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The parish register at Antony records Honor daughter of William Treliving and Hannah Whitman, daughter of William Whitman of St Peter's, Suffolk was born was17 Apr 1803 and baptised 8 May 1803. Her father William Treliving was a Gunner in the Royal Navy.
John and Honour were the generation on this branch to cross the river from Cornwall into Stoke Damerel and then Plymouth. They married in Plymouth St. Andrew's as did John's brother Thomas Henwood Trevan and sister Margaretta Trevan. However, John and Honour stayed in Devon while Thomas and Margaretta returned to live in Cornwall.
John was a carpenter, and all 4 sons followed in his footsteps, with the youngest 3 becoming Shipwrights.
Of their eldest 5 children the baptism entries have only been found for Mary Hannah, Hannah Whitman and Eliza Treliving Mitchell. They were baptised at the Morice Street Wesleyan Chapel, Devonport. Mary Hannah is shown as Trevern, daughter of Hannah and John, carpenter. Eliza's entry has the correct names for her parents, but the IGI transcription shows Trelleran instead of Treleaven as shown in the transcript currently (Jun 2000) held at Myddelton Street, London.
Their youngest 4 children were baptised as children and not infants. At least 2 of them were baptised privately and there is a note in the register correcting the name of the mother for the christening of Lucretia which reads "11 Mar 1862 Mrs Trevan stated to me that her Xian name is Honor - Agnes must have been given in mistake to me by the sisters of mercy". This suggests that the children were seriously ill and those who had not been baptised already were baptised by the nuns so that "their souls could be saved after death and since they could be given a Church of England burial".
For the 3 youngest boys, their baptism entries each have a note below them giving their date of birth and "Admitted into the Church 2nd Aug 1852", which presumably refers to their date of confirmation.
From family stories, the reason for the private baptism was as a result of a cholera outbreak (although the major outbreak which resulted in the communal grave in the Stoke Damerel churchyard was several years before the date of their baptism).
Another story passed to me from my grandfather and father was that there was a split between the "C of E" and the "Methodee" parts of the family. Unfortunately I did not write the story down at the time, but I think it was my great-grandfather (Bill) who was punished by his parents (Henry Meirs and Kezia Trevan) after he went over to Devonport to play with some of his cousins. This would appear to be the generation of the family which became split between the Church of England and the non-conformists.
Following John's death in 1862 it appears that Honour lived with her children. At the time of her mother's death in 1868, she was recorded as the informant. She made her mark and gave her address as 2 Newport Street, East Stonehouse, which was the address for her son Henry Meirs Trevan. From the time of the 1871 census until her death on 6 Aug 1879 she was living with her daughter Harriett Whitefield, who was christened as Hannah Whitman Trevan and married to John Whitefield.
However she appears to have had children by George Alfred / John Pas(s)more Trevan who was a sailor.
These are probably the census entries for them for 1881.
Vessel "Belle", Plymouth St Andrew Ref RG11 Piece 2202 folio 51
| Edward Gliddon | W | 46 | Master | Topsham, Devon |
| George Passmore | M | 51 | Mate | Plymstock, Devon |
The Beach, Dittisham Ref RG11 Piece 2175 folio 46 page 1
| Christiana Passmore | Wife (Head) | M | 49 | Mariners Wife | Devonport, Devon |
| George H Passmore | Son | 12 | Scholar | Dittisham, Devon | |
| William Passmore | Son | 10 | Scholar | Dittisham, Devon |
She was still living at home for the 1851 and 1861 censuses. She had married John Whitefield towards the end of 1856 in Plymouth, and she had and her children were at home with her parents. The 1861 and 1871 census gives her profession as a tailoress. She moved to Banff in Scotland for most of the 1860s but had returned to Plymouth by the time of the 1871 census. Her father had died, and her mother was living with her at 7 How St. Her husband was not living with her at the time of either of these censuses, so presumably he was a seaman. The 1881 census sees her at the same address with a further 2 daughters born since the 1871 census, but by now she is a widow.
