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Personal data John Counter 

  • He was born on February 20, 1874 in Ippelpen, Devon. England.Source 1
    Name: John Counter Year of Registration: 1874 Quarter of Registration: Apr-May-Jun District: Newton Abbot County: Devon Volume: 5b Page: 137
    irst name(s) JOHN
    Last name COUNTER
    Birth year 1874
    Birth quarter 2
    Registration month -
    Mother's last name -
    District NEWTON ABBOT
    County Devon
    Country England
    Volume 5B
    Page 137
  • Occupations:
    • in the year 1891 Nursery mans apprentice.Source 2
    • in the year 1901 Gardener.Source 1
    • in the year 1911 Nurseryman / Market Gardener..Source 3
  • Resident:
    • in the year 1881: Ippelpen, Devon. England.Source 4
      Source Citation: Class: RG11; Piece: 2164; Folio: 10; Page: 14; Line: ; GSU roll: 1341521.
      Source Citation: Class: RG12; Piece: 1699; Folio 89; Page 4; GSU roll: 6096809.

      1881 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
      Village, Ipplepen, Newton Abbot, Devon, England

      First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Gender Age Birth year Occupation Birth place
      John Counter Head Married Male 30 1851 Boot & Shoe Maker Torbryan, Devon, England
      Anna Counter Wife Married Female 35 1846 - Ipplepen, Devon, England
      Samuel Counter Son Single Male 8 1873 Scholar Ipplepen, Devon, England
      John Counter Son Single Male 7 1874 Scholar Ipplepen, Devon, England
      Louisa Counter Daughter Single Female 5 1876 Scholar Ipplepen, Devon, England
      Annie Counter Daughter Single Female 2 1879 - Ipplepen, Devon, England
      William Counter Son Single Male 0 1881 - Ipplepen, Devon, England
    • in the year 1891: Ippelpen, Devon. England.
      1891 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
      Village, Ipplepen, Exeter, Devon, England

      First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Gender Age Birth year Occupation Birth place
      John Counter Head Married Male 40 1851 Boot And Shoe Maker Devon, England
      Anna Counter Wife Married Female 45 1846 - Ipplepen, Devon, England
      Samuel Counter Son Single Male 18 1873 Nursing Mans Apprentice Ipplepen, Devon, England
      John Counter Son Single Male 17 1874 Nursing Mans Apprentice Ipplepen, Devon, England
      Annie Counter Daughter - Female 12 1879 Scholar Ipplepen, Devon, England
      William Counter Son - Male 10 1881 Scholar Ipplepen, Devon, England
      Joseph Counter Son - Male 8 1883 Scholar Ipplepen, Devon, England
      Anna Counter Daughter - Female 5 1886 Scholar Ipplepen, Devon, England
      Emily Counter Daughter - Female 3 1888 - Ipplepen, Devon, England
      John Blatchford Wifes Father Widower Male 86 1805 - Ipplepen, Devon, England
    • in the year 1901: Lower Colebrook, Plympton St. Mary, Devon.Source 1
      John Counter was shown on 1901 census as a lodger living in the Stephens household

      1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
      Lower Colebrook, Colebrook, Plympton St Mary, Devon, England

      First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Gender Age Birth year Occupation Birth place
      George S Stephens Head Married Male 37 1864 Wheelwright & Timber Merchant Devon, England
      Ernestine Stephens Wife Married Female 36 1865 - Devon, England
      Leslie G Stephens Son Single Male 12 1889 - Devon, England
      May Stephens Daughter Single Female 9 1892 - Devon, England
      Frank Stephens Son Single Male 7 1894 - Devon, England
      Ralph Stephens Son Single Male 1 1900 - Devon, England
      John Counter Boarder Single Male 27 1874 Gardener Ipplepen, Devon, England
    • in the year 1911: 13 Saltram Terrace, Plympton, Devon.Source 3
      RG14PN12916 RG78PN746 RD275 SD2 ED1 SN183

      1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
      13 Saltram Terrace Plympton Devon, Plympton St Mary, Devon, England

      First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Sex Occupation Age Birth year Birth place
      John Counter Head Married Male Nurseryman 37 1874 Ipplepen Devon
      Ernestine Counter Wife Married Female - 46 1865 Plymouth Devon
      Francis John Stephens Stepson Single Male Nurseryman Step Son Working In Nursery 17 1894 Plympton Devon
      Ernest Ralph Stephens Stepson - Male School 11 1900 Plympton Devon
    • in the year 1939: 13 Saltram Terrace, Plympton, Devon.
      Counter Household (4 People) 13 Saltram Terrace , Plympton St Mary R.D., Devon, England

