TUDGEYs of The Deverill Valley, Wiltshire

As the genealogical records of an ordinary family are patchy at best, some of what follows is my best guess based on recurrence of names and closely matching dates. I have tried to ensure my speculations are indicated, such as by ? preceding a name (information mostly gathered by Zillah Williams and Jeff Tudge).

Map of the Tudgey/Tudgay homeland area of Somerset/Wiltshire | Map of the Deverill Villages in 1889

Earliest records

Lullingford, Somerset - name not on modern maps - may be Lullington, Somerset, to the north of Frome.
Information from a search of http://www.familysearch.org/, William Tudgy, born about 1579, at Lullingford, Somerset; buried 28/09/1639 at Lullingford. Marriage about 1596, name of spouse not given, but born about 1575.
Katherine Tudgy, christened 02/07/1598, at Lullingford, daughter of William and Mrs William Tudgy.

Milton Clevedon, Somerset - Robert Tudgey, christened 1607, and Edith Tudgey married 20/01/1623

Kilmersdon, Somerset - I have no positive information to link them, but there is a record of a Tudgey in ca 1650 (Mormon records).

Frome, Somerset - the records of the Longleat Estate holdings in Frome (source) have No 15 Bath Street as leased in 1654 for 99 years to Thomas Tudgay, baker, on the lives of his wife Margaret and their children Constance and Thomas, see .

The first major family group - the Deverill Valley

Link to The Wylve Valley and Deverill Churches website | GENUKI link |

The principal landowner throughout, at least until the 1900's, was the Longleat Estate of the Marquess of Bath see the http://www.gomezsmart.free-online.co.uk/land/longleat/wildeeds.htm webpage "Transfer of Land Tenure, Wilts and Other Counties". For instance, there is a 1601 transfer - "Conveyance by Robert LONG, gent., of Whaddon, Edward SCUTT, yeoman, of the lands called 'KINGSTONs' in Warminster and other tenements in the tenure of Edward SLADE, William WAYMAN, Christopher WARREN, Marie SINGER and Edmond NEVILLE, with a close of pasture at Portway and other lands in Warminster, and a messuage in Elm (Som.)". Our families do not feature in any of the transactions - presumably never being other than agriculatural and general labourers.

There are several marriages between members of the Tudgay and Marshall families. See below for the records but on a website of the Marshall family, is the following -
The Marshall family came from the poor chalkland village of Kingston Deverill. It is now a desirable village but the living was very poor in the 17th and 18th century as the land was of poor agricultural quality. There was also a ‘squatters’ camp’ between Kingston Deverill and Warminster which may have been home to some of our ancestors!

"A good example of such a squatters community grew up on wasteland at the edge of Warminster Common, in an area of heath and woodland well away from the town. During the seventeenth century a few small cottages were built there, and in spite of half hearted attempts by the Longleat estate to prevent the growth of the settlement, other squatters hovels were erected during the 18th century. By 1781 there were more than 1000 people living in some 200 cottages, most of them consisting of no more than one room up and one room down, with earth floors, no ceilings and lacking the barest facilities. The water supply came from the stream which was polluted with filth and rubbish, disease was rampant there, and the place was notorious for crime, violence and drunkenness" (J.Bettey, Rural Life in Wessex 1500-1900 pp 58-59) [ web link to source]

The Transfer of Lands referred to above has - "Wiltshire, Corsley, 16 August 1791. Lease. Tenement with dyehouse, stables, outbuildings and land on Corsley Heath known as 'Biggs'. 1st Marquess to Sampson PAYNE of Frome, hardwareman, and Lebbeus TRIMBY, yeoman, of Bruton, executors and trustees of the will of the late Thomas SINGER of Corsley, shopkeeper".

