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Angela, That may be the other besley family i keep getting confused with!! I havent started on the jones side YET!!! lol

Yes lindsay!!! thats the one!

Or theres this one
Name: BESLEY, Thomas

Regiment, Corps etc.: Prince Albert's (Somerset Light Infantry)

Battalion etc.: 5th Battalion.

Last name: Besley

First name(s): Thomas

Initials: T

Birthplace: Bampton, Devon

Enlisted: Wiveliscombe, Somerset

Residence:

Rank: PRIVATE

Number: 1800

Date died: 16 February 1915

How died: Died

Theatre of war: Home

Hi Sylvia,

Was Thomas (1884) actually serving during the war?

The reason I ask is that there are service history papers for a Thomas Besley brn (1884) Wilveliscombe - Occupation Groom - who attested in 1915 his next of kin is listed as Rosina Besley (nee Pearce) - their marriage in 1905 in St Catherines Church Cardiff 30th September 1905.

Their current address 1915 is Langley Wilveliscombe - the only problem being that their children listed are Kenneth Hubert (1908) and Florence Matilda (1916) no Thomas!

The papers show that Florence was born Cardiff but baptised in Wilveliscombe Langley Cross the same year.

This Thomas was discharged in 1919.

Sorry to add to your frustration - it's taken me ages to reply as my stupid wireless network keeps breaking down!

Here's hoping you get to the right family - I myself, I have the old "Jones" problem in Wales.

Best Wishes

Angie

no probs!! i know how you feel :) Thanks anyway.

Oh it is a headache, no brothers or sisters ? Lack of original thinking when naming their children, makes my smiths look easy. Ive trawled the full index and come up with nothing.

Thomas!! They are all thomas which is where im getting lost, generations of thomas besley!!!! im looking for thomas besley 1884 his wife? they had a son Thomas besley 1910/11. Thomas besley 1884 died in 1915 in the war i have an address at 73 Challick Farm Wiveliscombe but thats about all. Sorry

What was your grandads name?

that thomas 1910 married lillian parish 1910 of exford devon if that helps.

mmm.. none of the above Thomas besley 1910/11

Births Jun 1910 (>99%)
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BESLEY Sydney Hall Wellington Som. 5c 251



Births Dec 1910 (>99%)
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BESLEY Victor W Taunton 5c 253



which one ? you need that birth cert to confirm the parents names


June x

Assume nothing you need your grandfathers birth certificate for parent detail Put your gandads details up and well see if the numbers come up

so should i assume he married mary fouracre then?

Census
about Thomas Besley
Name: Thomas Besley
Age: 17
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1884
Relation: Servant
Gender: Male
Where born: Wiveliscombe, Somerset, England

Civil Parish: Wiveliscombe
Ecclesiastical parish: Wiveliscombe
County/Island: Somerset
Country: England

Street address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Education:

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Registration district: Wellington (Somerset)
Sub-registration district: Wiveliscombe
ED, institution, or vessel: 3
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 73
Household Members: Name Age
Thomas Besley 17
William May 16
Ann Perrott 59
Beatrice Perrott 12
Lucy Perrott 29
Thomas Windsor 40


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In that case he didnt marry the vearcombe girl

yeah that will be him as a servant! i know he died during the war and did have his cert on my pc but i do know my grandad was born in 1910 and his dad thomas died in 1915, but thats all i can find out......

There are 2 Thomas s on the census on one he is living with vearnecombe girls on another thomas is just a servant ?single

Looks like it was probably Elizabeth Vearncombe, here is a child

BESLEY Ethel F Vearncombe Wellington Som.5c 473 3 1913

Don't know which one he married
BESLEY Thomas Wellington Som.5c 583 4 1900
FOURACRE Mary Wellington Som.5c 583 4 1900
KERSHAW George Wellington Som.5c 583 4 1900
VEARNCOMBE Elizabeth Wellington Som.5c 583 4 1900

Can anyone help me i cant seem to find who he married! i know it has to be before 1915 because he died then. And also if anyone knows who his wife lived with after this, im at a loss.
Thanks