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Richard Kingston JEFFERS (1835 - 1929)

Children	Self + Spouses	Parents	Grandparents	Greatgrandparents
Robert Smith JEFFERS (1865 - 1918) Thomas Payne JEFFERS (1867 - ) Eliza Jane JEFFERS (1869 - ) Richard JEFFERS (1872 - 1954) John Main JEFFERS (1875 - 1878) William Edward JEFFERS (1877 - 1878) Matthew Samuel Lee JEFFERS (1881 - 1948) Albert James JEFFERS (1883 - 1960) Edward Jervis JEFFERS (1886 - 1963) Herbert George JEFFERS (1890 - 1958)	Richard Kingston JEFFERS (1835 - 1929) + Mary Jane SMYTH (1844 - 1879) Catherine STEADMAN (1852 - )	Robert JEFFERS (1800 - 1887)	John JEFFERS
			Ellen KINGSTON
		Jane Manwaring TAPP (1806 - )	John TAPP
			Jane MANWARING

b. 1835 at Devonport, Devon, England

m. (1) 1864 Mary Jane SMYTH (1844 - 1879) at Kilmore, Cork, Ireland

m. (2) 1880 Catherine STEADMAN (1852 - ) at Skull, Ireland

d. 1929 at Courtmacsherry Town, Co Cork, Ireland aged 94

Near Relatives of Richard Kingston JEFFERS (1835 - 1929)
Relationship	Person	Born	Birth Place	Died	Death Place	Age
Grandfather	John JEFFERS
Grandmother	Ellen KINGSTON
Grandfather	John TAPP
Grandmother	Jane MANWARING
Father in Law	Thomas SMYTH
Father	Robert JEFFERS	abt 1800	Courthmacsherry, Cork, Ireland	1887	Cork, Co Cork, Ireland	87
Mother	Jane Manwaring TAPP	1806	East Teignmouth, Devon, England
Self	Richard Kingston JEFFERS	1835	Devonport, Devon, England	1929	Courtmacsherry Town, Co Cork, Ireland	94
Wife	Mary Jane SMYTH	1844		1879		35
Wife	Catherine STEADMAN	1852	Cork, Co Cork, Ireland
Son	Robert Smith JEFFERS	1865	Goleen, Cork, Ireland	1918	West Ham, Essex, England	53
Son	Thomas Payne JEFFERS	1867	Crookhaven, Cork, Ireland
Daughter	Eliza Jane JEFFERS	1869	Cork, Co Cork, Ireland
Son	Richard JEFFERS	1872	Cork, Co Cork, Ireland	1954	Auckland, New Zealand	82
Son	John Main JEFFERS	1875	Myross, Co. Cork, Ireland	1878	Ballincola, Myross, Co. Cork, Ireland	3
Son	William Edward JEFFERS	1877	Ballincola, Myross, Co. Cork, Ireland	1878	Ballincola, Myross, Co. Cork, Ireland	1
Son	Matthew Samuel Lee JEFFERS	1881	Skull, Ireland	1948	Cornwall, Stormont, Ontario, Canada	67
Son	Albert James JEFFERS	1883	Castletown, Cork, Ireland	1960	Whitby, Yorkshire, England	77
Son	Edward Jervis JEFFERS	1886	Skibbereen, Ireland	1963	New Cubbington, Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England	77
Son	Herbert George JEFFERS	1890	Cork, Co Cork, Ireland	1958	Kinsale, Co. Cork, Ireland	68
Brother	John Manwaring JEFFERS	1832	West Teignmouth, Devon, England
Brother	William JEFFERS	abt 1834	England
Brother	Robert JEFFERS	abt 1837	England	1933	Dublin South, Ireland	96
Sister	Ellen Jane JEFFERS	abt 1839	England	1861	Broulee, New South Wales, Australia	22
Brother	Edward JEFFERS	1841	Eastbourne, Sussex, England
Sister	Eliza JEFFERS	1843
Brother	Thomas JEFFERS	1845
Brother	George JEFFERS	1847
Brother	Albert JEFFERS	1852	Bere Island, Adrigole, Co Cork, Ireland	1943	Bournemouth, Dorset, England	91
Daughter in Law	Phyllis Amelia ROGERS	1868	Buxted, Sussex, England	1953	Southend on Sea, Essex, England	85
Daughter in Law	Edith BURLEY	1873	London, Middlesex, England	1936	Montreal, Canada	63
Daughter in Law	Ethel Maude JEFFERS	1884	Co Wexford, Ireland	1969	Auckland, New Zealand	85
Daughter in Law	Nellie CORNER	1890	Clitheroe, Lancashire, England	1968	Whitby, Yorkshire, England	78
Daughter in Law	Laura Mabel ALLPORT	1882	Gower, Glamorgan, Wales	1962	Warwick, Warwickshire, England	80
Daughter in Law	Sarah Ann GOOD	abt 1893		1965	The Home for Protestant Incurables, Cork City, Ireland	72
Grandson	Albert Benjamin Mainwaring JEFFERS	1896	Essex, England	1897	West Ham, Essex, England	1
Granddaughter	Phyllis Amelia JEFFERS	1900	East Ham, Essex, England
Grandson	Thomas Payne JEFFERS	1898	Lambeth, London, England
Granddaughter	Kathleen JEFFERS	1913		1949	Auckland, New Zealand	36
Grandson	Albert G JEFFERS	1915	Whitby, Yorkshire, England	1980	Long Rock, near Penzance, England	65
