Friday 18 December 2020

Great x3 Aunt Mary 'Jane' Jane Davey (nee Vernon)

My Great x3 Aunt Jane (1864 - 1930) was a domestic servant, assistant to her shepherd husband, housewife, mother of six, and an older sister of my Great Great Grandfather Isaac 'Harry' Harwood Vernon (1869 - 1934).

Jane was born in Jan/Feb/Mar 1864, in the district of Torrington, Devon, to William Vernon (about 35), an agricultural labourer, and Martha Vernon (nee Dyment) (about 31), a housewife.

Jane was the sixth of twelve children (five daughters and seven sons)

  • Susan  1854 - 1930  (75 years old)
  • Thomas  1857 - 1916  (about 59 years old)
  • William 'Robert' Robert  1859 - 1939  (about 80 years old)
  • Sarah Ann  1860 - 1901  (about 40 years old)
  • Silas  1862 - 1933  (71 years old)
  • Mary 'Jane' Jane  1864 - 1930  (66 years old)
  • Arthur John  1865 -
  • Isaac 'Harry' Harwood  1869 - 1934  (65 years old)
  • Martha  1871 -
  • Louisa  1872 - 1874  (16 months old)
  • Samuel 'Sam' Reuben  1875 -
  • Ernest  1878 - 1903  (25 years old)

As a young woman, Jane lived with and worked for the May family, headed by farmer George May, as a domestic servant. Her younger brother Harry also lived and worked there.

1881 Census:


In Jul/Aug/Sep 1887, Jane (23), a domestic servant, married Richard Davey (about 25), an agricultural labourer (and later a shepherd), in the district of Crediton.

Jane and Richard had six children (four boys and two girls):

  • Frederick 'Fred' William  1888 -  
  • Ernest Henry  1890 -  
  • Sidney Richard  1892 - 
  • Laura Jane  1893 -  
  • Elsie May  1896 -  
  • Frank  1899 -  

1891 Census:


In the late 1890s, the Davey family moved around one and half miles, from Kennerleigh to Woolfardisworthy, where youngest child Frank was born in 1899.

1901 Census:


1911 Census:

In Oct/Nov/Dec 1930, Jane passed away, aged sixty-six, in the Crediton district.

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