William BLACKMORE

  General Notes:

Births Mar 1874
Blackmore William Barnstaple 5b 492

Baptism on Findmypast
First name(s) William Last name Blackmore Birth year 1874 Birth date 16 Jan 1874 Baptism year 1874 Baptism date 12 Apr 1874 Denomination Wesleyan Methodist Baptism place Barnstaple Father's first name(s) William Mother's first name(s) Ann Residence Fremington County Devon Archive Plymouth & West Devon Record Office Description Barnstaple Wesleyan Methodists Baptisms 1872-1880 Record set Devon Baptisms Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records Subcategory Births & baptisms Collections from Great Britain

Marriages Sep 1903 Kingston 2a 935
Blackmore William
HAMMOND John William
HARRIS Kate Louisa
Hunt Margaret Ruth

1881 Census (indexed as Backmore - but image clearly shows Blackmore)
RG11/2251 F88 P23 & P24
Fremington Stn, Fremington, Barnstaple, Devon
William Blackmore, Head, Mar, 57, Railway Station Master, Devon Chittlehampton
Ann do, Wife, Mar, 38, Station Masters Wife(crossed out), Devon Creacombe
William do, Son, Un, 7, Son, Devon Fremington
John B do, Son, , 6, Son, Devon Fremington
Annie B do, Dau, , 4, Dau, Devon Fremington
Mary J.B do, Dau, , 3, Dau, Devon Fremington
James B Blacmore(sic), Un, 9m, , Devon Fremington
Jane Gard, Serv, Un, 16, Dom Serv, Devon Chulmleigh

1891 census (index=Blackmon)
RG12/934 F30 P5
Canada Cottages, Micheldever, Hampshire
William Blackmore, Lodger, S, 17, Railway Clerk, Fremington Devon
- lodging with Wyatt family

Not totally certain about this entry. the B initial suggests Butler being added to his name
But why Walter and James rather than William and John?
1901 census
RG13/587 F63 P28
Brooklyn, Crutchfield Road, Walton on Thames, Surrey
Walter B Blackmore, Boarder, S, 27, Railway Clerk, N Devon Fremington
James B do, Boarder, S, 26, Commercial Traveller, N Devon Fremington

NB in 1901 all 5 surviving children of William and Ann were in Surrey - in Weybridge or Walton on Thames

1911 census
RG14PN6824 RG78PN340 RD128 SD1 ED19 SN232
2 Queens Road, Hounslow, Middlesex
William Blackmore, Head, 37, Married, Railway Clerk, Devon Fremington
Kate Louisa Blackmore, Wife, 34, Married 7 years, , Hinton St Mary Dorset
William Albert Blackmore, Son, 6, , , Northampton
Kate Harris, Wife's Mother, 57, Widow, , Hinton St Mary Dorset
Herbert Arthur Harris, Wife's Brother, 32, Single, Warehouse Porter (General Drapers), Hinton St Mary Dorset
- against Kate Louisa it stated that there were 2 children born alive in the marriage, 1 was alive and 1 had died
- against Kate Harris it stated (but was crossed through) that she was married 35 years and had 4 children (3 living and 1 dead)
- the house had 6 rooms

William attended the Blue Coat School in Barnstaple

William married Kate Louisa HARRIS, daughter of HARRIS and Kate (HARRIS), Sep Q 1903 in Kingston Upon Thames, Surrey, England. (Kate Louisa HARRIS was born circa 1876 in Hinton St Mary, Dorset, England.)