Grandson	Richard William percival JEFFERS	1916	Whitby, Yorkshire, England	1987	Withernsea, North Humber, England	71
Grandson	Herbert JEFFERS	abt 1918
Grandson	William Edward JEFFERS	1920	Angle, Pembrokeshire, Wales
Grandson	John JEFFERS	1922	Angle, Pembrokeshire, Wales	2018	Barnstable, North Devon, England	96
Granddaughter	Edith Margaret JEFFERS	1916	Mitchelstown, Co Cork, Ireland	1996	Colchester, Essex, England	80
Granddaughter	Dorothy May (Mary) JEFFERS	1918	Fermoy, Co Cork, Ireland	1992	Liskeard, Cornwall, England	74
Granddaughter	Laura Mable JEFFERS	1923	Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England
Granddaughter	Rhoda Vivian JEFFERS	1925	Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England	1964	Stoke Newington, England	39
Granddaughter	Lilian Kathleen JEFFERS	1926	Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England	2017	Folkstone, Kent, England	91
Uncle	William TAPP	1792	East Teignmouth, Devon
Aunt	Rebecca PARISH	1783	Exeter, Devon, England
Nephew	John Robert JEFFERS	1857	Ferrymouth, Devon, England
Nephew	Albert E JEFFERS	1859
Niece	Bertha Jane JEFFERS	1860	West Ferrymouth, Devon, England
Nephew	George Herbert JEFFERS	1861	Devon, England
Nephew	Arthur Leopold JEFFERS	1867	Paddington, London, England	aft 1911		44
Nephew	Frederick W JEFFERS	1867	West Ferrymouth, Devon, England
Nephew	Frank Ernest JEFFERS	1871	Paddington, London, England
Niece	Florence Blake JEFFERS	1872	Paddington, London, England	1954	Wandsworth, London, England	82
Niece	Mary Jane (Janie) JEFFERS	1862	Ireland	1898	Rathdown, Co Dublin, Ireland	36
Niece	Sarah Ellen JEFFERS	1864	Sneem, Co Kerry, Ireland	1935		71
Nephew	Benjamin Robert JEFFERS	1866	Kilrush, Co. Clare, Ireland
Niece	Eliza Ida JEFFERS	1868	Castlegregory, Co. Kerry, Ireland	1955	Dublin, Ireland	87
Nephew	Robert JEFFERS	1869	Castlegregory, Co. Kerry, Ireland	1893		24
Niece	Catherine JEFFERS	1871	Malahide, Co Dublin, Ireland	1894		23
Niece	Annie JEFFERS	1873	Co. Dublin, Ireland	1955	Dublin South, Ireland	82
Niece	Alice JEFFERS	1876	County Dublin, Ireland	1954		78
Nephew	George JEFFERS	abt 1878	Malahide, Co Dublin, Ireland
Nephew	John Carter JEFFERS	1879	Strangford, Co. Down
Niece	Christiana JEFFERS	1883	Balrotheryt, County Dublin, Ireland	1951		68
Nephew	Albert Edward JEFFERS	1885	Co Dublin, Ireland
Nephew	Frederic William JEFFERS	1889	Co Dublin, Ireland	1970	County Wicklow, Ireland	81
Nephew	Edward Robert GOODENOUGH	1861	Broulee, New South Wales, Australia	1887	Bega, NSW, Australia	26
Nephew	Robert James JEFFERS	1866	Castletown, Cork, Ireland
Niece	Margaret Ann JEFFERS	1867	Co Cork, Ireland
Niece	Maria JEFFERS	1870	Antrim, Ireland
Nephew	Edward Albert JEFFERS	1873		1905	Belfast, Antrim, Northern Ireland	32
Niece	Amelia Jane JEFFERS	1875	Wexford, Ireland	1968	Perth, WA, Australia	93
Niece	Eliza JEFFERS	1877	Cork, Co Cork, Ireland
Niece	Emily JEFFERS	1879	Ballycrovane, Co Cork, Ireland
Nephew	Frederick JEFFERS	1882	Wexford, Ireland
Niece	Ethel Maude JEFFERS	1884	Co Wexford, Ireland	1969	Auckland, New Zealand	85
Niece	Louisa JEFFERS	1886	Co. Antrim, Ireland
Nephew	Albert Edward JEFFERS	1885	Ryde, Isle of Wight, Hampshire
Niece	Henrietta Maud JEFFERS	1887	Southbourne, Hants, England	1965	Bournemouth, Dorset, England	78
Nephew	John Robert JEFFERS	1890	Portland, Weymouth, Hants, England
Nephew	George JEFFERS	1892	Portland, Dorset, England
Niece	Dorothy Christina May JEFFERS	1903	Bournmouth, Hampshire, England	1979	Bournemouth, Dorset, England	76
Nephew	Francis Patrick JEFFERS	1905	Bournemouth, Hampshire, England
Sister in Law	Elizabeth BLAKE	1833	West Ferrymouth, Devon, England	1876	Kensington, London, Middlesex, England	43
Sister in Law	Catherine CARTER	1836	County Kerry, Ireland	1912	Rathdown, Co Dublin, Ireland	76
Brother in Law	John GOODENOUGH			1903	Bucca Creek, New South Wales, Australia
Sister in Law	Eliza SPRAGGS	1842	Scotland
Sister in Law	Louisa ASHCROFT	1853	Southport, Lancashire	1883	Christchurch, Hampshire, England	30
Sister in Law	Maud Elizabeth GATRALL	1867	Ryde, Hampshire	1928	Bournemouth, England	61

