Mary STEVENS

  General Notes:

Births Dec 1853
STEVENS Mary Holsworthy 5b 493
STEVENS Thomas Holsworthy 5b 493
- confirms that the family bible had the correct date of birth.
- Mary and Thomas were twins

Birth Certificate
Third December 1853 9pm at Tetcott
Mary, Girl, Diggory Stevens, Ann Stevens formerly Harris, Laborer. Registered by Ann Stevens, Mother, 21 Tetcott on 26th December 1853
- time of birth indicating that she was a twin

marriage Sep 1874 Launceston (5c 42) James Dawe and Mary Stevens - see marriage notes for confirmation that this is correct.
- one of the witnesses was her twin brother Thomas

Death Mary Dawe Mar 1944 Launceston 5c p22 age 90. Died at Penlea Bungalow, Egloskerry - described as widow of James Dawe, farmer (see query over James Dawe facts). Informant was P D Frayn, son in law of The Village, Egloskerry (this is husband of Ethel Mary).
I now think the reference to Farmer in her occupation refers to the fact that she became involved with the farm at Egloskerry, not her late husband's occupation as he was still a bootmaker when he died.

Probate Calendar 1944
Daw Mary of Penlee Egloskerry Cornwall widow died 8 February 1944 Probate Bodmin 9 June to William Daw garage employee. Effects £207 2s 8d.
- note the different spellings to the death certificate

Memorial inscription on Findmypast
First name(s) MARY Last name DAW Age 90 Birth year 1854 Death year 1944 Death date 8 Feb 1944 Place EGLOSKERRY Burial ground Parish Church County Cornwall Country England Card or location number Loc No Post nominal - Reference 165 Record set Cornwall Memorial Inscriptions Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records Subcategory Deaths & burials Collections from Great Britain


Most information was originally from RD Howell written sheets and family bible (Jill has). This included date of marriage as 10 Aug 1875. Suspect that the bible was given to them on the Christening of first child and they wrote the current year and not the year of marriage.

Tetcott is only about 2 miles from both Luffincott and North Tamerton - ie these places are right on the Devon/Cornwall border

Address at birth of Clara Catherine was Ragged Hill, North Tamerton

1861 census
RG9/1511 F9 P2
Moortown, Tetcott, Devon
Digory Stevens, Head, Mar, 35, Farm Labourer, South Petherwin Cornwall
Ann do, Wife, Mar, 37, , Luffincott Devon
Elizabeth do, Daur, , 12, Scholar, South Petherwin Cornwall
Mary do, Daur, , 7, Scholar, Tetcott Devon
Thomas do, Son, , 7, Scholar, Tetcott Devon
Ann Harris, Lodger, Widow, 76, , North Tamerton Devon

1871 census (as Stephens)
RG10/2210 F61 P12
Lerwin, Holsworthy, Devon
Mary Stephens, Servant, Unm, 17, Domestic Servant, Devon Tetcott
family was called Kingdon

1881 census
RG11/2268 F30 P7 & P8
Sangwins Cottage, North Tamerton, Cornwall
Richard Phillips, Head, Mar, 38, Farm Laborer, Cornwall N Tamerton
Mary Ann do, Wife, Mar, 38, , Cornwall Werrington (sister of James Daw)
Eva do, Daur, Unm, 14, Scholar, Cornwall N Tamerton
Edwin do, Son, , 11, Scholar, Cornwall N Tamerton
Andrew do, Son, , 8, Scholar, Cornwall N Tamerton
Samuel T do, Son, , 3, , Cornwall N Tamerton
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James Dawe, Head, Mar, 26, Bootmaker employing 1 man and boy, Cornwall N Tamerton
Mary do, Wife, Mar, 27, , Devon Tetcott
Francis do, Son, , 6, Scholar, Cornwall Egloshayle
Clara K do, Daur, , 4, Scholar, Cornwall North Tamerton
William Daw, Son, , 9mo, , Cornwall North Tamerton
Richard Hambly, Serv, Unm, 16, Shoemaker (Apprentice), Cornwall North Tamerton

1891 census
RG12/1795 F 23 P2
Crosspark Cottage, Oldway Green, North Tamerton, Devon
James Daw, head, M, 35, Shoemaker, North Tamerton Cornwall
Mary Daw, wife, M, 36, , Tetcott Devon
William Daw, son, , 10, Scholar, North Tamerton Cornwall
Digory Stevens Daw, son, , 8, Scholar, North Tamerton Cornwall
Mabel Daw, daur, , 6, Scholar, North Tamerton Cornwall
Ethel Mary Daw, daur, , 4, , North Tamerton Cornwall
James Douglas Daw, son, , 2, , North Tamerton Cornwall
Betsey Daw, mother, Wid, 71, supported by her children, Lewannick Cornwall
Henry Jeffery, lodger, S, 22, Sawyer, North Tamerton Cornwall

1901 Census
Rilla Mill, Linkinhorne, Liskeard
James Daw, Head, 46, Inn Keeper & Shoemaker, born North Tamerton Cornwall
Mary Daw,Wife, 47, born Tetcott Devon
Digory Daw, Son, 18, Mason, born North Tamerton Cornwall
Ethel Daw, Daur, 14, born North Tamerton Cornwall
James Daw, Son, 12, born North Tamerton Cornwall
Ernest Daw, Son, 7, born North Tamerton Cornwall

1911 census
RG14PN12995 RG78PN749 RD276 SD3 ED19 SN636
29 Eaton Place, Plymouth (Devon) - 2 rooms
Mary Daw, Wife, 57, Married, , Tetcott Parish Devonshire
Francis Daw, Son, 35, Single, 1st Class Petty Officer Royal Navy, Egloshayle Cornwall
Ernest J Daw, Son, 17, Single, Grocers Assistant, South Petherwin Cornwall
- Mary stated as married for 36 years with 9 children born alive, 8 still alive and one dead
- no infirmities shown in the final column of the form

From a source
"
I have three other unconfirmed siblings for James, all born in Tamerton at the right time: Eliza, (b 1846, d 1848), Frederic James b 1848, and Susanna Grace (1852-9). For James's children I have a possible extra - Clara Bessie, born and died 1870 - and a definite, Ernest born 1894.
I have a wife for Christopher Davey - Cattern, b 1758 - and children John, Richard, Eliza, Christopher, James Edward, Samuel and Ann.
"
- Only Ernest, of the possible children, is correct. The 1911 census says that Mary had a total of 9 children and 8 were still alive. Clara Bessie appears to be illegitimate.
- Siblings Eliza (1846) and Susanna Grace (1852) have mother's name DAVEY on GRO index and certificates prove they are correct

Mary married James DAW, son of John DAW and Betsey DAVEY, on 29 Aug 1874 in Launceston, Cornwall, England. (James DAW was born on 9 Mar 1855 in North Tamerton, Cornwall, England, died on 20 Mar 1918 in Plymouth, Devon, England and was buried on 24 Mar 1918.)

  Marriage Notes:

Family bible states date of marriage as 10 Aug 1875. FreeBMD gives a likely match for Sep qtr 1874. The Marriage certificate gives the date of marriage as 29 August 1874 in Launceston Register Office when James was 19 and Mary was 21. Hence the information in the bible was quite incorrect (possibly because the bible was provided for the christening of first child and the current year was inserted). Witnesses were Thomas Stevens and Elizabeth Gilbert. Parents given as John Dawe and Digory Stevens - confirming the correct couple.
Thomas Stevens was Mary's twin brother