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Name:
Samuel Sleep
Sex:
Male
Father:
Mother:
St Gegory the Great
St Gegory the Great Interior
St Gegory the Great Font
1791, Register Entry for Baptism of Samuel Sleep
Birth:
Jan 1791
His baptimal record does not give his date of birth. However, as it was normal practice to baptise children a few weeks or even a few days after their birth and as he was baptised on 6 February he was almost certainly born inJanuary or just possibly December the previous year. As he was baptised in Treneglos it is assumed that she he was also born in Trenglos; this is confirmed by those census records which record place of birth which is always given as Treneglos. His age given in the 1841, 1851 and 1871 Censuses are consistent with a year of birth of 1791.
Baptism:
6 Feb 1791 (age 0)
St Gregory the Great5
Address: Treneglos, Cornwall
His parents would have been present but who else is not known.
Present (sibling):
31 Dec 1797 (age 6)
Present at Baptism of his sister Mary
Occupation:
btw 1802 and 1827 (age 10-36)
The earliest record of his occupation comes from the register entry for the Baptism of his son John in August 1817. Baptismal register entries for his next three children Isabella in March 1820, Richard in October1823 and a second Isabella (the first had died in 1822) in January 1826 also give his occupation as a labourer. He would have almost certainly started working when he was 11 or even before.
Residence:
btw 1816 and 1873 (age 24-82)
Address: Penpont
for all their married lives probably in the same cottage which had a small barn attached.
Parent:
17 Aug 1817 (age 26)
Baptism of son John
Parent:
27 Mar 1820 (age 29)
Baptism of daughter Isabella
Parents:
16 Dec 1822 (age 31)
Samuel and Eliza Sleep were present at the burial of their child Isabella on 16 December 1822 in St Nonna's Churchyard, Altarnun, Cornwall according to the Church of England rite. The minister at the burial was the Rev. S Hart. Her parents and probably her older brother John would have been present. Also possibly her grandparents.
Parent:
26 Oct 1823 (age 32)
Baptism of son Richard
Parents:
17 Mar 1824 (age 33)
Samuel and Eliza Sleep were present at the burial of their child Richard on 17 March 1824 in St Nonna's Churchyard, Altarnun, Cornwall according to the Church of England rite. The minister at the burial was the Rev. John Gillard. His parents and older brother John would have been present and possibly his grandparents. He shares a grave with his older sister Isabella who died in December 1822 at the age of 2. Although their deaths are not linked it must have been a blow to his parents to lose two children in two years. The memorial verse on their headstone reads:-
All happy children are ye fled
To mingle with the silent dead:
Til the last trump: when ye shall rise
To claim your mansion in the skies.
Her father was labourer and he and his wife Eliza must have loved Isabella and Richard very much to pay for such an elaborate headstone.
Parent:
6 Feb 1826 (age 35)
Baptism of daughter Isabella
Occupation:
btw 1828 and 1838 (age 36-47)
a higgler or shopkeeper||In April 1829 the baptismal record of his daughter Amelia in April 1829 gives his occupation as higgler. Higgler has several meanings but given the fact that by May 1831 when is son Edwin was baptised he had opened a shop in Altarnun he was probably an itinerant peddler possibly of poultry and small game. He is shown as a shopkeeper in the baptismal register entries for his children Edwin in May 1831, Richard in June 1832, Marinna in June 1833 and Samuel in June 1934.
Parent:
8 Jan 1832 (age 40-41)
Baptism of son Edwin
Parent:
21 Jun 1832 (age 41)
Baptism of son Richard
Parents:
29 Apr 1833 (age 42)
Samuel and Eliza Sleep were present at the burial of their child Richard on 29 April 1833 in St Nonna's Churchyard, Alternun, Cornwall according to the Church of England rite. The minister at the burial was the Rev. W Thomas. His parents and probably his older surviving siblings would have been present but who elase is not known.
Parent:
12 Jul 1833 (age 42)
Baptism of daughter Marinna
Parents:
29 Aug 1833 (age 42)
Samuel and Eliza Sleep were present at the burial of their child Marinna on 29 August 1833 in St Nonna's Churchyard, Alternun, Cornwall according to the Church of England rite. The minister at the burial was the Rev. W Thomas. Her parents would have been present and probably her older surviving siblings John, Isabella, Amelia and Edwin who had been present at her baptism only 6 months before.
