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Tom TARR
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Name Tom TARR Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Born Jun Q 1863 Middlewood, Cofton, Starcross, Devon, England
- From the 1871 census where shown as aged 8 and the 1881 census where shown as aged 18.
Cofton is in Dawlish Civil Parish, so some censuses giving birthplace as Dawlish, which is not a contradiction.
GRO ref: TARR, Tom q2 1863 Newton A RD 5b 109; GRO online index shows mother's maiden name as Jestham
Gender Male Occupation 1881 General labourer - Living with his parents in Cofton so presumably working near there
Residence 1891 Middlewood, Cofton, Starcross, Devon, England
- Head of household, living with his wife, father and mother.
Occupation 1891 Middlewood, Cofton, Starcross, Devon, England
Market gardener Died Dec Q 1930 Newton Abbot Reg Dist, Devon, England
- GRO ref: Tarr, Tom aged 67 q4 1930 Newton A. RD 5b 127
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 I13594 All Last Modified 6 Jun 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 Margaret, b. Abt 1864, Totnes, Devon, England
, d. Yes, date unknown Last Modified 13 Aug 2013 Family ID F5862 Family Group Page | Family Chart
- From the 1871 census where shown as aged 8 and the 1881 census where shown as aged 18.