Events in Richard Kingston JEFFERS (1835 - 1929)'s life
Date	Age	Event	Place	Notes	Src
1835		Richard Kingston JEFFERS was born	Devonport, Devon, England	Note 1
1841	6	Census	Eastbourne, Sussex, England	Note 2	67
1864	29	Married Mary Jane SMYTH (aged 20)	Kilmore, Cork, Ireland	Note 3
1865	30	Birth of son Robert Smith JEFFERS	Goleen, Cork, Ireland	Note 4
1867	32	Birth of son Thomas Payne JEFFERS	Crookhaven, Cork, Ireland	Note 5
1869	34	Birth of daughter Eliza Jane JEFFERS	Cork, Co Cork, Ireland	Note 6
1872	37	Birth of son Richard JEFFERS	Cork, Co Cork, Ireland	Note 7
1875	40	Birth of son John Main JEFFERS	Myross, Co. Cork, Ireland	Note 8
1877	42	Birth of son William Edward JEFFERS	Ballincola, Myross, Co. Cork, Ireland
1878	43	Death of son John Main JEFFERS (aged 3)	Ballincola, Myross, Co. Cork, Ireland	Note 9
1878	43	Death of son William Edward JEFFERS (aged 1)	Ballincola, Myross, Co. Cork, Ireland	Note 10
1879	44	Death of wife Mary Jane SMYTH (aged 35)
1880	45	Married Catherine STEADMAN (aged 28)	Skull, Ireland	Note 11
1881	46	Birth of son Matthew Samuel Lee JEFFERS	Skull, Ireland	Note 12
1883	48	Birth of son Albert James JEFFERS	Castletown, Cork, Ireland	Note 13
1886	51	Birth of son Edward Jervis JEFFERS	Skibbereen, Ireland	Note 14
1887	52	Death of father Robert JEFFERS (aged 87)	Cork, Co Cork, Ireland	Note 15
1890	55	Birth of son Herbert George JEFFERS	Cork, Co Cork, Ireland	Note 16
1901	66	Census	Crosshaven Village, Templebrady, Cork, Ireland	Note 17	65
1911	76	Census	Courtmacsherry Town, Co Cork, Ireland	Note 18	65
1918	83	Death of son Robert Smith JEFFERS (aged 53)	West Ham, Essex, England	Note 19
1929	94	Richard Kingston JEFFERS died	Courtmacsherry Town, Co Cork, Ireland	Note 20