Parent:
10 Jun 1834 (age 43)
Baptism of son Samuel
Occupation:
btw 1839 and 1866 (age 47-75)
a labourer|| In the 1841 and 1861 Census he is shown as an agricultural labourer which means that sometime between May 1834 when his occupation is given as a shopkeeper and June 1841 he gave up shopkeeping and returned to labouring. The reason for the change is a matter for speculation as running a shop in small community would seem to be fairly secure source of income. In the 1851 Census he is shown as a tin mine labourer. There were a number of tin mines in the parish of Altanun some sucessful, others not. How long he worked in a tin mine is not known but it was probably better paid than an agricultural labourer. The fact that he worked as an agricultural labourer at various times during his life indicates that he worked for various employers probably being hired at annual hiring fairs and there could well have been periods of unemployment. In the 1871 Census he is shown as a former agricultural labourer. As there was no such thing as retirement at that time it probably meant that he could no longer obtain work because of increasing frailness (he died two years later of 'old age') and he and his wife Eliza who were living by themselves must have been dependent on their savings and help from relatives and neighbours.
Guest:
1 Jan 1850 (age 58-59)
Present at Baptism of Richard Sleep
present:
3 Feb 1850 (age 59)
Present at death of Isabella Sleep
Father:
4 Feb 1850 (age 59)
Reported the death of his daughter Isabella
Parents:
4 Feb 1850 (age 59)
Samuel and Eliza Sleep were present at the burial of their child Isabella on 4 February 1850 in St Nonna's Churchyard, Alternun, Cornwall according to the Church of England rite. The minister at the burial was the Rev. R. H. Tripp. Her parents and her brother Samuel who was 15 at the time would have been present but who else is not known. Of her surviving siblings John had probably left Alternun, Amelia had moved to Plymouth and had married John Luscombe, and Edwin is not recorded in the 1851 Census for Alternun and his whereabouts at the time of her death is unknown. Her father register her death on the same day that she was buried but whether he did this before or after the burial is not known.
spouse:
4 Sep 1873 (age 82)
Death of spouse Eliza
Death:
9 Dec 1873 (age 82)
Cause: old age
Address: Penpont
According to his death certificate his sister-in-law who lived nearby at Church Town was with him when he died so presumably she had been looking after him - perhaps taking him meals. On the day that he died the Rev. R. H. Tripp who was the vicar of Altarnun sent a postcard to Samuel’s daughter Amelia who was living in Plymouth saying that her father was dying and that he was attending him as well as he could. The card was not posted until the following day and the earliest that Amelia could have received it was the 11 December by which time her father was dead. The wording of the card seems pretty brutal. Whether, he sent similar cards to Samuel's other children who were not living in Altarnun, or whether Amelia visited her father on a regular basis and he considered her to be the next-of-kin is not known.
Death:
18 Dec 1873 (age 82)
Altarnun, Launceston, Cornwall27
Elizabeth Northey who was his sister-in-law.||Altarnun is a small village so she almost certainly had to travel to Launceston to register his death. As she was illiterate (she signed the certificate with her mark X) the process must have been a diffcult one for her. She may have been advised about the process by the Vicar.
Burial:
19 Dec 1873
|| It is fairly certain that Samuel was buried by the Rev. Tripp as the Rev.Tripp was visiting him before he died. The date is a guess based on the fact that people were normally buried within a few days of their death. However, the burial may have had to wait until after his death had been registered. It is assumed that this is the case. Notes by Harry Kenneth Luscombe on the back of a photograph of John Luscombe (Samuel's son-in-law) state that Samuel was buried in Altarnun Churchyard and there is also a record made by the Cornish Family History Society that a Samuel Sleep was buried in Altarnun but it gives no details as to year. However, a record for an Eliza Sleep has the same grave reference so he was almost certainly buried with his wife who had died the previous September. An extensive seach of the gravestones by PHW and JPWW in March 2004 fail to find their gravestone although the gravestone of thier two youngest chidren was found. It is possible that either his grave was not marked or the stone has fallen.
