Joseph Eva and Ann Prisk
There were two Joseph Evas baptized in Wendron in 1765: Nicholas and Martha Eva had a son named Joseph baptized on 15/9/1765, and Samuel and Mary Eva had a son named Joseph baptized on 9/6/1765. Both these couples had earlier sons named Joseph who presumably died before 1765: Samuel and Mary’s earlier Joseph was baptized on 26/6/1763; Nicholas and Martha’s earlier Joseph was baptized on 4/9/1761. I do not know if or how Samuel and Nicholas were related.
A Joseph Eva and an Ann Dally were married in Wendron on 21/6/1788, and a Joseph Eva and an Ann Prisk were married in Wendron on 24/6/1793. I have no good way of telling which Joseph married which Ann. However, the names Nicholas and Martha do not seem to appear again in the later generations, whereas Samuel and Mary do; so perhaps my Joseph Eva was the son of Samuel and Mary.
Ann Dally was baptized at Wendron on 14/12/1766; her parents were William Dally and Catherine Ralfe. If this is the right Ann Dally then when she married she was 21 and her husband was 22, which looks perfectly normal. But perhaps it was not all completely normal, since there was a child Joseph Eva, son of Joseph and Ann, baptized in Wendron on 21/6/1788, the same day that Joseph Eva and Ann Dally were married. I suppose that it is conceivable that another couple named Joseph and Ann Eva had their son baptized on the same day that Joseph and Ann were married, but that would certainly have been a remarkable coincidence. So it is my guess that the baby belonged to the couple who were married. I wonder if they had a combined wedding and baptism ceremony!
There was an Ann Prisk baptized at Breage on 24/4/1763; her parents were Samuel Prisk and Ann Thomas. It is possible that she is the one who was married in 1793, presumably to the other Joseph born in 1765. The groom would have been 28 and the bride 30. However, baptism records suggest that this couple had a son born in 1817, by which time this Ann would have been 54 years old. Moreover, she would have been 78 by the time of the 1841 census, whereas a Wendron census record (below) provides good evidence that in 1841 Joseph's widow was aged between 65 and 69. And there is a Wendron burial record from 1848 for a 76 year old Ann Eva, who could well have had children every couple of years from 1793 to 1817. So it is my guess that the Ann Prisk who married Joseph Eva in Wendron 1793 was not the one who was born in Breage in 1763, but some completely different Ann Prisk who was born in about 1772.
There are Wendron baptism records for 10 children with parents Joseph and Ann Eva in the years from 1788 to 1817. Here are the names and the baptism dates:
- Joseph, 21/6/1788;
- Mary, 25/12/1793;
- Mary, 22/2/1795;
- Ephraim, 3/11/1797;
- Samuel, 10/6/1800;
- Francis, 10/7/1805;
- Eliza, 4/7/1808;
- Ann, 19/5/1811;
- Elizabeth, 29/5/1814;
- Josias, 26/10/1817.
As explained above, I guess that Joseph born in 1788 was the son of the couple married in 1788. It is my guess that the others were all children of the couple married in 1793, and that their mother was in her early twenties at her marriage.
There is a Wendron burial record for a 56 year old Joseph Eva who died in 1820. This was presumably one of the ones who was baptized in 1765, and quite possibly the father of the last nine children listed above. I am conjecturing that his wife was the Ann Eva who died in 1848. I think that she must be the Ann Evea in the following 1841 census record.
| Lezarea, Wendron: | |||||
| Name | Sex | Age | Occupation | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ann Evea | F | 65 | House Keeper | ||
| Eliza Evea | F | 25 | Dress Maker | ||
| Elizebath Evea | F | 20 | Ag Lab | ||
| Joph Evea | M | 15 | Tin Miner | ||
| Epherform Evea | M | 13 | |||
If Ann was 76 when she died in October 1848 then she would have been less than 70 and more than 65 on census day 1841; so at least that is right. I think that Eliza and Elizebath must be Ann’s daughters Eliza and Elizabeth, whose ages should really have been recorded as 30 and 25 respectively. I think that the two boys were sons of Ann’s son Ephraim; the younger boy’s age would actually have been 15.