A John Tudgay m Ann Pane, at Frome Selwood, Somerset, on 13/05/1706 (see link and below)

Children of Joseph Tudgy/Tudgey christened at Longbridge Deverill, Wiltshire,

Joseph Tudgy/Tudgey m ca 1677, Longbridge Deverill
Elizabeth Tudgy chr 31/07/1678	Joseph Tudgey chr 17/06/1683	John Tudgey chr 06/08/1686	Thomas Tudgey chr 21/03/1688	Benjamin Tudgey chr ?/03/1690	Sarah Tudgey chr 20/09/1699
? m Christopher Richardson 12/10/1702 at Longbridge Deverill, Wiltshire	? m Elizabeth Butcher 30/12/1713 at Longbridge Deverill, Wiltshire	? m 13/05/1706 at Frome Selwood, Somerset onward link	? m 10/12/1719 at Wotton under Edge, Gloucestershire (see below)

Family of Thomas Tudgey, married Rebecca ?, Wotton Under Edge, Gloucestershire, 10/12/1719

Children of James Tudgy/Tudgey christened at Longbridge Deverill, Wiltshire

Zillah (July 2003) has examined several wills and so, I have been able to add to the information on this family.

The will of James Tudgey of Longbridge Deverill, made in 1722, mentions his son John, his daughter Anne and his (unnamed) wife. He was a carpenter and appears to have died not long after.

The transcription of marriages for Motcombe in Dorset has James Tudgey of Longbridge Deverill marrying Ann Crough (?Crouch) on 24/06/1727 [I guess this was a second marriage] (link).

Burials for Motcombe have Joan Tudgey, daughter of James, buried 21/04/1729

Family of John Tudgey/Tudgay of Kingston Deverill, Wiltshire - ? chr 1718, son of John and Jane (see above)

* This John Tudgey/Tudgay, b 1742, is a candidate for being the father of William Tudgdy, b 1777, of Leigh on Mendip forward link. A possibly stronger candidate John is given below, a son of William Tudgey of Broad Chalk, Wiltshire, b ca 1760. William Tudgdy's father is unknown but a John Tudgee, age 20, was reported as being the father of a bastard child in 1778 - "b Frampton esc Dore", in the Western Flying Post and Sherborne & Yeovil Mercury for 2nd November - Somerset Studies Library [ web link to source]. Another alternative, March 2003, comes from the finding that there was a James Tudgee living in Bath in 1791. Thus, it could be that the James Tudgey, above, had a fourth child, so far unrecorded, and that was William Tudgdy?

It seems possible also that one of the two cousins, both named John, could have moved to London and become a sail maker forward link.

Thomas Brimble (1766-1837), also spelt as Bramble, of Kingston Deverill, m (2nd) Elizabeth Tudgay, b 1773, also of Kingston Deverill. The wedding was at St. Mary's, Kingston Deverill, 22/09/1799. By 1850, the family had moved to Whitepits, Kingston Deverill, where Elizabeth died on 03/04/1850, being buried at St. Mary's on 06/04/1850.

In her thesis on the Brimble family, Vicki Hails describes how Thomas married again at St. Mary's on 22 September, 1799 to Elizabeth Tudgay, also of Kingston Deverill, following the publication of banns on three consecutive Sundays, as required (11 August, 18 August, and 25 August, 1799). The marriage was in the name of Bramble. The Tudgay family features quite prominently in Kingston Deverill's history and the 1855 Post Office Directory lists a Mr. George Tudgay as Postmaster and his wife, Elizabeth, as a shopkeeper. Thomas and Elizabeth had a family of seven children, all boys, namely, Jesse (1800-1866); Thomas (1802-1868); William (1804-1887), who was transported to Australia after conviction for theft in 1818; John (1807-1879), who emigrated to Australia; Henry (1810); Benjamin (1813) and George (1820). - web link to source. Email Vhails@froggy.com.au. Also see Forward Family of Mere, Wiltshire, England about the migrations to Australia.

