One pronunciation of Aveton Gifford is "Awton Jifford". Here is William in the 1881 Census....... Name Relation Marital Status Gender Age Birthplace Occupation Disability Edwin MITCHELMORE Head M Male 38 Bigbury, Devon, England General Lab Mary J. MITCHELMORE Wife M Female 26 Aveton Gifford, Devon, England William MITCHELMORE Son Male 10 Aveton Gifford, Devon, England Scholar Annie B. MITCHELMORE Dau Female 7 Bigbury, Devon, England Scholar Elizabeth E. MITCHELMORE Dau Female 5 Bigbury, Devon, England Scholar ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------- Source Information: Dwelling Bigbury Village Census Place Bigbury, Devon, England Family History Library Film 1341525 Public Records Office Reference RG11 Piece / Folio 2184 / 34 Page Number 9 Arthur French ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Mitchelmore" <m_mitchelmore@yahoo.com.au> To: <ENG-DEV-SOUTHHAMS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, October 10, 2005 3:12 AM Subject: [SOUTHHAMS] Hatton, Jefford > The PRO index of Royal Navy seaman's service registers > includes one William MITCHELMORE born 01 Jan 1870 in > "Hatton, Jefford, South Devon". I can find neither > Hatton nor Jefford in GENUKI or Multimap. Can anyone > suggest what village this might be? > > Mike > > Michael Mitchelmore > Sydney, Australia > OPC for Chawleigh, Cheldon, Chulmleigh, Eggesford & Wembworthy