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Charles GALE
1816 - 1893 (~ 77 years)
Has 2 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.
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Name Charles GALE Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Baptised 14 Apr 1816 St. James’ Church, West Teignmouth, Devon, England 
- From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 10 Aug 2018)
Gender Male Occupation 1841 Exeter, Devon, England Shopman Occupation 1851 Exeter, Devon, England Grocer's Shopman Died 24 Dec 1893 Ashley Terrace, North Road, Plymouth, Devon, England - GRO ref: Gale, Charles q4 1893 aged 77 Plymouth RD 5b 214
Actual place and date from probate calendar entry
Probate. 15 Jan 1894 Exeter, Devon, England Calendar entry - "Gale Charles of Ashley-terrace North-road Plymouth gentleman died 24 December 1893 Probate Exeter 15 January to Augusta Gale spinster Effects £128 8s."
(executor was presumably his daughter Augusta, registered at birth as Susan Augusta)
Siblings3 brothers and 2 sisters Half-siblings1 half brother (family of William GALE and Mary ) Patriarch & Matriarch 
William GALE, b. Abt 1782, Teignmouth, Devon, England, d. Mar Q 1865, Newton Abbot Reg Dist, Devon, England (Age ~ 83 years) (Father) 
Elizabeth BAKER, b. Abt 1786, bur. 23 Jan 1821, St. James’ Church, West Teignmouth, Devon, England (Age ~ 35 years) (Mother) Person ID I305564 All | All in the Goatham / Gotham One-Name Study Last Modified 17 Sep 2020
Father William GALE, b. Abt 1782, Teignmouth, Devon, England , d. Mar Q 1865, Newton Abbot Reg Dist, Devon, England (Age ~ 83 years)
Other Partners: MaryMother Elizabeth BAKER, b. Abt 1786, bur. 23 Jan 1821, St. James’ Church, West Teignmouth, Devon, England (Age ~ 35 years) Banns of marriage From 12 Oct 1806 to 26 Oct 1806 St. James’ Church, West Teignmouth, Devon, England - From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 10 Aug 2018)
Married 16 Nov 1806 St. James’ Church, West Teignmouth, Devon, England - From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 10 Aug 2018)
Did William marry once or two or three times?
The picture is unclear. Certainly a 34 year old Elizabeth Gale was buried in West Teignmouth on 23 Jan 1821, and who would threfore have been about 5 years younger than William and about 20 when they married. It seems likely she was William's wife, especially as when a child of William was baptised in December that year the mother was named as Mary. All six earlier children had the mother's name given as Elizabeth. The 1841 census also names William's wife as Mary (or at least, the woman in the same house of a similar age was Mary Gale - of course this could, in theory, have been a sister or cousin).
Whilst this seems straightforward I have not found a marriage for a William and Mary in 1821 that could be theirs, and the 1851 census names William's wife as Elizabeth. Was this a third wife? I can't find a death registration or burial of a Mary between 1841 and 1851 (the Mary Ann who death was registered in Newton Abbot RD in 1846 was aged only 27). William was buried in West Teignmouth churchyard so we might expect his wife would have been too, but the only likely Mary was buried there in 1857, aged 78 i.e. the same age as the 'Elizabeth' who was with William at the time of the 1851 census. William was a widower in 1861 so 'Elizabeth' had died, but there is no death registration or burial of an Elizabeth between 1851 and 1861 that fits. Hence I don't think William was married 3 times, I think that 'Elizabeth' in 1851 was the same woman who was elsewhere recorded as Mary. But now the question is was 'Elizabeth' a mistake, or was she actually Mary Elizabeth (or Elizabeth Mary)? She would have been born about 1776, when two Christian names was uncommon (apart from Mary Ann). 'Mary's son was given the middle name Baker, the maiden name of William's first wife, and so could indicate she was still his wife. On the other hand, if Elizabeth had died then William and Mary got together pretty quickly after the death. The most likely explanation for such a quick relationship is that a sister moved in to keep house and look after the children. If the sister was Elizabeth's then her maiden name would also be Baker, and hence it would be natural to use that name for her son.
I think William probably married twice, but will look for baptism evidence of sisters Mary and Elizabeth or of a Mary Elizabeth / Elizabeth Mary.
Family ID F301663 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family 1 Fanny TICKELL, b. Abt 1818, d. Dec Q 1848, Exeter Reg Dist, Devon, England (Age ~ 30 years) Married Mar Q 1844 Exeter Reg Dist, Devon, England - GRO ref: GALE, Charles to TICKELL, Fanny q1 1844 Exeter RD 10 164
Last Modified 17 Sep 2020 Family ID F1282 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family 2 Susannah Turner PARKER, b. Abt 1816, Shaldon, Devon, England , d. Dec Q 1898, Plymouth Reg Dist, Devon, England (Age ~ 82 years) Married 24 May 1853 St. Nicholas’ Church, Shaldon and Ringmore, Devon, England - GRO ref: Gale, Charles to Parker, Susannah q2 1853 Newton A RD 5b 273
Details from PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 17 Sep 2020)
"August 18 No. 96. Susannah Turner, parents: Richard Ann, surname: Parker, abode: Shaldon, father's occupation: Carpenter, ceremony performed by: J L Hamilton Curate"
Last Modified 18 Sep 2020 Family ID F1285 Family Group Page | Family Chart