Great x3 Uncle George Edworthy

My Great x3 Uncle George (1854 - 1876), was a farm servant and a younger brother of my Great Great Grandfather William Edworthy (1852 - 1911).

George was born in 1854 in East Worlington, Devon, to William Edworthy (about 33), a farm labourer, and Mary Edworthy (nee Harris) (about 30).

On 23rd April 1854, George was baptised in East Worlington.

George was the fifth of eleven children (four daughters and seven sons):

• Ann  1841 - 1882  (41)
• John  1844 - 1910  (65)
• Elizabeth  1849 - 1917  (about 68)
• William  1852 - 1911  (about 59)
• George  1854 - 1876  (22)
• Samuel  1856 - 1920  (64)
• Ellen  1858 - 1934  (75)
• Lewis  1861 - 1943  (82)
• Frederick  1863 - 1943  (79)
• Frank  1866 - 1929  (63)
• Mary Harris  1869 - 1939  (69)

George and his siblings grew up at Edgelake/Oddislake Cottage, thatched cob cottage built in the early 1600s, in East Worlington.

(You can read more about the structure of the property here.) 

Edgelake/Oddislake Cottage

1861 Census: 

As a teenager, George left the family home to live and work on farms. By the time of the 1871 Census, he lived with and worked as an indoor farm servant for the Hutchings family, headed by farmer Samuel Hutchings, at West Chilla [farm], Black Torrington.

1871 Census:

Alas George passed away as a young man. Around July 1876, George passed away, aged only twenty-two, in the district of South Molton. He was buried on 13th July 1876, in East Worlington.

He was buried at St Mary's Churchyard. He shares a headstone with his mother, Mary, and older (half?) sister Ann. (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/207067273/george-edworthy)