A South Devon TUCKER family

Fourth Generation

4.1 Margaret TUCKER (John (1) , John (2) , Thomas (3) ) was born in 1854 in Brixham, Devon.

Margaret seems to have lived all her life in Brixham. She grew up in Drew Street and after her marriage lived at 4 Upton Cottage (1881) and 34 Fore Street (1891).

James was a shipwright, like his father, reaching foreman status by 1901.

	5.1	F	i	Minnie COUCH was born in 1876 in Brixham.
	5.2	M	ii	John James COUCH was born in 1877 in Brixham. In 1901, he was a Devonport shipwright.
	5.3	F	iii	Polly COUCH was born in 1881 in Brixham and lived with her parents at least until 1901.
	5.4	M	iv	Charles Richard COUCH was born in 1884 in Brixham.
	5.5	M	v	Fred Tucker COUCH was born in 1886 in Brixham.
	5.6	F	vi	Elsie Margaret B COUCH was born in 1891 in Brixham.

4.5 George Henry TUCKER (Robert (2) , John (2) , Thomas (3) ) was born in 1867 in Dartmouth, Devon.

In 1881, George was a "Cook (Ship)(Fishing)" living with his parents in 15 Hilda Street, Clee with Weelsby (now Old Clee), Grimsby, Lincolnshire. In 1891, he was living with his wife, children and mother-in-law at 6 Newport Street, Barton-upon-Humber, Lincolnshire (just up-river from Grimsby). He and his family moved to Cleethorpes (just down-river from Grimsby) before 1896. In the 1901 census, his family was in Cleethorpes but George was recorded as a ship's mate in Grimsby.

	5.9	M	i	John Robert TUCKER was born in 1888 in Barton-upon-Humber.
+	5.10	M	ii	Harry George TUCKER was born in 1890 in Barton-upon-Humber.
	5.11	F	iii	Gertrude TUCKER was born in 1896 in Cleethorpes, Lincs.
	5.12	F	iv	Gladys TUCKER was born in 1899 in Cleethorpes.

4.6 Elizabeth (1) TUCKER (Robert (2) , John (2) , Thomas (3) ) was born in Grimsby, Lincolnshire, in 1872. She died there in 1901, apparently in childbirth.

Elizabeth married Thomas (1) STUBBINGS in 1894. Thomas was born in 1871 in Grimsby.

Elizabeth and Thomas had the following children:

	5.13	F	i	Elsie STUBBINGS was born in 1895 in Grimsby.
	5.14	M	ii	Thomas (2) STUBBINGS was born in 1898 in Grimsby.
	5.15	M	iii	Arthur STUBBINGS was born in 1901 in Grimsby.

4.9 Fanny Tucker HEATH (Mary Yandell , John (2) , Thomas (3) ) was born in Brixham in 1868.

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Ethel PALMER was born in 1894 in Brixham.

Before her marriage, Caroline was an agricultural dairymaid living with and working for her grandparents James & Grace POPE in Croter's Hill (now Crowther's Hill), Dartmouth.

After her marriage, Caroline lived at first in Lower Street, in the same building as her husband's parents and business, moving to "Orcana", 15 Newcomin Road, Dartmouth, in 1897. Caroline served in the shop and art gallery attached to her husband's workshop. After Charles's death in 1918, she announced that she intended to continue his painting business. But in 1920 she sold it out and used the shop as a draper's.

Caroline's bible records the dates (and many times) of birth of all her children and the eight of her nine grandchildren who were born before she died.

According to a notice in the Dartmouth Chronicle, Caroline died at the home of her daughter Ivy at Shoreton Valley Road, Preston, Paignton. The funeral service took place at Preston Baptist Church, but she was interred at Dartmouth Cemetery.

Caroline married Charles Frederick MITCHELMORE, son of Dartmouth painter and decorator Nathaniel MICHAMORE and Elizabeth née HOLE and himself a painter, on 24 Nov 1887 in the Congregational Church, Paignton. An announcement appeared in the Dartmouth Chronicle. Charles was born on 28 Dec 1867 in Torquay, Devon, and died on 28 Apr 1918 in Dartmouth. For further details on Charles and his family history, as well as information on Caroline and Charles's descendants, please transfer to the MITCHELMORE line.

