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    1. [DEV] William SLEEMAN of Rubbytown, Tavistock
    2. David L. Langenberg
    3. In the 1851 Census, the household of William SLEEMAN is enumerated at Rubbbytown, Tavistock. (HO 107 / 1883 / Folio 351 / Page 13). The version on Ancestry has misindexed him as William "Stuman." In its transcription, it also botches the birthplace of both William SLEEMAN and his sister HARRIET SLEEMAN--which might be the same--as "Corlslocm" for William and "Coaltown" for Harriet. The Place-Names of Devon indexes neither place. I also think that since the birthplaces of the children of William SLEEMAN and his wife Elizabeth are all written "Rubby Town," which is not the name of a parish, that whatever the birthplace of William and Elizabeth is, it might also not be a parish but a place-name within a parish. The nearest names I can come up with are Colyton (in East Devon) and Coleton, the name of a place in Brixham. Yet I suspect that the place is nearer to Tavistock. Does anyone with local knowledge of this area have a guess as to where it might be? TIA David Langenberg Newark, Delaware, USA

    01/26/2014 09:05:37