Person:William May (31)

1851 census: This is likely to be him. NameRelationshipMarAge SexOccupation Birthplace Henry MAYHeadM53MMaster Mason Emp 2 MenThorverton-DEV Grace MAYWifeM57F---Thorverton-DEV John MAYSonU22MCarpenterThorverton-DEV William MAYSonU17MMasonThorverton-DEV Elizabeth MAYDaurU12FScholarThorverton-DEV Maria MAYDaurU10FScholarThorverton-DEV Jane MAYDaurU6FScholarThorverton-DEV Mary MAYDaurU15FSeamstressThorverton-DEV Address:Jericho St, Tiverton Census Place:Thorverton Tiverton, Devonshire PRO Reference:HO/107/1888Folio:63Page:16FHL Film:0221038

1871 census (from Ian Stoyle): "William MAY, 37, master mason, his wife Emma, 32, grocer, and their children, Emily 12, Louisa 10, Henry 7, William 5 and Tom 1, were all living somewhere in Silver Street in 1871. Emily was a Scholar at the time, though I can't see her (or Louisa) listed in the village school admissions register (which suggests she may have been a pupil at one of the ephemeral dame schools held in private houses)"

1881: Dwelling:Brook Terrace Census Place:Thorverton, Devon, England Source:FHL Film 1341537 PRO Ref RG11 Piece 2232 Folio 99 Page 13 MarrAgeSexBirthplace William MAYM48 MThorverton, Devon, England Rel:Head Occ:Mason Master Emma MAYM43 FThorverton, Devon, England Rel:Wife Louisa MAYU20 FThorverton, Devon, England Rel:Daur Henry MAYU18 MThorverton, Devon, England Rel:Son Occ:Mason Tom MAY 11 MThorverton, Devon, England Rel:Son Occ:Scholar Walter MAY 9 MThorverton, Devon, England Rel:Son Occ:Scholar Eva MAY 3 FThorverton, Devon, England Rel:Daur Occ:Scholar

1901 Census: THORVERTON, Tiverton, RG13/2132, Folio 84, Page 15 Bullen St William May (Senior),Head, M, 69, Retired Mason, , , Devon Thorverton Emma May,Wife, M, 63, , , , Devon Thorverton Tom May,Son, S, 32, Stonemason, , , Worker,Devon Thorverton Walter May,Son, S, 29, Wheelwright, , Worker,Devon Thorverton Henry May,Son, , 26, Carpenters Apprentice,Worker,Devon Thorverton // William May (Jnr),Head, M, 35, Stonemason, Worker,Devon Thorverton Elizabeth May,Wife, M, 32, , , Devon Torrington (?) Isaac W May,Son, , 9, , , Devon Thorverton Gertrude (?) May,Daug, , 7, , , Devon Thorverton Walter G May,Son, , 5, , , Devon Thorverton Florence May,Daug, , 2, , , Devon Thorverton Edward Newhouse, Brdr, S, 60, General labourer, Worker,Devon Shobrooke

From Ian Stoyle (Dec 2000): I couldn't quite grasp myself the "cryptic" paragraph I once wrote about the latter! Essentially, Doris Milford, whose legs you can see straddling the gutter up Jericho Street as she photographed Thurstan Shaw taking a photo of the floods on p.50 of my book, married Sid May, who was upset that the Mays did nothing to help his mother after the death of his father, William May, during the first World War. Since we wrote to each other, both Sid and Doris have died, and I fear the full story has been lost with them."