A Dartmouth MITCHELMORE family: Sixth generation

A Dartmouth MITCHELMORE family

Sixth Generation

6.2 Elsie May PILLAR (Frederick Charles PILLAR , Caroline MITCHELMORE , William Henry (1) MITCHIMORE , John (1) MICHELMORE , John (2) ) married Thomas VAILE. Thomas died in 1985. Elsie and Thomas had the following children:

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Janet VEILLE

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Gillian VEILLE

6.3 Amelia Maud PILLAR (Frederick Charles PILLAR , Caroline MITCHELMORE , William Henry (1) MITCHIMORE , John (1) MICHELMORE , John (2) ) married Herbert Leslie JOHN in Cardiff. Herbert was born on 23 Nov 1910 in Llanelli, Wales, and died on 18 Apr 1984. Amelia and Herbert had the following children:

+	7.3	M	i	David Frederick JOHN
+	7.4	M	ii	Robert Leslie JOHN

6.6 Hazel PILLAR (Robert Henry Mitchelmore PILLAR , Caroline MITCHELMORE , William Henry (1) MITCHIMORE , John (1) MICHELMORE , John (2) ) married Arthur George David WOOD. Thomas was born on 10 Jan 1915 in Monifieth, Scotland, and died on 11 Sep 1996 in Bournemouth, Dorset. Hazel and Arthur had the following children:

+	7.5	M	i	Barrie WOOD was born on 19 Jun 1937 and died on 5 Nov 1983.
+	7.6	F	ii	Jill WOOD

6.7 Lionel Henry PILLAR (Robert Henry Mitchelmore PILLAR , Caroline MITCHELMORE , William Henry (1) MITCHIMORE , John (1) MICHELMORE , John (2) ) was born on 28 May 1917 and died on 3 Sep 1998.

Lionel married Phyllis Elsie Josephine STERCKX. They had the following children:

+	7.7	M	i	John Robert Henry PILLAR
+	7.8	F	ii	Jennifer Margaret PILLAR

6.9 Robert Charles PILLAR (William Thomas PILLAR , Caroline MITCHELMORE , William Henry (1) MITCHIMORE , John (1) MICHELMORE , John (2) ) was born in 1916 and died in 1992. He married Barbara COLPER (born 1907). They had the following children:

+	7.9	F	i	Sara PILLAR
+	7.10	M	ii	Andrew PILLAR

6.10 Helen Caroline PILLAR (William Thomas PILLAR , Caroline MITCHELMORE , William Henry (1) MITCHIMORE , John (1) MICHELMORE , John (2) ) married Richard HOARE.Richard was born in 1913 and died in 1997. Helen and Richard had the following children:

+	7.11	M	i	David HOARE
+	7.12	F	ii	Susan HOARE
+	7.13	M	iii	Richard HOARE

6.11 Charlotte PILLAR (William Thomas PILLAR , Caroline MITCHELMORE , William Henry (1) MITCHIMORE , John (1) MICHELMORE , John (2) ) married Brian MEREDITH-DAVIES. They had the following children:

+	7.14	M	i	James MEREDITH-DAVIES
+	7.15	M	ii	Thomas MEREDITH-DAVIES
+	7.16	M	iii	Richard MEREDITH-DAVIES.

6.12 William Thomas (2) PILLAR (William Thomas PILLAR , Caroline MITCHELMORE , William Henry (1) MITCHIMORE , John (1) MICHELMORE , John (2) ) was born on 24 Feb 1924 in Dartmouth and died in Zeals, Wiltshire on 18 Mar 1999.

