Household Record 211

Res.1/Male/Husb}   Hancock, James Family History} Hancock
Res.2/Fem./Wife}   Loosemore, Jane HH Type} Historic household   HH
Address/Location:  
Name(s)} Mr. & Mrs. James Hancock and family
Str./Apt.} Boslop Farm and Rawstone Farm
City/etc.} Bishops Nympton, Devon, England
Household Dates:
  Source}     Exa 1861
  Move-In}   Cir  1855
  Move-Out} Cir 1885
Source 1} 941 = 1861 Eng cen
Source 2} 942 = 1871 Eng cen
Source 3} 945 = Death certif
Source 4} 943 = 1881 Eng cen
Last Updated
by} Karen Hancock
Date Updated}   2 Mar 2023
Date Created}  15 Nov 2006
Notes:  In the 1861 English census, James Hancock, 52, and his wife Jane, 44, were living at Boslop Farm, Bishops Nympton, Devon.  James was a farmer.  Their children were Frances, 22, Thomas, 18, Ann, 16, William, 14, James, 12, John, 10, and George, 1.

In the 1871 English census, James Hancock, 61, and his wife Jane, 56, were living at Rawstone Farm, Bishops Nympton, Devon.  James was farming 270 acres.  Sons Thomas and William were both married by about 1867 and had moved away.  Nothing more is known about Ann.  The children at home now included Fanny, 30, James, 22, John, 20, and George, 11.  Jane died 23 Jun 1879 while living at Rawstone, Bishops Nympton.

In the 1881 English census, James Hancock, 69, was farming 260 acres at Rawstone Farm.  The only children now at home were Fanny, 40, George 21, and a grandson William, 14.

Bishops Nympton is approximately three miles east-southeast of South Molton, Devon, England.
Total # of Residents} 9  
Other Residents:
Household  His Last HH}130 His Next HH} 212
Links => Her Last HH} 130Her Next HH} ___
  3rd Res.} Hancock, Frances (Fanny) ­___
  4th Res.} Hancock, Thomas 127
  5th Res.} Hancock, Ann 127
  6th Res.} Hancock, William ___
  7th Res.} Hancock, James ___
  8th Res.} Hancock, John ___
  9th Res.} Hancock, George 212
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