Alfred James VOGWELL

Abt 1861 - 1864  (~ 2 years)

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• Name	Alfred James VOGWELL
  Relationship	with Teresa Ann GOATHAM
  Born	Abt Jan 1861	Linkinhorne, Cornwall, England
  	Shown as James, aged 2 months, at the time of the 1861 census GRO ref: VOGWILL, Alfred James q2 1861 Liskeard RD 5c 58; GRO online index shows mother's maiden name as Bailey
  Baptised	25 Jun 1861	Primitive Methodist Chapel, Linkinhorne, Cornwall, England
  	From Cornwall OPC database Shows Alfred James VOGWILL, son of Henry and Betsey, residence Cheesewring Railway, father a miner. The baptism is shown as being in Linkinhorne - but it was a large parish. The GENUKI page for Linkinhorne Parish shows that there were 2 Primitive Methodist Chapels in the parish - one at Minions [Cheesewring Railway], the other at Henwood. Since all references to the family in Linkinhorne show that they were living at Cheesewring Railway it might seem probable that the baptism was at the Cheesewring Railway Chapel - except that it wasn't built until 1864. There may have been a congregation meeting there before the chapel was built, so it could have been wherever they met, or else was probably in Henwood, less than 2 miles north of Cheesewring Railway.
  Gender	Male
  Died	Dec Q 1864	Liskeard Reg Dist, Cornwall, England
  	GRO ref: Vogwill, Alfred James q4 1864 Liskeard RD 5c 46; GRO online index shows age at death as 3
  Siblings	6 brothers and 1 sister
  1. John Henry VOGWELL,   b. Jun Q 1857, Whitchurch, Devon, England ,   d. 9 Apr 1902, Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois, USA  (Age ~ 45 years) ▻ Anna RAGG;   Kate EATON + 2. William VOGWELL,   b. 11 Feb 1859, Whitchurch, Devon, England ,   d. 17 Jan 1933, Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois, USA  (Age 73 years) ▻ Martha EATON   3. Alfred James VOGWELL,   b. Abt Jan 1861, Linkinhorne, Cornwall, England ,   d. Dec Q 1864, Liskeard Reg Dist, Cornwall, England  (Age ~ 2 years)   4. Eleazar VOGWELL,   b. Mar Q 1863, Linkinhorne, Cornwall, England ,   d. Jun Q 1864, Liskeard Reg Dist, Cornwall, England  (Age ~ 1 years)   5. Elizabeth Jane VOGWELL,   b. Mar Q 1864, Linkinhorne, Cornwall, England ,   d. Yes, date unknown + 6. James Frederick VOGWELL,   b. 18 Jan 1865, Linkinhorne, Cornwall, England ,   d. 29 Sep 1941, 2 Welfare Crescent, South Hetton, Co. Durham, England  (Age 76 years) ▻ Ann PATTERSON,  m. 9 Aug 1884 7. Thomas VOGWELL,   b. Mar Q 1867, Linkinhorne, Cornwall, England ,   d. Sep Q 1905, Easington Reg Dist, Co. Durham, England  (Age ~ 38 years) ▻ Harriett Ellen TONKIN,  m. Sep Q 1896   8. Eleazar VOGWELL,   b. Jun Q 1869, Pickering Reg Dist, Yorkshire, England ,   d. Jun Q 1869, Pickering Reg Dist, Yorkshire, England  (Age ~ 0 years)
  Half-siblings	5 half brothers (family of Henry VOGWELL and Jane PELLEW)
  1. George VOGWELL,   b. Sep Q 1838, Launceston Reg Dist, Cornwall, England ,   d. Yes, date unknown + 2. Henry VOGWELL,   b. Dec Q 1840, Whitchurch, Devon, England ,   d. 2 Dec 1905, Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois, USA  (Age ~ 65 years) ▻ Susan WILLEY,  m. 26 Apr 1863 ;   Sophia Elizabeth WILLIAMS,  m. 23 Sep 1874 + 3. George VOGWILL,   b. Mar Q 1843, Sydenham Damerel, Devon, England ,   d. Mar Q 1894, Tavistock Reg Dist, Devon or Cornwall, England  (Age ~ 51 years) ▻ Susanna BUCKINGHAM,  m. 1 Sep 1864 + 4. Emmanuel VOGWELL,   b. 1845, Stoke Climsland, Cornwall, England ,   d. Jun Q 1877, Houghton Le Spring Reg Dist, Co. Durham, England  (Age 32 years) ▻ Johanna PIPER,  m. Jun Q 1869   5. Josiah VOGWELL,   b. Jun Q 1847, Launceston Reg Dist, Cornwall, England ,   d. Jun Q 1850, East Stonehouse Reg Dist, Devon, England  (Age ~ 3 years)
  Origins
  Patriarch & Matriarch	William VOGWELL,   b. Est 1720,   d. Nov 1789, Whitchurch, Devon, England  (Age ~ 69 years)  (2 x Great Grandfather)  Anne,   d. Yes, date unknown  (5 x Great Grandmother)
  Person ID	I1029	All
  Last Modified	15 Apr 2023

  
  

  Father	Henry VOGWELL,   b. Abt 1817, Kingsteignton, Devon, England ,   d. Sep Q 1890, Tynemouth Reg Dist, Northumberland, England  (Age ~ 73 years) Other Partners: Jane PELLEW  m. 28 Jun 1838;   Jane WEDLAKE  m. Jun Q 1850
  Mother	Betsey BAILEY,   b. Abt 1826, Whitchurch, Devon, England ,   d. Sep Q 1908, Easington Reg Dist, Co. Durham, England  (Age ~ 82 years)
  Married	Assuming Henry became a widower for a second time before marrying Betsey, then they must have married between the 1851 and the 1861 censuses. Not only can no such marriage be found but Marian Warriner's notes record that Bessie had 4 children who were adopted by Henry: Thomas, James, John and William. However, the sons of these names appearing in the census returns were clearly registered as Vogwills when born, not as Baileys, and for the last 2 at least the births were after the censuses show that Henry and Betsey were living together as a married couple. But maybe Henry and Betsey had not married and so legally the sons were not his? Formal adoption did not exist at this time but Henry may have informally have adopted his own sons by registering them with himself shown as father. (The four named as being adopted were children 1,2,6 and 7 of the 8 Henry and Betsey appear to have had together; the other 4 all died in infancy) The daughter, Kathryn, of one of those said to be adopted, William, said  her father used to say he was one of thirteen sons by two wives - it is hard to imagine he would have said this is he was adopted and not a biological son of Henry. Since no death has been found for Henry's 2nd wife, Jane nee Wedlake, perhaps he did not marry Betsey because he was already married? [1]
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  [S165] Vogwill info from Emily (Vogwill) Warriner via Marian Raynham, Marian Ray, p. 3, 4 (Reliability: 3). Mentions 4 sons of Bessie being adopted by Henry and William's claim to be one of 13 sons.