- Born: 6 Apr 1846, Plymouth, Devonshire, England 2 3 5 6 8 9
- Marriage: James Harvey on 11 Jul 1865 in Parish Church, Parish of St. Charles, Plymouth, Devon 1
 Noted events in her life were:
• Residence: 6 Park Street, 1851, Plymouth, Devonshire, England. 9
• Residence: boarder, 25 Park Street, 1861, Plymouth, Devonshire, England. 8
• Residence: 27 Hill Park Crescent, 11 Jul 1865, Plymouth, Devonshire, England. 1
• Residence: 58 Clifton Place, 1871, Plymouth, Devonshire, England. 5
• Residence: 14 Park Street, 1881, Plymouth, Devonshire, England. 6
• Residence: 33 Baring Street, 1891, Plymouth, Devonshire, England. 2
• Residence: 64 Baring Street, 1901, Plymouth, Devonshire, England. 4
• Residence: 64 Baring Street, 1911, Plymouth North, Plymouth, Devonshire. 10
Ann married James Harvey, son of William Harvey and Susanna Grace Salway, on 11 Jul 1865 in Parish Church, Parish of St. Charles, Plymouth, Devon.1 (James Harvey was born on 20 May 1842 in registered 2nd qtr, Plymouth, Devonshire, England, vol 9, page 425 2 4 8 13 14.)
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1865 marriage registration: James Harvey - Ann Lake Lewarn. 1865 marriage registration: James Harvey - Ann Lake Lewarn
Certified Copy of an Entry of Marriage, Given at the General Register Office
1865, Marriage solmenized at the Parish Church in the Parish of Charles, Plymouth, in the County of Devon
No. 205
When married: July 11, 1865
Name and Surname: James Harvey, full age, Bachelor, profession: Builder, residence: Alexandra Buildings, father: William Harvey, profession of father: Builder
Name and Surname: Ann Lake Lewarn, Minor, Spinster, residence: 27 Hill Park Crescent, father: [blank] , profession father [blank]
Married in the Parish Church according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Established Church after Banns by me, Isaac Stawker, Curate
This marriage was solemnized between us< James Harvey, Ann Lake Lewarn in the Presence of us, Wm. Harvey, R. Wooland. Note: that 27 Hill Park Crescent was the home of Robert and Ann Wooland, as per the 1871 census.
family lore has it that Ann Lake Lewarn lived with the Wooland family prior to her marriage in 1865 to James Harvey. The address given for Ann Lake Lewarn on her marriage registration confirms this same address Also note that R. Wooland was a witness to this same 1865 marriage. Robert Wooland was an auctioneer according to the 1871 census and a member of the local council. note by J C Anderson
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1891 census of England; digital images; citing PRO RG 12; :
page 4
No of schedule: 21
26 Bedford Street
William J Vickery, Head, male, age 47, Outfitter, born Somerset, Langford, Burrington
Eliza G Vickery, wife, female, age 40 born Devon , Exeter
Albert W ", son, male, single, age 15, Outfitters Assistant, born Somerset, Bath
Ernest R ", son, male, single, age 14, scholar, born Somerset, Bath
Louisa G ", daughter, female, single, age 13, scholar, Somerset, Weston Super Mare
Beatrice A ", daughter, female, single, age 11, scholar, born Wiltshire, Salisbury
Walter C ", son, male, single, age 9, scholar, born Wiltshire, Saisbury
William G Bond, Servant, single, male, age 27, Outfitter Assistant, born Berkshire, Woodcote
Emily R Hardy, Servant, single female, age 17, Domestic Servant, born Devon, Newton Abbot
____________________________________________
page 34,
33 Baring Street
James Harvey, Head, married, male , age 48, Architect and Surveyor, born Devon, Plymouth
Annie L ", wife, married, female, age 45, born ","
Arthur J ", son, single, male, age 22, architects assistant
Annie B ", daughter, single, female, age 17, born ","
Ernest G ", son, single, male, age 12, scholar , born ","
Ada M ", daughter , single, female, age 11, born ","
Kate G ", daughter, single, female, age 9, born ","
Henry A ", son , single, male, age 5, born ","
Clara Spiller, Servant, female, age 16, General Servant, born Devon, Morice Town
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1846 birth registration: Ann Lewarn, St. Charles, Plymouth, Devon.