Bill Pillar entered the Royal Navy in 1942 from Blundell's School and graduated with an engineering degree from the Royal Naval Engineering College at Manadon near Plymouth. He sailed all over the world before his ability to manage and motivate took him into leadership positions. Among other posts, he became captain of the college where he had studied and eventually Chief of Fleet Support on the Admiralty Board. He was only the second engineer to be appointed a full admiral and the first engineer to become Commandant of the Royal College of Defence Studies. He was decorated with the KCB (Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath) in 1980 and the GBE (Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire) in 1983. In 1985, Bill was appointed Lieutenant Governor of Jersey. The Minutes of the States (Parliament) of Jersey record that they presented Sir William and Lady Pillar with "a pair of claret jugs suitably inscribed" on his retirement in 1990, and observed a minute's silence on hearing of his death in 1999. An obituary, which includes a photograph of Bill in his full admiral's uniform, appeared in The Times of 6 Apr 1999.

Bill married Ursula W RANSLEY, daughter of Arthur Benjamin RANSLEY and his wife Winifred née LANGSTON. They had the following children:

	7.17	F	i	Sally PILLAR married Bobby WOODWARD.
+	7.18	M	ii	Nicolas PILLAR

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Timothy PILLAR

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Simon PILLAR

6.13 David PILLAR (William Thomas PILLAR , Caroline MITCHELMORE , William Henry (1) MITCHIMORE , John (1) MICHELMORE , John (2) ) married Valerie M NEILL. They had the following children:

+	7.21	M	i	Mark PILLAR
+	7.22	M	ii	Christopher PILLAR

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Claire PILLAR

6.14 Stuart Langmead PILLAR (Langmead Casey PILLAR , Caroline MITCHELMORE , William Henry (1) MITCHIMORE , John (1) MICHELMORE , John (2) ) died in 2003. He married Muriel Lilian DUNN. They had one child:

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Carol Ann PILLAR

6.15 Mary Winifred CLEMENTS (Winifred Frances PILLAR , Caroline MITCHELMORE , William Henry (1) MITCHIMORE , John (1) MICHELMORE , John (2) ) married Vivian RICHARDS. Vivian was born on 15 Feb 1925 in Taunton, Somerset, and died there on 19 Apr 1980. Mary and Vivian had the following children:

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Jane Margaret RICHARDS married Ian MAYES.

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Marion Elizabeth RICHARDS married David SAINT.

6.16 Margaret Leedham CLEMENTS (Winifred Frances PILLAR , Caroline MITCHELMORE , William Henry (1) MITCHIMORE , John (1) MICHELMORE , John (2) ) married Roland James COCKS. Roland died on 4 Apr 2000. Margaret and Roland had one child:

7.27

Stephen James COCKS

6.18 Russell MEW (Annie Gertrude MITCHELMORE , William Henry (2) MITCHELMORE , William Henry (1) MITCHIMORE , John (1) MICHELMORE , John (2) ) married Elli Wanda WITT. They had the following children:

	7.28	F	i	Shirley Jacqueline MEW
	7.29	F	ii	Caroline MEW

6.20 Mollie Jean MEW (Annie Gertrude MITCHELMORE , William Henry (2) MITCHELMORE , William Henry (1) MITCHIMORE , John (1) MICHELMORE , John (2) ) married Frederick James John JARVIS. They had the following child:

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Elizabeth Ann JARVIS

6.21 Derek James MEW (Annie Gertrude MITCHELMORE , William Henry (2) MITCHELMORE , William Henry (1) MITCHIMORE , John (1) MICHELMORE , John (2) ) married Eileen Patricia O'CONNOR. They had the following children:

+	7.31	M	i	Peter James MEW
+	7.32	M	ii	John Patrick MEW

6.24 Thomas Arthur BANFIELD (May DECENT , Eliza MITCHELMORE , William Henry (1) MITCHIMORE , John (1) MICHELMORE , John (2) ) was born on 9 Jun 1913 in Brixham and died on 2 Apr 2002 in Woodford Green, Essex.

Thomas was a research chemist (PhD) and an internationally recognised authority on paint corrosion.

Thomas married Edith Joyce LANDER, known in the family as Joyce. Edith was born on 6 Jul 1910 in Birmingham, England, and died on 15 Mar 1993 in Woodford Green, Essex.

