Tuesday 7 July 2020

Great x3 Uncle William George Mutters

My Great x3 Uncle William (1862 - 1864) was an older brother of my Great Great Grandfather George Mutters (1868 - 1918).



William was born in Jul/Aug/Sep 1862 in Exton, Devon, to George Mutters (about 37), a farm labourer and sexton, and Anna Maria Mutters (nee Havill) (about 36), a lacemaker and housewife.

William was baptised on 21st September 1862, in nearby Woodbury.

His middle name is probably for his father, George. He had both a maternal and a paternal Uncle William - he may have been named for both.

William was the fifth of children (three daughters and three sons):

  • Mary Jane  1852 - after 1871  (at least 19 years old)
  • Elizabeth Ann  1854 - 1856  (18 months old)
  • Sarah Ann  1857 - 1928  (70 years old)
  • John Thomas  1859 - after 1871  (at least 11 years old)
  • William George  1862 - 1864  (15 - 18 months old)
  • George  1868 - 1918  (52 years old)

Sadly, in Jan/Feb/Mar 1864, William passed away, aged only fifteen to eighteen months, in the district of St Thomas.

His younger brother, George, would name one of his sons William George - maybe for his older brother, who passed away four years before his own birth.

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