Marriage Information:

Charles married Susanna Andrews, daughter of John Andrews and Harriet, in 1879 in the Newton Abbot District, Devon, England ². (Susanna Andrews was born in 1859 in Riddon, Lidford, Devon, England, christened on 26 Apr 1859 in Buckland in the Moor, Devon, England ⁴ and was buried on 27 Apr 1883 in Diptford, Devon, England ⁵, aged 23 years.)

  Marriage Information:

Charles also married Rhoda Jane Langmead, daughter of Edward Brown Langmead and Eliza Bathiah Lapthorn, about 1886. (Rhoda Jane Langmead was born on 9 May 1866 in South Pool, Devon, England ⁶, christened on 7 Aug 1868 in South Pool, Devon, England ⁶ and died in 1923 in East Bangor, Northampton, PA, USA ⁷.)

  Marriage Notes:

According to the 1900 U.S. Federal Census, Charles and Rhoda were married 21 years at that time which means that Rhoda would have been just shy of 13 years old which seems highly unlikely. However, the informant, who was undoubtedly Charles himself, first married 21 years before to Susanna Andrews in the Newton Abbott district of Devon. Susanna, who died in 1883 in Devon at the age of 23 years was the mother of Edith and Florence. This is clarified in the 1910 U.S. Federal Census which shows Charles and Rhoda having been married for 24 years (i.e. from about 1886), his 2nd marriage, her first, and she the mother of two children (i.e. Charles Arthur and William).

1 Diptford Parish Registers, Baptisms, p. 9, no. 66.

2 England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005, Newton Abbot district, 1st Quarter, vol. 5b, p. 236.

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4 Buckland Moor Parish Registers, Baptisms.

5 Diptford Parish Registers, Burials, p. 96, no. 768.

6 South Pool Parish Registers, Births & Baptisms, p. 96, no. 763.

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