Note 1: 1901/1911 census - Ireland 1841 england census Naval records - Devonport, Devon England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 Name: Richard Pinkstone Jeffers Gender: Male Baptism Date: 1 Mar 1835 Baptism Place: West Teignmouth,Devon,England Father: Robert Jeffers Mother: Jane FHL Film Number: 917538

Note 2: JEFFERS Robert (40) c 1800 - b Ireland - Navy Jane (30) c1810 - b England John (9) c1832 - b England William (7) c1834 - b England Richard (6) c1835 - b England Robert (4) c1837 - b England Ellen (2) c1839 - b England Edward (3wks) c1841 - b England

Note 3: Richard Jeffers in the Ireland, Select Marriages, 1619-1898 Name: Richard Jeffers Gender: Male Marital status: Single Marriage Date: 6 Aug 1864 Marriage Place: Kilmoe, Cork, Ireland Father: Robert Jeffers Spouse: Mary Jane Smyth FHL Film Number: 101465 Reference ID: 377 Mary Jane Smyth in the Ireland, Select Marriages, 1619-1898 Name: Mary Jane Smyth [Mary Jane Smith] Gender: Female Marital status: Single Age: 20 Birth Date: 1844 Marriage Date: 6 Aug 1864 Marriage Place: Kilmoe, Cork, Ireland Father: Thomas Smith (schoolmaster) Spouse: Richard Jeffers FHL Film Number: 101465 Reference ID: 377

Note 4: Ireland, Births and Baptisms, 1620-1911 Name Robert Smith Jeffers Gender Male Birth Date 18/08/1865 Birth Place Goleen, Cork, Ireland Father Richard Kingston Jeffers Mother Mary Jane Smith FHL Film Number 101114

Note 5: Thomas Payne Jeffers in the Ireland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1620-1911 Name: Thomas Payne Jeffers Gender: Male Birth Date: 6 Apr 1867 Birth Place: Goleen, Cork, Ireland Baptism Place: Goleen, Cork, Ireland Father: Richard Jeffers Mother: Mary Jane Smith FHL Film Number: 101149

Note 6: Ireland, Births and Baptisms, 1620-1911 Name Eliza Jane Jeffers Gender Female Birth Date 20/07/1869 Birth Place Cork, Ireland Father Richard Jeffers Mother Mary Jane Smith FHL Film Number 101194

Note 7: 1911 census Ireland, Civil Registration Births Index, 1864-1958 Name: Richard Jeffers Date of Registration: 1871 Registration district: Cork Birth Country: Ireland Volume: 20 Page: 115 FHL Film Number: 101048

Note 8: Ireland, Births and Baptisms, 1620-1911 Name John M. Jeffers Gender Male Birth Date 03/01/1875 Birth Place Cork, Cork, Ireland Father Richard Kingston Jeffers Mother Mary Jane Smith FHL Film Number 255926

Note 9: Ireland, Civil Registration Deaths Index, 1864-1958 Name John Jeffers Estimated Birth Year 1875 Date of Registration Apr-May-Jun 1878 Death Age 3 Registration district Skibbereen Volume 5 Page 481 FHL Film Number 101589

Note 10: Death cert 27 Jan 1878 • Ballincolla, Myross, Co. Cork, Ireland Aged 5 months / Convulsions, 1 week; Certified / COMMISSIONED BOATMAN COASTGUARD'S SON / Richard K. Jiffers present at death

Note 11: 1911 census - married 31 years - 1880 Ireland, Civil Registration of Marriages Name: Richard Kingston Jeffers Date of Registration: Apr-May-Jun 1880 Registration district: Skull (Schull) Volume: 5 Page Number: 315 FHL Film Number: 101253 Records on Page: Name Richard Kingston Jeffers Catherine Steadman