No 23?
date: Sixth April, 1846
?? street, Plymouth,
Name: Ann Lake
sex: girl
father: [ blank]
mother: Jane Lewarn
occupation father : [blank]
informant: "the x of Mary Simmons", address: 9 ???? , Plymouth
when registered: 22 April, 1846
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1901 census of England; digital images; citing PRO RG 13; :
1901 census, Plymouth, Devonshire
page 89, family 252
William J Vickery, head, married, male, age 57, Outfitter, Clothing, Employer, born, Somerset, Langford
Eliza G Vickery, wife, married, female, age 50, born Devon, Exeter
Ernest R Vickery, son, single, male, age 21, Sulphite wood pulp maker, worker, born Somerset, Bath
Beatrice A Vickery, daughter, single, female, age 21, born Wilts, Salisbury
Ada E Vickery, niece, single, female, age 23, Teacher of music, born Somerset, Bath
Mabel J Brice, Servant, single, female, age 19, general domestic servant, born Cornwall, St. German
page 53-54, family 440,
64 Baring Street
James Harvey, Head, married, male, age 58, Architect & Surveyor, born Devon, Plymouth
Anne L ", wife married, female, age 54, born ","
Anne B ", daughter , single, female, age 27, born ","
Ada May Harvey, daughter, single, female, age 21, Millenary Showroom Asst., worker, born Devon, Plymouth
Kate G ", daughter, single, female, age 19, Teacher of Music, on own account, working at home, born ","
Henry A ", son, single, male, age 15, born ","
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1871 census, Charles, Plymouth, Devonshire. 1871 census, Charles, Plymouth, Devonshire,
page 1,
7 Alexandra B---?
William Harvey, Head, married, male, age 63, Builder/ employer/ 80 men and 10 boys, born Plymouth, Devon
Susanna Grace Harvey, married, female, age 59, born Otterton, Devon
Adela Kate Peters, granddaughter, female, age 8, Scholar, born Plymouth, Devon
Helen Elizabeth Grannitt?, servant, unmarried, female, age 17, General Servant, born Devonport, Devon
page 43
58 Clifton Place
James Harvey, Head, married, male, age 28, Architect and Building Survey, born Devon , Plymouth
Anne Lake Harvey, wife, married, female, age 24, born ","
Frederick Wm. ", son , single, male, age 4, born ","
Arthur J ", son , single, male, age 2, born ","
Herbert C ", son , single, male, age 1 month, born ","
Mary H Coles, Aunt, widow, female, age 68, Housekeeper
Ellen E Clark, Servant, unmarried, female, age 16, General Servant, born Devon, Revelstoke
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1881 census, Charles, Plymouth, Devonshire. 1881 census, Charles, Plymouth, Devonshire
page 22,
14 Park Street
James Harvey, Head, married, male, age 38, Architect and Surveyor , born Devon, Plymouth
Ann L ", wife, married, female, age 34, born ","
Frederick W, son, unmarried, male, age 14, Scholar, born ","
Arthur J, son, unmarried, male, age 12, Scholar, born ","
Herbert C, son, unmarried, male, age 10, Scholar, born ", "
Annie B, daughter, unmarried, female, age 7, Scholar, born ","
Ernest G, son, unmarried, male, age 3, born ","
Ada M, daughter, unmarried, female, age 17? months, born ","
Annie Wallis, Servant, widow, female, age 52?, General Servant, born Cornwall, Linkinhome
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Kate Grace Harvey, 1908. Hand written Letter to Ann Lake Lewarn, the Mother of Kate Grace Harvey upon her arrival by train to Medicine Hat, AB ......Palace Hotel, July 30th 1908.
Transcribed March 23, 2015 by Donald Wilson of Kelowna,BC, from a photo copy of a hand written letter that I suspect Barbara Simpson obtained from her brother Henry ( Harry) Vickery upon her visit to Canada in April 1960
My Dear Mother,
Here I am at last. I arrived in Medicine Hat at about 7.30p last evening. We had about 20 minutes here so Ernest was able to have a chat with Mrs. Mudge and several of my acquaintances on the train and after the train had gone we had a walk around by the river. [Transcriber’s note: i.e. the South Saskatchewan River.] The sunset was just glorious and the reflection in the water enhanced its beauty all the more. It’s a very wide river, and there is a very fine bridge we saw across it; wild sage growing in abundance along its banks. Ernest had been meeting lots of trains and had been in Medicine Hat for 2 days owing to our delay and had not received my telegram as he was not in Taber when I sent it from Winnipeg. We had about 5 hours in Medicine Hat to wait for our train down here. It left at about 10:30p so we got here about 1:30 a.m. We came along to this Hotel; there was a man from the hotel at the station. Ernest then said goodnight to me. I was glad to get into a nice clean room once more without the racket of the train to disturb my slumber. I felt very tired as I have not slept on the train except for about two hours each night. It is so noisy. The trains are not anything like the G.W.R. for easy, smooth travelling but just go rattling along making tremendous noise and motion all the time. The whistles are exactly like a caller on a ship and the bell so noisy and clangy.
