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Steve and Pauline Jones’ Family History
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Census transcript for Richard Chapple (1837-?) and family
1851
:
Westwater
Farm,
Axminster,
Devon.
Richard
Chapple
(servant)
age
13,
born
Axminster
Devon
occ
Plough
Boy.
Household
head:
George
Phippen,
age
68,
born
Dalwood
Devon
occ
Farmer
of
100
acres
(employs
2
labourers).
NA ref HO107/1862/190-191 pages 5-6 sch 23
.
1861
:
Winkhouse,
Axminster,
Devon.
Richard
Chappell
[sic]
(head)
age
24,
born
Axminster
Devon
occ
Ag
Labourer. Ann A. Chappell (wife) age 22, born Chard Somerset.
NA ref RG9/1371/69 page 8 sch 37
.
1871
:
Labourer's
Cottage,
Chantry
Wood.
Richard
Chapple
(head)
age
36,
born
Axminster
Devon
occ
Ag
Labourer.
Amelia
Chapple
(wife)
age
34,
born
Chard
Somerset.
William
Chapple
(son)
age
8,
born
Axminster
Devon.
Thomas
*
[sic]
Chapple
(son)
age
7,
born
Kilmington
Devon.
Alfred
Chapple
(son)
age
5,
born
Kilmington
Devon.
Jessee
**
[sic]
Chapple
(dtr)
[sic]
age
4,
born
Kilmington
Devon.
Elizabeth
Chapple
(dtr)
age
2,
born
Kilmington
Devon.
George
Chapple
(son)
age
7
months,
born
Kilmington
Devon.
NA
ref
RG10/2033/91
page
6
sch
24
.
*
This
entry
can
only
refer
to
Richard
and
Amelia’s
son
Thornhill.
**
This
entry
can
only
refer
to
Richard
and
Amelia’s son Jesse Oliver.
1881
:
Castle
Street,
Axminster,
Devon.
Amelia
Chapple
(head,
widow)
age
42,
occ
laundress,
born
Chard
Somerset.
Ella
Chapple
(dtr)
age
12,
scholar,
born
Kilmington
Devon.
George
Chapple
(son),
age
10,
born
Kilmington
Devon.
Arthur
Chapple
(son)
age
8,
born
Kilmington
Devon.
Frederick
Chapple
(son)
age
1,
born
Axminster
Devon.
Charles
Hoskins
(lodger)
age
19,
born
Bridport
Dorset
occ
Ostler
at
an
Inn.
NA
ref
RG11/2127/13 page 20
.
1891
:
Castle
Hill,
Axminster,
Devon.
Amelia
Chapple
(head,
widow)
age
51,
born
Church
Somerset
occ
laundress.
Ella
Chapple
(dtr)
age
22,
born
Kilmington
Devon
occ
Laundress
assistant.
Fred
Chapple
(son)
age
11,
born
Axminster
Devon.
George
Godfrey
(boarder)
age
51,
born
Whimple
Devon
occ
Groom.
NA
ref
RG12/1667/45 page 17
.
1901
:
Castle
Hill,
Axminster,
Devon.
Amelia
Chapple
(head,
widow)
age
62,
born
Church
Somerset
occ
Laundress.
Ella
Chapple
(dtr)
age
32,
born
Kilmington
Devon
occ
Laundress.
Frank
Bastin
(boarder)
age
25,
born
Ottery
St
Mary
Devon
occ
Railway
porter.
John
Larcombe
(boarder)
age
14,
born
Chardstock
Devon
occ
stable boy.
NA ref RG13/2017/51 page 18
.
1911
:
Castle
Hill,
Axminster,
Devon.
Amelia
Chapple
(head,
widow)
age
71,
born
Chard
Somerset
occ
Laundress.
May
Chapple
(g-dtr,
single)
age
20,
born
Axminster
Devon
occ
Laundress
(assistant).
James
Stenner
(boarder,
single)
age
24,
born
Exeter
Devon
occ
Moulder,
iron
foundary.
NA
ref
RG14
PN12510
RD268
SD2
ED10
Sch6
.