Hi

  I'm Angela Marks nee Hoskins, and I have come across the above in my own
family history research, and thought if you didn't have the information I've
obtained, you might be interested in it.

  I am not a relation, one of mine actually worked as a maid in his house in
Budleigh Salterton, and I found her there in the 1861 census. I had some
difficulty reading the entry, and asked for help in deciphering it on the
Rootsweb Devon Mailing List, and was consequently directed to your website.

  Her name was Kitty Small Hoskins, and she was my great grandfather's
cousin. I'm currently working on a research project on the dispersal of
Devon agricultural workers and farmers during the agricultural slump of the
1820s, using my own family as a model. In his book 'Devon', my late uncle,
the historian W G Hoskins, referred to our mutual ancestor, George Hoskins,
a prosperous Sidmouth farmer who came to grief during the slump, and says
that his 13 children 'scattered', so I set out to discover what happened to
them. My great great grandfather was the eldest son, Kitty was the daughter
of the third son, John, who remained in Sidmouth for most of his life.

  If you haven't yet seen this census entry, I've attached a copy, although
it was saved from Ancestry, and isn't very clear. If you'd prefer to find it
for yourself, the reference is RG9 piece 1381 folio 28 p. 11.

  It looks to me as if Col George originally retired to Budleigh Salterton,
possibly following the Indian Mutiny. By 1871 he was living at 102 Pembroke
Rd, Clifton, Bristol, while Kitty was working in London as a cook (whence
most of her uncles had gone).

  Best wishes

  Angela Marks

[mailto:wellerfamily@googlegroups.com]On Behalf Of RMWELL...@aol.com
  Sent: 01 October 2009 00:53
  To: wellerfamily@googlegroups.com
  Subject: Re: George Girdwood Channer

  Richard,

  Do you know which Weller left for America in the 1800's?
  Thank you.

  Richard Weller