Digory STEVENS

  General Notes:

Baptism - from transcript disk of Cornish Baptisms
Digory Stevens, son of Digory & Mary, 30th October 1825, South Petherwin, father=labourer

Double marriage?
Marriages Mar 1846 Launceston 9 175
Doidge Mary Ann
Down William
Harris Ann
Hooper Ann
Jeffery Mary
Mayne John
Stevens Degory
Stevens Digory
Stevens Samuel
- at Wesleyan Chapel in Liskeard
Digory Stevens - aged 22 and Ann Harris - aged 24
Witnesses were Martha ??Beskawill?? and Susan ??Butlers??

Date of death , age and names of wives, father and uncle taken from stones in Tetcott cemetery

FreeBMD Marriages Jun 1893 Woodbridge 4a 1339
Athroll Robert George
Atteroll Robert George
HALL Emma Woodbridge
Stevens Digory Woodbridge
Walford Agnes Amelia Woodbridge

Certificate confirms Digory Stevens and Emma Hall. Digory was a gardener from Tetcott and Emma from Rushmere. Parents were Digory Stevens (deceased) and Jonathan Hall (deceased). Witnesses were Samuel Hall and Emily Mary Hall

Moved from Cornwall by 1861- probably by 1853 (daughter Mary was born Devon)

Death Mar 1905
Stevens Digory 77 Holsworthy 5b 397

Probate Calendar 1905
Stevens Digory of Tetcott Devonshire retired farmer died 9 January 1905 Probate Exeter 29 March to Ann Abbott (wife of Francis Abbott) Effects £403 19s 1d.

1841 census
HO107/134/8 F8 P9
Trelinnoe, South Petherwin, Cornwall
Samuel Stephens, 20, MS, Y
Digory do, 10, MS, Y
Richard Harris, 15, MS, Y
- with Wills family

1851 census
HO107/1899 F449 P18 & P19
South Petherwin Village, Cornwall
Digory Stevens, Head, Mar, 26, Farm Labourer, Cornwall South Petherwin
Ann do, Wife, Mar, 28, , Devon Lovingcott
Ann do, Daur, , 4, Scholar, Cornwall South Petherwin
Elizabeth Stevens, Daur, , 2, , Cornwall South Petherwin
Digory Stevens, Father, Widr, 65, Farm Labourer, Cornwall St Clether
Elizabeth do, Sister, U, 21, Lodger, Cornwall South Petherwin

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)
RG10/2213 F30 P3
Higher Lane, Tetcott, Devon
Digory Stephens, Head, Mar, 45, Laborer, Cornwall S Petherwin
Ann do, Wife, Mar, 45, , Devon Luffincott
Charles Gilbert, Grandson, , 2, Cornwall N Tamerton

1881 Census
RG11/2268 F14 P11
Rectory Cottage, Tetcott, Devon
Dijory STEVENS, Head, Mar, 54, Gardener, Cornwall S Petherwin
Ann STEVENS, Wife, M, 58, , Devon Luffincott

1891 census (indexed as Degory)
RG12/1795 F9 P2
The Rectory, Tetcott, Devon
Digory Stevens, Servant, Widower, 63, Gardener (Domestic Servt), Cornwall S^th Petherwin
living with Herbert Squire and family (the vicar)

1901 census
RG13/2172 F9 P9
Lamb Park House, Tetcott, Devon (next to Rectory Cottage)
Digory Stevens, Head, M, 75, Farmer, Southpetherwin Cornwall
Emma do, Wife, M, 55, , Sneffling Suffolk
Claude Gilbert, G Son, S, 16, Work Man on Farm, North Tamerton Cornwall

  Noted events in his life were:

• Occupation: Gardener, 13 Apr 1893, Tetcott, Devon, England.

• Occupation: Laborer, 3 Dec 1853, Tetcott, Devon, England.

Digory married Ann HARRIS, daughter of John HARRIS and Ann, on 26 Mar 1846 in Liskeard, Cornwall, England. (Ann HARRIS was born in 1822 in Luffincott, Devon, England, baptised on 9 Jun 1822 in Luffincott, Devon, England, died on 8 May 1888 in Tetcott, Devon, England and was buried on 10 May 1888 in Tetcott, Devon, England.)

Digory next married Emma HALL, daughter of Jonathan HALL and Unknown, on 13 Apr 1893 in Rushmere, Suffolk, England. (Emma HALL was born in 1846 in Sweffling, Suffolk, England, died on 27 Sep 1902 in Tetcott, Devon, England and was buried on 1 Oct 1902 in Tetcott, Devon, England.)