Find Ancestors

William Colmour and his family are in Pilton Barnstaple in 1851 census . Name wrongly transcribed
William Colomore 35 ships carpenter b Framington ? wife Emma 31 son William 8 b Pilton daughter Elizabeth A 6 ? b Pilton

My line is son William and I know what happened to him but I can't find any more on his parents or sister .

I have tried every spelling I can think of

thanks

Kathy

Kathy

How is it spelt on the 1851 cos i can't find it

Purely for info..1851

Name: William Colamore
Age: 8
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1843
Relation: Son
Father's Name: William
Mother's Name: Emma
Gender: Male
Where born: Pilton, Devon, England

Civil Parish: Pilton
County/Island: Devon
Country: England

Registration district: Barnstaple
Sub-registration district: Ilfracombe
ED, institution, or vessel: 7b
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 63
Household Members: Name Age
Elizabeth A Colamore 6
Emma Colamore 31 b. Braunton
William Colamore 35
William Colamore 8

Reg

Is this them in the 1851

William Colamore
Age: 8
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1843
Relation: Son
Father's Name: William
Mother's Name: Emma
Gender: Male
Where born: Pilton, Devon, England

Civil Parish: Pilton
County/Island: Devon
Country: England

Street address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Disability: View Image

Registration district: Barnstaple
Sub-registration district: Ilfracombe
ED, institution, or vessel: 7b
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 63
Household Members: Name Age
Elizabeth A Colamore 6
Emma Colamore 31
William Colamore 35
William Colamore 8

I'm not sure if this would be the right area?

Marriages Mar 1863

COLMOUR Elizabeth Ann Behanna Stoke D 5b 563
CUTCLIFFE John Edward Stoke D 5b 563
NETTING John Hannaford Stoke D 5b 563
PRINCE Isaac Albert Axminster 5b 563
WATTS Elizabeth Stoke D. 5b 563

1861.........Ship's carpenter

Name: Wm Colmoure
Age: 42
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1819
Relation: Head
Spouse's Name: Mary
Gender: Male
Where born: Fremington, Devon, England

Civil Parish: St Andrew
Ecclesiastical parish: St Peter
County/Island: Devon
Country: England



Registration district: Plymouth
Sub-registration district: St Andrew
ED, institution, or vessel: 1
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 300
Household Members: Name Age
Mary Colmore 48
Wm Colmoure 42
Wm Hy Harvey 13

Reg

And the marriage............

William Colmour 1858 Jul-Aug-Sep Barnstaple Devon
Mary Harvey 1858 Jul-Aug-Sep Barnstaple Devon

Reg

Wonder if this is the sister's birth? gives two different spellings, just to confuse!

Births Sep 1844

Collinour Elizabeth Ann Behannah Barnstaple 10 40
Collmour Elizabeth Ann Behannah Barnstaple 10 40

Selena

Wonder if this is Emma's death? Very close to his remarriage!

Deaths Mar 1858
Colmer Emma Tavistock 5b 262

Selena

Could be William's birth?

Births Sep 1842
COLLEMORE William Barnstaple 10 30

Selena

William's first marriage?

Marriages Sep 1841

Capern Mary Barnstaple 10 55
Collmour William Barnstaple 10 55
CUTLIF Emma Barnstaple 10 55
DARCH John Barnstaple 10 55
Parkin Richard Barnstaple 10 55
SMALDON Mary Barnstaple 10 55

Selena

Selena and Reggie

You are both brilliant !!!!
I had spent days trying to find them .In fact I gave up a few years ago and only decided to tackle some of my brick walls recently !
Pity they kept altering the surname but then it wouldn' be so much fun if it was too easy

Thanks again
Kathy :-)

Sorry Julie

I didn't mean to leave you out thanks for your input as well

Kathy :-)

Just noticed that it looks like:

William Collmour married Emma Cutliff 1841
Elizabeth Colmour married John Cutliffe 1863

Strange?

Selena

Selena

That is strange .Might account for madness in the family !!!!

