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George Lang VOGWELL
1848 - 1914 (~ 66 years)
Has 8 ancestors and 10 descendants in this family tree.
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Name George Lang VOGWELL Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Born Sep Q 1848 Peter Tavy, Devon, England 
- From the 1851 census where shown as aged 2
GRO ref: VOGWILL, George Lang q3 1848 Tavistock RD 9 461; GRO online index shows mother's maiden name as LANG
Gender Male Occupation 1871 Peter Tavy, Devon, England Farm servant (indoor) - Living at Langford House, the home of retired farmer James Parsons Crossing. Relationship to head of household shown as servant, but it's not clear what farm work there would have been there.
Residence From 1881 to 1911 Shula Cottage, Peter Tavy, Devon, England - With his wife and daughter Hannah M. (1881); with wife and 3 children (John, Bessie and Thomas) in 1891; with wife and 4 children (Hannah, Bessie, Thomas and Harold) in 1901; with wife and son Harold in 1911.
The 1911 census shows that Shula Cottage had 8 rooms
Photo at the PWDR0 - info
Occupation From 1881 to 1914 Peter Tavy, Devon, England Mason / House builder - Recorded as a "wall mason" in 1881 and 1891, the 1901 census showed him as as stone mason and as an employer.
Although shown as a house builder in 1911 and a builder when he died in 1914 (in the probate calendar entry) his wife was shown as "Stone & Marble Mason" later that same year, presumably having taken over the running of the business.
Died 27 Jan 1914 Tavistock Reg Dist, Devon or Cornwall, England - Date from probate calendar entry, and from gravestone, which also shows wife as Elizabeth Job and aged 65
GRO ref: Vogwill, George L q1 1914 aged 65 Tavistock RD 5b 541; GRO online index shows middle name as Lang
Probate 6 Mar 1914 Exeter, Devon, England Calendar entry - Vogwill George Lang of Petertavy Devonshire builder died 27 January 1914 Probate Exeter 6 March to Elizabeth Job Vogwill widow. Effects £930 18s. 8d.
Buried St. Peter’s Church, Peter Tavy, Devon, England Siblings2 brothers and 4 sisters Patriarch & Matriarch 
William VOGWELL, b. Est 1720, d. Nov 1789, Whitchurch, Devon, England (Age ~ 69 years) (2 x Great Grandfather) 
Hannah LANG, b. Abt 1813, Milton Abbot, Devon, England, d. 6 Jul 1856, Tavistock Reg Dist, Devon or Cornwall, England (Age ~ 43 years) (Mother) Person ID I10199 All Last Modified 27 Jul 2024
Father George VOGWELL, b. 1815, Peter Tavy, Devon, England , d. 23 Apr 1866, Tavistock Reg Dist, Devon or Cornwall, England (Age 51 years) Mother Hannah LANG, b. Abt 1813, Milton Abbot, Devon, England , d. 6 Jul 1856, Tavistock Reg Dist, Devon or Cornwall, England (Age ~ 43 years) Married Sep Q 1841 Stoke Damerel Reg Dist, Devon, England - GRO ref: Vogwill, George; Lang, Hannah q3 1841 Stoke D RD 9 474
From "The Book of Peter Tavy ...", p 51 - they had 7 children, 4 of whom stayed in Peter Tavy
Family ID F4854 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family Elizabeth Job WRIGHT, b. Abt 1853, Peter Tavy, Devon, England , d. 7 Feb 1946, Tavistock Reg Dist, Devon or Cornwall, England (Age ~ 93 years) Married Jun Q 1879 Tavistock Reg Dist, Devon or Cornwall, England - GRO ref: Vogwill, George Lang; Wright, Elizabeth Job q2 1879 Tavistock RD 5b 655
The 1911 census confirms that George and Elizabeth had had 6 children.
Children6 children Last Modified 12 Oct 2012 Family ID F4855 Family Group Page | Family Chart
- From the 1851 census where shown as aged 2