St Nonna
St Nonna Interior
1816, Register Entry for Marriage of Samuel Sleep and Eliza Northey
1841, 1841 Census for Household of Samuel Sleep in Alternun, Cornwall
1851, 1851 Census for Household of Samuel Sleep in Altarnun, Cornwall
1861, 1861 Census for Household of Samuel Sleep
1871, 1871 Census for Household of Samuel Sleep in Altarnun, Cornwall
Spouse:
Children:
Marriage Banns:
14 Nov 1816 (age 25)
St Nonna's Church31
Address: Altarnun, Cornwall
Marriage:
17 Dec 1816 (age 25)
Address: Alternun, Cornwall
Mary was Samuel's sister. The relationship of the other witness to the couple is not known. Why the consent of their parents was required is a mystery as Samuel was 25 and Eliza 22 at the time of their marriage. DWL's note on the Sleep family says that Amelia's father married a Miss Northey. Samuel was born in Treneglos which is about 5 miles from Altarnun where he lived after his marriage to Eliza. How he met Eliza is a matter of speculation. Either he came to Altarnun to work on a farm or they may have met in Launceston on a market day or at a fair. Their parents were probably there but who else, apart from the witnesses, is not known.
Census for household:
6 Jun 1841 (age 50)
Altarnun, Cornwall34
Address: Penpont
The household consisted of Samuel, his wife Eliza and their children Samuel (age 6), Isabella (age 15) and Amelia (age13). The property also had an attached barn which Samuel probably used when to stable horses when he was a higgler. Their son John who was now married was the village schoolmaster and lived next door.
Census for household:
30 Mar 1851 (age 60)
Altarnun, Cornwall35
Address: Penpont
The household consisted of Samuel, his wife Eliza, their son Samuel (age 16) and their grandson Richard (age 1) who was the son of their daughter Isabella who had died the year before
Census for household:
7 Apr 1861 (age 70)
Altarnun, Cornwall36
Address: Penpont
The household consisted of Samuel, his wife Eliza and their grandson Richard (aged 11) who was the son of their daughter Isabella.
Census for household:
2 Apr 1871 (age 80)
Altarnun, Cornwall37
Address: Penpont
Dorothy Winifred Wallace's (nee Luscombe) note (DWL 01, Page 2 (Back)) on Sleep family says that Amelia Sleep's father (Samuel Sleep) was the owner of the White Hart in Launceston and 'The Constable' or Magistrate who greeted all visiting notables. However, census records, baptismal records for his children which give the father's occupation and his death certificate show that although he had a number of occupations - higgler (itinerant peddler), shopkeeper and labourer either on the land or in a tin mine, he and his wife Eliza lived in Alternun probably in the same cottage all their married lives. Also, he signed his wife's Death Certificate with his mark X which would indicate that he was illiterate (unlikely for a hotel owner and magistrate). A search of Census records for the White Hart Inn in Launceston show that none of the landlords or owners were called Sleep or even that a member of the staff was called Sleep. Amelia was DWL's grandmother and probable talked to her about her early life before moving to Plymouth which she probably 'embroidered'. It is also possible that DWL added her own 'embroidery' - it is known from her other memoirs that she frequently enhanced the facts. Thus, DWL's contention that Samuel was owner of the White Hart is not supported by the available documentary evidence. Such inflations in the relaying of oral family history are not uncommon.38 39 40 41 42
Dorothy Winifred Wallace's (nee Luscombe) note (DWL 01, Page 2 (Back)) says that her great-grandfather John Luscombe married an Amelia Sleep and that Amelia's mother's surname was Northey. She also says that Amelia's father owned The White Hart Hotel in Launceston and was also 'The Constable' or Magistrate greeting all visiting notables! A search of the LDS records of baptisms and marriages gave Amelia's parents' names as Samuel Sleep and Eliza Northey. Census records show that Samuel was a labourer who lived in Altarnun all his life and was not the owner of The White Hart Hotel in Launceston. From this it was possible to find the remainder of the family from census records, St Nonna's parish registers and a gravestone in the churchyard of St Nonna. During a visit to Altarnun by Jack & Pat Ward in March 2004 it was found from the inscriptions in churchyards of St Nonna, the Wesleyan Chapels in Altarnun and Bolventor, and the War Memorial in Altarnun that Sleep was a very common name in the area.43
1841 England Census for Household of Samuel Sleep in Altarnun, Census Type: 1841 England, Census Place: Altarnun, Folio: 2/49, Page: 2, (FMP website). Age. National Archives. Call Number: HO107/140.
