Tapp, Caleb (1841-1916)

Family

Caleb was born in the spring of 1841 at Bishops Nympton, South Molton, Devon, to parents William Tapp, a mason & seedsman (1861), and Sarah Rodd, a baker (1861).

Census returns identify the following occupations for Caleb.

1861 pupil teacher
1871 schoolmaster at Chudleigh, Devon
1881 elementary schoolmaster at Thornton, Bradford
1891 elementary teacher
1901 elementary schoolmaster
1911 retired schoolmaster

He married Frances Mary Stocks (1849-1916) in late 1867 in the Newton Abbott Registration District, Devon. Census returns identify six children.

William Caleb (1870-1940) – a hairdresser (1901)
Frances Mary S (1872-1955) – a music teacher (1891); professional singer (1901); married Walter Spencer, a letterpress printer (1911), in 1901
Sarah Elizabeth (1877-1955) – elementary assistant teacher (1901); married Richard Henry Rendell in 1905
Wilfred Burnett (1880-1976) – assistant schoolmaster (1911); head teacher (1939)
Alfred George (1882-1961) – an engineer pattern maker (1911)
Winifred (1892-1984) – dressmaker (1911); married Herbert Robinson in 1914

Caleb died in late 1916 at Thornton, Bradford, Yorkshire.