Baptized
01 FEB 1809
Lamerton, nr Tavistock, Devon, England
entry reads: Joan Smith daur of Isaac & Sarah Dawe 1st Feby (1809) [1]
Died
28 Feb 1862
Lumborn, Devon, England
cert shows her as 54, dying (at Lumborn) of phthisis pulmonalis of 2 yrs duration, wife of Abraham Bidgood a labourer at copper mine. Inf. was Sarah Walters (sister), of Cremill Passage, Maker, present at dth [2]
Census
1841
Abbey Vintry St, Plymouth St Andrew, Devon, England
BIDGOOD: Abraham 30 husbandman; Jane 30; Isaac 4, Abraham 3, Jacob 12 mths, all b County [3]
1851
Newton, Par. of Tavistock, Devon, England
BIDGOOD: Abm 44 miller b Newton, DEV; wife Joan 43 b Lamerton; Children: Abraham 13 scholar b Tavistock; Richard 9 scholar b Plymouth; Mary Jane 7 scholar b Tavistock; Emma 5 scholar b Tavistock; Lodger Samuel Bowden unm, 25 copper mining lab b Kingsbridge, DEV. (Abraham's mother Mary is still living near the mill. Abraham looks to have been working with Joan's brother Isaac DAWE as miller at Newton) [4]
1861
Newton Old Mill, Dist of Tavistock, Devon, England
BIDGOOD: Abraham 54 mine labourer b Tavistock; wife Jane (sic) 55 b Lamerton; Children (all b Tavistock): Isaac 24, Jacob 21, Nicholas Rd 18 (all copper miners); Mary Jane 16 [5]
Reference: 19611
Sources
↑ Source #S1: Bap. 1 Feb 1809 Joan Smith d/o Isaac & Sarah DAWE, Lamerton, DEV, image rechecked, Jun 2016
↑ Source #S2: Dth 1862 Joan Smith BIDGOOD reg. Tavistock #126 28th Feb, copy held
↑ Source #S204: 1841 Plymouth St Andrew, Devon, England
↑ Source #S204: 1851: Tavistock, DEV ED 2c HO107/1883 Folio 356 Pg 23 Sched 81, hsehold of Abm & Joan BIDGOOD
↑ Source: #S204 1861:Tavistock, DEV ED 5 RG9/1459 Folio 78 Pg 30 Sched 128, hsehold of Abraham & Jane BIDGOOD, copy d/loaded Jan 2006
Source S1 Devon Parish Registers, images via FindMyPast
Source S2 BDM Certificates for England ex GRO
Source S204 England and Wales Census images, Ancestry
WikiTree profile Dawe-82 created through the import of HENDERSONLornaAncestorsPlus1Desc4WikiTree.ged on Oct 18, 2011 by L Henderson.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Joan by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Joan: