Thanks Terry. That was quick again. This is the same Mary Ann who was born in Churchstanton and after her 2nd husband died she took on this job apparently and was living there with one of her grandchildren from Bristol in 1871. It was a big comedown from being a landowner's wife - her first husband - but when he died the property went to his elder brother alone and then her eldest son. Bruce is from the second son of a second son and in those days they missed out usually. Poor Mary Ann had to go out cleaning as a charwoman when she married again to Robert Pearcey as he was an ag lab and often unemployed as well as being quite a lot older than her. I think he was a Pearcey from Broadhembury if you can find a connection to that family. Anne ----- Original Message ----- From: <Terryblackmore@blueyonder.co.uk> To: <devon@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2013 3:57 PM Subject: Re: [DEV] Tollgate in Cullompton > Hi Anne > > Often with toll collectors there was a toll cottage with the job, if > the family lived there it's most likely that the job of toll collector > remained in the family. Like wise with lock keepers on the water ways > there > was a lock keepers cottage with the job. > Persey or variations of the spelling often turns up in my family > around > the Cullompton area. There are a number of ***** Persey Blackmore's in the > family pedigree. > > Regards Terry Blackmore > > -----Original Message----- > From: Anne > Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2013 11:00 PM > To: Devon List > Subject: [DEV] Tollgate in Cullompton > > Hello all > > Can anyone who lives in or near Cullompton please tell me if there is any > information on the Tollgate on the Tiverton Road. My husband's 3xggm Mary > Ann Pearcey was the toll collector according to the 1871 census and I > would > be interested in further information on the place. Strangely enough this > is > the second person in his background to do this job. I know they were being > phased out by this time and she wasn't there in 1881. > > Thanks > Anne > DFHS 6314 > ------------------------------------------ > The DEVON-L mailing list is co-sponsored by GENUKI/Devon > ( http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/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/DEVON/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > DEVON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in > the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------------------ > The DEVON-L mailing list is co-sponsored by GENUKI/Devon > ( http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/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/DEVON/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > DEVON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message >