Francis Tilke

  Noted events in his life were:

• Resided: Aged 5 - Son - Scholar - Colaton Raleigh Village -, 1851 census, St Thomas, Colaton Raleigh, Devon England. Entered as Silke on Ancestry 1851 census

• Resided: Aged 16 - Boarder - Farmer's Pupil - Heele Barton, Bickleigh -, 1861 census, Bickleigh, Devon England. Entered as Tilt in 1861 Ancestry census

• Resided: Aged 25 - Head - Farmer - Colaton Raleigh Village -, 1871 census, St Thomas, Colaton Raleigh, Devon England. Entered as Silke in Ancestry 1871 census
190 Acres employing 4 men & 2 boys.

• Occupation: Farmer - Droop Farm, 1878, St Thomas, Colaton Raleigh, Devon England. Source = White's History, Gazetteer & Directory of Devonshire - 1878 (copy on file)

• Resided: Aged 35 - Head - Farmer - Drupes Farm House -, 1881 census, St Thomas, Colaton Raleigh, Devon England. Drupes Farm = 236 Acres, employing 5 men & 2 boys

• Occupation: Farmer - Drupe Farm, 1889, St Thomas, Colaton Raleigh, Devon England. Source = Kelly's Directory of Devonshire - 1889 (copy on file)

• Resided: Aged 45 - Head - Farmer (employer) - Drupes Farm House -, 1891 census, St Thomas, Colaton Raleigh, Devon England.

• Occupation: Farmer, 1893, St Thomas, Colaton Raleigh, Devon England. Source = Kelly's Directory of Devon & Cornwall - 1893 (copy on file)

• Resided: Aged 54 - Head - Farmer (employer) - Droop Farm -, 1901 census, St Thomas, Colaton Raleigh, Devon England.

• Occupation: Farmer, Drupe Farm, 1902, St Thomas, Colaton Raleigh, Devon England. Source = Kelly's Directory of DEvonshire - 1902 (copy on file)

• Occupation: Farmer, Drupe Farm, 1914, St Thomas, Colaton Raleigh, Devon England. Source = Kelly's Directory of DEvonshire - 1914 (copy on file)

Francis married Laura Richards on 13 Jun 1872 in St Thomas, Devon England. (Laura Richards was born in 1844 in St Thomas, Colaton Raleigh, Devon England and died on 26 Jan 1926 in St Thomas, Devon England.)