The challenge in documenting Cudlip(p) family histories is creating a framework within which the relevant family trees and associated information can be inserted and subsequently identified.

A convenient starting point is the UK 1851 Census. This was the first comprehensive UK Census (the previous 1840 Census being less detailed). The relevant Cudlip(p) information has been extracted into a spreadsheet where each family has been assigned a sequential number. (See Records page for content).

The 1851 Census has ~392 Cudlip(p) entries with 68 Heads of Families identified – 35 Cudlip; 30 Cudlipp; 2 Cutlip; 1 Cutlipe

There was also perhaps a dozen or so families in the USA at this time, and these need to be added to this list.

The ultimate goal is to link all these families into a single tree.

Currently (July 2024), 93% the 1851 families have been linked into 3 main Trees (A,T & W), with an additional 4 Founder Branches with living Cudlip(p) descendants. There is an additional Tree S and another 7 Founder Branches that have died out (from a Cudlip(p) point of view). More research is required to link these Trees and Branches.

The 3 main trees, starting around 1600, appear to start in the settlements of Whitchurch, Tavistock and Wilminstone respectively, and are labelled Tree A, Tree T and Tree W. There were 4 additional families around at this time (including Tree S), but their Cudlip(p) lines seem to die out over the following few generations. These, and earlier families, are compiled into Tree 0, which links Cudlip(p) references before 1600, back to 1160 CE.

Main trees

• Tree A – Whitchurch Thomas Cudlipp b 1610.    165 Cudlip, 124 Cudlipp, 2 Cutlip
• Tree T – Tavistock Richard Cudlipp b 1594.          44 Cudlip, 111 Cudlipp, 2 Cudlipe
• Tree W – Wliminstone Richard Cudlipp b 1571.    58 Cudlip, 160 Cudlipp

To assist with locating people within theses main Trees, they are subdivided into branches approximately every 100 years (i.e. around 1700 and 1800) with the addition of a small letter, a, b, c etc.

The following block diagram links the main Trees to their sub branches.

Diagrammatic representation of the above trees are provided in the Trees link in the Menu Bar.

The diagrams are difficult to search. If searching for individuals then it is probably best to start with the TNG Database.

The Trees and Branches entered into the TNG database are as follows.

There is also a spreadsheet under the Records tab listing of all the Cudlip(p) in the UK census of 1911, 1921, and 1939.

1851: ~450 entries – 68 Heads of household.

1911: ~319 entries – well spread over the UK.

1921: ~296 entries, ~93 Families

1939: 271 entries, ~144 Different addresses

It is interesting to see the total number of people go down, but the number of families go up.

In principle, it should be possible to link all the 1911, 1921 and 1939 names to 1851 Families.

This is still to be done.

Linking to information in the equivalent USA and Canada Census is also still do be done.

Might be about a dozen Families in USA, Canada and other countries in 1851.

Some USA and Canada families are already entered in the above trees.

There is also a Tree 0 that (guesses) links between pre 1600 Cudlip(p).

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