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  trounce - pafg90 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
was born in 1873 in Devonport, Devon, England.
was born in 1872 in Stonehouse (Plymouth), Devon, England.
was born in 1868 in Devonport, Devon, England.
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 trounce - pafg107 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
was born in 1883 in Veryan, Cornwall, England.
was born in 1893 in Bedminster, Somerset, England.
was born in 1874 in Launceston, Cornwall, England.
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 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Modern Plymouth is actually an agglomeration of three separate towns: Plymouth, Devonport and East Stonehouse; this amalgamation occurred in 1914, and prior to the merger, they were referred to collectively as "The Three Towns".
Most visitors to Plymouth are drawn to the spectacular Plymouth Hoe, a stretch of greensward overlooking the sea and Plymouth Sound; it is believed that this is the place where Sir Francis Drake completed his game of bowls before setting sail to defeat the Spanish Armada.
Devonport Dockyard [1] [1], located in the city of Plymouth, England in the county of Devon is the largest naval base in Western Europe.
www.online-encyclopedia.info /encyclopedia/p/pl/plymouth__england.html   (539 words)

  
 DEVONPORT - LoveToKnow Article on DEVONPORT   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
, a municipal, county and parliamentary borough of Devonshire, England, contiguous to East Stonehouse and Plymouth, the seat of one of the royal dockyards, and an important naval and military station.
The town hall, erected in 1821-1822 partly after the design of the Parthenon, is distinguished by a Done portico; while near it are the public library, in Egyptian style, and a conspicuous Done column built of Devonshire granite.
On Mount Wise, which was formerly defended by a battery (now a naval signalling station), stands the military residence, or Government House, occupied by the commander of the Plymouth Coast Defences; and near at hand is the principal naval residence, the naval commander-inchiefs house.
www.1911encyclopedia.org /D/DE/DEVONPORT.htm   (795 words)

  
 Family History of Ethan Jeffery Chiapelli - pafg07 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
John Hobbs was born in 1826 in Dunderton, Devon, England.
Ann Henningson was born in 1829 in Antony, Cornwall, England.
Susannah Maria Hicks was born in 1842 in Kingsand, Devon,England.
home.gwu.edu /~chiapell/Ethan/familytree/pafg07.htm   (302 words)

  
 Walkabout - Devonport
No one is exactly sure how Devonport got its name although it is obvious that the origins must be associated with the County of Devon in southern England.
One school of thought argues, without any strong evidence, that Devonport was named, with a nice sense of nostalgia for the 'old country', after the coastal town of Devonport in the county of Devon.
The town of Devonport came into being on 11 February 1890 when two smaller townships - Formby on the west side of the Mersey River (it had been laid out in 1853) and Torquay on the east bank (established 1851) - amalgamated.
www.walkabout.com.au /fairfax/locations/TASDevonport.shtml   (1437 words)

  
 Douglas Roy Jenkins Genealogy - drjg04 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Thomas ROSKELLEY was born 22 Jan 1796 in Tideford, Crnwll., England.
She died 6 Mar 1859 in Devonport, Devon, England and was buried in Plymouth Cemeter, Devon, England.
Mary CLARK was born 8 Sep 1831 in Rainow, Ches., England.
www.djenkins.nu /genealogy/drjg04.htm   (362 words)

  
 Adventure Network International - Polar History
He was born in Devonport, England and joined the Royal Navy at the age of 14, training aboard the HMS Britannia.
The party of Discovery expeditioners left England in August 1901, and stopped en-route in New Zealand, finally reaching Cape Adare on the edge of the Ross Sea, Antarctica in January 1902.
Both on the polar plateau and back in England, where Amundsen’s achievement would be belittled, the notion died hard that it is only through suffering that a goal is really worth attaining.
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 Andy & Mary's Genealogy - mlag01 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
was born on 3 Oct 1855 in Stoke Damerel, Devonport, England and was christened on 13 Oct 1855 in Ward Tamar, Devonport, England.
Harry immigrated in 1881 to from England to Wisconsin.
was born on 22 Jun 1810 in Poundstock, Cornwall, England.
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 Family History of Ethan Jeffery Chiapelli - pafg09 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
Sarah Hall was born on 17 Sep 1779 in Lyme, New London, Connecticut.
William Wall was born on 12 Sep 1812 in Horsley, Gloucestershire, England.
Sarah Sansom was born on 30 Sep 1814 in Horsley, Gloucestershire, England.
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 Life of Sarah Jane Barker Devenport
She was blessed by George Staniforth, May 27, 1861 and baptized 22 June 1873 by William Holyoak and confirmed by Harman Balis at Parowan, Utah.
He was born in Bramley, Yorkshire, England, 29 September 1835.
His parents lived at Leeds, England and the father worked in the woolen mills there.
www.gordonbanks.com /gordon/family/sjbarker.html   (3256 words)

