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Evil family Bideford
« on: Thursday 11 September 14 19:30 BST (UK) »
Hello

My 5x grt grandmother Mary Locke Evil married George Brayley in Bideford in 1828 and was born in Bideford in 1806.
The mother is down as Judith Evil and there is no mention of a father.

I have been struggling with the Evil family for years now and cannot seem to find anything on them.

I would be grateful if anyone can help me locate anything at all.

Many thanks

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Re: Evil family Bideford
« Reply #1 on: Thursday 11 September 14 22:48 BST (UK) »
Mary was illegitimate if there is no fathers name shown on her baptismal record. To trace back - you need to find a baptism for Judith to establish her parentage

However - there is also the possibility that Judith was a widow in which case, although Mary was illegit - she would take her mothers married name
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Re: Evil family Bideford
« Reply #2 on: Thursday 11 September 14 22:50 BST (UK) »
Hiya Carole

I've had a search on the IGI for a Judith Evil and all that shows is the birth of Mary Locke Evil.
This branch of my family has always intrigued me but no luck so far.
When I type in 'Evil family' etc on google you can imagine what comes up  ;D

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Re: Evil family Bideford
« Reply #3 on: Friday 12 September 14 09:02 BST (UK) »
There are 43 people on the 1841 census by the name of Evil! ;D

15 in Somerset; 15 in Wiltshire
6 in Cornwall; 3 in Dorset; 2 in Surrey, and 1 each in Gloucestershire and Devon
Garrad (Suffolk, Essex, Somerset), Crocker (Somerset), Vanstone (Devon, Jersey), Sims (Wiltshire), Bridger (Kent)


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Re: Evil family Bideford
« Reply #4 on: Friday 12 September 14 11:17 BST (UK) »
It looks like there's a few people on Ancestry with my family on there. I cannot view them but the name Evil might be spelled Evely or Eveleigh.

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Re: Evil family Bideford
« Reply #5 on: Friday 12 September 14 11:47 BST (UK) »
None of the 11 trees on Ancestry have a father!

Looks like you are going to need Parish Registers?
Try Devon Family History Society - www.devonfhs.org.uk
or Devon Heritage Services - www.devon.gov.uk/record_office

Or even FindMyPast?
Garrad (Suffolk, Essex, Somerset), Crocker (Somerset), Vanstone (Devon, Jersey), Sims (Wiltshire), Bridger (Kent)