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William VOGWELL
1859 - 1933 (73 years)
Has 45 ancestors and 14 descendants in this family tree.
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Name William VOGWELL Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Born 11 Feb 1859 Whitchurch, Devon, England 
- (birthplace shown as Tavistock in 1861 Census)
GRO ref: Vogwill, William q1 1859 Tavistock RD 5b 362
Baptised 25 Jun 1861 Primitive Methodist Chapel, Linkinhorne, Cornwall, England - From Cornwall OPC database
Shows William 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 Occupation 1871 Cramlington, Northumberland, England Driver - presumably in the mines
Died 17 Jan 1933 Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois, USA Siblings6 brothers and 1 sister Half-siblings5 half brothers (family of Henry VOGWELL and Jane PELLEW) 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 I1033 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 1850Mother 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]
Family ID F787 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family Martha EATON, b. 18 Mar 1863, d. Jun 1915 (Age 52 years) Children4 children Last Modified 12 Aug 2013 Family ID F5844 Family Group Page | Family Chart
- (birthplace shown as Tavistock in 1861 Census)
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Born - 11 Feb 1859 - Whitchurch, Devon, England 
Occupation - Driver - 1871 - Cramlington, Northumberland, England 
Child - Betsey Bailey VOGWELL - Nov 1891 - Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois, USA Child - Kathryn Frances ("Kate") VOGWELL - Nov 1895 - Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois, USA Child - William Henry VOGWELL - Mar 1900 - Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois, USA Child - Thomas George VOGWELL - Jan 1904 - Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois, USA Died - 17 Jan 1933 - Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois, USA = Link to Google Earth (if installed; see link below to install) Pin Legend 
Sources - [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.