  
 Descendancy of Abraham Emdon
Emd(e)(o)n was born circa 1801 at Plymouth, Devon, England.
She appeared on the census of 30 Mar 1851 in the household of Abraham Emd(e)(o)n and Lydia Davis.
June 6 1841 Devonport Census - the name Eleanor is given in Bernard Susser's transcripts, but no sex is given, and 'Eleanor' does not appear in the 1851 census, so 'Eleanor' was probably a mis-transcription.
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 BBC NEWS | England | Replica ships plan for Devonport
One of the first boats planned is HMS Beagle, the vessel on which naturalist Charles Darwin mapped out many of his ideas on evolution.
Earlier this year it was announced that privatisation plans could lead to substantial job losses in the area.
Devonport is the largest naval base in Western Europe.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/england/2201777.stm   (170 words)

  
 Travel Tasmania
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Devonport is a city in the north-west of Tasmania, Australia, at the mouth of the Mersey River.
The local government area is the Devonport City Council, with a population of 24,334 (2001 census).
www.artistbooking.com /trips/206/travel-tasmania.html   (1370 words)

  
 The Lort Family Genealogy Web Site: Peter Williams Rolston Biographical Page
He was born in the Town of Devonport England December 7th 1831.
When the Russian War broke out that year H M S Nile (90 guns) was attached to the squadron which carried out the Baltic Campaign, and was Flag Ship for a greater part of the campaign.
Returning to England at the end of hostilities in 1855.
www.geocities.com /Nashville/Opry/2848/bios/bio172.html   (819 words)

  
 Standard Arrow
At the time, she was en route from Devonport, England, to New York.
She loaded a cargo of fuel oil and sailed for Devonport on 4 February.
Standard Arrow then replenished her cargo and sailed with a convoy for England, arriving at Portsmouth on 16 March 1918.
www.history.navy.mil /danfs/s17/standard_arrow.htm   (235 words)

  
 USS Adonu
She remained at Devonport until 26 May and then moved to Portland harbor.
Adonis reached Devonport on 15 November, resumed her maintenance work, and remained at that port through 5 May 1945.
After a pause at Belfast, Northern Ireland, the ship began her voyage back to the United States and reached her home port, Norfolk, on 31 May. Upon her arrival, the vessel was overhauled and then conducted sea trials and exercises in the Chesapeake Bay.
www.multied.com /navy/LST/Adounu.html   (660 words)

  
 Beatrice HILL
Beatrice married John Thompson TAGGETT, son of William TAGGETT and Patience SPILLER, in Jun 1900 in Devonport, Devon, England.
(John Thompson TAGGETT was born in 1875 in Stoke Damerel, Devon, England and died after 1915.)
Hill Beatrice was born in Stoke Damerel, Devon.
ca.geocities.com /taggett2003/55.html   (74 words)

  
 Helmer Genealogy
She was born 1826 in Plymouth, England, and died May 12, 1905 in London, Ont., Canada,.
She was born 1852 in London, England, and died August 17, 1927 in Randwick, Sydney, NSW.
She was born November 24, 1915 in Newcastle Upon Tyne, England, and died April 11, 1963 in Toronto, Ontario.
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 Arvonian
The steel-hulled, screw steamer Arvonian—built in 1905 at Stockton, England, by Richardson, Duck and Co.—was turned over to the United States Navy on loan by the British Admiralty "for war purposes" at the Admiralty Dockyard, Devonport, England, on 27 November 1917 and commissioned that same day, Comdr.
Santee was towed to Plymouth and thence to Devonport where she arrived on 8 February.
She was decommissioned on 8 April 1918 and returned to the Admiralty and resumed her former name, Arvonian.
www.history.navy.mil /danfs/a12/arvonian.htm   (370 words)

