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Steve and Pauline Jones’ Family History
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you won’t know where you are going.
You have to study your history. Gil Scott-Heron
Census transcript for Edwin Chapple (1825-1894) and family
1851
:
Lyme
Street,
Axminster,
Devon.
Lucretia
Chapple
(head,
widow)
age
60,
born
Muckleford
Dorset
occ
Grocer.
Sarah
Chapple
(dtr)
age
45,
born
Axminster
Devon
occ
Assistant
in
shop.
Thomas
Chapple
(son)
age
34,
born
Axminster
Devon
occ
Butter
factor
in
shop.
Edwin
Chapple
(son)
age
30,
born
Axminster
Devon
occ
Clerk
at
bank.
Charlotte
Chapple
(dtr)
age
20,
born
Axminster
Devon
occ
Domestic.
Elizabeth
Somers
(servant)
age
19, born Membury Devon occ Servant.
NA ref HO107/1862/210-211 pages 25-26
.
1861
:
Lyme
Street,
Axminster,
Devon.
Lucretia
Chapple
(head,
widow)
age
73,
born
Toller
Dorset
occ
Grocer.
Sarah
Chapple
(dtr)
age
45,
born
Axminster
Devon.
Thomas
Chapple
(son)
age
43,
born
Axminster
Devon
occ
Factor.
Edwin
Chapple
(son)
age
31,
born
Axminster
Devon
occ
House
servant.
NA
ref
RG9/1371/7-8
pages
8-9
sch 40
.
1871
:
Trinity
Square,
Axminster,
Devon.
Edwin
Chapple
(head)
age
40,
born
Axminster
Devon
occ
Bank
Manager.
Sarah
Chapple
(wife)
age
32,
born
Bridport
Dorset
occ
Landowner.
William
E.
P.
Chapple
(son)
age
7,
born
Axminster
Devon.
Charlotte
E.
Chapple
(dtr)
age
5,
born
Axminster
Devon.
Julia
E.
Chapple
(dtr)
age
2,
born Axminster Devon.
NA ref RG10/2033/31 page 54 sch 268
.
1881
:
"The
Shrubbery"
Western
Road,
Axminster.
Edwin
Chapple
(head)
age
52,
born
Axminster
Devon
occ
Bank
Manager.
S.
A.
Chapple
(wife)
age
42,
born
Axminster
Devon.
W.
E.
P.
Chapple
(son)
age
16,
born
Axminster
Devon.
C.
E.
Chapple
(dtr)
age
13,
born
Axminster
Devon.
E.
Chapple
(dtr)
age
12,
born
Axminster
Devon.
Sarah
Apsey
(servant)
age
18,
born
Chardstock
Dorset
occ
Servant.
Susan
Sibley
(servant)
age
18,
born
Milverton Somerset occ Servant.
NA ref RG11/2127/11 page 16 sch 89
.
1891
:
"The
Shrubbery"
Western
Road,
Axminster.
Edwin
Chapple
(head)
age
58,
born
Axminster
Devon
occ
Bank
Manager.
Sarah
Ann
Chapple
(wife)
age
50,
born
Symondsbury
Dorset.
Charlotte
Edwina
Chapple
(dtr)
age
22,
born
Axminster
Devon.
Julia
Elizabeth
Chapple
(dtr)
age
21,
born
Axminster
Devon.
P.
Raffle
(servant)
age
22,
born
Milverton
Somerset
occ
Cook
(domestic).
Ellen
Davis
(Servant)
age
20,
born
Symondsbury
Dorset
occ housemaid.
NA ref RG12/1667/14 pages 19-20
.
1901
:
Western
Road,
Axminster,
Devon.
William
E.
P.
Chapple
(head)
age
37,
born
Axminster
Devon
occ
Solicitor.
Charlotte
E.
Chapple
(sister)
age
35,
born
Axminster
Devon
occ
Living
on
own
means.
Julia
E.
Chapple
(sister)
age
32,
born
Axminster
Devon
occ
Living
on
own
means.
Laura
A.
Farmer
(servant)
age
25,
born
Axminster
Devon
occ
Housemaid.
Mary
Pomeroy
(servant),
age
35,
born
Alfington
near
Ottery
Devon
occ
Cook.
NA ref RG13/2017/5 page 2.
1911
:
“The
Shrubbery”,
Western
Road,
Axminster,
Devon.
William
Edwin
Pitfield
Chapple
(head,
single)
born
The
Village
of
Axminster
[sic]
occ
Lawyer.
Charlotte
Edwina
Chapple
(sister,
single)
born
The
Village
of
Axminster.
Julia
Elizabeth
Chapple
(sister,
single)
born
The
Village
of
Axminster.
Cassie
Palmer
(servant)
age
21,
born
Salisbury
Wiltshire.
Phyllis
Smith
(servant)
age
17,
born
Colyton
Devon.
NA
ref
RG14
PN12508
RD268
SD2
ED8
Sch223
.
William
entered
his
and
his
sisters'
ages
as
"10
years
older
than
last
time".
He
also
declared
the
house
had
"6
rooms
and
3
water
closets".
It
seems
that
William
was
not
inclined
take
the
census
as
seriously
as
the
authorities expected!