Uglow Family History

Abbey Bridge, Tavistock

"TAVISTOCK is an ancient parliamentary borough and handsome market and stannary town, delightfully seated in the picturesque valley of the small river Tavy, . . . 33 miles S.W. by W. of Exeter; 15 miles N. of Plymouth . . . Its PARISH is all within the borough, except the manor of Cudlipptown, and extends over about 4000A. of open moorland on the confines of Dartmoor, and includes 10,573A. of cultivated land, . . . The Duke of Bedford . . . owns most of the parish, and is lord of the manors of Tavistock, Hurdwick, Morwell, Ogbear, Parswell, and Ottery . . . but the manor of Cudlipptown belongs to the Rev. E.A. Bray, . . . The town has now a clean and handsome appearance, and contains several good inns, and many well-stocked shops. . The manufacture of coarse woollens flourished here from an early period, but declined at the end of the last century, and is now nearly obsolete. Mining operations have been carried on in the neighbourhood from time immemorial . . . In the town are two large ironfoundries and engine works. . . . The Church (St. Eustachius) is a large and handsome structure . . . now in the incumbency of the Rev. E.A. Bray, . . . There are now in the town four CHAPELS belonging to the Unitarians, Independents, Wesleyans, and the Society of Friends. . . . "

[From Genuki and White's Devonshire Directory (1850)]

Here is a larger scale map of Devon and a map to get you to Tavistock . And here's a late 18th/early 19th century map of the area.

Family 1: Wymond Richard and Ellen Neale

Wymond Richard 1869 is born in Holborn. His parents move back to Egloskerry - he is the son of Wymond Cory and Susanna Emmeline Cole Mason and the grand son of William and Jane Kittow. In 1900 he marries Ellen Neale in Launceston. She was born in North Petherton(?), Devon in 1873.

At the time of the 1901 census, they are living with Ellen's parents, George (72) and Rebecca (65) Neale at Latchley, Calstock, close to Gunnislake. The Neales are farmers and Wymond is a farm labourer. Son Wymond is 4 months old

It is likely that he runs the farming interests around Lifton, built up by his grandfather and father before him - however his father, Wymond Cory, died in 1900 and Wymond Richard is still labouring for his father in law a year later?

Wymond dies in Bodmin in 1939.

• son Wymond Neale 1900 born in Stowford, Devon. He marries Winsome E Cory in 1927 in Launceston but dies in 1933 in Truro. In 1941, Winsome remarries in Plymouth to William H Murley
  • daughter Daphne 1928 born in Stonehouse but dies in Truro in 1931
  • daughter Uralee 1931 - she marries William Chivell in Bodmin. Their children were Nigel 1959; William 1960; Andrew 1962 and Daphne Ann1966
    
• daughter Emlin Mary Cory 1903 born in Launceston. She marries Mr Johns in Gunnislake in 1930.
• son William Taylor 1905 born in Tavistock. He marries Mabel Richards in Holsworthy in 1931. William dies in Torbay in 1977 and Mabel dies in Tavistock in 1979.
  • daughter Iris Jean 1933 born in Tavistock. She marries Mr Sergeant in Callington in 1954
  • son William Brian 1935 born in Tavistock. 
  • son Colin J 1945 born in St Germans. In 1987 he married Helen Dommett in Newton Abbot which is where the family live:
    • son William David 1995 
• son George Frank K. 1907 born in Tavistock. He dies in Plymouth in 1972.
• son John 1911 born in Tavistock who dies the same year
• son Harold B 1914 born in Tavistock. He dies in Tavistock in 1926
• son Frederick Arthur 1918 born in Tavistock. He marries Eleanor Betty Pugh in Ulverston, Cumbria - Family 4

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