Kathy

That's ok Kathy..i didn't do anything lol....xx

Hi
I hope you don’t mind but I saw your thread and thought I would do some research at Barnstaple Records Office. As with your own findings, there have been numerous name spellings for this family but they have been quite easy to track.

Records are identified as Pilton Parish Records Fremington Parish Records

I have spelt each name as they are on the record/entry

This is what I have found:




Marriage

4th July 1841 WILLIAM COLLMOUR (shipwright) to EMMA CUTLIP or CUTLIF (servant)

I have since checked her on Ancestry and think she may be EMMA CUDLIP I found her on the 1841 census (need to check date of census against the marriage date) she was 20 years old then living in Stoke Dameral area, this is in S. Devon (Tamar area) but when checked the image her father was also a shipwright so this may be how she met WILLIAM.

Baptism

28th Feb 1842 WILLIAM COLLMOUR to William (shipwright) & Emma

14th Sept 1844 ELIZABETH ANN BEHEAMA to William & Emma

8th Aug 1849 JOHN to William & Emma

Burial

5th Nov 1852 EMMA COLMER age 32 (childbirth)

Marriage

12th Sept 1857 WILLIAM COLMOUR (shipwright) to MARY HARVEY (charwoman)









The census shows William senior as being born in Fremington (I think transcribed as Framington)

Baptism

28th May 1809 MARY COLMER to JOHN (blacksmith) & ANN

29th Dec 1816 WILLIAM COLMER to John/Ann

*12th Apr 1818 JOHN COLMER to John/Anne

2nd Jan 1820 LUCY COLMER to John/Ann

Marriage

** 8th Feb 1808 JOHN COLMORE to ANN BEHEANA (see William and Emma’s daughter Elizabeth)

Burial

!9TH July 1820 JOHN COLMORE age 34



* I found information for John whilst searching William.



Marriage

7th Jun 1840 JOHN COLLMOUR (shipwright) to SARAH TROUMP (lace maker)


Baptism

13th July 1845 SALLY COLMOUR to John/Sarah





baptism

** 15th Oct 1786 JOHN COLMER 1786 to William/Jane

I am afraid that I was then running out of time so these are further entries I found but was not able to cross check. I wlll give you the details and you can maybe work out which William is Johns father. If you would like me to try to find out further info please let me know and I will be happy to go back. I think Fremington records go back to 1602, as it is the next village to where I live it is quite interesting to follow local families. I see that John was a blacksmith I am sure there is Blacksmith Cottage there. When the weather gets better will have to stroll around the village


Birth

4th Dec 1760 WILLIAM COLMER (it appears from around this date they only put in fathers details ) father WILLIAM

I could not find marriage for him

Marriage

26th Jan 1758 WILLIAM H COLMER to JOAN SYMMONS

Burials

27th Jan 1864 DAVID COLMER

27th Nov 1768 WILLIAM COLMER

16th Aug 1772 MARY COLMER daughter of Jane

So I’m not sure if Joan and Jane are the same woman or if William born 1860 (more likely) married a Jane, but not in Fremington, might be worth checking IGI

Hope this helps although does not follow Williams sisters….maybe next time I’m in Barnstaple I’ll have a look!!!

Mandy

Just seen Selenas marriage record for Elizabeth's wedding in Stoke Dameral...makes Emma Cudlip connection more likely

....mandy

Amanda

You are a star !!!!
What a lot of info you have found for me .I am in Scotland so it makes it difficult to do much english parish record searches.
It will take me a while to digest all the above but a million thanks and if I can return the favour in scotland just let me know

Kathy

Hi,

can anyone help with records regarding a Sarah COLMER

Born: abt 1832
St. Lukes, Middlesex, England
Died: 1876
Lambeth, London, , England

daughter of Thomas COLMER & Ann ???
Born: abt 1801
Exeter, Devon, England
Died: 1858
St Saviour, Southwark, Surrey, England

they also had another daughter
Elizabeth b. 1829 and a son Henry b.1835

any infromation would be fantastic

many thanks

Liz Stone