Note (see below) James Tudgay, married Elizabeth Brimble, 02/06/1857, Kingston Deverill, Wilts

Family of Broad Chalk, Wiltshire - web link to Broad Chalk site

	Labourer at Marriage, residing at Broad Chalke	William Tudgey age 25 at marriage buried 10/04/1762	m 05/07/1752	Mary Follett/Fawlett age 25	residing Broad Chalke
John Tudgey chr 01/09/1752 died 17/09/1752 at Broad Chalk	James Tudgey chr 20/04/1754 died 22/04/1754 Broad Chalk	William Tudgey chr 26/12/1755 Broad Chalk	Richard Tudgey chr 16/10/1757 Broad Chalk	John Tudgey chr 25/05/1760 *	James Tudgay chr 17/01/1762 possibly moved to Hampshire forward link

Purely speculatively, the father of this William Tudgey, could have been William Tudgey, chr 1692, at Longbridge Deverill, son of James Tudgy/Tudgey (see above).

From Zillah Williams, 28/06/03 - "I've just noticed on the IGI the following: William TUGG marrying Mary FOWLETT on 05 Jul 1752, Fovant, Wiltshire, England. Batch No. M154731. The information I'd been given by a family member is that William TUDGY m. Mary FAWLETT (or FOLLETT) 5.7.1752 at Fovant Wilts. So these are one and the same. And back in 2000 someone told me that the BIVR (British ? Vital Records?) give the TUGG/FOWLETT version. And it comes from the "BTranscripts for Fovant"."

Zillah (19 July 2003) sent -
MARRIAGE LICENCE BONDS, administration WIL, source DLB, date JULY 5 1752, groom WILIAM TUGKEY, age 25, occupation LAB, residing at BROAD CHALK, WIL, status BAC; notes - bride MARY FAWLET, age 25, residing at BROAD CHALK, WIL, status SPINSTER; notes - BONDSMAN FOLLIAT RICHARD, FARMER, BROAD CHALK, TO BE MARRIED AT SWALLOWCLIFFE.
Children -
JOHN TUDGEY, christened 1 Sept 1752, at BROAD CHALK, death 16 Sept 1752, at BROAD CHALK, father WILLIAM, mother MARY
JAMES TUDGEY, christened 20 Apr 1754, at BROAD CHALK, death 22 Apr 1754, at BROAD CHALK, father WILLIAM, mother MARY
WILLIAM TUDGEY, christened 26 Dec 1755, at BROAD CHALK, WILSHIRE, father WILLIAM, mother MARY
RICHARD TUDGEY, christened 16 Oct 1757, at BROAD CHALK, father WILLIAM, mother MARY
JAMES TUDGEY, christened 17 Jan 1762, at BROAD CHALK, WIL, father WILLIAM, mother MARY.
Now, can anyone help with working out when and where this William TUGKEY/TUDGY was born?

* This John Tudgey is a candidate for being the unknown father of William Tudgdy, b Leigh on Mendip, in 1777, see above and . We do not have a record of William's father but a John Tudgay, aged 20, was reported in 1778 as a fathering a bastard, born at Frampton outside Dorchester.

The widow, Mary Tudgy m William Langtry on 26/11/1776 at Broad Chalk, Wiltshire

Odd records
Betty Tudgey, m 11/08/1772, at Mere, Wiltshire
Catharine Tudgee, m 10/01/1774, James Pavy, at Winterbourne Gunner, Wiltshire (north of Salisbury)
Mary Tudgay m William Coward, 1778, Gillingham, Dorset - Zillah has noted that Gillingham and Motcombe, where James Tudgey married Ann Crouch in 1727 (see above) are only 4 miles apart, and the Motcombe lists have several members of the Coward family.

Family of William Tudgey/Tudgay of Kingston Deverill

Mary Tudgey, baptised on 30/3/1777, m. William Marshall, at Kingston Deverill, on 17/4/1797.
web link to source.

