FROM THE REGISTERS OF THE BRITISH EMBASSY IN PARIS
Reference numbers will be added later.
MARRIAGES
- 1818 June 25 | George Smith batchelor of Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey + Jane Woods spinster of Wingfield Berks | witnessed by George Wood [sic], J. Briggs
- 1820 December 13 | Henry Woods bachelor of Wingfield Berks + Mary Winn spinster of Heckfield, Hants | witnessed by Geo. Smith, Elizabeth Woods
- 1822 April 18 | Elizabeth Woods spinster of Winkfield Berks + William Furse batchelor of St Edward [= Edmund] Exeter | witnessed by [?] Bear, [?] Byalls
- 1824 January 20 | William Frost bachelor of Kenton, Devon + Elizabeth Ponsford spinster of Dunsford Dunnery, Devon | witnessed by [?R Spöring], JF Lemaire
- 1830 September 14 | William Frost widower of Powderham, Devon + Elise Antoinette Michelle, widow [veuve Moubiere] of Soissons, Picardie | witnessed by C Phillips, A de la Fontaine
- 1836 July 23 | William Frost widower of Powderham, Devon + Amelie Eleanor Josephine Bever widow of Antwerp | witnessed by A de Lafontaine, J Lemaire
BAPTISMS
- 1819 June 6 | Jane | George & Jane Smith | coachman to Lord Courtney
- 1821 May 1 | George Henry born 29 December | George & Esther Woods | butler to Ld. Courtney
- 1821 May 1 | George born 10 January | George & Jane Smith | coachman to Ld Courtney
- 1822 February 7 | Mary | George & Jane Smith | coachman to Ld Courtney
- 1823 February 14 half-baptism | Esther Ann | William & Elizabeth Furze | brewer
- 1826 August 10 | William Richard | Richard & Hannah Pethybridge
- 1827 February 15 | Esther born 20 August 1826 | George & Jane Smith | domestic
- 1827 December 5 | George | William & Elizabeth Frost | mechanic
- 1828 June 29 | William born 29 August 1824 | William & Elizabeth Frost | brewer
- 1828 June 29 | George born 8 September 1827 | William & Elizabeth Frost | brewer
- 1828 August 19 | Henry George | Richard & Hannah Pethybridge | Draveil
- 1828 August 19 | Mary | George & Jane Smith | Draveil
- 1830 August 8 | Elizabeth Emma | Richard & Hannah Pethybridge
- 1834 June 17 | Henry born 27 February 1831 | George & Jane Smith
- 1834 June 17 | Eliza born 18 January 1833 | George & Jane Smith
The three baptisms of August 1828 and August 1830 were performed by William Charles Clack, rector of Moretonhampstead in Devon.
BURIALS
- 1819 June 14 | Jane Smith | 3 weeks
- 1827 December 12 | Elizabeth Frost | 30 [sic]
- 1828 September 13 | Caroline Woods | 18 | abode: Draveil
- 1832 July 14 | Ann Woods | 49
- 1832 September 2 | Elise Antoinette Frost | 34
- 1836 January 26 | Mary Woods | 48
- 1836 February 24 | Hester Smith | 63
- 1836 March 4 | John Linter | 57 | abode: Draveil
- 1836 June 9 | William George Woods | 21
- 1836 December 12 | Elizabeth Frost | 30 [sic]
- 1839 January 2 | Henry Wood [sic] | 47
- 1839 January 23 | Charles Smith | 49
- 1843 July 24 | William Frost | 18
- 1844 January 8 | Thomas Frost | 16
- 1844 August 26 | William Frost | 44
- 1848 February 17 | Charles Courtnay [sic] Locke | 44
CORBYN FAMILY
1841 census
- Exeter: district 6, p.24 | Ann Corbyn, teacher at a boarding-school for girls in Southernhay, Exeter [Western Times, 26 December 1840, p.2: ‘Miss Corbyn has the honour to announce that she continues to give instruction in French to Schools and Families’.]
1844
- Exeter and Plymouth Gazette, Saturday 27 January 1844, p.3 | Deaths […] ‘Jan. 23, at Mrs. Chapple’s, South-street, in this city, Anne, youngest daughter of Mr. Corbyn Gavray, Manche, France, aged 27.’
