Michael FOLLAND [6199] (1792-1865)

  • Name:

  • Michael FOLLAND

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • William FOLLAND (1763-1816)

  • Mother:

  • Elizabeth CLARKE (c. 1763- )

Individual Events and Attributes

  • Birth:

  • 1792

  • Beaford, Devon

  • Baptism:

  • 25 Nov 1792 (age 0)

  • Beaford, Devon1

  • Occupation:

  • frm 1820 to 1845 (age 27-53)

  • blacksmith; Merton, Devon2

  •  

  • Address: Little Potheridge

  • Census:

  • 6 Jun 1841 (age 48)

  • Merton, Devon3

  •  

  • Address: Little Potheridge

    Michael FOLLAND 48 a Blacksmith was with his wife Ann and children William 15, Wilmot 10 and Thomas 8. Also in the house were Grace 45, Elizabeth 8 and Philip 1½ STAPLETON. Elizabeth was given as a niece to Michael and Ann on the 1851 census.

  • Occupation:

  • 6 Jun 1841 (age 48)

  • blacksmith; Merton, Devon3

  • Census:

  • 30 Mar 1851 (age 58-59)

  • Merton, Devon4

  •  

  • Address: Little Pethridge

    Michael FOLLAND 59 a Blacksmith from Beaford was with wife Ann and son Thomas, and Ann’s mother Ann STAPLETON and niece Elizabeth STAPLETON.

  • Occupation:

  • 30 Mar 1851 (age 58-59)

  • blacksmith; Merton, Devon

  • Census:

  • 7 Apr 1861 (age 69)

  • Merton, Devon5

  •  

  • Address: Little Petheridge

    Michael FOLLAND 69 a Blacksmith from Beaford was with wife Ann.

  • Occupation:

  • 7 Apr 1861 (age 69)

  • blacksmith; Merton, Devon5

  • Death:

  • Oct 1865 (age 70)

  • Merton, Devon6,7

  • Burial:

  • 3 Oct 1865

  • Merton, Devon8

Marriage (1)

  • Spouse:

  • Willmot ROWTCLIFF (c. 1796-1839)

  • Children:

  • Elizabeth FOLLAND (1820- )

  •  

  • Sally FOLLAND (1822- )

  •  

  • William FOLLAND (1824-1880)

  •  

  • Wilmot Rowtcliffe FOLLAND (1832- )

  •  

  • Thomas FOLLAND (1833- )

  • Marriage:

  • 31 Dec 1818 (age 25-26)

  • Merton, Devon9

Marriage (2)

  • Spouse:

  • Ann P STAPLETON (1797- )

  • Children:

  • John FOLLAND (1845-1845)

  • Marriage:

  • 12 Apr 1841 (age 48-49)

  • Great Torrington, Devon10,11

Individual Note

 

See our pages on Devon Blacksmiths

and descents from Michael FOLLY

 

 

 

Sources

1.

Beaford Parish Register PR3 Baptisms, Marriages and Burials 1729-1812. North Devon Record Office, Tuly Street,

Barnstable,

Devon,

EX31 1EL. Tel: 01271 388607/8, Email: ndevrec@devon.gov.uk, Web: www.devon.gov.uk/record_office.htm, Call Number: Beaford mf2/3, (fiche).

2.

FOLLAND bapt Merton. Find My Past. Web: www.findmypast.co.uk.

3.

PRO, Census UK 1841 Merton, Devon HO107/ 243/12 fo 7 (Little Potheridge), (HO107/ 243/12 fo 7 p 9). Ancestry.co.uk.

4.

PRO, Census UK 1851 Merton, Devon HO107/1894 fo315 (Little Pothridge), (HO107/1894 fo315 p25). sch 86. Ancestry.co.uk.

5.

PRO, Census UK 1861 Merton, Devon RG9/1499 fo 60 (Little Petheridge), (RG 9/1499 fo 60 p18). Ancestry.co.uk.

6.

General Registry Office Index to Births, Marrages and Deaths, (https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/indexes_search.asp). Cit. Date: Q4 1865. Family Record Centre (FRC), 1 Myddelton Street,

London

EC1R 1UW. Tel: 020 8392 5300, Web: www.familyrecords.gov.uk/frc.

7.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File - Alice Folland SWENSEN. Family History Library, 35 N West Temple Street

Salt Lake City, Utah 84150 USA.

8.

Find My Past Parish Records Collection. Find My Past. Web: www.findmypast.co.uk.

9.

DFHS, Torrington Deanery CD.

10.

Find My Past Parish Records Collection. Devon Marriages. Find My Past. Web: www.findmypast.co.uk.

11.

FreeBMD website for GRO index of Births / Marriages / Deaths. Jun 1841. FreeBMD Website.

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