In the papers of Thomas Thynne, 2nd Marquess of Bath, there is a bound volume of accounts (21 April 1806 - 31 December 1818) for the building work at Longleat House carried out by Sir Jeffry Wyatville. Among those paid for goods and services was William Tudgay, for carriage of fire bricks web link to source

Later Wiltshire Tudgay/Tudgey family members prior to the 1881 Census
Note - I have clustered names simply by logical guesswork

Sarah Tudgay, b 1771, Kingston Deverill, ? m 04/11/1792 (1794) at Kingston Deverill
Mary Tudgay, m William Yates, 28/07/1799, Kingston Deverill; ? m 29/07/1796, at Kingston Deverill to William Yates?

In the Will of Sarah Tucker of Frome, Somerset, probate date 14 Mar 1805, Mary Tudgay is named as one of the beneficiaries [Estate Duty Records of Wells Cons. Arch. Wills, 1805-11]; Sarah owned houses in Corsley in Wiltshire; most of the beneficiaries were members of the Dunning family.

Jemina Tudgay, b 1791, m George Cuff, d 30/11/1865, brd Corsley, Wilts web link to source - A transfer of lands of the Longleat Estate has - Wiltshire Corsley 15 November 1817 Lease and counterpart. Cottage in Whitbourne Moor formerly in the tenure of William Hopkins and since of John Hopkins with the garden ground, orchard and meadow adjoining (1a. 3r. 20p.). 2nd Marquess to Kitty Cuff late of Corsley and now of Frome Selwood (Soms.), widow of the late Caleb Cuff. Rent 5s. For the lives of Kitty Cuff (aged 61), James Dodsley Cuff (aged 36) and John Hagley (aged 18) son of John Hagley of Frome Selwood, gent. Written on the cover: ‘Old survey page 5, Rough Survey page 24’ ‘Expired by the death of John Hagley 6 June 1881’ source].

Jane Tudgay m 06/06/1808, Corsley, Wilts [IGI record].

George Tudgay, chr 04/05/1794, at Bishopstone by Salisbury, Wilts
Rosanna Tudgey, chr 28/07/1833, at Bishopstone b Salisbury, Wilts
Mary (Mary Ann) Tudgay, m Henry Baker, 27/02/1816, Saint Denys, Warminster, Wilts - A Mary TUDGAY md a Thomas GREY at Bishopstone by Salisbury, Wilts. Another promising marriage is Mary BAKER to Thomas GRAY in Saint Denys, Warminster, Wilts, England. Mary BAKER was born 27 Jul 1785 in St. Denys, Warminster, Wiltshire, England; died in 1851, in Pertwood. [web link to source]

Elizabeth Tudgay m Stephen Garrett (Garratt), 05/02/1809, Kingston Deverill, Wilts
James Tudgay, b 24/10/1812, at Salisbury BUT other records of James Tudgay, marriage on 24/10/1812, at Salisbury???
James Tudgay (Tudgee) m Mary Mills, 17/02/1817, at Monkton Deverill, or West Knoyle, Wilts
Stephen Tudgay m Rachel Turner, 27/02/1817, Wilts; ?Stephen Tudgey, m 10/06/1817, Monckton Deverill, Wilts?
Ann Tudgay (Tudgey) m Thomas Stone, 18/10/1824, Kingston Deverill, Wilts
Sarah Tudgay, m John Long, 05/07/1830, Kingston Deverill, Wilts
William Tudgay, m Ann Whitmarsh, 23/04/1832, Kingston Deverill, Wilts
Ann Tudgay m Samuel Marshall, 1842, Wilts
Charles Tudgay m Elizabeth White, 26 November 1844, Kingston Deverill, Wilts
Henrietta Tudgay, m John Tight (Tite) 31/12/1846, Kingston Deverill, Wilts. She witnessed the marriage of Henry MILLARD and Sarah BRIMBLE at St Mary's Church, Kingston Deverill, on 26 Feb 1845
Elizabeth Tudgay, (Tudgey) m James Long, 24/12/1850, Kingston Deverill, Wilts

Joshua Tudgey, is recorded as a member of the Wiltshire Friendly Society, living at Longbridge Deverell, registered in 1846, ref no 3778 source - the only Joshua Tudgey otherwise known (if not the same Joshua) died in 1857 and was buried in the Abney Park Cemetery, East London