This is a most frustrating family! It seems that all the records are either missing or inaccurate.
Joseph Eva (born 1788)
I cannot find any marriage, census or death records that match this Joseph. Since I am guessing that he was the son of the other 1765 Joseph, I do not mind so much not knowing what happened to him.
Mary Eva (born 1795)
It appears that Mary married John Goldsworthy at Wendron on 14/8/1824. The date fits reasonably well, and I cannot find a record of any other Wendron marriage that fits. A 33 year old Mary Goldsworthy died at Wendron and was buried on 11/1/1829. This is consistent with a birth date in late January or early February 1795; so this could be our Mary. The I.G.I. lists Wendron baptisms of three children whose parents were named John and Mary Goldsworthy: John (baptized on 10/2/1826), John (baptized on 26/5/1826) and Mary (baptized at Wendron on 6/11/1827). The second John was aged 1 at baptism. This apparently indicates two couples named John and Mary Goldsworthy, unless some very strange error has occurred; however, I could find no other record of a John Goldsworthy marrying a Mary in Cornwall between 1810 and 1826.
Unfortunately, all my attempts to find more information about these people have failed. In particular, I do not know for certain how many children Mary had, or what became of them.
Ephraim Eva (born 1797)
Ephraim Eva married Elizabeth Martin at Wendron on 1/9/1823. The best matching baptism I could find for Elizabeth was for a daughter of John and Frances Martin, baptized at Wendron on 1/7/1804. Ephraim and Elizabeth apparently had three children: Joe Eva baptized at Wendron on 21/11/1823, Ephraim Eva baptized at Wendron on 10/2/1826, and James Eva baptized at Stithians on 6/4/1828. Evidently the family moved from Wendron to Stithians, because we can be fairly confident that there was no other couple named Ephraim and Elizabeth Eva in the vicinity at the time.
I assume that Joe and Ephraim are the Joph and Epherform appearing in the 1841 census record described above. On census night their brother James was in Redruth in the household of John and Mary Beddison, who are both in their 70’s. James’ age is given as 13 and his occupation as Tin Miner. The Beddisons do not seem to be relatives of our Evas; so perhaps James was a lodger in their house. It may be that his father Ephraim lodged there also but was absent on census night.
It seems clear that Ephraim’s wife Elizabeth died some time before the 1841 census: I cannot find a census record of her, and she certainly was not with her children on census night. A 26 year old Elizabeth Eva of Stithians was buried at Wendron on 15/3/1829; perhaps this was Ephraim’s wife, although the age does not fit particularly well with the possible baptism date of 1/7/1804. As for Ephraim himself, I could only find one 1841 census record that is remotely plausible: a 50 year old Ephrem Evea, described as a Sump Man, whose address on census night was “H:s:w Basset Mine Sump Hse”, Illogan.
Ephraim Eva married again in the March quarter of 1846, in the Redruth district, his wife’s name being Mary Ann Morcum. From later census records we find that Mary Ann was born in Gwennap in about 1813 or 1814. So from the Online Parish Clerk’s Website it seems likely that she was the daughter of John and Joanna Morcom baptized on 31/10/1813. Unfortunately, there is some competition for this person: a record submitted to the I.G.I. says that she was the Mary Morcom who married Benjamin Jennings in 1837 and later emigrated to Australia. There is certainly a parish register record of the marriage of a Mary Morcom and Benjamin Jennings in 1837, and I have located Benjamin and Mary Jennings in the 1841 and 1851 censuses. But Mary Jennings age is given as 33 in 1851; so it seems to me more likely that she was the Mary Morcom daughter of Thomas and Ann who was baptized at Gwennap on 22/12/1818. The only 1841 census record I can find for a Mary Morcom of the right age to be the one who married Ephraim in 1846 is for a 25 year old servant at Illogan in the household of a 65 year old farmer named Thomas Gill.
