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Sorry I have taken so long to reply.  I haven't been logged in for ages - different reasons but am here now.
Yes, I do belong to the Churchstanton Dobles.  I fancy there was someone on there that told me that it was possible that Elizabeth who married Thomas was possibly a cousin.  Don't know how we will every know.  I tried to find you on Ancestry but didn't have any luck, presumably you have a different name on there.  Thank you for replying to my query.  Whereabouts do you live ?

What an interesting idea Mart

Thanks Louisa, I was hoping I could accept it - I think I will make notes of all comments and then call it 'case closed'

One more thing - Ernest put his mother as next of kin as Emma Eveleigh of Rawridge, Honiton Devon.
Well this is odd - his grandmother with whom he lived since 1891 (when I found an Emily Eveleigh who died in 1891) was called Emma Eveleigh (nee Goff) and living in 1911 with her daughter Alice Mary Harris (nee Eveleigh) at Rawridge, nr Upottery, Honiton, Devon.  Emma (his grandmother) died 1935.

Could it be possible that although he was her grandson, she was mother to him and she would have been his nearest next of kin ?  Or am I wanting this to be especially as I've spent so much time on this individual !!!!

With your help I have been able to find out more about Ernest Eveleigh.  I think the WW1 info is correct.  He married an Agnes Wyatt (Upottery Devon) in 1920 and he died 1965 (Honiton registers). I am almost 99% sure his mother was Emily Eveleigh who died 1891 which is probably why he was living with his grandparents on the 1891, 1901 census and with his aunt Alice Mary Harris (nee Eveleigh) on the 1911 census.  However as I have no evidence I am trying to locate the Hemyock parish register to see if he was baptised there.  No luck so far but thank you for your assistance.