The 1851 Census for Wiltshire had - Tudgay born CON, 5 members; Tudgay born Wiltshire - 5 members; Tudgey born Dorset - 5 members; Tudgey born Somerset - 5 members; Tudgey born Wiltshire - 5 members; Tudgey born Wiltshire - 12 members; Tugdy, born Wiltshire - 9 members

James Tudgay b ca 1826, buried at Brixton Deverill, 18/04/1901 web link to source; the 1901 Census has a James Fudgay, age 74, b Kingstone Deverill, living in Warminster Parish, carter on a farm; probably the James Tudgay, m Elizabeth Brimble, 02/06/1857, Kingston Deverill, Wilts

Elizabeth Tudgay, m William Marshall, 24/08/1861, Kingston Deverill, Wilts (also ex H Jones) - see below - in 1881, William Marshall, b 1838, was an inmate in the Mere Workhouse, responsible for Albert, Rosa and William Tudgay, aged 5, 4 and 2 respectively
Elizabeth Tudgay, m William Draper, 1861, Wilts - ?? Elizabeth Tudgay, m William Draper, 02/07/1868, at Kingston Deverill, Wilts
Keziah Tudgay, m Alfred Carpenter, 14/11/1865, Kingston Deverill, Wilts
Elizabeth Tudgay m Edmund Portingale, 1872, Wilts
Louisa Ann Tudgy (Tudgay) m Thomas Ruddock (Riddick) 01/11/1875 (1876), West Knoyle, Wilts
Sarah Jane Tudgay m George Holton, 14/02/1878, Kingston Deverill, Wilts
Henry Tudgay, b 1855, Monkton Deverill; m Henrietta Feltham, 1875, Wilts; moved to West Lydford, Somerset

John C. Tudgay, b 1855, d 1935, emigrated to Osage County, Kansas, USA, before 1882 Osage County Tudgays

The family and ancestors of Isaac John Tudgay, 1851-1934, of Somerset and Wiltshire

This family, has as its John Tudgay, b Warminster, Wilts, ca 1785/6, and moved via Midford, Somerset, to Kingston Deverill, before 1871, and there in 1881, splitting up by 1901. I feel a separate page is essential to show this branch but the descendants shown below are marked @ .

Information from Rod Clarke and his wife, a great granddaughter of Isaac John Tudgay, of Whitby, Ontario, Canada (sent to me in July 2003).

1881 CENSUS

Monkton Deverill, 1881

Dwelling No 82
William Tudgay, b 1826, Monkton Deverill, Wilts, Head, shepherd (william1826md)
William Tudgay, m Susannah (Susan) Marshall, 23/09/1850, Kingston Deverill Wilts (also ex H Jones)
Susan Tudgay, b 1822, Kingston Deverill, Wilts, wife, agricultural labourer; in 1901 Census for Kingston Deverill, aged 80, born in Kingston Deverill
Arthur Tudgay, b 1866, Monkton Deverill, son, shepherd; in 1901 married and living in Steeple Langford see below

Dwelling No 83
Ellen Tudgay, b 1822, Hindon, Wilts, Head (widowed), in 1881 Census for Wilts
Henry Tudgay, b 1861, Monkton Deverill, son

James Tudgay, m Eleanor (Ellen) Snook, 28/10/1856, Kingston Deverill, Wilts

Family of Henry Tudgey in 1901 Census for Kingston Deverill but ex Monkton Deverill - also above
Henry Tudgey, aged 39, born Monkton Deverill, occupation Carter on farm
Matilda Tudgey, aged 35, born in Kingston Deverill
Gertie Tudgey, aged 8, born in Monkton Deverill
Nellie Tudgey, aged 8, born in Monkton Deverill
Infant Tudgey, aged 1 month, born in Monkton Deverill
Henry James Tudgay, baptised 28/04/1901, at Monkton Deverill
His baptism at Monkton Deverill and Kingston Deverill, Sunday School records inc. Gertrude and Nellie Tudgay are in Warminster Parish Magazine for 1901 at web link to source.
Matilda Caroline Tudgay, Choir member, plaque in Marston Bigot Church (no dates listed).