The Cornwall Online Census Project's transcriptions of the 1851 and 1861 census returns for Redruth include the following households, which I think are probably comprised of the same four people.
| Trefusis, Redruth, 1851: | |||||
| Name | Rel | Status | Age | Occupation | Birthplace |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ephraim Evans | Head | M | 52 | Copper Miner | Gwennap, Cornwall |
| Mary A Evans | Wife | M | 38 | Gwennap, Cornwall | |
| Eliza Evans | Dau | U | 3 | Gwennap, Cornwall | |
| James Evans | Son | U | 4 | Redruth, Cornwall | |
| Gordow, Redruth, 1861: | |||||
| Name | Rel | Status | Age | Occupation | Birthplace |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ephraim Eva | Head | M | 60 | Mine Engine Worker | Wendron, Cornwall |
| Mary Ann Eva | Wife | M | 47 | Gwennap, Cornwall | |
| Eliza Eva | Dau | U | 13 | Mine Girl | Gwennap, Cornwall |
| James Eva | Son | U | 11 | Driving Cart | Redruth, Cornwall |
Note that Ephraim's first son named James died at age 20, and was buried at Wendron on 13/3/1848. There were births of James Evas registered at Redruth in the September quarter of 1848 and the March quarter of 1850, and I think that the James in the above census returns must be the one born in 1850. The age 4 in the 1851 record is presumably the result of some transcription error. No doubt the James born in 1848 died in infancy – I can find no James Eva of the right age in subsequent censuses – but whether or not he was another son of Ephraim and Mary is unclear.
Ephraim Eva died at age 64 and was buried at Wendron on 16/3/1862. Mary Ann Eva died in Redruth in the December quarter of 1874, aged 60.
Ephraim's eldest son, Joseph, married Elizabeth Reed in 1847. (I am told that the exact date was 31/1/1847, but I have not checked this.) Elizabeth was the daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth Reed baptized at Wendron on 19/2/1826. Joseph and Elizabeth Eva had nine children who survived infancy (all born at Wendron): Joseph (June quarter 1847), Josiah (December quarter 1849), Elizabeth (December quarter 1851), Ephraim (September quarter 1853), Richard (December quarter 1855), Samuel (December quarter 1860), Sheba Reed (June quarter 1862), Ann (June quarter 1864), Margaret Jane (June quarter 1869).
Seven of these nine children are in their parents' household (at Halwin, Wendron) at the 1871 census; the sons Joseph and Ephraim are in the household of their Reed grandparents. Joseph Reed was a wheelwright, and so were Joseph and Ephraim Eva.
According to message posted to the Eva Family Genealogy Forum, Joseph and Elizabeth Eva had thirteen children altogether. I guess that three of the four who died in infancy were as follows: Ann (June quarter 1857, died May 1858), Peter (December quarter 1859, died June quarter of 1860) and Thomas (September quarter 1867, died April 1869). However, there were other infant Evas died in Wendron in the 1860's and 1870's, and I have not obtained any birth certificates to see who their parents were.
Joseph Eva (senior) died in 1880. There was a burial on 22/6/1880 that could be him, even though the death was not registered until the September quarter.
I have been given some information on the children of Joseph listed above and their descendants, most of which I have not checked. Some of it is presented herewith.
- Joseph (born 1847) married Eliza Jury in 1873. They had children named Edith Annie, Beatrice Jury, Rhoda Jane, John Leslie and Josiah. Edith Annie and John Leslie both migrated to South Africa.
- Josiah (born 1849) married Susan Medlyn in 1873 and subsequently migrated to the U.S.A., dying in Massachusetts in 1927. Josiah and Susan had children named Jane Susan, William, Minnie and Josiah.
- Elizabeth (born 1851) married William Treloar in 1876. They had children named Eliza Jane, William Thomas, Richard John and Margaret Annie, all born at Wendron.
- Ephraim (born 1853) married Fanny Prisk in 1875. They had children named Annie Jane, Joseph and Fanny, all born at Wendron.
- Richard (born 1855) married Anne Reed Faull in 1879. They had children named Jane, Ethel Annie, Samuel and Joseph, all born at Wendron.
- Samuel born in 1860 died in 1880 and was buried on 4/7/1880.
