Some Descendants of
William Dovey (chr. 1844), Chelmarsh, Shropshire


The following is a tree of the descendants of William Dovey, chr. 1844, Chelmarsh, Shropshire, son of William Dovey, chr.1813.
Trevor Reeves
16 Atkinson Street
Dunedin
New Zealand
(treeves@es.co.nz)


  1. William Dovey (Carpenter) [bt.Chelmarsh 16.5.1813 - ] married 5.8.1837 Ann George, Chelmarsh [ b.Hopton Wafers, Shropshire - ]
    1. William Dovey, Blacksmith [bt. 1844, Chelmarsh - 26.7.1875] married Mary Humphreyson [1843 Pattingham - 16.5.1907] both buried in Pattingham churchyard.
      1. John Dovey, Stonemason [18.1.1871 - abt 1934, Compton, Tettenhall] married Elizabeth Matilda Hudson, Reigate, Surrey [2.9.1872 - 29.3.1922, Compton - both buried at Tettenhall.
        1. Diana Mary (Daisy) Dovey [17.1.1892 - ] married Arthur Price [ - ]
          1. Peter Dovey (Twin) [ - ]
          2. Margaret (Twin) [ - ]
          3. John Dovey [ - ]
          4. Patricia Dovey [ - ]
          5. Ann Dovey [ - ]
          6. Joan Dovey [ - ]
          7. Elizabeth Dovey [ - ]
      2. (1) Elizabeth Mabel Dovey (Peggy) [1893 - ] married 29.9.1918 Frank Reginald Abrahams [ - ]
        1. Charles Abrahams (Twin of Elizabeth) [ - 1993] married 1945 Yolande .... (Italy) [ - ]
        2. Elizabeth (Betty) Abrahams (Twin of Charles) [ - ] married Arthur Civil [ - ]
          1. Charles Civil [ - ]
          2. Diane Civil [ - ]
          3. James Civil [ - ]
        3. Thomas Abrahams [ - ] married ........ [ - ]
          1. Son.
        4. William (Bill) [ - 5.4.1988] married Beryl Price (Madeley)
          1. Patricia Abrahams [ - ] married .... .... [ - ]
            1. Two Daughters.
      3. Bertha Ann Dovey [5.6.1895 - 23.4.1924] married Percy Pownell, Leicester. No Children.
      4. James Everest Dovey [18.6.1897 - .. Aberdeen] married Jesse Sinclair, Aberdeen [ - ]
        1. Son (died at birth)
      5. John Hudson Dovey [28.5.1900 - ] marriage, unknown (2)Anne Evans (bigamously)
        1. Janet Dovey [ - ]
        2. Ann Dovey [ - ]
      6. William Thomas (Tom) Dovey [3.1.1903, Tettenhall - 19.1.1972 Sutton Maddock] married 10.4.1932 Alice Garbett [26.3.1911, Dudley , Wor. - 21.1.1989]
        1. Elizabeth Ann Dovey [27.10.1933, Borden, Hampshire - 30.12 1996, Canterbury, Kent married Roy Spencer [1927 - 1998]
          1. Susan Elizabeth Spencer [.. Shifnal, Shropshire - 24.5.1998] married (1) Ian Jackson [ - ], (2) Alan Lewis [ - ] No Children.
          2. Anthony Spencer [15.3.1959, Germany - ] married Jane Hickmott, Tonbridge, Kent [ - ]
            1. Laura Spencer [18.12 1984 - ]
            2. Craig [28.8.1987 - ]
          3. Kevin Spencer [13.5.1964 - ] married .... Divorced.
        2. Brian John Dovey [17.4.1936, Colchester - ] married 16.3.1957 Margaret Elizabeth Dovey [16.8.1935 - ]
          1. Sarah Elizabeth Dovey [14.12.1962, Wednesfield, Wolverhampton - ]
          2. Elizabeth Jane Dovey [30.6.1966, Weds - ] married Simon Hollins [2.7.1994 - ] No Children.
          3. Jonathan William Dovey [15.12.1972, Tettenhall - ] married 6.10.2001 Helen Cresswell [19.3.1978, Tettenhall]
        3. Margaret Ellen Dovey [6.10.1944, Sutton Maddock - 30.12.1998] married Robert Phaisey [11.10.1946 - ]
          1. Julie Phaisey [4.4.1968 - ]
            1. Hannah Phaisey [5.7.1985 - ]
          2. Simon Phaisey [25.1.1970, Sutton Maddock - ] married Sharon ... Wellington.
            1. Molly Phaisey [24.7.2000 - ]
      7. Sidney Humphreyson Dovey [13.3.1905 - 25.12.1944, POW Camp, Czechoslovakia, bur.Prauge] married 1934 Ivy Muriel Lewnes [26.3.1912 - 27.3.1984]
        1. Margaret Elizabeth Dovey (see above) [16.8.1935, Wolverhampton - ] married 16.3.1957 Brian John Dovey [16.3.1957, Tettenhall - ]
      8. Rosa Churchman Dovey [1.8.1907 - 9.3.1993] married Bertram Charles Dakin [ - ]
        1. Ian Dakin [ - ] married, with children
      9. Phyllis Dovey [2.5.1910, Compton - 17.2.1999] married Charles Payne [ - deceased]
        1. Frederick Payne [ - ] married, with children
        2. John Payne married, divorced with children.
        3. Iris Payne married 1957 .... Jenkins [ - ]
          1. Son.
          2. Suzanne Jenkins [ - ]
          3. John Jenkins [ - ]
        4. David Payne [ - ] married with children.
        5. Sidney Payne [ - ]
      10. Edward Harry Dovey [13.11.1913, Compton - 5.9.1976] married 1940 Mary Glaze, Wolverhampton.
        1. Janet Dovey [1944 married 1975 Paul Snape [ - ] No Children.

    John Dovey (see above) [18.1.1871 - ] remarried Ada Hadley, Compton [ - ]

    1. Arthur Dovey [7.2.1924 - ] married .... .... [ - deceased]
      1. Robert Dovey [ - ]
    2. Joan Dovey, Compton [7.10.1926 - ] married ... Edge [ - ]
      1. Victoria Edge [ - ]
      2. Malcolm Edge [ - ]
    3. Marjorie Dovey, Compton [29.3.1929 - ] married .... .... [ - ]
      1. John .... [ - ]
    4. Kathleen Dovey, Compton [1.9.1933 - ] married .... Goldsbury [ - ]
      1. Simon Goldsbury [ - ]
  2. Bertha Dovey [28.12.1873 - ]
  3. William Dovey [27.2.1876 [ - ]

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