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Sarah Jane Colley

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oatmills1

oatmills1 Report 17 Oct 2018 13:42

We are trying to compile our family tree and my husbands grandmother was a Sarah Jane Colley from Staffordshire, born 1872. She moved to Hucknall in Nottinghamshire and married Benjamin Mills in November 1888. We do not appear to find out what her mother Eliza's maiden name was. If this is the same Sarah Colley in your family tree, and further information would be appreciated. If you are following the same line, would it be possible to review your family tree?

We have not yet started to compile all the information we are collecting.

Kind regards

Phyllis Mills

malyon

malyon Report 17 Oct 2018 13:51

this must be sarah jane


Births Jun 1872 (>99%)
COLLEY Sarah Jane Walsall 6b 657

Maddie

Maddie Report 17 Oct 2018 13:54

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COLLY, SARAH JANE BEECH Order
GRO Reference: 1872 J Quarter in WALSALL Volume 06B Page 657

Maddie

Maddie Report 17 Oct 2018 14:04

1881
Lynby Terrace, Hucknall-Torkard, Basford, Nottinghamshire, England
Eliza Colly Head Widow Female 44 1837 - Wellington, Shropshire, England
George Colly Son Single Male 11 1870 Scholar Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England
Sarah J Colly Daughter Single Female 8 1873 Scholar Bloxwich, Staffordshire, England
Benjamin Colly Son Single Male 5 1876 Scholar Bloxwich, Staffordshire, England
Charles Farren Lodger Single Male 35 1846 Coal Miner Brownhills, Staffordshire, England

1871
in the 1871 England Census
View 1871 England Census

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Name: Eliza Colley
Age: 34
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1837
Relation: Wife
Spouse's Name: Benjamin Colley
Gender: Female
Where born: Bloxwich, Staffordshire, England
Civil Parish: Walsall
Ecclesiastical parish: Bloxwich
Town: Bloxwich
County/Island: Staffordshire
Country: England
Registration district: Walsall
Sub-registration district: Bloxwich
ED, institution, or vessel: 8
Household schedule number: 108
Piece: 2958
Folio: 80
Page Number: 21
Household Members:
Name Age
Benjamin Colley 33 -- 1838 bloxwich
Eliza Colley 34
George Colley 2


Benjamin Colley
Registration Year: 1856
Registration Quarter: Oct-Nov-Dec
Registration district: Wellington
Parishes for this Registration District: View Ecclesiastical Parishes associated with this Registration District
Inferred County: Shropshire
Volume: 6a
Page: 1390
Records on Page:
Name
Eliza Beech ------------------
Joseph Bennett
Benjamin Colley
Sarah Turner

Maddie

Maddie Report 17 Oct 2018 14:21

COLLEY, GEORGE BEECH Order
GRO Reference: 1869 S Quarter in WOLVERHAMPTON Volume 06B Page 523

COLLEY, BENJAMIN BEECH Order
GRO Reference: 1876 J Quarter in WALSALL Volume 06B Page 740

alviegal

alviegal Report 17 Oct 2018 14:35

1911 to confirm places of birth. Mrs S J Mills married 22 years, 9 children born, 8 still living. Mrs Eliza Colley had been married 54 years, 7 children born, 3 still living.

1911 Census For England & Wales

2 Bentinck St Hucknall Torkard, Hucknall Torkard, Nottinghamshire, England

First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Sex Age Birth year Occupation Birth place
>>Eliza Colley Head Widow Female 75 1836 - Scropshire Wellington
Charles Spooner Boarder Single Male 65 1846 Coal Miner In Pit Mending Roads Roadman London
>>S Jane Mills Daughter Married Female 40 1871 Charwoman Blocksage Stafford
Wilfred Mills Grandson Single Male 18 1893 Coal Miner Pony Driver In Pit Hucknall Nottm
Lizzie Mills Granddaughter Single Female 16 1895 Hosiery Maker Up Hucknall Nottm
Thomas Walter Mills Grandson Single Male 13 1898 School Hucknall Nottm
Benjamin Mills Grandson - Male 11 1900 School Hucknall Nottm
Percy Mills Grandson - Male 9 1902 School Langwith Derbyshire
Sydney Mills Grandson - Male 8 1903 School Langwith Derbyshire


