Next Meeting Kingswear Hall at 7:30pm

Captain John Jellard of Blackawton (1811-1860)

His life, times and mysterious death

 Speaker; Jonathan Turner

John Jellard sailed his barque round the world in 1856, surviving pirate attacks and hurricanes before dying in mysterious circomstance in New Zealand.

Please join us in Kingswear Hall at 7:30 pm on the 10th February. £5 admittance which icludes tea / coffee and biscuits after the presentation.

Fuller details are provided HERE,

Update

I said at my 13 Jan Presentation on Kingswear 1841 – 1921 that I would put the presetation and supporting data on our website.

The presentation is too large to post on the website, but you can see it, in PDF notes format, by clicking on this LINK. This will show you the notes pages with a picture of the slide at the top of each section with the speaking notes below. If you need to see the whole thing in presentation format please contact me and I can make it available in PowerPoint or in Open Office Impress.

I was delighted that so many (39) turned out on a January evening.

I was contacted by Viv and Michael Short whose ancestors featured prominently in my presentation. They provided 2 relevant pictures which appear HERE. They also reminded me of the proud boast of their house-building family “we dont build houses – we build villas”.

Census Information

The raw data (the census for each 10 year period 1841 to 1911) is now posted on the website.

Processed data to enable you to find and extract names, ages, households, employment data etc is also included.

You can find the information through THIS PAGE and its multiple sub-pages.