1851 census
- Ashprington: district 1a, p.14 | Henry Corbyn visiting his married daughter Mary Moysey and her family
1855
- Western Flying Post, Tuesday 8 May, p.3 | ‘Ashprington. — Sudden Death. — On Monday, April 30th, as Mr. Henry Corbyn, retired yeoman, about 74 years of age, while reading, was seized with apoplexy. He died the following day.’ [buried 5 May 1855 at Ashprington]
PETHYBRIDGE FAMILY
1841 census
- Kenton: district 5, p.31 | Starcross Staplake | John Duntze, Frances Duntze, Richd. Pethybridge (male servant), [4 other servants]
- Exeter: district 2, p. 6 | Goldsmith Street, Exeter | Hannah Pethybridge (shopkeeper), Henry, Elizabeth, William, Elizabeth [Richard’s mother]
1851 census
- Malmesbury: districts 19,16,17 & 18, p.7 | Cowbridge Hill, Malmesbury | Lady Frances Duntze […] Richard Pithybridge
- Exeter: district 3a, p.31 | Cornish’s Court, North Street, Exeter | Hannah, Elizabeth Pethybridge [Richard’s mother]
1861 census
- Exeter: district 10, p.32 | 6 Verney Place, Exeter | Hannah Bethybridge [‘husband absent’, mother-in-law of William Featherstone]
- [Sir John and Lady Duntze were visiting Edward and Esther Hobson at Stoke Gifford in Gloucestershire but Richard Pethybridge was not recorded at the house]
1866
- Western Times, 31 July 1866, p.4 | Richard Pethybridge died 25 July 1866 at St. Sidwell’s, Exeter, ’26 years butler to Sir John Duntze’ [buried 29 July at Exeter Saint James; probate 7 August]
1871 census
- Exeter: district 7, p.51 | 168 Sidwell Street, Exeter | Hannah Pethybridge [mother-in-law of William Featherstone]
1875
- Western Times, Monday 6 September 1875, p.2 | Hannah Pethybridge died 2 September 1875 ‘at the residence of her son, Ardwick, Manchester’ [buried 4 September at Manchester Ardwick Cemetery]
SMITH FAMILY
1841 census
- Kenton: district 5, p.32 | Starcross Southbrook | George , Jane, Ann, George, Mary, Eliza, William, Mary Dart (female servant) | Kenton District 5, p.32
1851 census
- Kenton: district 4d, p.1 | Kenton Bridge Farm, Kenton | George, Martha, Esther, Edith, [2 female house servants, 1 male farm servant]
1861 census
- Dawlish: district 7g, p.18 | 1 Norfolk Place, Dawlish | George, Martha, Esther, Edith, Emily, Martha, Mary Ann, Julia A, [2 female house servants], Henry Osbourne
1871 census
- Dawlish: district 7, p.21 | 19 Brunswick Place, Dawlish | George, Martha, Esther, Emily, Martha, Mary, Julia, [1 female general servant]
- Dawlish: district 7, p.8 | 4 Plantation Terrace, Dawlish | Edith
1881 census
- Dawlish: district 8, p.33 | 19 Brunswick Place, Dawlish | George, Esther, Edith, Martha, Mary A
- Dawlish: district 8, p.30 | 10 [?Parker] Court, Dawlish | Emily, Julia, [1 female domestic]
1891 census
- Dawlish: district 8, p.2 | 10 Brunswick Place Dawlish | Emily, Mary, Esther,
- Newton Abbot: district 16, p.20 | 10 Union Street, Newton Abbot | Edith, Julia, Eliza Chudleigh
1901 census
- Bromley: district 11, p.10 | 143 High Street, Bromley | Edith
- Dawlish: district 9, p.31 | Brunswick Place, Dawlish | Emily, Julia, Esther, Mary
1911 census
- Torquay: district 14, 295 | Kinellan, Babbacombe Road, Torquay | Emily, Esther, Edith, Mary Ann Randell
1921 census
- Torquay: district 28, 248 | 7 Reddenhill Road, Babbacombe, Torquay | Edith, Emily
WOODS FAMILY
1841 census
- Kenton: district 6, p.8 | Hollwell Farm, Kenton | George, Ester, George, [5 male servants], [2 female servants]
1851 census
- Exeter: district 4c, p.6 | 17 Little Barley Lane, St Thomas, Exeter | George Henry
1861 census
- Exeter: district 9, p.13 | Gomer Cottage [placed with Grosvenor Cottage & Clevedon Cottage between Grosvenor Place and Belmont Place], St Sidwell, Exeter | George Hy, Sarah Searle, Georgina Searle, Laura Searle, Arthur Searle, Jane Westaway | Exeter [St Sidwell] district 09 / p. 13
1871 census
- Clifton: district 13, p.27 | Queens Hotel, Queens Road, Clifton | G H Woods
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Page history
- 2019 August 23: first published online
- 2025 April 6-8: updated
William Courtenay (1768-1835) 