1851 Census for Household of Samuel Sleep in Altarnun, Cornwall, (FMP website). Custom Id: HO107/1899, Folio 33, Page 21, Schedule 73; National Archives. Call Number: HO107/1899.
1871 Census for Household of Samuel Sleep in Altanun, Cornwall, (FMP website). Custom Id: RG10/2222, Folio 22, Page 16, Schedule 73; National Archives. Call Number: RG10/2222.
Rev. William Carpenter, Register Entry for Baptism of Samuel Sleep, (FamilySearch (LDS) website). Custom Id: Baptisms 1791; CountyCornwallPlaceTreneglosDate of Birth---Date of Baptism6 Feb 1871ForenameSamuelFather's NameSamuel SleepMother's NameElizabeth. Cornwall County Records Office, Turo. Call Number: Treneglos Registers.
Ibid. Cit. Date: 6 February 1791. Cornwall County Records Office, Turo. Call Number: Treneglos Registers.
Rev. S Hart, Register Entry for the Baptism of John Sleep at St Nonna's Church, Altarnun, Cornwall, (FamilySearch (LDS) website). Custom Id: Baptisms 1817, Page 15, No. 118; Samuel Sleep's occupaion is given as labourer. Cornwall County Records Office, Turo. Call Number: Altarnun Registers.
Rev S. Hart, Register Entry for Baptism of Isabella Sleep in the Parish Church of St Nonna, Altarnun, Cornwall, (FamilySearch (LDS) website). Custom Id: Baptisms 1830, Page 23. No. 178; Samuel Sleep's occupationis given as a labourer. Cornwall County Records Office, Turo. Call Number: Altarnun.
Rev. John Gillard, Register Entry for the Baptism of Richard Sleep in St Nonna's Church, Altarnun, Cornwall, (FamilySearch (LDS) website). Custom Id: Baptisms 1823 Page 40, No. 317; Samuel Sleep's occupationis given as a labourer. Cornwall County Records Office, Turo. Call Number: Altarnun Registers.
1841 England Census for Household of Samuel Sleep in Altarnun, Census Type: 1841 England, Census Place: Altarnun, Folio: 2/49, Page: 2, (FMP website). Samuel and Eliza Sleep resided in Penpont, Altarnun with their children Samuel, Isabella and Amelia. National Archives. Call Number: HO107/140.
1851 Census for Household of Samuel Sleep in Altarnun, Cornwall, (FMP website). Custom Id: HO107/1899, Folio 33, Page 21, Schedule 73; Samuel and Eliza Sleep resided in Penpont, Altarnun with their son Samuel and grandson Richard son of their daughter Isabella. National Archives. Call Number: HO107/1899.
1861 England Census for Household of Samuel Sleep in Altarnun, Cornwall, (FMP website). Custom Id: RG9/1517, Folio 23, Page 21, Schedule 93; Samuel and Eliza Sleep resided in Penpont, Altarnun with their grandson Richard. National Archives. Call Number: RG9/1517.
Ibid. Samuel and Eliza Sleep resided in Penpont, Altarnun. National Archives. Call Number: RG9/1517.
Register Entry for the Baptism of Amelia Sleep Altarnun, Cornwall, (5 May 1829). Custom Id: Baptisms 1829; Father's occupation. Cit. Date: 5 May 1829. Cornwall County Records Office, Turo. Call Number: Altanun Registers.
Rev. W Thomas, Register Entry for the Baptism of Edwin Sleep in St Nonna, Altarnun, Cornwall, (FamilySearch (LDS) website & FreeREG). Custom Id: Baptisms 1832, Page 76, No. 605; Father's occupation. Cit. Date: 8 January 1832. Cornwall County Records Office, Turo. Call Number: Altarnun Registers.
