look to relate...

Chris :)

Burial
County Cornwall
Place Liskeard
Church name St Martin
Register type Parish Register
Register entry number 1611
Burial date 23 Jul 1909
Person age 77
Burial person forename Joseph Moore
Burial person surname WILTON
Burial person abode Union Infirmary

https://www.freereg.org.uk/


Baptism
Day Month 06-Mar
Year 1888
Parish Or Reg District Penzance, St. Paul
Forename Joseph Moore
Surname WILTON
Sex
Father Forename Simon
Mother Forename Annie
Residence Reservoir Court
Father Rank Profession hawker

http://www.cornwall-opc-database.org/search-database/


(what other details are on the 1883 Marriage Cert.?)

I wonder if this is Edward in 1911 .............

1911 Census

Name: Edward Cousins
Age in 1911: 42
Estimated birth year: abt 1869
Relation to Head: Head
Gender: Male
Birth Place: Plymouth, Devon
Civil Parish: Plymouth

County/Island: Devon
Country: England
Street address: 4 Henry Street, Plymouth
Marital Status: Widowed <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
Occupation: Labourer Coal Porter
Registration district: Plymouth
Registration District Number: 276
Sub-registration district: Plymouth South West
ED, institution, or vessel: 8
Household schedule number: 324
Piece: 12984

Edward Cousins 42

Ellen Spriggs 20
James Spriggs 1


Transcript shows Edward and the Spriggs together. They live at the same address but are separate households. Edward has 1 room

To sum up .................

Annie Townsend married Simon Moore Wilton in Liskeard, Cornwall 1883.

Children born, some at least in the Workhouse in 1891
Simon living apart from Annie in 1891
Annie not found in 1891

In 1901, Annie is living with Edward T Cousins, with several more children, and the Wilton children living under surname Cousins

Marriage not found for Annie and Edward

1911 Census, neither Annie nor Edward found.
Daughters Kathleen and Beatrice Cousins now under Wilton and working as servants
Edward Cousins in a residential school for poor children.
Violet Cousins not found (??? possibly as Vilote Wilton, see below) but marries as Violet May Wilton in 1921
Leonard Wilton was Cousins in 1901 and back to Cousins in 1911 when in military in Malta.

Asumption ........... Annie and / or Edward died between 1901 and 1911 and family was scattered. OR Annie left Edward. OR?????


so Annie Townsend became Annie Wilton became Annie Cousins became ????? Wilton again??????


Possible sighting of Violet May in 1911

Name: Vilote Wilton
Age in 1911: 11
Estimated birth year: abt 1900
Relation to Head: Boarder
Gender: Female
Civil Parish: Olveston
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County/Island: Gloucestershire
Country: England
Street address: Tailors Town, Elberton Rd, Olveston Nr Tockington, Glos
Occupation: school
Registration district: Thornbury
Registration District Number: 321
Sub-registration district: Almondsbury
ED, institution, or vessel: 7
Household schedule number: 16
Piece: 15152

William Neate 70 Labourer
Ada Neate 31 Daughter, Dressmaker
Vilote Wilton 11
Maud Gregory 10 Boarder

????????????

right area, age ??? wrong age

Deaths Dec 1904 (>99%)
COUSINS Annie 39 Bristol 6a 19

??????


1911 Census

Name: Beatrice Irene Wilton
Age in 1911: 14
Estimated birth year: abt 1897
Relation to Head: Servant
Gender: Female
Birth Place: Plymouth, Devon
Civil Parish: Devonport
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County/Island: Devon
Country: England
Street address: 83 Wilton St, Devonport
Registration district: Devonport
Registration District Number: 278
Sub-registration district: Stoke
ED, institution, or vessel: 18
Household schedule number: 519
Piece: 13045

Percy Victor Tyrer 33
Caroline Eliza Tyrer 68
Beatrice Irene Wilton 14

????????