      First name(s) Last name(s) DOB Occupation
      Ernest R Stephens 09 Oct 1899 Market Gardener Own Account Heavy Worker
      John Counter 20 Feb 1864 Market Gardener Own Account Heavy Worker
      Winifred A L Stephens 07 Apr 1891 Unpaid Domestic Duties
      Lucy E M Wilcox (Stephens) 23 Feb 1934 At School
  • He died on March 1, 1953 in Plympton St Mary, Devon. England, he was 79 years old.
    First name(s) JOHN
    Last name COUNTER
    Gender Male
    Birth day -
    Birth month -
    Birth year 1874
    Age 79
    Death quarter 1
    Death year 1953
    District PLYMPTON ST MARY
    County Devon
    Volume 7A
    Page 932
    Country England
  • Probate on August 18, 1953 naar Bodmin, Cornwall. England.
    Effects ¹4,622-4-1d
    To Francis John and Ernest Ralph Stephens. Horticulturalists,

    Name: John Counter
    Death Date: 1 Mar 1953
    Death Place: Devonshire, England
    Probate Date: 18 Aug 1953
    Probate Registry: Bodmin
  • This information was last updated on January 5, 2022.

Household of John Counter

He is married to Ernestine Barnasconi.

They got married on March 1, 1908 at Plympton St Mary, Devon. England, he was 34 years old.

Name: Ernestine Stephens Year of Registration: 1908 Quarter of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar District: Plympton St Mary County: Cornwall, Devon Volume: 5b Page: 324

First name(s) ERNESTINE
Last name STEPHENS
Marriage quarter 1
Marriage year 1908
Registration month -
District PLYMPTON
District number -
County Devon
Country England
Volume 5B
Page 324

Notes about John Counter

On the 1881 Census John is shown as the son of John Counter aged 30 a boot and shoe maker b. Ipplepen and Anna aged 35 also b. Ipplepen.

On the 1891 Census as above but also living in the same house is Anna's father John BLATCHFORD aged 86 a widower b. Ipplepen.

John Counter benefited from the will of his father in law Francis Barnasconi.

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Sources

  1. 1901 Census England
  2. 1891 Census England, 5th April 1891
  3. 1911 Census England, 2nd April 1911
  4. 1881 Census England, 1881 Census

Historical events

Birthday February 20, 1874

  • The temperature on February 20, 1874 was about 5.3 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 81%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • From July 6, 1872 till August 27, 1874 the Netherlands had a cabinet De Vries - Fransen van de Putte with the prime ministers Mr. G. de Vries Azn. (liberaal) and I.D. Fransen van de Putte (liberaal).
  • From August 27, 1874 till November 3, 1877 the Netherlands had a cabinet Heemskerk - Van Lijnden van Sandenburg with the prime ministers Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) and Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (AR).
  • In the year 1874: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
    • February 21 » The Oakland Daily Tribune publishes its first edition.
    • May 27 » The first group of Dorsland trekkers under the leadership of Gert Alberts leaves Pretoria.
    • July 8 » The Mounties begin their March West.
    • July 14 » The Chicago Fire of 1874 burns down 47 acres of the city, destroying 812 buildings, killing 20, and resulting in the fire insurance industry demanding municipal reforms from Chicago's city council.
    • July 23 » Aires de Ornelas e Vasconcelos is appointed the Archbishop of the Portuguese colonial enclave of Goa, India.
    • November 25 » The United States Greenback Party is established as a political party consisting primarily of farmers affected by the Panic of 1873.

Day of death March 1, 1953

  • The temperature on March 1, 1953 was between -2.3 °C and 11.2 °C and averaged 2.8 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 8.4 hours of sunshine (77%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from September 2, 1952 to October 13, 1956 the cabinet Drees II, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1953: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 10.4 million citizens.
    • January 3 » Frances P. Bolton and her son, Oliver from Ohio, become the first mother and son to serve simultaneously in the U.S. Congress.
    • January 20 » Dwight D. Eisenhower is inaugurated as the 34th President of the United States of America.
    • June 2 » The coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, who is crowned Queen of the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Her Other Realms and Territories & Head of the Commonwealth, the first major international event to be televised.
    • June 18 » A United States Air Force C-124 crashes and burns near Tachikawa, Japan, killing 129.
    • July 26 » Arizona Governor John Howard Pyle orders an anti-polygamy law enforcement crackdown on residents of Short Creek, Arizona, which becomes known as the Short Creek raid.
    • August 19 » Cold War: The CIA and MI6 help to overthrow the government of Mohammad Mosaddegh in Iran and reinstate the Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.


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