Rev. William Woollcombe, Rector of East Worlington
(Abt 1755-1796)
Anne Lewis
(-)
Robert Carthew Reynolds, Rear-Admiral, R.N.
(1745-1811)
Jane Vivian
(1748-1802)
Rev. William Woollcombe, Vicar of Christow & Hennock
(1786-1862)
Elizabeth Reynolds
(1785-1858)
Jane Vivian Woollcombe
(1823-1910)

 

Family Links

Spouses/Children:
Rev. William Boyce

  • Arthur Courtenay Woollcombe-Boyce
  • Mary Vivian Woollcombe-Boyce
  • Julia Reynolds Woollcombe-Boyce
  • William Frederick Reynolds Woollcombe-Boyce
  • Annie Elizabeth Jacob Woollcombe-Boyce
  • Hugh Woollcombe-Boyce

Jane Vivian Woollcombe

  • Born: 31 Jan 1823, Ilsington, Devonshire, England 1
  • Christened: 18 Mar 1823, Ilsington, Devonshire, England 1
  • Married: 10 Apr 1849, Christow, Devon, England 2
  • Died: 16 Aug 1910, 26 Imperial Square, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England 3
  • Buried: 19 Aug 1910, Prestbury, Gloucestershire, England 4

  Research Notes:

In 1861 Jane V. Boyce, aged 38, born in Ilsington Devonshire, clergyman's wife, and husband William Boyce, aged 40, born in Gawcott Buckinghamshire, clergyman, M.A. with the cure of souls, classical teacher, were living at Priory School House, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. With them were children (born in Cheltenham) Arthur C. W. (8), scholar, Mary V. (7), scholar, Frederick W. (3), scholar, Annie E. T. (2), unnamed infant son, and (husband's) nephew Edward T. Candy (15) of Bombay India.

In 1871 Jane V. Boyce, aged 48, born in Ilsington, married, was in Prestbury, Gloucestershire. With her were daughters (born in Cheltenham) Mary V. (17) and Annie E. J. M. (12).

In 1881 Jane V. Boyce, aged 59, born in Ilsington, and husband William Boyce, aged 60, born in Gawcott Bucks, clergyman (with care of souls), were in Warwick Rd., Paddington London. Present were children (born in Cheltenham) Arthur C. (28), articled clerk solicitor, Frederick W. R. (23), . . . . . . . B.A., Mary V. (27) and Annie E. J. (23).

In 1891 Jane V. Boyce, aged 68, born in Ilsington, married, living on own means, was at 9 Royal Crescent, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. With her were daughters (born in Cheltenham) Annie J. (32), single, Mary V. Jackson (37), married.

In 1901 Jane Woolcombe Boyce, aged 78, born in Ilsington, and husband W. Woolcombe Boyce, aged 80, born in Gawcott Bucks, Clerk in Holy Order, C.E., were at 26 Imperial Sq., Cheltenham. With them were daughter Annie (42) of Cheltenham, single, and grandson Harold C Woolcombe Boyce (14) of London.

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Jane Vivian Woollcombe-Boyce of 26 Imperial Square Cheltenham died aged 87 years (burial record).

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A LINK WITH THE PAST.

The story of one of the most notable wrecks in the annals of the British Navy has been recalled by the death, at Cheltenham, of Mrs. Jane Vivian Woollcombe-Boyce, widow of the Rev. W. Woollcombe-Boyce, from 1845 to 1876 one of the teaching staff of the Classical Department of Cheltenham College, and a house master. The deceased lady, who was 87 years of age, was the last surviving grandchild of Rear-Admiral Robert Carthew Reynolds, of Penair, Cornwall, who perished with over 700 officers and men in his flagship, H.M.S. St. George, off the coast of Jutland, on Christmas Eve, 1811.

Hampshire Telegraph, Friday, 26 Aug 1910, p. 8

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Jane Vivian Woollcombe-Boyce of 26 Imperial-square Cheltenham Gloucestershire, widow, died 16 August 1910. Probate London 14 September to Annie Elizabeth Jacob Woollcombe-Boyce, spinster. Effects £3,372 2s. 2d. 3

  Marriage Information:

Jane married William Boyce, son of Henry Boyce, Gent. and Mary Anne Jacob, on 10 Apr 1849 in Christow, Devon, England. (William Boyce was born on 3 Dec 1820 in Gawcott, Buckinghamshire, England, christened there 1 Jul 1821, died on 23 Mar 1904 at 26 Imperial Square, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, and was buried on 26 Mar 1904 in Prestbury, Gloucestershire, England, aged 83 years.)

  Marriage Notes:

William Boyce, of full age, bachelor, Clerk, M.A., resident of St. Mary's Cheltenham, son of Henry Boyce, Clerk, M.A., and
Jane Vivian Woollcombe, of full age, spinster, resident of Christow Vicarage, daughter of William Woollcombe, Clerk, B.D.

Married by Licence

Witnesses: Harry . . . . . . . Boyce, Leonora Frances Bingham, Mary Rogers, Willm. Woollcombe, Vicar of Christowe

Sources


1 England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975.

2 Christow Devon Parish Registers, Marriages, p. 17, no. 33.

3 England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1995, 1910, p. 208.

4 Prestbury Gloucestershire Parish Registers, Burials, pp. 76-77, no. 609.


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