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| Father's Father | Isaac SQUIRE | Go to Family Tree No. 2 |
| Father's Mother | Mary REDWOOD | Go to Squire Descendants' Chart |
| Mother's Father | James GILL | Go to Family Tree No. 2 |
| Mother's Mother | Mary CRAZE | Go to Gill Descendants' Chart |
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| Father | Isaac SQUIRE | born 2 December 1846, Wiveliscombe, Somerset, Eng baptised married 8 August 1877, Exton, Somerset, Eng died 22 December 1924, Alcombe, Somerset, Eng buried |
| Mother | Emily GILL | born 21 April 1851, Alcombe, Dunster, Somerset, Eng baptised died 15 February, 1939, Lynmouth, Devon, Eng buried |
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| Children | ||
| 1. Male | William SQUIRE | born 9 June 1878, Hemyock, Devon, Eng baptised died 14 April 1936, Aldershot Hamps. Eng buried |
| 2. Female | Mary SQUIRE | born 29 July 1879, Ashculm, Hemyock, Devon, Eng baptised died buried |
| 3. Male | John SQUIRE | born 7 September 1881, Ashculm, Hemyock, Devon, Eng baptised died 16 July 1952 buried |
| 4. Female | Annie SQUIRE | born 25 July 1884, Ashculm, Hemyock, Devon, Eng baptised died buried |
| 5. Female | Lottie SQUIRE | born 12 May 1886, Alcombe, Dunster, Somerset, Eng baptised died 5 August 1968 buried |
Biographical notes for Isaac Squire
Isaac Squire was born on 2 December, 1846, at Wiveliscombe, Somerset, England. I have an original birth certificate, obtained by Val Squire in 1985. He married Emily Gill in 1878 in Exton on 8 August 1877. In the 1871 census, Emily was a servant at the Rectory in Exton for the rector Mr Warren. Isaac was not far away in Wiveliscombe. Family records in Australia showed Isaac married Emily Cox. We wonder if this change was because their son John married Ethel Gill, the daughter of Emily's brother.
In the 1881 census, Isaac and Emily were at Hemyock, and had four of their children here. They had moved to Staunton Cottage Alcombe Dunster by 1886 when Lottie was born. Emily's family is always shown as living in Lower Alcombe, so we guess the Gill family lived in Staunton Cottage. Emily's mum died in 1886 which coincides with the Squire's moving to Staunton Cottage. James Gill is shown on censuses as living with the Squire family in 1891 and 1901.
The Smith family were neighbours to the Squire family, and in 1896, Charles Smith (b 1894) came to live with Isaac and Emily. Charles' mother had died, and his father was supporting a four year old severely disabled lad and several older children. Charles was still with the Squire family in 1901, but went on to serve in WW1 and later returned badly injured to live a long life in Bristol.
Isaac and Emily's youngest daughter Lottie probably went into service in London, and met Thomas Isaac Gilson. They married and moved back to Alcombe, bringing two children. Interestingly, they lived next door to Charles' brother Harry. In 1914, Wally Gilson was born at the Squire's cottage.
Isaac Squire died on 22nd December,1924, at the age of 78 years. They were still at Staunton Cottage, Staunton Meade. This cottage belonged to the Luttrell family, of Dunster Castle. After Isaac's death, Emily went to live with Thomas and Lottie Gilson, who had moved from Alcombe to Lynmouth (North Devon). Faith and Reg visited the U.K in 1985 and visited their grave, placing flowers from the garden at Staunton Cottage.
I visited the cottage in 2007 with Wally Gilson, and met the current owner. We were invited to have a look inside, and I could visualise how different it must have been 100 years ago. Wally could describe to the current owner what the place was like in the 1920s. Many thanks to Mary Chorley from Bridgwater Somerset for the information about her grandfather Charles Smith and for the photo of Isaac and Emily, and to Daphne of Minehead-Online for the postcard photo of Staunton Cottage.
Source documents
Biographical notes for Emily Squire nee Cox
From Faith Boxold,
Emily died at 'The Falls', Lynmouth, North Devon, England. She came to live with us after Grandad (Isaac) died, first at Laidan House, Lynmouth, then at 'The Falls'. This is not 'The Falls' where Wal and Marg now live, they called their place 'The Falls' after mum and dad's place. Mary Squire and her husband 'Spider' visited us when we were at 'Laiden House', Lynmouth.
When Reg and I visited England in 1982, we visited their grave and put flowers on it from their old garden 'Staunton Cottage', Staunton Meade, plus some hydrangeas from a house further up the lane - a Mr and Mrs Coles. They had an elderly lady living with them who said she could remember Isaac and Emily.
Source documents
Some info is from IGI - to be verified.
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