1911 Census

Name: Kathleen Wilton
Age in 1911: 14
Estimated birth year: abt 1897
Relation to Head: Servant
Gender: Female
Birth Place: Devon
Civil Parish: Bath
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County/Island: Somerset
Country: England
Street address: 15 Shakespeare Avenue, Wellsway, Bath
Marital Status: Single
Occupation: servant
Registration district: Bath
Registration District Number: 316
Sub-registration district: Lyncombe
ED, institution, or vessel: 10
Household schedule number: 65
Piece: 14699

Richard H Babbage 47 Tailor
Mary Babbage 45
John Babbage 17
Violet Babbage 6
Ada Babbage 4
Gwendoline Babbage 1
William Howland 46
Kathleen Wilton 14 General Servant

They MAY have changed their name back to Wilton

A Family Tree on ancestry has Violet May Cousins marrying Albert Edward Wheeler 3 Sept 1921. Thye have the following as evidence ......

England, Select Marriages, 1538–1973
V
Name Violet May Wilton
Gender Female
Age 22
Birth Date 1899
Marriage Date 03 Sep 1921
Marriage Place Bedminster, Somerset, England
Father Henry Edward Wilton
Spouse Albert Edward Wheeler
FHL Film Number 1999931
Reference ID Item 5 p 20

Violet May Wilton
Henry Edward Wilton
Albert Edward Wheeler
William Henry Wheeler

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Edward Thomas in 1911 (from FMP)

1911 Census

First name(s) Edward Thomas
Last name Cousins
Relationship Scholar Inmate
Sex Male
Occupation -
Age 8
Birth year 1903
Birth place Not Known
Address Ashford Middlesex
Parish Ashford
County Middlesex
Country England
Archive reference RG14
Registration district Staines
Registration district number 126
Enumeration district 18
District number 18
Sub district Sunbury
Sub district number 1
Census reference RG14PN6742 RG78PN335 RD126 SD1 ED18 SN1
RG78 code number 335
Piece number 6742
Folio -
Page -
Other household member first name(s) -
Other household member last name -
Record set 1911 Census For England & Wales
Category Census, Land & Surveys
Subcategory Census
Collections from United Kingdom, England



This is ancestry's version :-D It IS Edward Thos Cousins on the image


1911 England Census

Name: Edward Hur Cassius
Age in 1911: 8
Estimated birth year: abt 1903
Relation to Head: Scholar Inmate (Scholar)
Gender: Male
Civil Parish: Ashford
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County/Island: Middlesex
Country: England
Registration district: Staines
Registration District Number: 126
Sub-registration district: Sunbury
ED, institution, or vessel: 18
Piece: 6742

Address:- West London District School

Apparently there were 439 boys and 351 girls at the school

???????

UK, Outward Passenger Lists, 1890-1960

Name: Thomas Edward Cousins
Gender: Male
Age: 20
Birth Date: abt 1903
Departure Date: 7 Jun 1923
Port of Departure: London, England
Destination Port: Melbourne, Australia
Ship Name: Berrima
Search Ship Database: Search for the Berrima in the 'Passenger Ships and Images' database
Shipping line: P & O Branch Service
Official Number: 135332
Master: Captain E M Hussey-Cooper

from image:-
Last Address in UK:- 58 St Annes Road, Notting Hill N.W.
Occupation:- Engineer
Intends to settle in Australia

COUSINS, KATHLEEN mmn TOWNSEND
GRO Reference: 1898 S Quarter in BRISTOL Volume 06A Page 6

COUSINS, VIOLET MAY mmn TOWNSEND
GRO Reference: 1900 S Quarter in EXETER Volume 05B Page 64


plus another child?

COUSINS, EDWARD THOMAS mmn TOWNSEND
GRO Reference: 1902 D Quarter in BRISTOL Volume 06A Page 128

Well that certainly seems to be Annie in 1901 but I can't find any of them in 1911.

??


British Army Service Records 1760-1915 Transcription

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First name(s) Leonard
Last name Cousins
Birth year 1888
Birth parish Liskeard
Birth town Liskeard
Birth county Cornwall
Birth country England
Service number 4682
Regiment -
Year 1905
Attestation date 06 May 1905
Attestation age years 17
Attestation age months 9
Attestation service number 4682
Attestation corps 4th Battalion Devonshire Regiment
Document type Attestation

COUSINS, BEATRICE TOWNSEND Order
GRO Reference: 1896 M Quarter in EXETER Volume 05B Page 67 Order

COUSINS, ELIZABETH TOWNSEND Order
GRO Reference: 1894 M Quarter in PLYMOUTH Volume 05B Page 281 Order

COUSINS, ELLEN TOWNSEND Order
GRO Reference: 1892 M Quarter in EXETER Volume 05B Page 93