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Bessie TARR
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Name Bessie TARR Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Born Sep Q 1868 Dawlish, Devon, England
- From the 1871 census where shown as aged 2 and the 1881 census where shown as aged 12.
Cofton is in Dawlish Civil Parish; so some censuses giving birthplace as Dawlish, which is not a contradiction.
GRO ref: TARR, Bessy q3 1868 Newton A. RD 5b 114; GRO online index shows mother's maiden name as Jestham
Gender Female Died Sep Q 1938 Exeter Reg Dist, Devon, England
- The only death of a Bessie GREENSLADE to fit
GRO ref: Greenslade, Bessie aged 70 Exeter RD 5b 111
Siblings6 brothers and 6 sisters Patriarch & Matriarch
John TARR, b. Abt 1822, Kenton, Devon, England
, d. Jun Q 1900, Newton Abbot Reg Dist, Devon, England
(Age ~ 78 years) (Father) 
Elizabeth OLIVER, d. Yes, date unknown (Great Grandmother)
Person ID I13597 All Last Modified 6 Mar 2018
Father John TARR, b. Abt 1822, Kenton, Devon, England
, d. Jun Q 1900, Newton Abbot Reg Dist, Devon, England
(Age ~ 78 years) Mother Grace JUSTHAM, bap. 15 Mar 1829, St. Andrew’s Church, Buckland Monachorum, Devon, England
, d. Jun Q 1912, Newton Abbot Reg Dist, Devon, England
(Age ~ 82 years) Married Jun Q 1846 Plympton Reg Dist, Devon, England
- GRO ref: JESTIN, Grace to TARR, John q2 1846 Plympton St Mary RD 9 517
Is Jestin = Justham? - finding this couple in the censuses shows that Grace was the right age and born in Milton Combe, Buckland Monachorum so I'm sure it is.
The 1911 census shows that Grace and John had 13 children, 6 of whom had died by 1911. As 7 have been found in 1911, it must be the others who died.
Alive in 1911: Mary A, John, James F, Tom, Eliza J, Grace, Bessie (7)
Must have died by 1911: the 2 who died as infants (John Henry Jestham and Richard), Wm Henry, Sarah Jane, Emily, Alice (6).
Family ID F5859 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family William Rice GREENSLADE, b. Abt 1861, Chittlehampton, Devon, England
, d. Sep Q 1936, Barnstaple Reg Dist, Devon, England
(Age ~ 75 years)
Other Partners: Mary Jane GREENSLADEMarried Dec Q 1897 South Molton Reg Dist, Devon, England
- GRO ref: GREENSLADE, William Rice to Tarr, Bessie q4 1897 S. Molton RD 5b 827
Children 1. Bessie Joyce Justham GREENSLADE, b. Sep 1900, South Molton Reg Dist, Devon, England
, d. Yes, date unknownLast Modified 14 Aug 2013 Family ID F5864 Family Group Page | Family Chart
- From the 1871 census where shown as aged 2 and the 1881 census where shown as aged 12.


