[Index]
Elizabeth MUDFORD (1828 - )
Children Self + Spouses Parents Grandparents Greatgrandparents
Mary J TOWNSEND (1849 - )
Thomas TOWNSEND (1850 - )
Emma TOWNSEND (1852 - )
Henry TOWNSEND (1857 - )
Alice TOWNSEND (1861 - )
 Elizabeth MUDFORD (1828 - )

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William TOWNSEND (1820 - )



























b. abt 1828 at Cadbury, Devon, England
m. 29 Mar 1848 William TOWNSEND (1820 - ) at Exeter, Devon, England
Children (5):
Mary J TOWNSEND (1849 - )
Thomas TOWNSEND (1850 - )
Emma TOWNSEND (1852 - )
Henry TOWNSEND (1857 - )
Alice TOWNSEND (1861 - )
Events in Elizabeth MUDFORD (1828 - )'s life
Date Age Event Place Notes Src
abt 1828 Elizabeth MUDFORD was born Cadbury, Devon, England
29 Mar 1848 20 Married William TOWNSEND (aged 27) Exeter, Devon, England Free BMD Mar 1848 10 156 2
1849 21 Birth of daughter Mary J TOWNSEND Thorverton, Devon, England 2
abt 1850 22 Birth of son Thomas TOWNSEND Thorverton, Devon, England
1851 23 Census Thorverton, Devon, England
1852 24 Birth of daughter Emma TOWNSEND 2
1857 29 Birth of son Henry TOWNSEND Thorverton, Devon, England 2
1861 33 Birth of daughter Alice TOWNSEND Thorverton, Devon, England 2
1871 43 Census Thorverton, Devon, England
Source References:
2. Type: Book, Abbr: Devon to Downunder, Title: Devon to Downunder, Auth: Bettie Elworthy, Publ: Bookbound, Date: 1997
- Reference = 7 (Marriage)
- Notes: Henry's younger brother William 1820 apparently caused father Thomas some
heartache. Originally Thomas bequeathed 1500 pounds to William when he
reached 25 years but a codicil stated William should not have the money until he
was 28. However, if needed, the trustees could withdraw 700 pounds to set him up
in business. The reason for the codicil is not clear as it was made less than a year
before William's 25th birthday.

In Thorverton lived an agricultural labourer with three (presumably beautiful)
daughters, each of whom made marriages which were unusual at a time when
class distinction was taken very seriously indeed. One girl wed an old Harrovian
barrister and became the lady of a nearby manor; another wed a Swedish
businessman.
The youngest daughter Elizabeth married our William on 29 Mar 1848, just
seven months before he received his inheritance. At least Elizabeth was more
fortunate than most of her contemporaries and spared a baby-every-year
syndrome. She and William had three daughters Mary 1849, Emma 1852, Alice
1861 as well as a son Henry Townsend in 1857.
This public tree has about 60,100 people. Every person in the tree is related by birth or marriage to at least one other person in the tree - no strays. The people in the tree come mainly from four projects.
  1. My family tree. The original project begun about 1998. ID numbers less than about 6,000
  2. Canberra and Queanbeyan Pioneers. The next 30,000 begun about 2004. Sourced almost entirely from HAGSOC's excellent 'Biographical Register of Canberra and Queanbeyan'. The project began when I decided to add siblings, spouses and parents for a relation with an entry in the Register. 12 years work.
  3. Wagga Pioneers. I moved to Wagga and thought I would extend the Queanbeyan project by adding people from Wagga Wagga & District Family History Society's 'Pioneers of Wagga Wagga and District'. About 10,300 people added over about a year.
  4. Tumut Valley Pioneers. During the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020, I decided to extend the above projects by adding pioneers of the Tumut Valley. Initial sources were Snowden's 'Pioneers of the Tumut Valley' and 'Relict of ... Lives of Pioneering Women of Tumut and District'. Excellent references published by Tumut Family History Group. I've also added material from newspapers of the time - especially, death records, obituaries and weddings from 'Tumut and Adelong Times'. This project is in its early stage and might take a few years. I plan to extend to the upper Monaro (Adaminaby, Kiandra, Cooma, Jindabyne).
I upload new information to this website about every 3 months. My motivation for these projects is to provide public information for people seeking to trace ancestors and what became of them. Much of the information I provide can be difficult to find.
If you find errors - anything incorrect (dates, places, wrong parents, wrong children), and you have evidence, I would love to fix them. Or, if you have information that would extend my projects, do not hestiate to contact me on the email link below. I do not publish information on living people - which means I'm not much interested in people born after about 1920, and I usually distrust material from before about 1770 without extremely good sources.
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Geoff Bell, September 2020
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