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.