  
 Kevin 1 Brown   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Shute, Alfred 23 February 1858 Ugborough, Devon, England.
Bickford, Elizabeth 25 December 1800 Totnes, Devon, England.
Shute, Sydney 06 December 1884 Ugborough, Devon, England.
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 Genealogy Data
Birth : ABT 1876 Dromanby, North Yorkshire, England.
Birth : ABT 18 MAR 1877 Broughton, North Yorkshire, England.
Birth : ABT 9 MAR 1851 Topcliffe by Thirsk, North Yorkshire, England.
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 GENUKI: Devon - Genealogy
"A county of England, reaching from the Bristol to the English Channel, and bounded by Cornwall, and Somersetshire, and Dorsetshire.
Devon's coastal and overseas fisheries and New England migration, 1597-1642.
The Jews of south-west England: the rise and decline of their medieval and modern communities, Exeter, Devon, University of Exeter Press (1993) xxii, 361 pp.
genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk /DEV/index.html   (10998 words)

  
 William TAGGETT
Marriage: SPILLER, Patience Mar 1867, Stoke Damerel, Devon, England
William married Patience SPILLER, daughter of Thomas SPILLER and Grace MOON, in Mar 1867 in Stoke Damerel, Devon, England.
(Patience SPILLER was born circa 1841 in St. Germans, Cornwall, England and died in Mar 1906 in Devonport, Devon, England.)
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 AFSOUTH Images
(Left) Outgoing commander of STANAVFORMED, Italian Navy Rear Admiral Bazzari and new commander British Royal Navy Comador Somerville at the change of command ceremony in Devonport, England.
Standard bearers of STANAVFORMED at the change of command ceremony in Devonport, England.
Captains of the participating ships of STANFORMED at the change of command ceremony Sept. 14 in England.
www.afsouth.nato.int /images/STANAVFORMED/SNFMCOC2001.htm   (150 words)

  
 Battleship 'Queen'
Devonport DYd, Devonport, England = Hull from the beginning to the end
Harland and Wolf, Belfast, England = Engines+Boilers from the beginning to the end
stricken, BU in 1920 09 04 by England
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 Titanic Inquiry Project - U.S. Senate Report - Passenger List - Second-Class Passengers - Continued.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Groves, 6 The Avenue, Brondesbury, England, or Rapid City, S. Hickman, Mr.
Robert W. 171 Cromwell Road, South Kensington, England.
Frank H. 1 Whitecross Road, Weston Super-Mare, England.
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 Devonport House Hotel - London - Devonport House Hotel reviews - TripAdvisor   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
We stayed at Devonport House for 3 nights in mid-February 2005.
Although primarily used as a conference centre, my boyfriend and I spent the weekend at Devonport House...
We have visited the Devonport House a number of times and found it fantastic value for money at weekends....
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 Guy Francis de Moncy Burgess
He was, when sober, a charming, witty, handsome fellow who made brilliant conversation and always played to the person with whom he was speaking.
The Gillman family is very much tied in with the Dwyer family in England, descendents of Robert Hoare Dwyer.
In ironic fact, when Philby returned to England at the end of the Spanish Civil War, he was interviewed by none other than BBC correspondent Guy Burgess.
www.geocities.com /layedwyer/guy.htm   (3960 words)

  
 Greenwich, London England Hotel Accommodation, Devonport House Hotel and Conference Centre
Prices displayed are the lowest rate available at this hotel within the next 30 days (this is often the mid-week single room rate).
Located in the heart of historic Greenwich, Devonport House offers relaxed surroundings on the doorstep of the City.
England - Scotland - Wales - London - Edinburgh
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