Kingston Deverill, 1881

No 34 Village
George Tudgay, b 1813, Kingston Deverill, Head, Baker & Grocer
Elizabeth Tudgay, b 1806, Hawkchurch, Dorset, wife of George
Also at No 34, were Jane Tudgey, granddaughter, b 1871, Kilmington, Somerset; and Albert E Tudgey, grandson, b 1873, Buckhorn Weston, Dorest
George Tudgay, m Elizabeth Seward (Seaward), 28/01/1845, Kingston Deverill, Wilts; George Tudgay, was listed in 1855 Post Office Directory for Kingston Deverill as Postmaster and his wife, Elizabeth, as a shopkeeper web link to source.
?A. Tudgay, 4564, Private, 1st Battalion, Gloucester Regiment, was killed at Farquhar's Farm, South Africa in the Boer War, 30/10/1899 web link to source
In 1901, "E Tudgay" age 29, born Kilmington, Somerset, was a domestic housemaid at Farnham, in Surrey.

No 32 Village
@ Sarah Tudgey, b 1816, Marston, Somerset, widowed, Head
@ George Tudgey, b 1858, Wilts, son - moved to Bristol forward link.
Sarah was the Sarah Lidbury who married Stephen Tudgay @, m 11/08/1836, at Kingston Deverill, Wilts

No 16 Whitepits
Henry Tudgay (henry1837kd), b 1837, Kingston Deverill, Wilts, Head; in 1901 aged 60 born Kingston Deverill, occupation Ordinary farm labourer
Emma Tudgey, b 1851, Kingston Deverill, Wilts, wife; in 1901 aged 47, born Kingston Deverill
Apparently cousins as Emma Tudgay m Henry Tudgay 20/04/1876, Kingston Deverill, Wilts
Henry Tudgay m Emma Tudgay 20/04/1876, Kingston Deverill, Wilts
No offspring in 1881

No 61 Lower End
@ John Tudgey, b 1811, Midford, Somerset, Unmarried Head, Independent
@ James Tudgey, b 1815, Kingston Deverill, unmarried, brother, Agricultural Labourer. The burial of James Tudgay, aged 75, at Brixton Deverill, on 18 April 1901 is recorded in Warminster Parish Magazine for 1901 at web link to source (Rod Clark has noted how these folk seem to have been unsure of their ages in the different censuses).

No 64 Lower End
Moses Tudgey, b 1841, Kingston Deverill, Head, Agricultural Labourer
Moses Tudgay, m Sarah Marshall, 24/01/1863, Kingston Deverill, Wilts (also ex H Jones)
Sarah Tudgey, b 1845, Kingston Deverill, Wilts, wife
Both in 1901 Census for Kingston Deverill.
Arthur Tudgey, b 1864, Kingston Deverill, son
Anna Tudgey, b 1865, Kingston Deverill, daughter
John Tudgey, b 1867, Kingston Deverill, son
William Tudgey, b 1869, Kingston Deverill, son
Henry Tudgey, b 1873, Kingston Deverill, son
Alice Tudgey, b 1875, Kingston Deverill, daughter; ?Alice Tudgay m Thomas Henry Pearce, 1898, Wilts
Frank Tudgay, b 1876, Wilts, son, 1881 Census for Wilts; in 1901 Frank Tudgay, aged 27, born in Kenniston, Wilts, was living in St Cuthbert Out, Wells, Somerset, occupation carter on farm; his wife was Mary Tudgay, aged 37, born Northleigh, Devon; and there was one child, Daisy Tudgay, aged 3 months, born Out St Cuthbert

