Sandeman, Mrs Belinda and Miss Linda, 2 Landscore Villas, Landscore Road, Teignmouth Belinda Goddard Sandeman, née Lynch, (1840 – 1921)[1] was born in April 1840 in Hackney, the daughter of Samuel Smith Lynch and Catherine Rebecca Cox, and baptised there in June 1840. Samuel Smith Lynch was a lieutenant in the 77th (East Middlesex) Regiment

Mangan, Mrs Elsie, 6 Ashleigh Road, Barnstaple Elsie Myra Mangan née Skelsey[1] (1884 – 1965) was born on 20 December 1884, the daughter of William and Catherine Skelsey. The Skelseys lived in Southam, Warwickshire where William was a baker and confectioner. Elsie was the third of their four daughters. In 1901 Elsie, aged 16, with

Pring Mrs Mary, Spreytonway, Hoopern Place, Exeter  Mary Lambert Pring née Lambert (1880-1973)[1] was born in Spreyton, on the fringe of Dartmoor, the daughter of George and Grace Lambert. George farmed at Coffins, described in 1881 as a 245-acre farm on which he employed three labourers. He died in 1885, when Mary was five and

Chesnutt, Miss Florence, 26 The Strand, Topsham Florence Amelia Ashby Chesnutt[1] (1869 – 1956) was the daughter of Frederick and Amelia Louisa Harrison Chesnutt, born on April 10 1869 at 24 Seven Sisters Road, Hornsey, and baptized on July 8 that year at St Mary, Hornsey. Frederick was described in the register as a ‘gentleman’,

Fursdon, Mrs Florence, Halsdon House, Honiton Florence Rose Mary Fursdon née Trelawney[1] (1870 – 1941), was born on 16 Aug 1870 in Kensington, the only child of Sir William Lewis Salusbury Trelawney of Trelawney Manor, Duloe, Cornwall and his first wife, Jessy Rose Murray. Florence’s mother died in 1871 and Sir William married again in

Penry, Mrs Marian, School House, Hele’s School, New North Road, Exeter  Marian Penry née Dyke (1873 – 1945)[1] was born in 1873 in Hackney, London to Edward and Martha Dyke. Edward Dyke is described on the 1881 census, when the family were living at 127 Amherst Road, West Hackney, as a stationer, employing five men.

Kelly, Miss Margaret, Kelly House, Kelly, Lifton Margaret Kelly (1877 – 1974)[1], born in Salcombe, was the eldest daughter of Rev. Maitland Kelly and his wife Agnes Clare. She had three full brothers and sisters. Her mother died in 1885 and Maitland married again, two years later, Elfreda Carey, with whom he had a further

Norrington, Misses Marjorie and Muriel, 1 St Leonard’s Terrace, Mount Radford, Exeter Marjorie Stephens, née Norrington (1889 – 1981)[1], and Muriel Norrington (1889 – 1981) were twin sisters, born on 26 Jan 1889, in Exeter, the daughters of Henry and Harriet Norrington. Henry was an implement and manure merchant with premises on Bonhay Road and

Fletcher, Mrs Olga, 48 Polsloe Road, Exeter Olga Marie Rachel Fletcher, née d’Avigdor (1869 – 1953),[1] was the eldest daughter of Elim and Henriette d’Avigdor, born on 1 July 1869 in Marylebone, Middlesex. Elim Henry d’Avigdor was a Franco-Jewish civil engineer, who worked on projects all over the world.[2] Henriette, formerly Jacobs, was the daughter

Jefferd, Mrs Ada Bessie, Bank House, 46 & 48 Fore Street, Tiverton Ada Bessie Jefferd (nee Rogers) was born in 1859 in Clifton, Bristol[1] and was baptised at St George, Brandon Hill, Bristol in January 1859[2].  Her father, William Rogers, was a carriage builder/coach maker from Bristol and her mother, Jane Ann Rogers, was from Bath.  She