Family of James SPEAR and Bessie DART

Husband: James SPEAR (1851-1926)
Wife: Bessie DART (1856-1893)
Children: John Dart SPEAR (1873-1954)

Husband: James SPEAR

Name: James SPEAR
Sex: Male
Father: -
Mother: -
Birth 1851
Death 1926 (age 74-75)

Wife: Bessie DART

Name: Bessie DART
Sex: Female
Father: -
Mother: -
Birth 1856
Death 1893 (age 36-37)

Child 1: John Dart SPEAR

Name: John Dart SPEAR1
Sex: Male
Alt. Name: James DART
Spouse: Alice HEARD (1881-1918)
Birth 20 Aug 1873 Sandford, Devon, England2
John was born two months before his parents were married - his mother Bessie DART was just 17. His birth record shows him as John DART, but baptism and all subsequent records show him as John Spear
Baptism 23 May 1874 (age 0) Sandford, Devon, England
Caldecott, Yarmsley
A note was added to the baptismal register by the vicar, Charles Gregory, immediately below the original record of John's baptism, to make the correction - " This entry should have been as follows: John son of Bessie Dart, single woman, the parents having been married since the birth of the child - corrected by me C. Gregory vicar in the presence of me Bessie Spear"
Occupation Horseman on farm
Census 2 Apr 1911 (age 38) Sandford, Devon, England3
Copper Oak, Sandford
John and Alice are with Ernest, Bessie and Alfred.
Occupation 2 Apr 1911 (age 38) Horseman on farm; Sandford, Devon, England3
Occupation 1913 (age 39-40) labourer; Sandford, Devon, England
East Village
Census 19 Jun 1921 (age 43 yrs 10 mns) Sandford, Devon, England4
Meadow End
Occupation 19 Jun 1921 (age 47) Farm labourer; Sandford, Devon, England4
Employment: H.P. Lane, farmer
Place of Work: Woolsgrove Farm
Census 29 Sep 1939 (age 66) Sandford, Devon, England5
Meadowend Cottage
Occupation 29 Sep 1939 (age 66) Horseman on farm; Sandford, Devon, England5
Death Q4 1954 (age 81) Exeter, Devon, England

Sources

1www.heardfamilyhistory.org.uk. This GEDCOM is predominantly the work of Nick Heard, but it incorporates the collaborated work of many other family historians. You are welcome to use the information herein but please acknowledge the source. Every effort has been made to ensure the data is accurate, but any use you make of it is entirely at your own risk. (c) Nick Heard 2009
2Free BMD Marriage. Crediton 5b 920. Cit. Date: Q2 1906.
3Text From Source: Name Related Cond Age Occupation Birth Place
John Spear Head Mar 38 Horseman on Farm Sandford, Devon, England
Alice Spear Wife Mar 29 East Village - Sandford, Devon, England
Ernest Spear Son Unm 4 Scholar Sandford, Devon, England
Bessie Spear Dau Unm 3 Sandford, Devon, England
Alfred Spear Son Unm 1 Sandford, Devon, England
RG14/13201 RG78/765 RD281 SD4 ED6 SN13. Cit. Date: 2 April 1911. Assessment: Secondary evidence.
4Text From Source: Census England 1921
Address: Meadow End
Place: Sandford, Devon, England

Name,Relation,Age,Sex,Marr/Orph'd,Birthplace,Nationality,Education,Occupation,Employment,Place of Work,Chd <16,Children's Ages
John Dart Spear,Head,43y 10m,M,Widowed,Sandford, Devon, England,,,Farm labourer,H.P. Lane, farmer,Woolsgrove Farm,3,8,9,15
Ernest John Spear,Son,15y 1m,M,Mother Dead,Sandford, Devon, England,,,,,At home,,
Edith Annie Spear,Daughter,9y 11m,F,Mother Dead,Sandford, Devon, England,,Whole Time,,,,,
Frederick William G Spear,Son,8,M,Mother Dead,Sandford, Devon, England,,Whole Time,,,,,
5Text From Source: Register England & Wales 1939
Address: Meadowend Cottage
Place: Sandford, Devon, England

Name of person,Status,Gender,Birthdate,Condition,Occupation,Comments
Spear, John,,M,26 Aug 1873,W,Horseman on farm,
There is an indistinct correction to his DPB. There seems to be somebody with a closed record living with him.