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john and elizabeth shelley

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Susan

Susan Report 16 Apr 2009 20:00

my grt grt grandparents were john and elizabeth shelley , john was born in wolverhampton and elizabeth born bethnal green they were married in wolverhampton on april 27 1898, i cant find them on the 1901 census
but by the time we get to the 1911 census they are living back in southwark london, the census states that they had 8 children but only 3 survive Albert born 1906 May born 1907 and my nana Lydia born 1908, is there any where i can find the deaths of the other children{names unknown} collated any where? my grt grt grandmothers maiden name was elizabeth holsley .

June

June Report 16 Apr 2009 20:06

Marriages Jun 1898 (>99%)
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HORSLEY Elizabeth Wolverhampton 6b 1072

Shelley John Wolverhampton 6b 1072



June x

Susan

Susan Report 16 Apr 2009 20:12

thankyou june i do have the marriage cert for john and elizabeth,

June

June Report 16 Apr 2009 20:19

Yes Susan but you said he maiden name was Holsley so i put marriage up for real surname, HORSLEY

Where they both from staffordshire



June x

Susan

Susan Report 16 Apr 2009 20:33

Oh 'June thankyou for pointing out my typing error!!! yes her maiden name was HORSLEY and she was born in bethnal green london [HOXTON]

**Ann**

**Ann** Report 16 Apr 2009 20:34

Susan,

What was Johns occupation on the 1901?

Ann

June

June Report 16 Apr 2009 20:47

<<<<<<<<1891 for ref


Name: Elizabeth Horsley
Age: 12
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1879
Relation: Daughter
Father's Name: Jonathan
Mother's Name: Susan
Gender: Female
Where born: Bethnal Green, London, England

Civil Parish: Christchurch
Ecclesiastical parish: St Stephan
Town: Spitalfields
County/Island: London
Country: England

Street address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Education:

Employment status: View Image

Registration district: Whitechapel
Sub registration district: Spitalfields
ED, institution, or vessel: 1
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members: Name Age
Jonathan Horsley 39
Susan Horsley 58
Stephen Horsley 15
Elizabeth Horsley 12
Elizabeth Tekell 23
John Tekell 16





is this john and family for ref

1891

Name: John Shelley
Age: 12
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1879
Relation: Son
Father's Name: Henry
Mother's Name: Sarah
Gender: Male
Where born: Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England

Civil Parish: Wolverhampton
Ecclesiastical parish: St Luke
County/Island: Staffordshire
Country: England

Street address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Education:

Employment status: View Image

Registration district: Wolverhampton
Sub registration district: Wolverhampton Western
ED, institution, or vessel: 11
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members: Name Age
Henry Shelley 46
Sarah Shelley 49
Henry Shelley 20
John Shelley 12
Sarah Shelley 10
Fanny Shelley 6
Mary Shelley 4




June x

June

June Report 16 Apr 2009 20:48

Susan please tell us what you know to help you



June x

Susan

Susan Report 16 Apr 2009 20:53

I don't know i can't find them on the 1901, Marriage certificate in 1898 states he is a Barman, I did find a John Shelley from wolverhampton, in the 1901 census working in as a Barman in Hoxton london which would fit in with the area that Elizabeth came from .but it states that he is single!!!!!
he may have been desperate for work and said he was single i surpose, and i did look up in other census for Elizabeth Shelley maybe living back with her parents
Jonathan and Elizabeth Horsley, but no luck there either

June

June Report 16 Apr 2009 21:04

1901 maybe

Name: Elizabeth Horsley
Age: 23
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1878
Relation: Servant
Gender: Female
Where born: London, England

Civil Parish: Walsall
Ecclesiastical parish: St Matthew
County/Island: Staffordshire
Country: England

Street address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Education:

Employment status: View Image

Registration district: Walsall
Sub registration district: Walsall
ED, institution, or vessel: 24
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 1
Household Members: Name Age
Harry Gill 60
Harry Froggatt Gill 23
Frank McKinstry 30
Edith A McKinstry 27
Geoffrey McKinstry 2
Annie Seedhouse 17
Elizabeth Horsley 23



says unmarried and still her maiden name in right area she married


June x

Susan

Susan Report 16 Apr 2009 21:30

Sorry was called away from my computer Yes this is the correct Elizabeth Horsley in the 1891 census Elizabeths mother maiden name is stated as Tekell on her birth certificate
I am now also begining to think that this is also the correct john shelley but his Marriage certificate states that he was 21 at time of marriage and that his father is Henry Shelley,
I have sent way for two certificates and they are the wrong ones as Henry is not the father on either of them!!! This also is the only census that I can find the father as Henry on,so i am coming to the conclusion that he states he is 21 on the marriage certificate in order to get married.

Susan

Susan Report 16 Apr 2009 21:43

age is about right for Elizabeth in 1901 census i,m baffled

Susan

Susan Report 16 Apr 2009 22:11

I thank everyone who has replied tonight i am still seeking to find out anything about to look up a collated area for the deceased children of John and Elizabeth Iam signing off now will be back tomorrow,
would be grateful for all information