- Sheba Reed (born 1862) migrated to the U.S.A., where he married a woman named Annie. They had a son named Clyde. Sheba died in Washington in about 1926.
- Annie (born 1864) married John Wesley Richards in 1883. They had children named Emily, Clara, John, Hilda, William and Lottie, all born at Wendron.
- Margaret Eva (born 1869) married Richard Henry Moyle in 1896. They had a daughter named Lillian, born at Wendron.
Ephraim Eva's second son, Ephraim (born 1826), may have migrated to the U.S.A.. The 1880 US census includes a record of a household at Greenland, Ontonagon County, Michigan, consisting of three people: Ephram Eva, a 52 year old miner born in England, his wife Eliza, 55, also born in England, and their 21 year old son Robert, a laborer, born in Michigan. Our Ephraim would have been 54 rather than 52, but the occupation of miner sounds right for a Cornish emigrant, and I do not believe that there were any other Ephraim Evas of approximately the same age.
As mentioned above, I believe that the elder Ephraim (born 1797) appears in the 1851 census returns as Ephraim Evans. I can find one unmarried Ephraim Eva in the 1851 census: he is a lead miner, a lodger in a household with several other lead miners at Liskeard, his age is given as 29 and his birthplace as Redruth. I think that this must actually be the Ephraim born in Wendron in 1826, because I cannot find any other evidence of an Ephraim Eva born in Redruth in 1822 or any other year. I guess that Ephraim left for the United States in the 1850’s.
There is an alternative theory that says that Ephraim Eva junior married Elizabeth Rowett or Rowitt in the Redruth registration district in the March quarter of 1846, the same district and quarter as the second marriage of his father Ephraim. Allegedly there were an Elizabeth Rowett and an Elizabeth Rowitt both married in Redruth in that quarter. Now FreeCen shows 10 people married in Redruth in that quarter: five males and five females, as one would hope, including the two Elizabeths and including an Ephrain Eva and an Ephraim Eva. However, I cannot see both names Ephrain Eva and Ephraim Eva in the same book in the way that I can see Elizabeth Rowett and Elizabeth Rowitt. I think that these two Elizabeths are the same. I do not know by what mechanism the name could be erroneously entered when it is already there, but that is what I believe must have happened. I think that Ephraim senior was the only Eva married in the June quarter of 1846, and that Ephraim junior was still a bachelor when he left England.
Ephraim Eva's third son, James (born 1828), died in 1848 and was buried at Wendron.
Ephraim's youngest son, the second (or third) James, can be found in the 1871 census in the household of an aunt, Johanna Morcom (a 43 year old miner's wife born at Redruth). James' age is given as 21, his occupation as Mine Smith, his birthplace as Redruth. His widowed mother Mary Ann is in the same household; her age is given as 56, her birthplace as Gwennap, and her occupation as "Woman of All Work". A 21 year old James Eva died in the Redruth district in the December quarter of 1871.
I cannot trace Ephraim's daughter Eliza with any certainty. FreeBMD shows me that her brother James was born in the Redruth district in the March quarter of 1850. Assuming that Eliza was also born in the same district and was older than James, one would guess that she was the Eliza Jane Eva born in the March quarter of 1847, although this would probably make her 14, not 13, on census night in 1861. Note that the Elizabeth Ellen Eva born in the June quarter of 1847 (probably) died in 1858; so she was not our Eliza. There were also Elizabeth Eva's born in the June quarter of 1845, the September quarter of 1845, and the June quarter of 1849. Since Eliza is not in the same household as her mother and brother at the 1871 census I guess that she either married or died between 1861 and 1871.
There were three Redruth marriages of Eliza or Elizabeth Evas in the appropriate period: one in June 1865, one in June 1866 and one in June 1870. The bride's names are (respectively) Elizabeth, Eliza A., and Elizabeth Jane. An 1871 census record shows that the man Eliza A. Eva married was Daniel Williams, a miner born in St Just who was 27 in 1871. Eliza Williams' age in 1871 is given as 23 and her birthplace as Gwennap. This would fit very nicely if only there were a matching birth registration record. A birth of an Eliza Ann Eva was registered in the Falmouth district in the March quarter of 1850, but she would have been a bit young to marry in the June quarter of 1866, and obviously not 23 in 1871. Could the Eliza Jane born in 1847 have actually been an Eliza Ann? If not, then where did the Eliza A. Eva who married in 1866 come from?