Thomas and Edith had the following children:

+	7.33	M	i	Thomas Lander BANFIELD
+	7.34	F	ii	Susan Mary BANFIELD

6.25 John Decent BANFIELD (May DECENT , Eliza MITCHELMORE , William Henry (1) MITCHIMORE , John (1) MICHELMORE , John (2) ) married Joyce Alice Patricia HART. They had the following children:

+	7.35	F	i	Vivien Joyce BANFIELD
+	7.36	M	ii	David John BANFIELD
+	7.37	M	iii	Peter BANFIELD

6.26 Margaret Amy BANFIELD (May DECENT , Eliza MITCHELMORE , William Henry (1) MITCHIMORE , John (1) MICHELMORE , John (2) ) was born on 25 Nov 1916 in Brixham and died on 19 Oct 1991 in Kingsand, Cornwall.

Margaret married Kenneth Edgar Gordon JAMES. They had the following children:

	7.38	F	i	Janet Mary JAMES
+	7.39	M	ii	Malcolm George JAMES

6.27 Doreen Elsie BANFIELD (May DECENT , Eliza MITCHELMORE , William Henry (1) MITCHIMORE , John (1) MICHELMORE , John (2) ) married Maurice SAUNDERS. They had the following children:

+	7.40	F	i	Brenda May SAUNDERS
+	7.41	F	ii	Angela Mary SAUNDERS
+	7.42	M	iii	Peter Banfield SAUNDERS
+	7.43	M	iv	Robert Maurice SAUNDERS

6.28 John HOSKINS (Amy DECENT , Eliza MITCHELMORE , William Henry (1) MITCHIMORE , John (1) MICHELMORE , John (2) ) married Margaret BUCKLAND. They had the following child:

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Pamela HOSKINS

6.29 Peter HOSKINS (Amy DECENT , Eliza MITCHELMORE , William Henry (1) MITCHIMORE , John (1) MICHELMORE , John (2) ) married Margery JACKSON. They had the following children:

7.45	M	i	Christopher HOSKINS
7.46	F	ii	Melanie HOSKINS
7.47	F	iii	Stephanie HOSKINS

6.34 John Ward SEWELL (John SEWELL , Edith Augusta MITCHELMORE , William Henry (1) MITCHIMORE , John (1) MICHELMORE , John (2) ) married Catherine Joy STREET. They had the following children:

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Anne Catherine SEWELL married Florian STEPHENS.

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Claire Elizabeth SEWELL married Stephen CAPELO.

6.35 Gaynor Margaret SEWELL (John SEWELL , Edith Augusta MITCHELMORE , William Henry (1) MITCHIMORE , John (1) MICHELMORE , John (2) ) married Robin Frederick JONES. They had the following children:

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Morgan Robert JONES

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Tiffany Leila JONES

6.37 Brian Frederick Thomas MITCHELMORE (George Deane MITCHELMORE , Frederick George (1) MITCHELMORE , William Henry (1) MITCHIMORE , John (1) MICHELMORE , John (2) ) married Pamela Gladys WOODWARD. They had the following children:

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Tracey Anne MITCHELMORE

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Stephen Deane MITCHELMORE

6.38 Deanna Magretta MITCHELMORE (George Deane MITCHELMORE , Frederick George (1) MITCHELMORE , William Henry (1) MITCHIMORE , John (1) MICHELMORE , John (2) ) married John FAIRHURST. They had five children.

6.39 Frederick George (2) MITCHELMORE (Frederick Thomas Nathaniel MITCHELMORE , Charles Frederick MITCHELMORE , Nathaniel MICHAMORE , John (1) MICHELMORE , John (2) ) was born on 16 Sep 1911 in Devonport and died on 10 Sep 1982 in the Isle of Wight.

Go back to Frederick Thomas Nathaniel MITCHELMORE for a photograph of Frederick as a boy.