I hope you received my cable sent off last night. I addressed it ‘Vickery’ as it was cheaper and they will let you know quickly I think.
We had opportunity for long talks on the train coming down. I have not seen Ernest this morning but he is coming here for lunch. He has taken a small house on the outskirts. 4 rooms...a bungalow; it’s impossible to get a maid here so I am glad it is small. I’ll tell you more about when I have seen it. The kitchen is very large he says and a nice parlour and two bedrooms. Outside a nice piece of ground which has been cultivated, but is not very good at present as it is not in use. A verandah around the east side and we have also a well which is a luxury. This end of town buys their water but we shall have an advantage that way. Ernest has had a stove taken from the store for the kitchen. He is canvassing...?? [Transcriber’s note: this page is missing at least one line of script during the copying process, unfortunately]...... [Carrying on]....having from a firm he deals with in Calgary and some of the furniture. This stuff has not arrived from the east; neither have I seen anything of my luggage as yet but I hold the checks so it’s alright and safe only I want some clean clothes badly and I don’t know how I shall manage for a change of linen and stockings if it does not come by next train as the train travelling plays havoc with your clothes. I have never felt in such an unclean state in my life. After you get your baggage checked in Montreal you have nothing more to do with it and it should have come on the same train as I did but owing to the crowd travelling at present the train was divided into 4 sections and so you can’t depend on things at all; will send you a postcard as soon as I get them.
This is a very swell hotel and they charge $2 a day, but Ernest thought that if I stayed for a week I might get them to charge me 1 dollar. Things are very dear. I am in a very pretty drawing room just at present and have just been getting my fingers used to the piano...it is a beauty and a treat to play again, only unfortunately I have no music.
[Note: one more line of script missing due to incomplete copying]....filled out. Downstairs there is a fine dining hall, all the (dark green) blinds are kept down in the day time and the room is beautifully clean and cool. Breakfast is from 8-9:30am but I didn’t get down until 10:30 so it was all over. I strolled about and found the landlady and asked her if I could have something to eat and she said if I came with her she would get me something herself and so I went with her into the dining hall and she got me some tea and toast which was so good as I had had nothing except for some fruit and ice cream since tea time yesterday. She is a very nice lady about 28y.
The day is a hot as it can be. I shouldn’t like to go out until it has got cooler, but I am not feeling the heat like I did on the train...it was almost unbearable. After we left Winnipeg the scenery changed altogether instead of lakes and mountains the awful scenery (it fills you with awe so it is a good word for it) you get... [Two words not decipherable] farmers and their homesteads and their wheat fields. From where I am now writing I can see for miles, but it is not lonely as there are so many houses and so much life about. Please give my love to everybody. I suppose they will be about coming home when you get this. I am sorry to send this poor paper but that is all I have. Many kisses to you my dear Mother and Dad.
From your loving daughter Kitty.
PS: Tell Harry the engines on the train are such big, angry, snorting looking things. There was a lady on the cowcatcher on the front of ours!!
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1861 census, Charles, Plymouth, Devonshire. 1861 census, Charles, Plymouth, Devonshire
page 29
25 Park Street
William H Bowden, Head, married, male, age 43, Butcher, born Devon, Plymouth
Elizabeth ', wife, married, female, age 43, born Devon, Loddiswell
William H Bowden, son, single, male, age 12, born Devon, Plymouth
Charles C ", son, single, age 8, born Devon , Plymouth
Henry Bowden, Boarder, widower, male, age 71, Butcher, born Devon, Ashburton
Ann L. Lake, Boarder, unmarried, female, age 15, born Devon, Plymouth
Sarah J Rowse, Dom. Servant, unmarried, female, age 14, superannuation from Dport, Do??y?
