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Betsey BAILEY
Abt 1826 - 1908 (~ 82 years) Has 41 ancestors and 62 descendants in this family tree.Set As Default Person
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Name Betsey BAILEY Relationship with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Born Abt 1826 Whitchurch, Devon, England Gender Female Occupation 1851 Washerwoman - unmarried
Residence 1891 Station Terrace, Cramlington, Northumberland, England - With her son Thomas and a 17 year old boarder, Forset Ripper.
In 2 rooms in the same house as another hosuehold who also had 2 rooms.
The next entry includes her son James and his wife.
Residence 1901 Haswell, Co. Durham, England Died Sep Q 1908 Easington Reg Dist, Co. Durham, England - GRO ref: VOGWILL, Betsy, aged 81 q3 1908 Easington RD 10a 250
Siblings 4 brothers and 5 sisters Patriarch & Matriarch William BAILEY, b. Abt 1724, (probably in or near), Kingsteignton, Devon, England , d. Jul 1817, Teigngrace, Devon, England (Age ~ 93 years) (Great Grandfather)
Anne, d. Yes, date unknown (4 x Great Grandmother)Notes - Living with parents 1841 and 1851
Betsy in most censuses; Elizabeth in 1871
Person ID I979 All | henryAdorbailey Last Modified 27 Apr 2018
Father William BAILEY, b. Abt 1802, Kingsteignton, Devon, England , d. 29 Oct 1874, Nutley Chapel, Whitchurch, Devon, England (Age ~ 72 years) Mother Elizabeth VOGWELL, b. Abt 1805, Whitchurch, Devon, England , d. 4 Jan 1880, Whitchurch, Devon, England (Age ~ 75 years) Married 1 Apr 1825 Walkhampton Church, Walkhampton, Devon, England - From the DFHS index of PR entries: shows William Bealey mar Elizabeth Vogwill (I haven't yet seen actual entry)
Whitchurch is about 28 miles from Kingsteignton, and only about half a miles less from Teigngrace. So how did William from the Kingsteignton / Teigngrace area meet Elizabeth from the Whitchurch area?
William's older sister Jane had got married in 1816 to one Henry Vogwell; Henry was the uncle of William's bride so I guess it was through his sister Jane that William met Elizabeth.
But of course this then creates the question: how had Jane from the Kingsteignton / Teigngrace area met Henry from the Whitchurch area?
Family ID F720 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family 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 1850Married - 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]
Children 8 children Last Modified 27 Apr 2018 Family ID F787 Family Group Page | Family Chart
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Event Map Click to hide Born - Abt 1826 - Whitchurch, Devon, England Child - John Henry VOGWELL - Jun Q 1857 - Whitchurch, Devon, England Child - William VOGWELL - 11 Feb 1859 - Whitchurch, Devon, England Child - Alfred James VOGWELL - Abt Jan 1861 - Linkinhorne, Cornwall, England Child - Eleazar VOGWELL - Mar Q 1863 - Linkinhorne, Cornwall, England Child - Elizabeth Jane VOGWELL - Mar Q 1864 - Linkinhorne, Cornwall, England Child - James Frederick VOGWELL - 18 Jan 1865 - Linkinhorne, Cornwall, England Child - Thomas VOGWELL - Mar Q 1867 - Linkinhorne, Cornwall, England Residence - 1891 - Station Terrace, Cramlington, Northumberland, England Residence - 1901 - Haswell, Co. Durham, England Died - Sep Q 1908 - Easington Reg Dist, Co. Durham, England = 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.