Caroline and Charles had the following children:

+	5.17	M	i	Frederick Thomas Nathaniel MITCHELMORE was born on 16 Mar 1888 and died in 1959.
+	5.18	M	ii	William Charles John MITCHELMORE was born on 14 Oct 1889.
+	5.19	M	iii	Albert Ernest MITCHELMORE was born on 24 Nov 1892 and died on 2 Oct 1968.
+	5.20	M	iv	Arthur Edward MITCHELMORE was born on 9 Mar 1896 and died in 1977.
+	5.21	F	v	Ivy Elizabeth MITCHELMORE was born on 18 Jan 1900 and died on 8 May 1977.

4.11 William Henry (2) TUCKER (Thomas (2) , John (2) , Thomas (3) ) was born in 1865 in Dartmouth, and was killed in action on 13 May 1915.

No trace of William has been found in the 1891 or 1901 censuses¾he was probably at sea. In World War 1, he became Petty Officer 1st Class 118635 on the battleship H.M.S. Goliath. In April 1915, the ship was sent to the Dardanelles to support the ill-fated Gallipolli landings. On 13 May 1915, she was sunk by 3 torpedoes fired from the Turkish torpedo boat Muavanet-i-Miliet which was commanded by a German officer at the time. 570 of her complement, including William, were lost. Click here for further details of the action.

William's memorial on Panel No. 5 of the Plymouth Naval Memorial (reproduced with permission)

William married Louisa (Lucy) ABRAHAM in 1894. Lucy was born in 1866 in Loddiswell, Devon. 

Lucy left home and moved to Dartmouth early in her life. In 1881, she was a general servant in the household of John WAY, Spithead. Then she seems to have entered the service of Colonel Edward JENNINGS and his Dartmouth-born wife, for she was a housemaid in their household in Kent in 1891. In 1901, she was back in Dartmouth and living with her children Florence and William. In 1915 and 1930, she was recorded as living at "Culloden," Higher Victoria Rd.

William and Lucy had the following children:

	5.22	F	i	Florence (2) TUCKER was born in 1895 in Dartmouth.
	5.23	M	ii	William (2) TUCKER was born in 1900 in Dartmouth. He married Ruby REYNOLDS.
	5.24	M	iii	Leslie John TUCKER was born about 1904. He married a TOZER.
	5.25	M	iv	Ernest TUCKER married a CHAPMAN. Ernest was a keen member of the St Barnabas / St Saviours choir and tower captain of the St Saviours / St Petrox band of bellringers. He is believed to have had two daughters who moved up-country.
	5.26	F	v	Hilda May TUCKER was born about 1905.

4.13 John James TUCKER (Thomas (2) , John (2) , Thomas (3) ), known in the family as Jack, was born in 1869 in Dartmouth.

In 1881, Jack was an agricultural labourer in the household of Edwin UNDERHAY, farmer, Lower Norton, Townstall, and by 1891 was a general labourer living with his parents at Bayard's Cove, Dartmouth. In 1901, he was an engineers driller living with his wife and family, still in Dartmouth.

Jack married (1) Elizabeth Jane POUND in 1893. Jane was born in 1873 in Dartmouth, daughter of tailor Philip POUND and his wife Elizabeth.

John and Elizabeth had the following children.

	5.27	M	i	Fredrick John TUCKER was born in 1894 in Dartmouth.
	5.28	F	ii	Florence Elizabeth TUCKER was born in 1895 in Dartmouth.
+	5.29	M	iii	Cyril TUCKER was born in 1901 and died in 1928 in Dartmouth.
	5.30	F	iv	Janey Elizabeth TUCKER was born on 31 Aug 1902 in Dartmouth. She married Albert BROCK on 17 Nov 1923.
	5.31	F	v	Vera Annie TUCKER was born in 1909 and died on 6 Mar 1929.
	5.32	F	vi	Lillian A TUCKER
	5.33	M	vii	Ernest George TUCKER was born in 1916 and died in Jul 1918 in Dartmouth.

Jack married (2) Amy J MOORE. They had the following child:

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Ruby J TUCKER

4.15 Laura (1) TUCKER (Thomas (2) , John (2) , Thomas (3) ) was born in 1873 in Dartmouth.

Laura married Robert (1) SHADBOLT, known in the family as Bob, in 1892. Bob was born in 1865 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, the son of William SHADBOLT and his wife Elizabeth.

 In 1881, Bob was a farm labourer living with his parents at Main Street, Somersham, Huntingdonshire. This must have been a temporary job, because gas manufacture was in the family: His father, his uncle and his grandfather were all gas engineers in the Cambridge area. For some reason, Bob's entry into the gas business brought him to Dartmouth, where he was recorded as a gas stoker in 1891. By 1901, he was a gas engineer at a works in East Ham, Essex.