Rev. W Thomas, Register Entry for the Baptism of Richard Sleep in St Nonna, Altarnun, Cornwall, (FamilySearch (LDS) website). Custom Id: Baptisms 1832, Page 78, No. 618; Samuel Sleep's occupation is given as a shopkeeper presumably in Altarnun. Cornwall County Records Office, Turo. Call Number: Altarnun Registers.
Register Entry for the Baptism of Marinna Sleep in St Nonna, Altarnun, Cornwall, (FreeREG website). Samuel Sleep's occupation is given as a shopkeeper presumably in Altarnun. Cornwall County Records Office, Turo. Call Number: Altarnun Registers.
Rev. W Thomas, Register Entry for the Baptism of Samuel Sleep in St Nonna, Altarnun, Cornwall, (FamilySearch (LDS) website). Custom Id: Baptisms 1834 Page 87, No. 689; Samuel Sleep's occupation is given as a shopkeeper presumably in Altarnun. Cornwall County Records Office, Turo. Call Number: Altarnun Registers.
1841 England Census for Household of Samuel Sleep in Altarnun, Census Type: 1841 England, Census Place: Altarnun, Folio: 2/49, Page: 2, (FMP website). Samuel Sleep employed as an agricultural labourer in Altarnun. National Archives. Call Number: HO107/140.
Rev. W Thomas, Register Entry for the Baptism of Samuel Sleep in St Nonna, Altarnun, Cornwall, (FamilySearch (LDS) website). Custom Id: Baptisms 1834 Page 87, No. 689; In June 1834 Samuel Sleep's occupation is given as a shopkeeper presumably in Altarnun. Cornwall County Records Office, Turo. Call Number: Altarnun Registers.
1851 Census for Household of Samuel Sleep in Altarnun, Cornwall, (FMP website). Custom Id: HO107/1899, Folio 33, Page 21, Schedule 73; Samuel Sleep emploted as a tin mine labourer in Altarnun. National Archives. Call Number: HO107/1899.
1871 Census for Household of Samuel Sleep in Altanun, Cornwall, (FMP website). Custom Id: RG10/2222, Folio 22, Page 16, Schedule 73; Samuel Sleep formerly an agricultural labourer. National Archives. Call Number: RG10/2222.
1861 England Census for Household of Samuel Sleep in Altarnun, Cornwall, (FMP website). Custom Id: RG9/1517, Folio 23, Page 21, Schedule 93; Samuel Sleep employed as an agricultural labourer in Altarnun. National Archives. Call Number: RG9/1517.
General Register Office, Certified Copy of an Entry of Death for Samuel Sleep, (13 Jan 2005 in response to Application No. COL482354). Custom Id: DYA527655; Samuel Sleep an agricultural labourer died of old age in December 1873. Pat Ward.
Ibid. When and Where died. Cit. Date: 9 December 1873. Pat Ward.
Rev R. H. Tripp, Postcard from R.H.Trip (Vicar of Altarnun), Recipient: Mrs (Amelia) Luscombe, Author Address: The Vicarage, Altarnun, (Not published). Cit. Date: 9 December 1873. Pat Ward.
General Register Office, Civil Registration Index (England &Wales) for Death of Samuel Sleep, (FMP website). Custom Id: Deaths 1873 Launceston Vol. 5c, Page 13; Cit. Date: Q4 1873. General Register Office. Call Number: Deaths.
General Register Office, Certified Copy of an Entry of Death for Samuel Sleep, (13 Jan 2005 in response to Application No. COL482354). Custom Id: DYA527655; DistrictLauncestonSub-DistrictAltarnunCountyCornwallDate of Death9 Dec 1873Place of DeathPenpont, AltarnunNameSamuel SleepAge83OccupationAgricultural LabourerCause of DeathOld ageCertified ByNot certifiedInformant's SignatureX The mark of Elizabeth NortheyInformant's DescriptionPresent at the deathInformant's ResidenceAltarnun, Church TownDate Registered18 Dec 1873RegistrarRobert Sandercock. Pat Ward.
W. S. Parker London W 5, Photograph of John Luscombe annotated on back by Harry K. Luscombe, (c. 1880). Amelia's father (Samuel Sleep) buried in Altarnun Churchyard. Pat Ward.