Radstock brothers in 1901 Census
William Tudgay, aged 32, born in Kingston Deverill, living in Radstock, Wilts, occupation Coal Miner Hewer;
Henry Tudgay, aged 27, born in Kingston Deverill, occupation Agricultural labourer

No 69 Lower End
Thomas Tudgey, b 1839, Monkton Deverill, Wilts, Head, Agricultural Labourer
Thomas Tudgay, m Elizabeth Ruddick (Ruddock), 03/01/1861, Kingston Deverill, Wilts
Eliza Tudgey, b 1841, Kingston Deverill, Wilts, wife; ? in 1901 Census as Elsie Tudgay, aged 59, born and living in Kingston Deverill
Clara Tudgey, b 1864, Kingston Deverill, daughter; Clara Tudgay, in 1901 Census, aged 30, born Kingston Deverill, living in Wylye, Wilts, occupation General Servant Domestic
Lucy Tudgey, b 1869, Kingston Deverill, daughter; Lucy Tudgay in 1901 Census, aged 28, born Kingston Deverill, living in Twickenham, Middlesex, occupation, Cook Domestic
Adeline Tudgey, b 1871, Kingston Deverill, daughter; probably the "Lillie Tudgay", age 29, domestic help, residing in Bournemouth, b Deverill, of the 1901 Census
Georgiana Tudgey, b 1873, Kingston Deverill, daughter
Albert Tudgey, b 1877, Kingston Deverill, son; in 1901 Census, aged 24, born Kingston Deverill, occupation Cowman on farm, in Frome Selwood; he was the Albert Tudgay from Frome who died in World War I leaving a wife, Sarah Ann Tudgay, four sons and a daughter, born between 1901 and 1912 (info from Dale Lidbury via Val).

In 1901 Census - Moses Tudgay, m Elizabeth Draper, 18/11/1856, Kingston Deverill, Wilts; aged 68, born Kingston Deverill, living in KD, occupation Ordinary Agricultural Labourer. Not in 1881 Census?

Brixton Deverill in 1881 and 1901

1881 Census
John Tudgey (john1845bd), b 1845, Kingston Deverill, Wilts, Head, Shepherd, living at Brixton Deverill
Caroline Tugey, b 1840, West Knoyle, Wilts, wife
Elizth A Tudgey, b 1870, West Knoyle, Wilts, daughter; Elizabeth Anna Tudgay m James Gaysford (Gaisford), 1890, Wilts
Charles E Tudgey, b 1880, Upper Pertwood, Wilts, son; Charles Edwin Tudgay (Tudgey), chr 06/07/1879, Pertwood, Wiltshire (not in 1901 Census)

John Tudgay m Caroline Gray, 03/10/1868, at West Knoyle, Wilts

In the 1901 Census, John, age 56, born in Kingston Deverill, and Caroline, age 61, born in West Knoyle, Wilts, were living in Brixton Deverill; John was an Ordinary Agricultural Labourer. They were the only Tudgays in Brixton Deverill.

Longbridge Deverill in 1881 & 1901

Crockerton Street
@ C(h)arles Tudgay (charles1842kd), b 1842, Kingston Deverill, Wilts, head, General Labourer; in 1901 living in Longbridge Deverill, aged 59, born Kingston Deverill, occupation General Agricultural Labourer Jane Tudgay, b 1843, Crockerton, Wilts, wife; in 1901 Census, aged 58, born Crockerton, Wilts
No offspring recorded in 1881

East Knoyle, Wilts, 1881

4 Knoyle Down, East Knoyle, Wilts
George Tudgay, b 1833, Monckton Deverill, Wilts, shepherd
Sarah Tudgay, b 1831, Kingston Deverill, Wilts, wife
George Tudgay, m Sarah Ann Trimby, 06/08/1851, Kingston Deverill, Wilts
In the 1901 Census, a George Tudgay, aged 65, born in Monk(le) ton Deverill, was living in Dalwood, Devon, "Living on own means".
There do not appear to be any children

