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Somerset / Re: Hillcott - can anyone pinpoint this house?
« on: Sunday 19 February 23 17:16 GMT (UK) »
Hi. I can confirm that this is definitely 14 Spaxton Road. Margaret, I could be completely wrong but a quick genealogical check gives me this. Your GGF was Charles Nation b.1816 d.1884. He married in abt 1844 Ann (possibly Prosser) (b.1822 d.1909).
The youngest son of this couple was Harry b.1859 who married in 1896 Elizabeth (Emma Ann) Yeandle. I think they would be your grandparents? They purchased Clayhill Farm between 1901 and 1911. One of their sons Charles George b.1892 eventually sold the farm in abt 1943 to the Irish family. I have assumed that his sister was your mother?
So in summary these dates don't seem to agree with the historical date of 1885 you've inherited about Hillcott. I know that Constance Mary Priestley and an Edith Vale sold Danesborough in 1935 and moved into Hillcott. Incidentally Hillcott was previously known as Hill View and a retired farmer named Henry Sperring lived there in 1901.
Do you know the approximate date of this photo or the date when your family stayed there. Perhaps when Clayhill was sold Charles George moved in to Hillcott with his family? This seems unlikely as it looks like Constance lived in Hillcott until she died in 1947.
The youngest son of this couple was Harry b.1859 who married in 1896 Elizabeth (Emma Ann) Yeandle. I think they would be your grandparents? They purchased Clayhill Farm between 1901 and 1911. One of their sons Charles George b.1892 eventually sold the farm in abt 1943 to the Irish family. I have assumed that his sister was your mother?
So in summary these dates don't seem to agree with the historical date of 1885 you've inherited about Hillcott. I know that Constance Mary Priestley and an Edith Vale sold Danesborough in 1935 and moved into Hillcott. Incidentally Hillcott was previously known as Hill View and a retired farmer named Henry Sperring lived there in 1901.
Do you know the approximate date of this photo or the date when your family stayed there. Perhaps when Clayhill was sold Charles George moved in to Hillcott with his family? This seems unlikely as it looks like Constance lived in Hillcott until she died in 1947.