I am from New Zealand and will be visiting Devon later this year to visit some of the places from where my forebears came from.
I am particularly keen to visit places associated with my 3x-great-grandparents: Edward ELLIOTT (1792-1861) and Dorothy CRANNAFORD (1792-1870).
Edward was born in Buckfastleigh, spent some time in Staverton and died in Totnes. Dorothy was born in Staverton, lived in Staverton and Totnes, and died at Worston near Yealmpton.
Most of their children were baptised in the Anglican parish church in Staverton, which I take is the church St Paul de Lion. Four of their children died in infancy between 1816 and 1835 and are buried there. I doubt they will have headstones, but have the headstones been transcribed for that church? And if so, where can I access them? The transcriptions may be useful for earlier generations.
The family’s places of residence in the Staverton register include Mount, Bumpson, and High Penn. I can find Bumpston on an old map. Mount might be Mount Barton, but have no idea about High Penn. Any suggestions appreciated.
In the 1841 census, the family is recorded as living in ‘South Back Wall’ in Totnes, along with a number of other people. Can anyone shed some light on where that actually was?
Edward ELLIOTT’s burial is recorded in the Anglican parish register for Totnes in 1861. Would that burial have occurred in the grounds of St Mary’s? Have the headstones been transcribed?
Dorothy’s burial is recorded in the in the Anglican parish register for Yealmpton, so I would assume that would have occurred in the grounds of St Bartholomew’s church. Again, have the headstones been transcribed?
Edward may have been buried in the Totnes cemetery on Plymouth Road which opened in 1856. If you contact the Cemetery Office at the Town Council they have a data base that they can check for you. I had a similar experience where an ancestor was recorded in the burial register of St Marys but was laid to rest in the cemetery. The phone number for the cemetery office is 01803 862147
Jeff - I have heard back from the Totnes Town Council, and yes, my Edward ELLIOTT was buried in the Totnes Cemetery on 14 February 1861. So thank you very much!