page 65-66
20 Clifton Place
William Harvey, Head , married, male, age 53, Builder contractor and coal merchant, born Devon, Plymouth
Ann Harvey, daughter, married, female, age 26, Draper's assistant, born ","
James ", son, unmarried, male, age 18, Clerk, born ","
Mary ", son, unmarried, male, age 16, Scholar, born ","
William ", son, unmarried, male, age 14, Scholar, born ","
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1851 census, St. Charles, Plymouth, Devonshire. :
1851 census, St. Charles, Plymouth, Devonshire
page 7
6 Park Street
John Lake, Head, married, male, age 48, Butcher, born Devon, Plymouth
Ann ", wife, married, female, age 41, born ","
Ann ", niece, unmarried, female, age 5, scholar, born ","
Emma Penwell, Servant, unmarried, female, age 21, General Servant, born ","
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1911 census, Plymouth North, Plymouth, Devonshire. 1911 census, Plymouth North, Plymouth, Devonshire
James Harvey, Head , male, age 68, married 45 years,, male, Architect & Surveyor, at home, born Plymouth, Devon
Ann Lake Harvey, wife, female, married 45 years, total children 9, 6 alive, 3 died, born Plymouth, Devon,
Annie Blanche Harvey. daughter, female, age 37, single, born Plymouth, Devon
(signed) Jas Harvey, postal address: 64 Baring Street, Plymouth
______________________________________________
1911 census, Plymouth, Devonshire
George Benjamin Turpin, Head, male, age 53, married, building contractor, employer, birthplace: Stonehouse , Devon
Frances Kate Turpin, Wife, female, age 52, married 28 years, 8 children, 8 children alive, birthplace: Plymouth , Devon
Frederick George Turpin, Son, male, age 24, single, Builder's assistant, birth: Plymouth, Devon
Frances Kate Turpin, Daughter, female, age 20, single, school teacher, birth Plymouth, Devon
Winnifred Laura Turpin, Daughter, female, age 18, single, Stenographer, birth Plymouth, Devon
Dorothy Eva Turpin, Daughter, female, age 16, single, School, birth Plymouth, Devon
Gladys Elizabeth Turpin, Daughter, female, age 15, School, birth Plymouth, Devon
Joseph Victor Turpin, son, male, age 13, School, birth Plymouth, Devon
Mabel Algar, Servant, female, age 17, single, General Servant ( Domestic), birth Plymouth, Devon
signed: George Benjamin Turpin, postal address: 45 Ford Park Rd. Plymouth,
Number of Rooms in this dwelling: Ten
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Barbara Simpson. Notes on the Harvey Family History English Branch from 1842
I am Barbara Simpson, born at 5 Coleridge Road, Plymouth on 30th August 1920. Daughter of Ada May( Kathleen) who was the 7th child of James and Ann Lake Lewarn Harvey and my father Harold Dommett. I am writing these notes because I am now their last grandchild.
James Harvey was the son of William and Susanne Grace (nee Salway) born on the 20th of May 1842 in Plymouth. He married Ann Lake Lewarn at Charles Church, Plymouth on the 11th July 1865 when he was 23 and Ann 19. His residence was given as Alexandra Buildings and his occupation as Builder. Ann was born on the 6th of April 1846. She became an orphan when her mother died; her father was unknown. (There were frequent epidemics of Cholera and Smallpox in Plymouth during this time; 900 dying of Cholera in 1850 alone and it is possible that her mother was one of these). Ann was taken into service by a well known and respected Plymouth family named Wooland to look after their children and she was married from their house, 27 Hillpark Crescent( Transcriber's NB: convention used here...not married in...but from this residence, ie; not from her parent's home obviously)
According to the Plymouth 1881 census seven of their children were born at 17 Park Street; Kate Grace later in that year and Harry Anthony in 1885, their last child. My mother, Ada May always talked of " Springfield " 64 Baring Street in Hospital Road, as the family home; they must have moved here soon after 1881. This is the big house which I remember so well. One memory is of their magnificent lavatory! It had a magnificent pedestal decorated with blue flowers (now highly collectable!) and was raised up about 4 inches on a platform. The flush was operated by pulling up on a round knob which was set in a saucer-shaped depression- a source of great interest to a small child! My parents and I lived about ½ mile across Freedom Fields Park so we visited my grandparents frequently until my ' granka ' ( my baby name for him ) died in 1928 & gran came to live with us for a time.
By the date of their marriage in 1865, James had progressed from builder to architect & surveyor and was an F.R.I.B.A- Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects, as was their son Arthur later. I am sure Harry with all his pioneer work surveying for the Canadian Pacific Railway must have had equally high qualifications.
I vividly remember taking them a basket of flowers on their diamond wedding anniversary in 1925. They were both very loving grandparents to me- their only grandchild to live in England.
Source: Notes hand written by Barbara Simpson and transcribed by Donald Wilson, April 13th 2015.