Note 12: Ireland, Civil Registration Births Index, 1864-1958 Name Matthew Samuel Le Jeffers Date of Registration 1881Jan-Feb-Mar Registration district Skull Birth Country Ireland Volume 5 Page 560 FHL Film Number 101058 Baptism Matthew Samuel Lee, son of Richard Kingston & Catherine Jeffers of Rock Island in the Parish of. In the County of Cork Born 7th day of March 1881 and baptised 7th March 1881

Note 13: Ireland, Civil Registration Births Index, 1864-1958 Name Albert James Jeffers Date of Registration 1883Oct-Nov-Dec Registration district Castletown Birth Country Ireland Volume 5 Page 50 FHL Film Number 101059

Note 14: Name: Edward Jervis Jeffers Date of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep 1886 Registration district: Skibbereen Volume: 5 Page: 506 FHL Film Number: 101061 1901 census of Ireland Crosshaven Village, Templebrady, Cork JEFFERS Richard (66) c1835 - Naval coast guard/pensioner - b England Catherine (49) c 1852- b Cork Edward (14) c1886- b Cork Herbert (11)c1890 - b Cork 1911 census census of Ireland Courtmacsherry, Cork JEFFERS Richard Kingston (76) - Pensioner Civil Service - b England Katherine (59) - b Cork (Richard and Katherine had been married 31 years - 4 children born and 4 still alive) Herbert George (21) - single - b Cork Richard (39) c1872 - son - married under 1 year - Chief yeo Signals - b Cork Ethel Maude (27) - daughter in law - b Co Wexford Irish Civil Registration Marriage Index 1845-1958 Name: Richard Kingston Jeffers Date of Registration: Apr-May-Jun 1880 Registration district: Skull Volume: 5 Page Number: 315 FHL Film Number: 101253 Records on Page: Name Richard Kingston Jeffers Catherine Steadman Ireland Civil Registration Marriages Index 1845-1958 Name: Richard Jeffers Date of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar 1911 Registration district: Belfast Volume: 1 Page Number: 281 FHL Film Number: 101262 Records on Page: Name Margaret Henry William Robert Lyons Ethel Maude Jeffers Richard Jeffers Gertrude Howell Albert Edward Bosanquet

Note 15: Ancestry Trees - 1845 Innishannon, Co Cork - buried Berehaven, Co Cork. 8 Nov 1887 - St Luke’s Parish, Cork - trees

Note 16: 1901/1911 census Name: Herbert George Jeffers Date of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar 1890 Registration district: Skibbereen Volume: 5 Page: 479 FHL Film Number: 101063

Note 17: JEFFERS Richard (66) c1835 - Naval coast guard/pensioner - b England Catherine (49) c 1852- b Cork Edward (14) c1886- b Cork Herbert (11)c1890 - b Cork

Note 18: JEFFERS Richard Kingston (76) - Pensioner Civil Service - b England Katherine (59) - b Cork (Richard and Katherine had been married 31 years - 4 children born and 4 still alive) Herbert George (21) - single - b Cork Richard (39) c1872 - son - married under 1 year - Chief yeo Signals - b Cork Ethel Maude (27) - daughter in law - b Co Wexford

Note 19: POSSIBLE Robert S Jeffers in the England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007 Name: Robert S Jeffers Death Age: 52 Birth Date: abt 1866 Registration Date: Oct 1918 [Nov 1918] [Dec 1918] Registration Quarter: Oct-Nov-Dec Registration District: West Ham Inferred County: Essex Volume: 4a Page: 489

Note 20: Ireland, Civil Registration Deaths Index, 1864-1958 Name: Richard Jeffers Estimated birth year: abt 1835 Date of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar 1929 Death Age: 94 Registration district: Clonakilty Volume: 5 Page: 43 FHL Film Number: 101737

Personal Notes:

Coastguardsofyesteryear: Also on the 12/12/1914 an Edward Jervis Edwards. Fullage, Bachelor at Kildory? A Police Constable. Father Richard, officer in charge of station. and Laura Mabel Allport. full age, Spinster at Courtmacsherry. Father george, Chief Officer, Coastguard . Lislee Co.Cork.

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