Joan BIDDLECOMBE

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• Residence: 1881, Polden Hill, Shapwick, Somerset, England
• Misc: 20 Jan 1900, Bristol, Somerset, England, United Kingdom; Qualified as second mate for a foreign going ship
• Misc: 1914, Australia
• Misc: 1914, Melbourne, Australia; Mariner, H.M.S. Pioneer
• Will_prob: 25 Sep 1925, London, England, United Kingdom

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Residence:
His age was given as nine months.

Misc:
Lt. Commander, Thomas Wyburn Biddlecombe, Acting Commander of the ship Pioneer

Will_prob:
"Thomas Wyburn of Toorak, Melbourne, Australia, died 13 March 1917 at sea.
Administration (limited) London 25 September to George Whitley, solicitor, the attorney of Gertrude Biddlecombe, widow. Effects £ 284, 18 s., 1d"

Died:
Acting Commander (A/Cdr) Thomas Wyburn Biddlecombe, HMS Q27. Formerly of South Yarra, Victoria, he joined the Royal Australian Navy as a Sub Lieutenant in July 1906 and rose to the rank of Lieutenant Commander (Lt Cdr) in July 1913. At the outbreak of the First World War he was the captain of HMAS Pioneer in East Africa. Acting Commander Biddlecombe was attached to the Royal Navy in England in 1916 in command of a special service ship (HMS Q27). He was killed on 13 March 1917 during action against a German submarine off the west coast of Ireland and was the first RAN officer killed in action in command of his ship. He was aged, 36 years.

Source: Australian War Memorial online at http://www.awm.gov.au/collection/P01585.001

Thomas married Gertrude Mary THWAITES on 27 May 1909 in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Residence: 1936, Toorak District, Victoria, Australia

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• Residence: 1851, Shapwick, Somerset, England, United Kingdom; Farmer employing seven laborers
• Residence: 1861, Shapwick, Somerset, England, United Kingdom; Farmer of 222 acres employing three men and two boys
• Residence: 1871, Shapwick, Somerset, England, United Kingdom; Farmer of 269 acres employing five laborers and one boy

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Birth:
"On the twenty third day of the fifth month, One thousand eight hundred and twenty five was born in the Parish of Shapwick, County of Somerset, unto Thomas Biddlecombe, Yeoman, and Prudence, his wife, a son who was named William Josiah."

Residence:
William was head of household with several of his siblings living with him.

Died:
William Josiah of Dunstan, near Reading died 20 August, 1901 Probate London 22 November 1901 to Amelia Ann Biddlecombe widow. Effects £ 231

William married Amelia Ann WYBURN about Dec 1872. Amelia (daughter of Robert WYBURN and Susanna DICKER) was born on 27 Nov 1838 in Woolavington, Somerset, England, United Kingdom; died on 15 Mar 1913 in Reading, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Residence: 1841, East Gate, Taunton, Somerset, England
• Residence: 1851, Bridgwater, Somerset, England; Scholar
• Residence: 1861, Fore St., Bridgwater, Somerset, England; Milliner
• Marriage Reg.: Abt Dec 1872, Chelsea District, Greater London, Middlesex, England

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Residence:
Listed as a visitor who was visiting her sisters, Susan and Sarah, in their home in Bridgwater.

Thomas married Prudence BAKER before 1825. Prudence was born about 1801 in England; died on 17 Jun 1859 in Somerset, England, United Kingdom. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Will_prob: 1 Jun 1860, Taunton, Somerset, England, United Kingdom

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Will_prob:
"Letters of administration of the Personal estate and effects of Prudence Biddlecombe late of Shapwick in the County of Somerset, widow deceased who died 17 Jun 1859 at Shapwick aforesaid were granted to William Josiah Biddlecombe aforesaid Yeoman one of the Children of the said Deceased he having first affirmed."

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• Misc: 1839, Woolavington, Somerset, England, United Kingdom; Purchased the Manor House in Woolavington
• Occupation: 1842, High Street, Bridgwater, Somerset, England; Cabinet Maker and Upholsterers
• Will_prob: 1855, Somerset, England, United Kingdom

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Occupation: Furniture manufacturer

Robert's great-great-granddaughter, Elizabeth Anne Wyburn Willett Garnell, reported, "According to family tradition, Robert Wyburn became deeply involved with the Primitive Methodists whilst still in his teens, with the result that the family largely rejected him. He would remain active as a lay preacher until his death. He, too, was a cabinet maker, working at first in Oakhampton and then at Taunton before finally moving to Bridgwater."

Christened:
Copy of church record held

Misc:
Robert Wyburn purchased the Manor House in Woolavington about 1839. On his death in 1854, the house passed to his son, Walter Robert, and subsequently to Walter's daughter, Helen Eliza, and her husband, Joseph Heighington Willett. The house finally sold following Helen Eliza's death in 1963.

Will_prob:
His wife and children were mentioned.

Died:
Read his death notice!

Robert married Susanna DICKER on 24 Feb 1823 in Cheriton Bishop, Devon, England. Susanna (daughter of John DICKER and Susanna CODNER) was born on 3 Mar 1798 in Cheriton Bishop, Devon, England; died on 24 Feb 1868 in Woolavington, Somerset, England, United Kingdom; was buried in Woolavington, Somerset, England, United Kingdom. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Residence: 1821, Crockernwell, Devon, England
• Residence: 1861, Woolavington, Somerset, England, United Kingdom; Freeholder

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Married:
Witnesses: John Dicker; Mary E.

Residence:
The Wesleyan Chapel was built in 1837. An adjacent schoolroom was added later, on land purchased by Robert Wyburn. He was the owner of the Manor at the time and a Wesleyan Local Preacher. The Sunday School operated from this building, and the Superintendent for over 60 years was George Haggett who died in 1921. After many years of service to the community the Chapel closed in the early 1970s...

Slightly further along Causeway, on the right, is the Manor House, now converted to X separate houses. This was the seat of the Lord of Woolavington Manor, originally (following the Norman Conquest) one Robert de Candos of Nether Stowey. The house has been much altered over the centuries, but the existing property is thought to date, at least in part, from the 16th century...

The house in which the Wyburns lived is said to be the house north of the church, known since 1851 as the Manor House, owned and occupied by the Wyburn family after c 1840 but divided by 1909. The Manor House is said to date from the 16th century but has been much altered...

See WOOLAVINGTON THROCKMORTON MANOR