Of course it may be that the Eliza Jane born in 1847 was the Elizabeth Jane married in 1870, or the Elizabeth married in 1865. In both cases FreeBMD finds two women and only one man married in Redruth in the relevant quarter, and in neither case could I find subsequent census records to match. I am guessing that our Eliza married Daniel Williams, but I do not know what became of her after 1871.
Samuel Eva (born 1800)
There is an 1841 census record that fits Samuel Eva born 10/6/1800, and I think that it is probable that he is indeed the Samuel Eva whose daughter Ann married Thomas Worden and went to Australia. See the Samuel and Elizabeth Eva page.
Francis Eva (born 1805)
Francis Eva born 10/7/1805 married Harriet Nicholls at Gwennap on 5/10/1833: see the Gwennap OPC list of marriages. I have not been able to determine with any certainty who Harriett’s parents were or where she was born. The closest baptism to be found in the IGI is from 16/6/1805: Harriott daughter of William and Mary Ann Nicholls, baptized at St Gluvias. Her parents could have been the William Nicholls and Mary Ann O’Brien married at Mylor on 5/5/1800.
Here is the 1841 census records for the household of Francis and Harriet.
| Penhalurick, Stithians, 1841: | |||||
| Name | Sex | Age | Occupation | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frances Eva | M | 30 | Copper Miner | ||
| Harriot Eva | F | 30 | |||
| Ann Eva | F | 7 | |||
| Frances Eva | F | 9m | |||
Ann Eva, daughter of Francis and Harriet, was baptized in Redruth on 15/2/1835.
Information from subsequent censuses shows that the baby Frances Eva was actually a boy. The birth of Francis Eva was registered in the Redruth district in the September quarter of 1840. If 9 months is right then he must have been born in August or early September.
Here are the 1841 and 1851 census records.
| Girl’s Bridge, Altarnun, 1851: | |||||
| Name | Rel | Status | Age | Occupation | Birthplace |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Francis Eva | Head | M | 41 | Tin Miner | Gwenap, Cornwall |
| Herriet Eva | Wife | M | 45 | Gwenap, Cornwall | |
| Ann Eva | Dau | U | 18 | Gwenap, Cornwall | |
| Francis Eva | Son | U | 11 | Gwenap, Cornwall | |
| Mary Eva | Dau | U | 6 | Gwenap, Cornwall | |
| John Rawe | Lodger | U | 30 | Tin miner | St Hillary, Cornwall |
| Downgate, Stoke Climsland, 1861: | |||||
| Name | Rel | Status | Age | Occupation | Birthplace |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Francis Eva | Head | M | 55 | Copper Miner | Gwendron, Cornwall |
| Harriet Eva | Wife | M | 56 | S Lavan, Cornwall | |
| Ann Eva | Dau | U | 26 | Gwendron, Cornwall | |
| Francis Eva | Son | U | 19 | Copper Miner | S Lavan, Cornwall |
| Mary Eva | Dau | U | 16 | Gwennap, Cornwall | |
| John Eva | Grnson | U | 6 | Scholar | Sinharth, Cornwall |
I have been in contact with a descendant of Francis who has this John Eva’s birth certificate, and it confirms that John was Ann’s son. The birth registration (Camelford district, June quarter of 1855) gives his full name as John Perry Eva. Can we perhaps deduce that his father's name was John Perry?
It is interesting to note that Francis junior aged only 8 years in the decade from 1851 to 1861 and thereafter remained two years younger than his birth date would suggest. Presumably Francis himself did not actually know how old he was.
Births of three Mary Evas were registered in 1844: a Mary Ann Eva and a Mary Jane Eva in the June quarter, in the Redruth and Falmouth districts respectively, and a plain Mary Eva in the December quarter, in the Redruth district. The Mary Jane Eva was certainly a different person; she can be found in the 1851 census in Falmouth. Based on 1861 census records I think that the Mary Ann Eva born in 1844 was the daughter of a William Eva and born in Gwinear. So I expect that the daughter of Francis and Harriet was plain Mary.
