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John TARR
1853 - 1926 (~ 73 years)
Has 43 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.
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Name John TARR Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Born Dec Q 1853 Dawlish, Devon, England 
- From the 1861 census where shown as aged 7
GRO ref: TARR, John q4 1853 Newton A. RD 5b 105; GRO online index shows mother's maiden name as Gestham
Gender Male Occupation 1871 Ag lab - Living with his parents in Middlewood so presumably working near there
Occupation 1911 Menabilly Gardens, Par Station, Cornwall, England Head gardener at Menabilly Gardens - Menabilly House was the home of the Rashleigh family for several hundred years.
Jonathan Rashleigh, who died in 1905, had done a lot to improve and extend the gardens and grounds surrounding the house. He planted many trees including pines, cedars, eucalyptuses and beeches. He also planted rhododendrons, bamboos and hydrangeas. This is what John Tarr would have been responsible for looking after. However, in his time the owner was John Rashleigh, grandson of Jonathan; he rarely lived at Menabilly which fell into decay.
Later (some years after John Tarr had died) Daphne du Maurier leased the house and Manderley in Rebecca is largely based on Menabilly.
Died Sep Q 1926 St. Austell Reg Dist, Cornwall, England - GRO ref: Tarr, John aged 73 q3 1926 St.Austell RD 5c 90
Siblings5 brothers and 7 sisters Patriarch & Matriarch 
John TARR, b. Abt 1822, Kenton, Devon, England, d. Jun Q 1900, Newton Abbot Reg Dist, Devon, England (Age ~ 78 years) (Father) 
Elizabeth OLIVER, d. Yes, date unknown (Great Grandmother)Person ID I13590 All Last Modified 6 Mar 2018
Father John TARR, b. Abt 1822, Kenton, Devon, England , d. Jun Q 1900, Newton Abbot Reg Dist, Devon, England (Age ~ 78 years) Mother Grace JUSTHAM, bap. 15 Mar 1829, St. Andrew’s Church, Buckland Monachorum, Devon, England , d. Jun Q 1912, Newton Abbot Reg Dist, Devon, England (Age ~ 82 years) Married Jun Q 1846 Plympton Reg Dist, Devon, England - GRO ref: JESTIN, Grace to TARR, John q2 1846 Plympton St Mary RD 9 517
Is Jestin = Justham? - finding this couple in the censuses shows that Grace was the right age and born in Milton Combe, Buckland Monachorum so I'm sure it is.
The 1911 census shows that Grace and John had 13 children, 6 of whom had died by 1911. As 7 have been found in 1911, it must be the others who died.
Alive in 1911: Mary A, John, James F, Tom, Eliza J, Grace, Bessie (7)
Must have died by 1911: the 2 who died as infants (John Henry Jestham and Richard), Wm Henry, Sarah Jane, Emily, Alice (6).
Family ID F5859 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family Emily Jane HATHERLY, b. Abt 1854, Rewe, Devon, England , d. Mar Q 1915, St. Austell Reg Dist, Cornwall, England (Age ~ 61 years) Married Jun Q 1883 St. Thomas Reg Dist, Exeter, Devon, England - Shown as marr 28 yrs in 1911; had 3 children - 1 had died
GRO ref: HATHERLEY, Emily Jane to Tarr, John q2 1883 St. Thomas RD 5b 101
Last Modified 14 Aug 2013 Family ID F5867 Family Group Page | Family Chart
- From the 1861 census where shown as aged 7