Frederick married Doreen M JOLIFFE on 12 Jun 1937 in Devonport. She died in Jul 1998 in Birmingham. Fred and Doreen had one child:

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Colin MITCHELMORE married Maria da Costa REIS.

6.40 Edwin Charles Burnell MITCHELMORE (Frederick Thomas (Nathaniel) MITCHELMORE , Charles Frederick MITCHELMORE , Nathaniel MICHAMORE , John (1) MICHELMORE , John (2) ) was born on 5 Dec 1918 in Devonport and died on 16 Jun 1992.

Edwin married Lilian POTTAS in 1943 in Whitby, Yorkshire. Lilian was born on 24 Feb 1920 and died in Jun 2000 in North Yorkshire. Edwin and Lilian had the following children:

	7.53	F	i	Pauline MITCHELMORE married Peter J BUSBY.
	7.54	F	ii	Mavis MITCHELMORE married Peter D DAVIS.

6.43 Leonard Ernest MITCHELMORE (Albert Ernest MITCHELMORE , Charles Frederick MITCHELMORE , Nathaniel MICHAMORE , John (1) MICHELMORE , John (2) ) was born on 5 Jan 1923 and died at Burnham-on-Sea War Memorial Hospital on 13 Jun 2007.

Len joined the Royal Air Force in 1940, graduating from Henlow two years later as an instrument maker. His first posting was to 32 MU St. Athens. There he met his wife Joyce, who was in the WAAF. But Len was sent to Egypt just before their daughter Kathryn was born, where he spent 18 months living in tents--there were no married quarters. Len bought himself out in 1948, returning to Bristol to see his daughter for the first time.
Initially, Len and Joyce lived in a prefab and Len found work with a watchmaker. Then they bought a general store in Bedminster but within 2 years moved to a house near the Three Lamps, where Len did watch-making from the front room. Shortly afterwards, they bought a nearby shop and set it up as a watchmaker and jeweller's, with Joyce serving and helping out with the jewellery side.

Len and Joyce moved to Hengrove in 1955. When the shop was bought up by the City for a road-widening project in 1967, Len entered Redland Teacher Training College, Clifton, as a mature age student, qualifying as a primary teacher in 1969. (His daughter was in her second year at the same college when Len started.)

Len's first appointment as a teacher was at a special school in Bradford on Avon. He only stayed 18 months (a relatively long time, by all accounts). In 1971, Len obtained a position as a class teacher at a primary school in Bristol.

Len and Joyce moved to Carhampton, Somerset, in 1980, where Len set up another watch repair workshop and taught music part time at a nearby school. In 1989, they moved to Burnham-on-Sea and Len finally sold his watch repair equipment in 2001.

Len always loved music. He learned trumpet from the members of the Dartmouth Borough Band, where his father played, and played in the same band and for dances in the Guildhall. Despite having lost half of the little finger on his left hand as a child, he also successfully learned to play the piano. He played the organ as an RAF apprentice, took up piano lessons again at the age of 30 (progressing to Associate level), and was organist and choirmaster at Counterslip Baptist Church, Hengrove, for many years. He continued to play the organ occasionally at Burham-on-Sea Methodist Church until shortly before his death.

Leonard married Joyce Frances PARSONS. Joyce was born on 14 Jul 1922 in Bristol and died on 19 Jul 2004 in Weston-Super-Mare, Somerset. Her death was announced in the Western Daily Press.

Len and Joyce had the following children:

+	7.55	F	i	Kathryn Florence MITCHELMORE
+	7.56	F	ii	Nicola MITCHELMORE

6.44 Stanley Gerald MITCHELMORE (Albert Ernest MITCHELMORE , Charles Frederick MITCHELMORE , Nathaniel MICHAMORE , John (1) MICHELMORE , John (2) ) went to Dartmouth Grammar School in 1941. He learnt the piano and trumpet, and played the trumpet in the Dartmouth Borough Band.