Francis Eva senior died in the Liskeard district in the June quarter of 1868. In 1871 Francis junior is the head of the household, now located in St Ive.
| Pensilva, St Ive, 1871: | |||||
| Name | Rel | Status | Age | Occupation | Birthplace |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Francis Eva | Head | U | 28 | Miner | Wendron, Cornwall |
| Harriett Eva | Mother | W | 67 | Wendron, Cornwall | |
| Ann Eva | Sister | U | 35 | Mines Girl | Wendron, Cornwall |
| John Eva | Bro | U | 16 | Miner | St Teath, Cornwall |
It is remarkable how their birthplaces changed with time! In the 1851 and 1871 records they clearly decided that it was easiest to just give all members of the family the same birthplace, but at least in 1861 they attempted to distinguish between different people. So my best guess for Harriet’s birthplace is “S Lavan”. Moreover, Francis was born there too. But I am sure that Francis was not born at St Levan: in 1881 his birthplace is given as Redruth and in 1891 it is given as Gywnip. My best guess is that S Lavan refers to some place in or near Gwennap or Redruth. But I remain very unsure about the parentage of Harriet.
Harriet Eva died in the Liskeard district in the March quarter of 1875.
I have some further information about the children of Francis and Harriet.
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Ann Eva married George Henry Couch in the Liskeard district in the December quarter of 1871. At the 1881 census George and Ann are living in St Ive parish, and have two children: George H. (aged 8) and Elizabeth (aged 2), both born at St Ive. George is described as a 59 year old Superannuated Furnace Man, born at St Ive. Ann's birthplace is now given as Helstone, but her age is 46, as it should be, and so I think it is the right person. In 1891 they are in Liskeard with the same two children; George is now described as a retired blacksmith. Ann Couch died in Liskeard in 1892, aged 57.
Ann's son John Perry Eva married Eliza Symons in the Liskeard district in the December quarter of 1876. In 1891 their address is Longridge Cottage, Linkinhorne, John is a copper miner (employee), aged 35, Eliza is aged 32 and her birthplace is given as Linkinhorn, they have a 6 week old baby daughter named Eliza S who was born in Linkinhorn, and five other children all born in St Ive: Elizebeth A (10), Harriet J (9), Francis Jn (8), Edith M (3) and George H (1). I am told that John Perry Eva died in 1943 in Trimdon, Co Durham.
Francis Eva junior married Susanna Venning in the Liskeard district in the December quarter of 1880. At the 1881 census their address is Pensilva St. Ive, Francis is a 38 year old “Dealer in Fish, Vegetables etc.” and Susanna is 37, born at St Ive. In 1891 the address is Cross Pensilva, St Ive, Francis is a Fishmonger, and there are four children, all born at St Ive: Francis (9), Susan (8), Harriet (7) and Hetta (3), all born at St Ive. The death of Francis Eva was registered in the Liskeard district in the September quarter of 1903. His age was given as 60, consistent wth the censuses after 1851 but not consistent with the birth registration. There is a nagging worry that two different Francis Eva's have been confused, one a miner and the other a fish monger, but if so the miner disappeared without trace at the same time as the fish monger appeared from nowhere. Moreover, the fact that the fish monger named one of his daughters Harriet in honour of the miner's mother suggests that they were actually the same person.
It is unclear what became of Mary Eva born 1844. In the decade from 1861 to 1871 there were marriages of ten Mary Evas registered in Cornwall, but none of them seem quite right. Given that the family were in Stoke Climsland in 1861 and St Ive in 1871 one would expect Mary's marriage to be registered in either the Launceston district or the Liskeard district, but there was no such marriage. Of the ten Cornwall Mary Evas married in the decade, four were Mary Ann's and one a Mary Jane, leaving five plain Mary Evas. Three of these appear in the Cornwall Online Parish Clerks' marriage database and are definitely not the Mary Eva I am looking for. That leaves two: a Mary Eva married either William Eathorne or Thomas Johns in the Redruth district in the June quarter of 1862, and a Mary Eva married either Thomas Nicholas or Thomas Williams Rodda in the Helston district in the December quarter of 1863. Unfortunately I have not been able to find any matching household in the 1871 census. Of course they may have left Cornwall. And it is also possible that Mary died: there were Mary Eva deaths registered in the Falmouth and Helston districts in the March quarter of 1862 that could have been her.