1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census

Main Street Warren Terrace, Shirebrook, Pleasley (Derby), Mansfield, Derbyshire, England

First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Sex Age Birth year Occupation Birth place
Samuel Harrison Head Married Male 38 1863 Coal Miner Calverton, Nottinghamshire, England
Sarah J Harrison Wife Married Female 36 1865 - Whitwick, Leicestershire, England
William J Harrison Son - Male 14 1887 - Hucknall Torkard, Nottinghamshire, England
Albert E Harrison Son - Male 7 1894 - Hucknall Torkard, Nottinghamshire, England
Charles Harrison Son - Male 3 1898 - Hucknall Torkard, Nottinghamshire, England
Annie E Harrison Daughter - Female 1 1900 - Shirebrook, Derbyshire, England
Benjamin Mills Boarder Married Male 33 1868 Coal Miner Northamptonshire, England
Sarah J Mills Boarder Married Female 29 1872 - Bloxwich, Staffordshire, England
John Mills Boarder - Male 13 1888 - Hucknall, Nottinghamshire, England
George Mills Boarder - Male 10 1891 - Hucknall, Nottinghamshire, England
Wilfred Mills Boarder - Male 7 1894 - Hucknall, Nottinghamshire, England
Thomas Mills Boarder - Male 3 1898 - Hucknall, Nottinghamshire, England



1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census

5, Linby Terrace, Hucknall Torkard, Basford, Nottinghamshire, England

Eliza Colley Head Widow Female 64 1837 - Wellington, Shropshire, England
Elizabeth Mills Grand Daughter - Female 4 1897 - Nottinghamshire, England
Charles Farry Boarder Single Male 58 1843 Coal Hewer Below G London, Middlesex, England


1891 England, Wales & Scotland Census

Lynley Terrace, Hucknall Torkard, Basford, Nottinghamshire, England

Members that resided in the household at the time of the census.
First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Sex Age Birth year Occupation Birth place
Benjamin Mills Head Married Male 22 1869 Coal Miner Northamptonshire, England
Sarah Jane Mills Wife Married Female 19 1872 - Staffordshire, England
John Wm Mills Son - Male 2 1889 - Nottinghamshire, England

Maddie

Maddie Report 17 Oct 2018 14:43

BENJAMIN
Last name COLLEY
Gender Male
Birth day -
Birth month -
Birth year 1837
Age 41
Death quarter 2
Death year 1878
District Basford
County Nottinghamshire
Volume 7B
Page 107

1861
Private House, New Dale, Wellington Lawley, Wellington, Shropshire, England
Benjamin Colley Head Married Male 24 1837 Coal Miner Wellington, Shropshire, England
Eliza Colley Wife Married Female 25 1836 Coal Miners Wife Wellington, Shropshire, England
Mary Anne Colley Daughter - Female 4 1857 - Wellington, Shropshire, England
John Colley Son - Male 0 1861 - Wellington, Shropshire, England

Benjamin
Last name Colley
Birth year -
Baptism year 1837
Baptism date 30 Apr 1837
Denomination Anglican
Place Wellington, All Saints
Father's first name(s) -
Mother's first name(s) Mary
Mother's last name -
Residence -
County Shropshire
Register type Baptism
Register date range 1833-1840
Archive reference P291/A/2/3
Page 154

Maddie

Maddie Report 17 Oct 2018 15:08

Eliza
Last name Beech
Birth year -
Baptism year 1836
Baptism date 07 Feb 1836
Denomination Anglican
Place Wellington, All Saints
Father's first name(s) George
Mother's first name(s) Mary
Mother's last name -
Residence -
County Shropshire
Register type Baptism
Register date range 1833-1840
Archive reference P291/A/2/3
Page 105