Stan joined the RAF in 1946 as an aircraft apprentice. He trained at RAF Cranwell, where he played the trumpet at official functions, passing out in May 1949 as Leading Aircraftsman N0582977 (trade: Air Radio Fitter). After minor postings, Stan spent 3 years at RAF Benson, Oxfordshire, servicing radio and radar equipment in the Viking aircraft in The King's Flight. After a stint at RAF Wunsdorf, Germany, and Bomber Command in Cottesmore, Rutland, in 1959 he moved to RAF Wyton, Huntingdonshire. There, he passed his Chief Technician exam and worked on Vulcans, Valiants and Victors until about 1968, including visits to Malta, Cyprus, Canada, Malaya and Australia (Darwin, Adelaide and Townsville).

After 4 years at RAF Strike Command Headquarters at High Wycombe, Bucks., as assistant to the Squadron Leader, Stan moved to RAF Marham, near King's Lynn, where he was in charge of servicing equipment in the electronic workshops. In January 1977, Stan took early discharge and returned to Dartmouth.

Stan managed the Seale Arms public house, Victoria Road, Dartmouth, for two years and then had a number of electronics jobs in the Dartmouth area before retiring in 1995.

Stan has been an amateur radio fan (call sign G3XHC) since 1958, but is now relying on i-Link internet software to keep in touch with other radio amateurs. He loves fishing and had his own boat until 2002. Stan has been a member of the Brixham Orpheous Male Voice choir since 1987, and has sung all over Europe including Hameln, Germany, and the Llangollen Eisteddfod, Wales. Other hobbies include computing and photography.

Stanley married (1) Patricia Margaret SHERRY, the marriage ending in divorce. They had one child:

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Carol Ann MITCHELMORE

Stanley married (2) Dorothy Elizabeth (Betty) MUNNS. Betty, who was born in Dublin, Ireland, died on 28 Feb 1989.

Stan and Betty had the following children:

+	7.58	M	ii	William Leonard MITCHELMORE
+	7.59	F	iii	Christine Ann MITCHELMORE
	7.60	F	iv	Helen Ruth MITCHELMORE married (1) Paul MABLEY, the marriage ending in divorce, and (2) Steve BROWN.
	7.61	M	v	Steven Henry MITCHELMORE was born on 25 Jun 1964 in Ely, Cambridgeshire, and died two days later.

Stanley married (3) Mary Ann Cameron (Mae) CRUICKSHANKS.

6.45 Michael Charles MITCHELMORE (Albert Ernest MITCHELMORE , Charles Frederick MITCHELMORE , Nathaniel MICHAMORE , John (1) MICHELMORE , John (2) ) is the compiler of this web site.

Michael moved with his parents from Dartmouth to Bristol at the age of 9. He attended Bristol Grammar School and then Trinity College, Cambridge, before returning to Bristol University to train as a mathematics teacher.

Michael's first teaching positions were in Ghana at Mfantsipim, Cape Coast; Tema Secondary School, Tema; and Achimota School, Accra, where he led the development of the Joint Schools Mathematics project (JSP). In 1971 he moved to the Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, to study for a PhD in Mathematics Education. He did his PhD research in Kingston, Jamaica, returning there in 1975 to become an Education Officer in the Ministry of Education. In 1976 he transferred to the School of Education on the Mona campus of the University of the West Indies where he worked on the Caribbean edition of JSP and became a Senior Research Fellow and Vice-Dean.

In 1984, he moved to Germany and from 1986-1990 was a Bavarian civil servant working at the Leibniz Computing Centre in Munich. In 1990, he moved to Sydney, Australia, to take up a position in the School of Education at Macquarie University. He is currently an Associate Professor of Education in the Australian Centre for Educational Studies at Macquarie University.