Burial Record for Samuel Sleep, Name Of Person: Samuel Sleep, Location: St Nonna's Churchyard, Altarnun, (about 12 Sep 1873). Burial ground: Parish ChurchPlace: AltarnunCounty: CornwallRef: 179Forenames:SamuelSurname: SLEEPDate: [Ref]Year:(The search was for 1873). Unknown. Call Number: Registers Altarnun.
Burial Record for Eliza Sleep, Name Of Person: Eliza Sleep, Location: St Nonna's Churchyard, Altarnun, (about 6 Sep 1873). Burial ground: Parish ChurchPlace: AltarnunCounty: CornwallRef: 179 Forenames:ElizaSurname: SLEEPDate: [Ref] Year:(The search was for the 1873). Cornwall County Records Office, Turo. Call Number: Registers Altarnun.
Parish Register for Banns of Samuel Sleep and Eliza Northey, St Nonna, Altarnun, Cornwall, 14 November 1816, Cornwall County Records Office.
Rev. Samuel Hart, Register Entry for the Marriage of Samual Sleep and Eliza Northey, (17 Dec 1816). Cit. Date: 17 December 1816. Cornwall County Records Office, Turo. Call Number: Altarnun Registers.
Doris Winifred Wallace (née Luscombe), Notes on the Descendants of Richard Hockin, John Luscombe & his wife Amelia Sleep's family , (Not published, c. 1980). Custom Id: DWL 01; Page 2 (Back). Pat Ward.
1841 England Census for Household of Samuel Sleep in Altarnun, Census Type: 1841 England, Census Place: Altarnun, Folio: 2/49, Page: 2, (FMP website). Cit. Date: 6 June 1841. National Archives. Call Number: HO107/140.
1851 Census for Household of Samuel Sleep in Altarnun, Cornwall, (FMP website). Custom Id: HO107/1899, Folio 33, Page 21, Schedule 73; Cit. Date: 30 March 1851. National Archives. Call Number: HO107/1899.
1861 England Census for Household of Samuel Sleep in Altarnun, Cornwall, (FMP website). Custom Id: RG9/1517, Folio 23, Page 21, Schedule 93; Cit. Date: 7 April 1861. National Archives. Call Number: RG9/1517.
1871 Census for Household of Samuel Sleep in Altanun, Cornwall, (FMP website). Custom Id: RG10/2222, Folio 22, Page 16, Schedule 73; Cit. Date: 2 April 1871. National Archives. Call Number: RG10/2222.
Doris Winifred Wallace (née Luscombe), Notes on the Descendants of Richard Hockin, John Luscombe & his wife Amelia Sleep's family , (Not published, c. 1980). Custom Id: DWL 01; Amelia Sleep's father owned the White Hart Hotel, Launceston. He was 'The Constable' or Magistrate who greeted all visiting notables! Pat Ward.
1841 England Census for Household of Samuel Sleep in Altarnun, Census Type: 1841 England, Census Place: Altarnun, Folio: 2/49, Page: 2, (FMP website). Samuel Sleep agricultural labourer. National Archives. Call Number: HO107/140.
1851 Census for Household of Samuel Sleep in Altarnun, Cornwall, (FMP website). Custom Id: HO107/1899, Folio 33, Page 21, Schedule 73; Samuel Sleep tin mine labourer. National Archives. Call Number: HO107/1899.
1871 Census for Household of Samuel Sleep in Altanun, Cornwall, (FMP website). Custom Id: RG10/2222, Folio 22, Page 16, Schedule 73; Samuel Sleep formerly agricultural labourer. National Archives. Call Number: RG10/2222.
General Register Office, Certified Copy of an Entry of Death for Samuel Sleep, (13 Jan 2005 in response to Application No. COL482354). Custom Id: DYA527655; Occupation: Agricultural Labourer. Pat Ward.
Doris Winifred Wallace (née Luscombe), Notes on the Descendants of Richard Hockin, John Luscombe & his wife Amelia Sleep's family , (Not published, c. 1980). Custom Id: DWL 01; Amelia Sleep married John Luscombe. Her father was a Miss Northey. Pat Ward.