My Mother Mary Ellen Phelps verbal family history ....Her Mother Matilda Soady born 1896 lived in Newton Abbot plus Willow street Tiegnmouth Devon .Matilda's Mother Ellen Mary Soady was working as a Servant in France story is for a French count dela soady she eloped with the Counts son.. Ship from France landed at Tiengnmouth Devon.Married had two children the Counts son dela soady was disinherited he was unable to support his family and shot himself so the stories goes ..Matilda my Grandmother died when my Mother was 11 yrs old ..She returned to TEIGNMOUTH and died aged 32 her mother Ellen Mary Soady in 1901 census Newton ABBOT Frederick no trace .I now need to buy Matilda Soady's BIRTH Cert also her BROTHERS Cecil Frederick Soady Also FRederick Walden De lisle Soady marriage cert MARRIED IN lANCASHIRE BUT LIVED IN DEVON STRANGE ..Matilda Soady Birth Cert born in Lancashire but no record living there just DEVON