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Directories are a most useful source of information about family
members. Entries are divided into two categories - Private Residents and
Commercial. Generally speaking, Private Residents owned their own property,
and unless they were women, were eligible to vote. Do not expect to find
many Stentiford in this category - instead, explore the Commercial
listings. These came from Kelly's Directory of Devonshire for 1914:
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Roy Hayter wrote about James Stentiford - a well-known
Ilfracombe character - in Issue 13. Holiday-making by the seaside was
well-established by 1914 and many people offered rooms to let in
their own houses during the
summer season, creating cheaper and less formal accommodation than that
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Arthur belonged to that enormous family of James and Lucy
Stentiford which we first met as far back as Issue 1.
He was the twelfth of 14 children and was born in Morchard Bishop in
April 1891. When he was 33, he married Elsie Pierce in Morchard Bishop
on 25 Jan 1925. He died in 1965 in the Worthing area aged 74. |
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There were still Stentifords in Sampford Courtenay
in 1914! In the 1891 census we find John who was the son of William Stentiford and Sarah Fewings
and was born in 1843 in Sampford Courtenay.
John described himself as a Fellmonger - someone who removes hair
from hides in the leather industry. It was his wife Eliza who originally
kept a
little shop in the village. By 1901, aged 57 he was described as a whip
and thong manufacturer. We believe he died in 1907 aged 63 and that
nobody thought to cancel his Directory Entry! |
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