Hi, I've lurked this list for some years but am finally making my first append. Fanny(Frances) Fowler(b. 1806 'Honiton') married Ebenezer Richards(b. 22 July 1808 Littleham, Exmouth) on 5 May 1828 in Littleham. Ebenezer was recorded as a Shoe Maker(27 July 1828 and as a Cordwainer(14 January 1831). He subsequently joined the coast guard in Exmouth and the family moved to Kent(28 Nov 1831). Fortunately his coast guard moves are well documented on ADM175. His parents were Henry Richards and Jane Redman, both from Littleham and they were still there in the 1841 census in Exmouth. However, I've failed to find any trace of Fanny Fowler's background. In 1841, her first name was recorded as Frances; in 1851, she was recorded as Frances, Lace Manufacturer, Devon Honiton; in 1861, she was recorded as Fanny, Devon Honiton; she died 6 February 1871 in Thanet, Kent. I will be visiting the Exmouth are later this month to do some research. Any advance information that might help me find out more about the Fowler family, or Ebenezer Richards' family too, would be most welcome; as well as any thoughts on records at Tree House, the DRO, or West Country Library that might be worth searching. Kelvin Richards --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

Hi Kelvin, Find My Past has a baptism for a "Frans Fawler" in 1806 in Plymouth. I don't have a subscription, so can't provide any further details (perhaps someone else can). The name is near enough, the date is fine, it's just the location which makes it questionable whether this is the right person (and possibly the gender, if it turns out to be a male!). If the full details still make it possible, then the question becomes whether she was born in Plymouth but moved to Honiton at an early age, and hence thought she came from Honiton. The only thing I can add is that since her occupation in 1851 is given as lace manufacturer, it would make sense to move to Honiton, which is well-known for its lace. Plymouth is not. It is possible that she became apprenticed to a lace maker in Honiton, so it would be worth checking the "parish chest" records for both Honiton and Plymouth, in case there is a record of a parish apprenticeship. Unfortunately, most apprenticeships were private affairs between the parents of the apprentice and the master/mistress, and so these records seldom survive. If the parish in Plymouth paid for her to be apprenticed in Honiton, that record may have survived. It is not uncommon for apprenticeships to be arranged for a distant location - the arranging parish would not want the child to find it easy to return and be a burden on their poor rate ! Best wishes Mike Gould Leicestershire -----Original Message----- From: DEVON [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of KelvinR Sent: 04 September 2017 11:53 To: [email protected] Subject: [DEV] RICHARDS, FOWLER Littleham/Exmouth Hi, I've lurked this list for some years but am finally making my first append. Fanny(Frances) Fowler(b. 1806 'Honiton') married Ebenezer Richards(b. 22 July 1808 Littleham, Exmouth) on 5 May 1828 in Littleham. Ebenezer was recorded as a Shoe Maker(27 July 1828 and as a Cordwainer(14 January 1831). He subsequently joined the coast guard in Exmouth and the family moved to Kent(28 Nov 1831). Fortunately his coast guard moves are well documented on ADM175. His parents were Henry Richards and Jane Redman, both from Littleham and they were still there in the 1841 census in Exmouth. However, I've failed to find any trace of Fanny Fowler's background. In 1841, her first name was recorded as Frances; in 1851, she was recorded as Frances, Lace Manufacturer, Devon Honiton; in 1861, she was recorded as Fanny, Devon Honiton; she died 6 February 1871 in Thanet, Kent. I will be visiting the Exmouth are later this month to do some research. Any advance information that might help me find out more about the Fowler family, or Ebenezer Richards' family too, would be most welcome; as well as any thoughts on records at Tree House, the DRO, or West Country Library that might be worth searching. Kelvin Richards --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus ------------------------------------------ The DEVON-L mailing list is co-sponsored by GENUKI/Devon http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/DEV/ and the Devon FHS (http://www.devonfhs.org.uk/ ) List archive for Devon can be found at http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index?list=devon ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

The baptism is 15 Apr 1806 at St Andrew, Plymouth. The original record reads Frans (the s is superscript) son of Jno (‘no' as superscript) and Maria Fowler ( it doesn’t read as Fawler in the original). So unfortunately it is not the one wanted. Clive Boyce > On 4 Sep 2017, at 16:19, Mike Gould <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Kelvin, > > Find My Past has a baptism for a "Frans Fawler" in 1806 in Plymouth. I > don't have a subscription, so can't provide any further details (perhaps > someone else can). >

Thanks Clive. I feared that might be the case <sigh> Best wishes Mike -----Original Message----- From: DEVON [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Clive Boyce Sent: 04 September 2017 16:59 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [DEV] RICHARDS, FOWLER Littleham/Exmouth The baptism is 15 Apr 1806 at St Andrew, Plymouth. The original record reads Frans (the s is superscript) son of Jno (‘no' as superscript) and Maria Fowler ( it doesn’t read as Fawler in the original). So unfortunately it is not the one wanted. Clive Boyce > On 4 Sep 2017, at 16:19, Mike Gould <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Kelvin, > > Find My Past has a baptism for a "Frans Fawler" in 1806 in Plymouth. > I don't have a subscription, so can't provide any further details > (perhaps someone else can). > ------------------------------------------ The DEVON-L mailing list is co-sponsored by GENUKI/Devon http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/DEV/ and the Devon FHS (http://www.devonfhs.org.uk/ ) List archive for Devon can be found at http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index?list=devon ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message