Their children:
At the time of the 1881 census they were living in Plymouth. Elizabeth and Jessie have gone into service and have left home, and Mary cannot be found so she is presumably married or dead.
7 How St, Plymouth Ref RG11 reel 2280 Piece 2190 folio 126 page 42
| Hannah W Whitefield | Head | W | 48 | Tailoress | Moricetown, Devon |
| William J Whitefield | Son | Unm | 17 | Masons Lab | Scotland |
| George H Whitefield | Son | 14 | Ropemakers Apprent | Scotland | |
| Lousia A Whitefield | Daur | 11 | Scholar | Plymouth, Devon | |
| Emily S Whitefield | Daur | 9 | Scholar | Plymouth, Devon | |
| Phebe H Whitefield | Daur | 6 | Scholar | Plymouth, Devon |
2 North Devon Place, Plymouth Ref RG11 Piece 2200 folio 127 page 42
| Caroline Bampton | Head | W | 57 | Annuitant | Plymouth, Devon |
| Augusta Bampton | Daur | Unm | 23 | Plymouth, Devon | |
| Elizth Whitfield | Servant | Unm | 22 | General Servant | Plymouth, Devon |
1 Bedford Street, Plymouth Ref RG11 Piece 2200 folio 10 page 14
| George Sercombe | Head | M | 37 | Licensed Victualler | Dunsford, Devon |
| Priscilla Sercombe | Wife | M | 40 | St Austell, Cornwall | |
| George E Sercombe | Son | 15 | Optician | Newton Abbot, Devon | |
| Francis J Sercombe | Son | 13 | Scholar | Newton Abbot, Devon | |
| Mary Sercombe | Mother | W | 74 | Dunsford, Devon | |
| Eliza White | Sister in Law | Unm | 34 | Tywardreath | |
| Jessie Whitefield | Servant | Unm | 18 | Domestic Servant | Scotland |
She married Edward Harris (c1838-) at East Stonehouse parish church.
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The witnesses were her brother Henry Meirs Trevan and her aunt Phobe Organ (nee Treliving)
At the time of the 1881 census they were living in Plymouth.
43 James St, Plymouth Ref RG11 reel 2280 Piece 2194 folio 66 page 22
| Edward Harris | Head | M | 41 | Cabinet Maker | Redruth, Cornwall |
| Eliza Harris | Wife | M | 44 | Plymouth, Devon | |
| William Harris | Son | 6 | Scholar | Plymouth, Devon |
| Date | Address | Event | Extra Info |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6 Oct 1838 | 27 Charlotte Street | birth certificate for Lucretia | |
| 22 May 1841 | 34 Gloucester Street | birth certificate for son William Henry | |
| 6 Jun 1841 | Not yet found | 1841 census | expected in Stoke Damerel |
| 12 Jul 1841 | 34 Portland Place | death of father-in-law | informant |
| 15 Dec 1842 | Back of Portland Place | birth certificate for son Henry Meirs | |
| 1844 | Gloucester St | 1844 | Trade Directory - Carpenter and Joiner |
| 22 Nov 1849 | 7 Moon Street, Stoke Damerel | baptism of William Henry and Henry Meirs | |
| 25 Feb 1850 31_Mar_1850 5 Sep 1850 |
11 William Street, Stoke Damerel | baptism of Adolphus and Lucretia and registration of birth of George Alfred | William Street backs onto Moon Street |
| 30 Mar 1851 | 11 William Street | 1851 census | |
| 7 Apr 1861 | 7 Parr Street, Plymouth | 1861 census | |
| 11 Jan 1865 | 2 Newport Street, East Stonehouse | death of mother Hannah Treliving nee Whitman, age 83, at 8 Herbert Street | Honor made her mark as the informant |
| 2 Apr 1871 | 7 How Street | 1871 census | John has died and Honour is a widow living with her daughter Harriett Whitfield |