Michael inherited his interest in music from his father. He started learning the piano at the age of 7, but stopped lessons in high school and instead learnt “on the job” playing in a jazz band. But his main love has been singing, having been a member of such illustrious bodies as the Trinity College Chapel Choir, the Jamaica National Chorale, the Munich Motet Choir and the Sydney Chamber Choir. He has also sung in many musicals, most notably as Nanki Poo in The Mikado in Ghana and Frederick in The Pirates of Penzance in Jamaica. His proudest musical exploit was singing Mahler's Eighth Symphony with the Sydney Philharmonia Choirs under Sir Simon Rattle, in a 2002 promenade concert in the Royal Albert Hall.

Michael is now semi-retired. He has recently taken over the M*CH*MORE One Name Study, which brings him in touch with MITCHELMOREs (and MICHAMOREs, MUCHMOREs, etc.) all over the world.

Michael married (1) June Anthea Mary VIVIS, the marriage ending in divorce. They had the following children, all born in Ghana:

+	7.62	F	i	Naomi Margaret Ama MITCHELMORE
+	7.63	F	ii	Sylvia Adjoa MITCHELMORE
+	7.64	F	iii	Catherine Efua MITCHELMORE

Michael married (2) Elisabeth Christa WEINMANN, daughter of German public servant Friedrich WEINMANN and Erna née HAEFNER. They have one child:

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Julia Erna MITCHELMORE

6.46 Charles Arthur MITCHELMORE (Arthur Edward MITCHELMORE , Charles Frederick MITCHELMORE , Nathaniel MICHAMORE , John (1) MICHELMORE , John (2) ), known in the family as "Boysey", was born on 28 Jan 1923 in Tavistock. He died in Sep 1995 in Plymouth, Devon.

Charles rose to the position as manager of the Plymouth branch of W H Smith Ltd.

Charles married (1) Doris PEIRCE on 26 Dec 1947 in Eltham, London, the marriage ending in divorce. Doris was born on 3 Aug 1922 and died on 31 Aug 2004 in Braintree. They had one child:

7.66

Brian MITCHELMORE

Charles married (2) Doris. They had the following children:

7.67	F	ii	Estelle MITCHELMORE
7.68	M	iii	Jonathon MITCHELMORE
7.69	M	iv	David MITCHELMORE

6.47 George Brian MITCHELMORE (Arthur Edward MITCHELMORE , Charles Frederick MITCHELMORE , Nathaniel MICHAMORE , John (1) MICHELMORE , John (2) ) was born on 31 Dec 1927 in Tavistock, Devon, and died on 19 Jan 2004 in Torquay, Devon.

Like his father, grandfather and great grandfather before him, George was a house painter. He lived mainly in the Paignton area, but served in the army in India 1943-1947 and lived from Aug 1966 to Feb 1969 in Eden Hills, Adelaide, South Australia.

George married Audrey M E DIGGINES. They had the following children:

+	7.70	F	i	Lynda A MITCHELMORE
+	7.71	M	ii	Alan John MITCHELMORE

6.48 Alan John PIKE (Ivy Elizabeth MITCHELMORE , Charles Frederick MITCHELMORE , Nathaniel MICHAMORE , John (1) MICHELMORE , John (2) ) married Shirley Joy BOND. They had two sets of twin children:

+	7.72	F	i	Alison Mary PIKE
	7.73	F	ii	Susan Joy PIKE
	7.74	M	iii	Andrew Stephen PIKE
+	7.75	F	iv	Lynda Margaret PIKE

6.50 John Robert Godfrey FERRIS (Mabel Valerie Irene MITCHELMORE , Alfred Ernest MITCHELMORE , Nathaniel MICHAMORE , John (1) MICHELMORE , John (2) married Phyllis PINSENT. They had the following children:

	7.76	F	i	Sharon FERRIS
	7.77	F	ii	Kay FERRIS

Surname List | Name Index

	7.48	F	i	Anne Catherine SEWELL married Florian STEPHENS.
	7.49	F	ii	Claire Elizabeth SEWELL married Stephen CAPELO.