Philip, I have looked at the index on the LDS CD of the 1851 census and found only three PETTIGREW/PETIGREW etc. entries. Census Place: East Stonehouse, Devon ;Address: 24 East St, East Stonehouse PRO Reference: HO/107/1880 Folio: 329 Page: 49 FHL Film: 0221029 Name;;Relationship;Mar;Age ;Sex;Occupation ;Birthplace Christiana;PETTIGREW;Head;W;61;F;-;Padstow, Cornwall Henry;PETTIGREW;Son;U;19;M;Apprentice;Stoneho, Devon Ann;STRONG;Lodger;U;69;F;-;Plymouth, Devon Census Place: East Stonehouse, Devon ;Address: 19 St Mary Street, East Stonehouse PRO Reference: HO/107/1880;Folio: 211 Page: 9 FHL Film: 0221029 Name;;Relationship;Mar;Age ;Sex;Occupation ;Birthplace Jane;PETTIGREW;Head;M;34;F;Seamstress and gardener;East Stonebrook, Devon Census Place: St Budeaux, Devon ;Address: Dunmoore Cottage PRO Reference: HO/107/1877 Folio: 616 Page: 24 FHL Film: 0221025 Name;;Relationship;Mar;Age ;Sex;Occupation ;Birthplace James;DAVIES;Head;M;40;M;Blacksmith in HM Dock Yard;Bodmin, Cornwall Ann;DAVIES;Wife;M;42;F;-;North Petherwin, Devon John;DAVIES;Son;U;19;M;Apprentice to smith;Stonehouse, Devon William;DAVIES;Son;U;17;M;Apprentice to cordwainer;Pennycross, Devon James;DAVIES;Son;U;15;M;Ag lab;St Budeaux, Devon Ann;DAVIES;Daughter;U;13;F;-;St Budeaux, Devon George;DAVIES;Son;U;11;M;Scholar;St Budeaux, Devon Richard;DAVIES;Son;U;8;M;Scholar;St Budeaux, Devon Selina;DAVIES;Daughter;U;5;F;Scholar;St Budeaux, Devon I believe the 1841 census for Cambridgeshire, Devon and Gloucestershire to be available for searching at British Origins at http://www.britishorigins.com and that the 1861 census is on the same site. I know of no other searchable version of these and none of the 1871. The last time I looked the Cornwall on line census project had 1841 and a large chunk of 1851 available at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~kayhin/cocp.html#c1851 The funny thing is that my LUSCOMBE great great grandmother was born Mary Ann DAVIS in Kingston. Regards, Jack Steer ----- Original Message ----- From: "Philip Steer" <philsture@waitrose.com> To: <ENG-DEV-SOUTHHAMS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, March 28, 2005 1:28 PM Subject: [SOUTHHAMS] Steer, Pettigrew and Davies > Dear South Hamsters all, > > I know that this message falls rather outside the immediate area of South > Hams, but please bear with me, as [1] I think it will be of interest > anyway > in a general way, and [2] someone might possibly be able to give some > leads. > So here goes. > > Some of you will know that for the past six or seven years, on and off, I > have been researching the relationship between our cousin, Philip Wilson > Steer, OM [1860-1942], the Impressionist painter, and his model and [for a > time] fiancee, Rose Amy Pettigrew [1873-1950s]. My view is that, after > they broke up in 1895, his paintings changed gradually but radically, > returning to classical subjects and eventually reverting to lanscapes > without people. > > After his death, Rose wrote a short memoire of the painters she had sat > for, > including PWS : they appear in an apprendix to Bruce Laughton's book about > PWS' paintings [Clarendon Press]. Rose herself married the composer and > viola player, Harry Waldo Warner [1875-1945], a founder member of the > London > String Quartet. I have now been put in touch with Harry's grandson, Tim > Warner, who has generously shared papers, photographs and letters with me. > > Amongst these papers is a strange, breath-taking discovery. The famous > Pettigrew sisters, Harriet, Lilian and Rose [who appeared in Millais' > painting "The Idyll of 1745"] were in Portsmouth in the 1881 census, but > their mother Harriet Pettigrew came from Plymouth, and more specifically > Stoke Damerell. She was born circa 1841, and has siblings, Emma, Selina > and Frederick and their surname was Davies/Davis. > > This "blew a hole in my head" because my great-grandmother was Selina > Davies > - born 1846 in Saint Budeaux and died 1927 in Portsea. She married Philip > William Steer [1843-1918] in Stoke Damerell and moved later to Portsea, > where he was a founder member of the Portsea Island Cooperative Society. > > So, after all my researches, it turns out that Rosie Pettigrew and my > grandfather, Philip, were first cousins....in fact I am more closely > related > to her than to PWS !! No wonder I have had a strange attraction to this > whole area. > > My question now is : Can anyone help me find the Davies/Davis family in > Stoke Damerell or Morice Town or close by in the censuses of 1851, 1861, > and > 1871 ?? Also the Pettigrew family in the same censuses : Rose's father > was probably William - so we are looking for William and Harriet Pettigrew > and their 10 or so children. > > It looks as though both Pettigrews and Steers had mainly decamped to > Portsea > by 1871 or shortly afterwards. > > Rosie's uncle, Frederick Davies, eventually became Superintendant of > Devonport Dockyard, and his eldest son became Engineer-Admiral Sir William > Davies. Of course, any lead you can provide towards them will also be > appreciated. > > With best wishes, as ever, > > Philip Steer > > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > >