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Mary Haley who was she?

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Barry

Barry Report 14 Apr 2014 20:55

My x4 grandfathers will of 1857 mentions one of his daughters Mary who was married to Joseph Thomson.I have no knowledge of this ancestor can any one find any info on this person?

hope some one can help

PricklyHolly

PricklyHolly Report 14 Apr 2014 21:27

As a starting point...

Can you give us the details of your x 4 Grandfather please.

Researching:
"If I don't see you through the week.........I will see you through the window". :o))

Gee

Gee Report 14 Apr 2014 21:43

There are other threads for this person

Barry, might be best to stick to one thread

am looking for any info on my grandmother x4 family before 1850
she was called Mary Ann Haliday before she married John Haley .
She was born in 1832 in Halifax and died in 1891 Bradford

Researching:

Barry

Barry Report 14 Apr 2014 22:12

thats not the same Haley

PricklyHolly

PricklyHolly Report 14 Apr 2014 22:24

Hi Barry

As i posted earlier...........

Can you give us the details of the x 4 Grandfather you are referring to please.

We have no way of knowing who Mary is.........without the details of her Father.

Researching:
"If I don't see you through the week.........I will see you through the window". :o))

PricklyHolly

PricklyHolly Report 14 Apr 2014 23:10

PM received.........

You say his name is Charles Hayley....Bradford ....died 1861.

And yet in your opening post, you mention his will of 1857?

When was Charles born?

Researching:
"If I don't see you through the week.........I will see you through the window". :o))

PricklyHolly

PricklyHolly Report 14 Apr 2014 23:23

??

Deaths Jun 1861 (>99%)
Haley Charles Bradford Yk 9b 35


England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966
about Charles Haley Name:Charles Haley
Probate Date:2 Nov 1861
Death Date:26 Apr 1861
Death Place:Yorkshire, England
Registry:Wakefield

Of Ebenezer Street in Bradford in the County of York...Ironfounder.

Proved at Wakefield by Joseph Thompson of Bradford aforesaid "mechanic" and Sarah Haley of the same place widow the Relict the surviving Executors.

Researching:
"If I don't see you through the week.........I will see you through the window". :o))

PricklyHolly

PricklyHolly Report 14 Apr 2014 23:31

1861 England Census
about Charles Haley Name:Charles Haley
Age:72
Estimated birth year:1789
Relation:Head
Spouse's Name:Sarah Haley
Gender:Male
Where born:Bradford, Yorkshire, England
Civil Parish:Bradford
Town:Bradford
County/Island:Yorkshire
Country:England

Registration district:Bradford
Sub-registration district:Bradford East End

Household Members:

Charles Haley 72 ....Iron Founder employs 11 men
Sarah Haley 70
Margaret Thompson 17>>>>>Grandaughter


Researching:
"If I don't see you through the week.........I will see you through the window". :o))

PricklyHolly

PricklyHolly Report 14 Apr 2014 23:36

The Grandaughter in 1851 with parents Joseph and Mary...


1851 England Census
about Margaret Thompson Name:Margaret Thompson
Age:7
Estimated birth year:abt 1844
Relation:Daughter
Father's Name:Joseph Thompson
Mother's name:Mary Thomas
Gender:Female
Where born:Bradford, Yorkshire, England
Civil Parish:Bradford
Town:Bradford
County/Island:Yorkshire
Country:England
Registration district:Bradford Sub-registration district:
Bradford East End

Household Members:

Joseph Thompson 17 (47 on the image)>>>" Machanic" Born Kendal Westmorland
Mary Thomas 40 (Thompson) Bradford Yorkshire
Maryann Barret 13
Margaret Thompson 7
Charles Thompson 4

Researching:
"If I don't see you through the week.........I will see you through the window". :o))

Gee

Gee Report 15 Apr 2014 06:31


West Yorkshire, England, Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1512-1812

Name:Mary Haley

Event Date:9 Jun 1811

Event Type:Christening (Baptism)

Parish:
Bradford, St Peter (Bradford Cathedral)

Father's Name:
Charles Haley <<<Clothier?

Father occupation differs from the censuses and no mothers name mentioned on the document!


Daughters baptism



West Yorkshire, Non-Conformist Records, 1646-1985

Name:Margaret Thompson

Birth Date:24 Mar 1844

Event Type:Baptism

Father:Joseph Thompson

Mother:Mary Thompson

Baptism Date:14 Apr 1844

Archive Location:Bradford

Parish or Chapel:Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Eastbrook, Bradford

Residence Place:Bradford

Reel Number:Bowling, Bradford, Frizinghall, Ilkley; BNC13

Reference Number:47D86/27/2

Researching:

Gee

Gee Report 15 Apr 2014 06:48

Living next door are her parents and daughter, as posted above, by Prickle


1861 England Census

Name:Joseph Thompson

Age:57

Estimated birth year:1804

Relation:Head

Spouse's Name:Mary Thompson

Gender:Male

Where born:Kendal, Westmorland, England

Civil Parish:Bradford

Town:Bradford

County/Island:Yorkshire

Registration district:Bradford

Sub-registration district:Bradford East End

ED, institution, or vessel:4

Household schedule number:81

Piece:3316

Folio:78

Page Number:12

Household Members:


Joseph Thompson 57
Mary Thompson 50
John Potterton 22
Mary A Potterton 27
Charles H Thompson 14


Researching:

Gee

Gee Report 15 Apr 2014 07:02


England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966

Name:Mary Thompson

Probate Date:5 Jun 1872

Death Date:20 May 1872

Death Place:Yorkshire, England

Registry:Wakefield

Proved by Charles Haley Thompson, cabinet maker, the son and Mary Ann Potterton, wife of John and Margaret Greenhough, wife of Joseph