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Donald Wilson, April 2015, gleaned from notes by Barbara (Dommett) Simpson. Notes on the family of James Harvey and Ann Lake Lewarn, April 2015
Notes on the Children of James and Ann Lake Lewarn HARVEY
1. Frederick William HARVEY: 1866-1906.
I never heard anything of him or his family except that we have the names of his five children—the last two were twins, Walter Arthur Charles & Dorothea. The following are notes about Walter ( Bobby )“Walter was always known as ‘ Bobby ‘ & was a captain in the navy and the sea was his great love. He, “Bobby “ put his age “ on “ to enlist in the 1914-18 war, during which his ship was torpedoed and wrecked. He had his Master’s ticket & became a Master Mariner, I knew him when his ship occasionally came into Plymouth Dockyard, He was again shipwrecked from a torpedo during the 1939-45 war when he was on the North Atlantic convoys. He famously used hi seamanship to outwit the Egyptian Embassy during the Suez Crisis in 1956. (See attached newspaper clipping).
2. Arthur James F.R.I.B.A. : 1889-1968
He was a very talented organist & music composer as well as being an architect. His music talent led him to compose the march for Queen Victoria’s 80th birthday. He designed several buildings in Plymouth. Later on, he was an architect for London County Council. His hobby, apart from playing church organs was taking clocks and watches apart & repairing them. He died at the age of 99+ years. He married but had no children.
3. Herbert Charles: 1871-1909.
He apparently died in a mental hospital ~ age 38, according to an entry in the family bible. No Children.
4. Annie Blanche: 1873-1959 -was frequently referred to as Auntie Ciss. She married Will Goddard. They had no children.
She and her husband, Will Goddard were tenant farmers of Washwell Farm, Painswick, Gloustershire all their life. Famed for her acid tongue: even dear Joy named her Auntie ‘Lemon’ Annie! As the first girl in the family she had to do all the darning and if any of the children fell down and cut their knees she would say “never mind your knee bleeding—have you torn your socks / stockings?”
5. Lily Kate: 1875-1876...Unfortunately the writer of these notes knows nothing of her....though she died quite young...living only ~ 11 months.
6. Ernest George: 1878 -1962. A dear loving man. His first wife—Ellen Winifred PAYN, died of puerperal fever( sepsis) a few days after giving birth to Ernest Payn HARVEY, ( aka Jim) who is Robin Grant HARVEY’s father. He, (Ernest George) later married Agnes, who brought Robin’s father (Jim) up. Ernest worked long and hard hours as a manager of a grocer’s shop and died of lung cancer having never smoked a cigarette in his life.
7. Ada May (Kathleen): 1879-1959. Barbara Simpson’s mother was a very lovely mother to her. She had beautiful contralto voice and once sang in the Guildhall in Plymouth with Dame Clara Ellen Butt a famous English Opera singer. Ada married Harold Milton DOMMETT in 1910 whose only child was Barbara Ella (nee Dommett) Simpson who is the author of these family notes and early ancestor research, without whom this project would never likely been started.
8. Kate Grace: 1881-1967—Married Ernest Robert VICKERY in 1908, Taber AB.
9. Henry (Harry) Anthony HARVEY: 1885-1977. Married Florence Mary (aka auntie Flo) ________? In ________?
Another side note from Barbara...Ernest George HARVEY’s son, Ernest Payn (aka uncle Jim) who is Robin Grant HARVEY’S Father) was said by Barbara “to be a darling of a man, so quiet & gentle; loved music and Robin is exactly like him in voice and in mannerisms.” Jim had a fine knowledge of antiques and managed a shop in Tunbridge Wells, Kent.
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1851 census, St. Andrew, Plymouth, Devonshire. 1851 census, St. Andrew, Plymouth, Devonshire
page 31, family 145,
10 Courtney Street
Ann Harvey, daur, unmarried, female, age 16, Draper's assistant, born Devon, Plymouth
John ", son, male, age 14, Scholar, born ","
Susanna ", daur, female, age 12, born ","
James ", son, male, age 8, born ","
William ", son, male, age 4, born ","
Henry ", son, male, age 2, born , ",'
Mary Coles, sister, Widow, female, age 47, Housekeeper, born ","
Thomas Coles, Nephew, unmarried, male, age 20, Plaster's App. , born Devon, Stonehouse
Agnes Beer, Serv, unmarried, female, age 18, House Serv, born Devon, Bigbury
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GRO England. 1842 birth registration: James Harvey
registered 2nd qtr 1842 in Plymouth, Devonshire, vol 9, page 425
Registration District PLYMOUTH,
1842 BIRTH in the Sub-district of Charles the Martyr in the County of Devon
No 365
When and where born: Twentieth of May 1842, Ebrington Street, Parish of Charles the Martyr
Name: James, Sex: Boy
Name of father: William Harvey
Name and maiden surname of mother: Susanna Grace Harvey, formerly Salway
occupation of father: Builder
informant: W. Harvey, Father, Ebrington Street
when registered: Twentieth of June, 1842
Registrar: H H Heydon, Registrar