	5.35	F	i	Laura Tucker SHADBOLT was born in 1893 in Dartmouth.
	5.36	M	ii	William SHADBOLT was born in 1895 in Thaxted, Essex.
	5.37	M	iii	Robert (2) SHADBOLT was born in 1897 in Thaxted, Essex.
	5.38	F	v	Winifred SHADBOLT was born in Mar 1901 in Manor Park, Essex.

4.16 Henry (2) TUCKER (Thomas (2) , John (2) , Thomas (3) ), known in the family as Harry, was born in 1876 in Dartmouth.

Harry may have lived all his life in Dartmouth. In 1891, he was a farmworker living with parents and family in Bayard's Cove. In 1901 he was a carter for a coal merchant, and in 1930 was living at Clarence Hill.

Henry married Susanna WOTTON in 1899. Susanna was born in 1871 in Dartmouth, the daughter of Dittisham agricultural labourer George WOTTON and his wife Selina. 

Henry and Susanna had the following children:

	5.39	F	i	Annie TUCKER was born in 1900 in Dartmouth.
	5.40	M	ii	George TUCKER
	5.41	M	iii	William Thomas TUCKER was born on 23 Jun 1906 and died on 3 Dec 1978.
				William married Mary Jane Marjorie WELLINGTON on 2 Sep 1944. They had no children.
	5.42	F	iv	Evelyn TUCKER
	5.43	M	v	Jack TUCKER

4.17 Alfred TUCKER (Thomas (2) , John (2) , Thomas (3) ) was born in 1877 in Dartmouth.

In 1901, Alfred was a plumber living with parents in Dartmouth.

Alfred married Sara Elizabeth HODGE. They had the following child:

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Alfred Rodney TUCKER died on 30 Oct 1981.

4.18 Charles TUCKER (Thomas (2) , John (2) , Thomas (3) ) was born in 1880 in Dartmouth, and died in 1916.

In 1901, Charles was a postman. His father's obituary states that "Pr. C. Tucker [was] killed in action in 1916", but it has not been possible to identify him unambiguously in the Commonwealth War Graves Commission data.

Charles married Georgina PEPPERELL in 1902. Georgina, known in the family as Ena, was born in Dec 1879 in Plymouth, Devon, daughter of James PEPPERELL and his wife Georgina.

Ena's father, a Leading Seaman on the Royal Navy corvette HMS Thetis in 1881, later became a coast guard. Ena followed him around from Plymouth to The Lizard, Cornwall; Wyke, Dorset; Dartmouth; and then Chaldon Herring, Dorset. Charles presumably met her while she was in Dartmouth (about 1897), but they married in Chaldon Herring. In 1930, she was living in St Michaels Road, Paignton, with her daughter Doris and her husband.

Charles and Ena had the following children:

	5.45	F	i	Doris May TUCKER was born in 1903. She married William BROCKENSHIRE about 1925.
	5.46	M	ii	William (1) TUCKER

4.24 Helena Mary HATSWELL (Elizabeth Ball TUCKER , John (2) , Thomas (3) ) was born in 1874 in Brixham.

In 1891, Helena was a servant in the household of retired shipowner William VARWELL at 4 New Road, Brixham. After her marriage, she moved to 1 Polsham Cottages, Paignton.

Helena married Arthur Vivian HARRIS in 1896. Arthur was born in 1876, the son of Paignton coachman John Henry HARRIS and his wife Caroline née VIVIAN.

In 1891, Arthur was an apprentice joiner living with his parents at Garfield Terrace, 7 Station Road, Paignton. By 1901, he had become a cabinet maker.

Helena and Arthur had the following children:

	5.47	M	i	Frederick HARRIS was born in 1897 in Paignton.
	5.48	F	ii	Vera Helena HARRIS was born on 15 May 1901 in Totnes.

Leonard went to Calcutta, India, as Assistant Harbourmaster in 1912 and remained there until 1938.

Leonard married (1) Minnie FOOT in 1908. Minnie died in Calcutta in 1915.

Leonard later married (2) Ethel AMBLER. They had the following children:

+	5.51	F	i	Joan Victoria HATSWELL was born in Calcutta in 1919. .
	5.52	M	ii	William Ralph HATSWELL was born in Calcutta in 1920.
	5.53	M	iii	Leslie HATSWELL was born in Paignton in 1924.
	5.54	M	iv	Patrick Alan HATSWELL was born in Calcutta in 1926.

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Betty DOUGHTY married John ACKROYD.

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