FACHRS Ref: CHMA01 Researcher Name: Martin Allen Name: Joseph Labdon Age in 1881 Census: 38 Source: - RG Number: RG11 Piece: 2220 Folio: 85 Page: 14 Reg. District: Tavistock Parish: Milton Abbot County: Devon Migration, Employment and Social Status Police Constable Birth place: Bradninch, Devon Occupation of his father: Carpenter Information from each census about x and the household he lived in: YEAR 1841 1851 1861 1871 1881 1891 1901 1911 CENSUS HO107 RG9 RG10 RG11 RG12 RG13 RG14 PIECE 1888 1476 2150 2220 1755 2126 13165 FOLIO 178 41 5 85 113 104 PAGE 8 8 1 14 19 1 REG DIS Tiverton Tiverton Okehampton Tavistock Okehampton Okehampton Okehampton SUB DIS Silverton Silverton Bratton Tawton Tawton Clovelly PARISH Bradninch Bradninch Milton Abbot South Tawton South Tawton Bratton Clovelly ADDRESS Higher Trinity Trinity Bratton Hill Shelley Village House TOWN Bradninch Bradninch Bratton Chillaton South Tawton South Tawton South Tawton Clovelly COUNTY Devon Devon Devon Devon Devon Devon Devon RELATIONSHIP Son Son Head Head Head Head Head TO HEAD AGE 8 18 28 38 48 58 68 OCCUPATION Journeyman Police Police Carpenter & Carpenter Carpenter & carpenter Constable Constable Builder Undertaker WIFE’s NAME Susan Susan Elizabeth Elizabeth Elizabeth NO OF 3 (2b, 1g) 65(4b, 1g) 4(2b,2g) CHILDREN Is this a Police Yes House? OTHER Children born Children born Died 1913 information Cullompton S Tawton and Bratton from 1883. Clovelly Wife died He was 1887 Chillaton Remarried 1879-1881. 1889 in Then to Lifton Rotherhithe Age at marriage? 24/5 & 47/8 married Mary Ford 1864 and Elizabeth Knapman 1899 (Rotherhithe) Did he have any other employment before becoming a Policeman? Carpenter Did he have any other employment after leaving the Police? Carpenter/builder/undertaker Does he move to different locations as a policeman? Yes, but all within Devon County Constabulary Do you think his social status changed over the period of his life? No Did he get promoted while in the Police? No There is no evidence that he was unhappy but he left early. The Community What is the size and type of the community he would have been serving in 1881? Chilaton c. 100 Can you answer the same questions for the other places he served in. Bratton Clovelly 601, Lifton 1393 Did the type of community he lived in change through his career? Villages Retirement Did he retire? Left early to return to carpentering. Did he get a pension? No Family Connections Did any other members of his family work in a Police Force? Yes, son Randolph became policeman Trade Directory or other Sources: YEAR Newspaper (OR Trewman’s Exeter Flying Post (a selection from Dell Simon, The Beat on West Dartmoor OTHER SOURCE) several) PAGE NUMBER 1882-3 p. 114 INFORMATION There are three references to P C Labdon in He moved to Lifton in 1881 Crockernwell, so he may have moved there before leaving. It fits with South Tawton. .