| Husband: | James SPEAR (1851-1926) | |
| Wife: | Bessie DART (1856-1893) | |
| Children: | John Dart SPEAR (1873-1954) | |
| Name: | James SPEAR | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Father: | - | |
| Mother: | - | |
| Birth | 1851 | |
| Death | 1926 (age 74-75) | |
| Name: | Bessie DART | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Father: | - | |
| Mother: | - | |
| Birth | 1856 | |
| Death | 1893 (age 36-37) | |
| 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" |
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| 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. |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
| 1 | www.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 |
| 2 | Free BMD Marriage. Crediton 5b 920. Cit. Date: Q2 1906. |
| 3 | Text 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. |
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| 4 | Text 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,,,,, |
| 5 | Text 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. |