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Hello Yvonne,

I have a John PORTER born in West Wick, Banwell in 1819 as Richard's son but I think he was a carpenter, living in Banwell in 1841.  I will have a look into the John PORTER in Hutton.  
 

I'm delighted with that - thank you so much Joy!.  It's amazing how someone in Australia can find information which I've been looking for for years!!  I recognise so many of the names who attended her funeral including children of my great grandmother, Annie PINNOCK nee STOKES and of course I can't understand why I've not found Elizabeth before - possibly the age given on the census returns?  She certainly knocked off a few years.

This has have answered so many questions and now I can fill some gaps in my own family tree.  But, like all new information it also asks more questions. Thank you very much.

Hello Pat,

This is what I have found re Elizabeth Stokes. Her obituary notice has her age correct, but there is a about a 10 year discrepancy with the Census records.

The Western Daily Press.  Bristol. Wednesday, 23 July 1930  pg 5

DEATH OF MRS E. BAKER at WRAXALL

  The funeral took place yesterday at All Saints Church, Wraxall, of Mrs Elizabeth Baker, widow of the late Mr Joseph Baker, for many years a market gardener at Wraxall.

  Mrs Baker died at her residence, Coombe Cottage, last Friday, at the age of 82.

  The Rector , Preb. J. W. Firth, officiated.

   The Mourners.- included Mr. T. Stokes and Mr. F. Stokes (brothers), Mrs W. Stokes (sister-in-law), ........

Free BMD's - RootsWeb.com

Marriages Mar 1887
BAKER Joseph Exeter 5b 151
STOKES Elizabeth Exeter 5b 151

Ancestry.com - Index of Wills & Administrations England

Year 1930

BAKER Joseph, of Coombe Cottage West Hill Wraxall  Somersetshire died 28 April 1922 Administration Bristol 2 October to Frederick Charles Wilkins solicitor's clerk

Effects £97 10s.

Year 1930

BAKER Elizabeth, of Coombe Cottage West Hill Wraxall Somersetshire widow died 18 July 1930 Probate Bristol 10 September to Frederick Charles Wilkins solicitor's clerk

Effects £123 10s.

1891 England Census
Name: Joseph Baker
Age: 34
Estimated Birth Year: c. 1857
Relation: Head
Spouse's Name: Elizabeth Baker
Gender: Male
Where born: Exeter, Devon, England
Civil Parish: Tickenham
Ecclesiastical parish: St Querricus and St Julietta
County: Somerset
Country: England
Street Address:  Farm House
Occupation:  Farmer
Condition as to marriage: Married
Employment status: Employed
Registration District: Bedminster
Sub-registration District: Yatton
ED: 9
Piece: 1955    Folio: 61
Page Number: 7
Household Members:
Joseph Baker 34  Head  (See Above)
Elizabeth Baker 36  Wife  b. Wraxall, Somerset

1911 England Census
Name: Joseph Baker
Age in 1911: 55
Estimated Birth Year: c. 1856
Relation to Head: Head
Gender: Male
Birth Place: Exeter, Devon
Civil Parish: Wraxall
County: Somerset
Country: England
Street Address: West Hill, Wraxall, Nr Bristol
Marital Status: Married  for 26yrs
Occupation: Market Gardener  (On Own Acct)
Registration District: Long Ashton
Registration District Number: 318
Sub-registration District: Long Ashton
ED: 12
Household Schedule Number: 64
Piece: 14798
Household Members:
Joseph Baker 55  (See Above)
Elizabeth Baker 56  Wife  b. Portbury, Glouc.
Beatrice Sims 21  Neice  b. Wales (Town not Known)

Number of Rooms in Dwelling: 6

Signed: Joseph Baker West Hill, Wraxall  W. Bristol

Joy P.

  The College was sited in purpose-built premises on the sea front at Weston-super-Mare.  This building was built in about 1859 by Jonathan ELWELL whose younger brother Joseph ELWELL first appears in Weston as a school master when two of his children are christened at St John's in 1838.

Joseph ELWELL's school was in Belvedere House which was also on Beach Road next to the site of the new school.  Jonathan was teaching in Chester in 1841 but by 1851 he was in Beach Road, probably in Belvedere House, and Joseph ELWELL had left Weston.

The school flourished as did many other private schools in Weston at that time and Jonathan ELWELL became a prominent figure in the development of the town. He built the new school and as can be seen from the 1861 and 1871 censuses it attracted boys from all over the country and elsewhere.

In 1876 Jonathan ELWELL sold the school as a going concern to a Mr NUNN who also had a sucessful school in Bristol. Combining the two schools in Weston he advertised it as a High Class Commercial Boarding School for the Sons of Gentlemen. Although having spent a considerable amount upgrading the premises by the 1880s Mr NUNN realised its potential for development and he sold the building on Beach Road and build a new School in Walliscote Road in what is now Tallford House, 40 Walliscote Road.  The old school building was enlarged and renovated and re-openned in 1888 as The Grand Atlantic Hotel.

The College remained as a School until the late 1950s or early 1960s