Eliza Eva (born 1808)
Eliza Eva (born 1808) married John Hodge, a widower of Sithney, on 25/3/1847. John Hodge was a miner. His father was named Edward Hodge, and he too was a miner. The census data for 1841 shows that at that time John Hodge had children named Mary, William, Samuel, John, Edward and Susan. The ages of the last three were 13, 10 and 6 respectively, while the others were all between 15 and 19. In 1851 John Hodge was an inn-keeper at Wendron, and only the two youngest children were living with John and Eliza. John Hodge died at age 57 and was buried at Wendron on 2/7/1857; Eliza Hodge died at age 63 and was buried at Wendron on 8/7/1871. It appears that Eliza did not have any children.
Ann Eva (born 1811)
Ann Eva (born 1811) died at age 19 and was buried at Wendron on 22/12/1830.
Elizabeth Eva (born 1814)
As mentioned above, I believe that at the 1841 census Elizabeth was living in her mother’s household; her name is given as Elizebath Evea and her age as 20, even though she was actually 27. I can only find one 1851 census record that could possibly be her: a 44 year old unmarried Elizabeth Evea at Lezerea, Wendron. Her occupation is given as “householder”, and the only other person in the household in a 45 year old lodger named Grace Olive, unmarried, whose occupation is listed as “dressmaker”.
In the 1861, 1871 and 1891 censuses I find records of an unmarried Elizabeth Eva whose address is Halwin, Wendron. In each case she is the only person in the household. In 1861 her age is given as 46 and her occupation as “charwoman”, in 1871 her age is 57 and her occupation is “annuitant” and in 1891 her age is 77 and her occupation is “nurse (employee)”. These records do fit well enough with the baptism date of 29/5/1814, although she would actually either have been only 76 on census day (April 5th) in 1891, or already 47 on census day (April 7th) in 1861. At the 1881 census she was a visitor in the household of a mine agent named Joseph Tregoning, whose address was Angarrack, Phillack. Her age is correctly given as 67. There is also a burial record that matches reasonably well. She would actually have been 84, not 83, in July 1898.
Josias Eva (born 1817)
No doubt the name was actually Josiah; it must have been mistranscribed or entered incorrectly in the parish register in the first place.
There was a Josiah Eva, a copper miner aged between 20 and 24, who spent census night 1841 at Cardeston in Shropshire; moreover, the census record also says that he was not born in Shropshire. It seems probable that this was the 1817 Josias. I suspect that he was also the Josiah Eva who emigrated to Australia in 1846, sailing on the Abberton. This Josiah Eva married Caroline Harris on 15/9/1849; Caroline travelled to Australia on the William Money in 1849, aged 22. Since the William Money sailed from Bristol with many Cornish passengers, it seems quite possible that Caroline was Cornish. I found a couple of possibles in the 1841 census data for Cornwall, the two that fit best being as the eldest daughter of Francis and Elizabeth Harris of Camborne, and the eldest daughter of Henry and Jane Harris of Phillack. However, it seems that the former of these actually married one William Sparnon, while I thought I had eliminated the other for some reason that I cannot now rediscover. So Caroline’s origins remain unknown to me. Both Josiah and Caroline are buried at Williamstown (in the Barossa Valley). According to the burial records, Caroline was buried on 15/2/1877 and was 49 when she died, while Josiah was buried on 20/12/1895 and was 77 when he died. If I am right in identifying him with Josias then he was actually 78, but that is close enough. Note that Josias' niece Ann Worden, wife of Thomas Worden and daughter of Josias' brother Samuel, also went to live at Williamstown; this is my main main reason for believing that the Williamston Josiah was the 1817 Josias.