1841
Lawley, Wellington, Shropshire, England
George Beech Male 30 1811 Shropshire, England
Mary Beech Female 30 1811 Shropshire, England
John Beech Male 9 1832 Shropshire, England
Julia Beech Female 7 1834 Shropshire, England
Eliza Beech Female 5 1836 Shropshire, England ------------------
Rebecca Beech Female 3 1838 Shropshire, England

George
Last name Beech
Name note -
Marriage year 1831
Marriage date 10 Oct 1831
Marriage place Wombridge
Spouse's first name(s) Mary
Spouse's last name Parbatt
County Shropshire
Country England

Kucinta

Kucinta Report 17 Oct 2018 15:10

More detail on the marriage of Benjamin Colley and Eliza, father ties in with baptism Maddie found for Eliza.

First name(s) Benjamin
Last name Colley
Marriage year 1856
Marriage date 14 Dec 1856
Marriage place Wellington, All Saints
Denomination Anglican
Residence New Works
Age Of Age
Spouse's first name(s) Eliza
Spouse's last name Beech
Spouse's residence New Works
Spouse's age Of Age
Spouse's father's first name(s) George<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
Spouse's father's last name Beech<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
County Shropshire
Register date range 1856-1861
Archive reference P291/A/3/12
Page 3
Register type Marriage
Record set Shropshire Marriages
Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
Subcategory Parish Marriages
Collections from Great Britain, England

No father listed for Benjamin Colley - so that ties in with the baptism Maddie posted.

Eliza's father George Beech was a miner.

Witnesses were Crispin and ann Pritchard.

alviegal

alviegal Report 17 Oct 2018 15:19

Possible child who died before 1911.

Birth
MILLS, GRACE EVELYN COLLEY Order
GRO Reference: 1906 J Quarter in BASFORD Volume 07B Page 273

Death
MILLS, GRACE EVELYN 0 Order
GRO Reference: 1906 S Quarter in BASFORD Volume 07B Page 116

Other children.

MILLS, JOHN WILLIAM COLLEY Order
GRO Reference: 1889 J Quarter in BASFORD Volume 07B Page 207

MILLS, GEORGE COLLEY Order
GRO Reference: 1891 J Quarter in BASFORD Volume 07B Page 241

MILLS, WILFRID COLLEY Order
GRO Reference: 1893 D Quarter in BASFORD Volume 07B Page 211

MILLS, ELIZABETH COLLEY Order
GRO Reference: 1896 S Quarter in BASFORD Volume 07B Page 232

MILLS, WALTER THOMAS COLLEY Order
GRO Reference: 1898 J Quarter in BASFORD Volume 07B Page 246

MILLS, BENJAMIN COLLEY Order
GRO Reference: 1900 M Quarter in BASFORD Volume 07B Page 246

MILLS, PERCY COLLEY Order
GRO Reference: 1902 J Quarter in CHESTERFIELD Volume 07B Page 821

MILLS, SIDNEY COLLEY Order
GRO Reference: 1904 S Quarter in CHESTERFIELD Volume 07B Page 840

Maddie

Maddie Report 17 Oct 2018 15:38

GEORGE
Last name BEECH
Gender Male
Birth day -
Birth month -
Birth year -
Age -
Death quarter 2
Death year 1841
District Wellington (Shropshire)
County Shropshire
Volume 18
Page 163

Mary
Last name Beech
Birth year 1811
Death year 1842
Death date ? ? 1842
Age 31
Burial year 1842
Burial date 07 Jun 1842
Burial place Wellington, All Saints
Denomination Anglican
County Shropshire
Archive refererence P291/A/4/3
Page 113
Register type Burial
Register date range 1838-1850

Mary
Last name Parbutt
Birth year -
Baptism year 1809
Baptism date 27 Aug 1809
Denomination Anglican
Place Wellington, All Saints
Father's first name(s) William
Mother's first name(s) Mary
Mother's last name -
Residence -
County Shropshire
Register type Composite
Register date range 1806-1812
Archive reference P291/A/1/6
Page 31

oatmills1

oatmills1 Report 23 Oct 2018 15:23

Thanks to everyone for all the updated information regarding descendants of our family tree. We have found this very interesting and beneficial and allowed us to look further back into our history. :-)