£600

Interestingly Mary' mothers maiden name was Greenhough



West Yorkshire, England, Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1512-1812

Name:Charles Hailey

Event Date:31 Aug 1808

Event Type:Marriage

Parish:Bradford, St Peter (Bradford Cathedral)

Spouse's Name:
Sarah Greenhough

Researching:

Gee

Gee Report 15 Apr 2014 07:15

So, Mary married before the 1841



1841 England Census

Name:Mary Thompson

Age:30

Estimated birth year:abt 1811

Gender:Female

Where born:Yorkshire, England

Civil Parish:Bradford

Hundred:Morley

County/Island:Yorkshire


Registration district:Bradford

Sub-registration district:Bradford West End

Piece:1294

Book:5

Folio:11

Page Number:15

Household Members:


Joseph Thompson 55
Mary Thompson 30
Elizabeth Thompson 20
Mary Thompson 20
Martha Thompson 20
Amos Thompson 15
James Thompson 14
Hannah Thompson 7
Ruth Thompson 5
Joseph Thompson 2
Alfred Thompson 5 Mo






Researching:

PricklyHolly

PricklyHolly Report 15 Apr 2014 08:05

Here is the above family in 1851........

1851 England Census
about Joseph Thompson
Name:Joseph Thompson
Age:12
Estimated birth year:abt 1839
Relation:Son
Father's Name:Joseph Thompson
Mother's name:Marcy Thompson
Gender:Male
Where born:Bradford, Yorkshire, England
Civil Parish:Bradford
Town:Bradford
County/Island:Yorkshire
Country:England

Household Members:

Joseph Thompson 66
Marcy Thompson 43
Hannah Thompson 17
Ruth Thompson 15
Joseph Thompson 12
Alfred Thompson 10
Sarah Thompson 8
Benjaman Thompson 4
Emanuel Thompson 1

So it's not the correct family.


1841 England Census
about Joseph Thompson Name:Joseph Thompson
Age:35
Estimated birth year:abt 1806
Gender:Male
Where born:Yorkshire, England
Civil Parish:Bradford
Hundred:Morley
County/Island:Yorkshire
Country:England

Household Members:

Joseph Thompson 35 (Mechanic)
Mary Thompson 35

(Note that living next door is a Mary Barrett......with a child Mary Barrett age 3)



Marriages Mar 1861 (>99%)
Barrett Mary Ann Bradford Yk 9b 80
POTTERTON John Bradford Yk 9b 80


West Yorkshire, Non-Conformist Records, 1646-1985
about Charles Haley Thompson Name:Charles Haley Thompson
Birth Date:1 Aug 1846
Event Type:Baptism
Father:Joseph Thompson
Mother:Mary Thompson
Baptism Date:6 Sep 1846
Archive Location:Bradford
Parish or Chapel:Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Eastbrook, Bradford
Residence Place:Bradford
Reel Number:Bowling, Bradford, Frizinghall, Ilkley; BNC13
Reference Number:47D86/27/2



England & Wales, FreeBMD Marriage Index, 1837-1915
about Charles Haley Thompson Name:Charles Haley Thompson
Date of Registration:Oct-Nov-Dec 1867
Registration district:Ripon
Inferred County:Yorkshire West Riding
Volume Number:9a
Page Number:121

Records on Page:
Name
Jane Pickersgill
Charles Haley Thompson



1911 England Census
about Charles Haley Thompson Name:Charles Haley Thompson
Age in 1911:64
Estimated birth year:abt 1847
Relation to Head:Head
Gender:Male
Birth Place:Bradford, Yorkshire, England
Civil Parish:Bradford
County/Island:Yorkshire-West Riding
Country:England
Street address:6 Ashley St Bradford
Marital Status:Married
Occupation:Cabinet Maker
Registration district:Bradford
Sub-registration district:Horton

Household Members:

Charles Haley Thompson 64
Jane Thompson 63
Ethel Mary Parnaby 26 (Neice)
(3 children born, 2 living, 1 had died)

Researching:
"If I don't see you through the week.........I will see you through the window". :o))

PricklyHolly

PricklyHolly Report 15 Apr 2014 08:14

England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966
about Charles Haley Thompson Name:Charles Haley Thompson
Probate Date:4 May 1926
Death Date:16 Sep 1925
Death Place:Bradford, West Yorkshire, England
Registry:London,

Of 3 Edmund Street, Bradford.

To William Arthur Thompson cabinet maker and Joseph Thomas Thompson insurance agent.

Effects: £1350

Researching:
"If I don't see you through the week.........I will see you through the window". :o))

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 15 Apr 2014 09:48

Background..................

http://www.genesreunited.co.uk/boards/board/ancestors/thread/1338512
http://www.genesreunited.co.uk/boards/board/ancestors/thread/1338848
http://www.genesreunited.co.uk/boards/board/ancestors/thread/1309807
http://www.genesreunited.co.uk/boards/board/ancestors/thread/1336752
http://www.genesreunited.co.uk/boards/board/ancestors/thread/1336043
http://www.genesreunited.co.uk/boards/board/ancestors/thread/1254894

etc......................

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 15 Apr 2014 10:13

Barry

Put the following site in your favourites.......and use it to look for BMD info between 1837 and approx 1960

http://www.freebmd.org.uk/

Barry

Barry Report 15 Apr 2014 18:46

thanks for your help will need to digest all of this

Barry

Barry Report 17 Apr 2014 22:03

My cousin from nz says she has Mary Baptized 20/08/1809 as she had a brother Baptized 16/11/1811 the former makes more sense,that do u think