In the Workhouse at Castle Street, Mere, Wiltshire in 1881

Albert Tudgay, b 1876, Monkton Deverill, Wilts; scholar pauper
Rosa Tudgay, b 1877, Monkton Deverill, Wilts; paupers scholar
William Tudgay, b 1879, Monkton Deverill, Wilts; pauper; William Tudgay, b 1879, Wilts, inmate, 1881 Census for Wiltshire; in 1901 Census, aged 22, born Noughton Deverill, Wilts, living in Clitheroe, Lancs, occupation Cement Maker
All in the care of William Marshall, b 1838, Kingston Deverill, Agricultural Labourer Pauper
Ann Tudgay, b 1822, Warminster Wilts, widowed, paupers domestic servant, inmate living in household of Mary A Riddick
A description of the Workhouse can be found at Mere Workhouse and Poor Law Union. The Mere Poor Law Union, set up in 1835, covered several local parishes, including Kingston Deverill and Monkton Deverill.

10, Oriel street, Swindon, Wilts in 1881

Thomas Tudgey, b 1801, Kingston Deverill, widowed, an "Annuitant", boarder in the household of William B King
m to Elizabeth, b 1806, in Dorset

@ Family of William Tudgay of St Edmund, Salisbury, Wiltshire in 1881 & 1901 (william1853kd) see family page

7 Ivy Place
William Tudgay, b 1853, Wilts, Head, 1881 Census for Wilts, labourer in a coal yard; in 1901 Census, aged 46, born Kingston Deverill, occupation, Coal Merchants Drayman
Eliza Tudgay, b 1853, Hants, wife; in 1901 Census, aged 48, born Leckford, Hants
Ellen Tudgay, b 1890, aged 11, born Salisbury
Horace Tudgay, b 1895, aged 6, born Salisbury
Theodore Tudgay, b 1899, aged 2, born Salisbury; killed in action in World War I
The World War I record has - Private Theodore Frank Tudgay was born in Salisbury, Wiltshire, and was the son of William and Eliza Tudgay of 7 Hussey's Almshouses, Castle Street, Salisbury, Wiltshire. Theodore was well known in the Frome area, and worked as a gardener for Mr. H.S. Davy, of Somerleaze, Frome, and joined the army three years before he met his death, when he was 20 years old. He went out to France in early 1917, and in July of 1917 was wounded, and spent four months in hospital. He is buried at Foreste Communal Cemetery, Aisne, France. Memorial 23. His name does not appear on the Frome War Memorial.

Steeple Langford, Salisbury, Wiltshire in 1901 - (just east of Hanging Langford on Map)
Arthur Tudgay (arthur1866kd), b 1866, Wilts, son, see above; 1901 Census has born Kingston Deverill
Arthur Tudgay m Emma Jane Trimby, 11/06/1890, Kingston Deverill, Wilts
In 1901 Arthur's occupation was a Shepherd; children, all born in Teffont, Wiltshire were
Reginald Tudgay aged 5
Elsie Tudgay aged 3
and, Lionel Tudgay aged 1.

Miscellaneous

1881 Census
Kate Tudgay, b 1852, Kingston Deverill, Wilts, living at 14 Lewes Crescent, Brighton, Sussex, as a Parlour Maid, of Thomas Welch
Rose Tudgay, living at 25 Market Place, Frome, as a general domestic servant to the Singer family, unmarried, aged 17, born Kingston Deverill [source http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~druce9/market1.htm]; see also in Somerset 1881 page.

Louisa Tudgay m Charles Leath (Lyth), 1893, Monkton Deverill, Wilts

1901 Census
E Tudgay, aged 29, born in Kilmington, Somerset (?Wiltshire near KD), living in Farnham Rural, Surrey, occupation Housemaid Domestic
Linda Tudgay, aged 18, born Kingston Deverill, living in Hampton Wick, Middlesex, occupation, Servant Domestic

1940, Ernest W Gumbleton, Norton RD, m ? Tudgay

All Wilts BVRI, ex J Tudge

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