Uplowman : Uplowman Sign & Uplowman Road cc-by-sa/2.0 - © Lewis Clarke - geograph.org.uk/p/1237519 |
Friday, 28 May 2021
Frank Norman and Amy Cleeve
Thursday, 27 May 2021
George Norman and Ellen Stone Snow
St Peter's Church, Tiverton |
- Frank Norman born 7 Apr 1903
- George James Norman born 16 May 1909, bap. 17 May 1909 at the Tiverton, Wesleyan Methodist Church. (Buried 22 May 1909.)
- William Henry Norman born 16 May 1909, bap. 17 May 1909 at the Tiverton, Wesleyan Methodist Church. (Buried 5 Aug 1909.)
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Tiverton : Tiverton Methodist Church cc-by-sa/2.0 - © Lewis Clarke - geograph.org.uk/p/1281131 |
What will we do with a drunken sailor?
"Nicholas Jones for breaking a window in the house of Mrs Cotter, publican, Harbour Row, was fined 7s 6d., compensation, and 5s. additional for being drunk."
The actual summons details that Nicholas was "Found drunk on the highway, town of Queenstown on the 3rd August 1875." It went on to say he "Wilfully committed damage to [unreadable] a pane of glass the property of Complainant [Catherine Cotter, Widow] value seven shillings and [unreadable] pence."
"Defendant to pay a fine of five shillings + costs one shilling, or in default to be imprisoned for seven days in the County Jail. Said defendant to pay Catherine Cotter the sum of seven shillings compensation for breaking said pane of glass + costs 6d." (I can't tell whether he paid up or had to do the porridge.)
As 'him indoors' speculated, he may well have been drunk inside the premises, thrown out through said window and then charged for 'wilfully' breaking it!
(12s 6d = 75p is worth about £90 in 2021.)
Sing along: Drunken' Sailor - Irish Rovers
Wednesday, 26 May 2021
George Fuller and Eliza Ellen Hockley
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St. Helens and St. Giles Church, Rainham Max Naylor, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons |
- Annie Elizabeth Fuller born 17 Feb 1895, bap. 28 Mar 1895. (Died aged 16 months and was buried, on 1 Jul 1896, at Rainham.)
- George Fuller born 12 Jun 1896, bap. 17 Jul 1896
- Ada Fuller born 27 Oct 1897, bap. 7 Jan 1898
- Emily Fuller born 31 Dec 1899, bap. 4 Feb 1900
- Elizabeth Fuller born 22 Mar 1901, bap. 5 May 1901
- Daisy Fuller born 15 Jan 1903, bap. 19 Apr 1903
- Eliza Fuller born 18 Sep 1905, bap. 23 Nov 1911
- May Fuller born 2 Nov 1906, bap. 23 Nov 1911
- John Fuller born 9 Jan 1908, bap. 23 Nov 1911
- James Fuller born 2 Feb 1910, bap. 23 Nov 1911
- Florence Fuller born 15 Oct 1911, bap. 23 Nov 1911
- Ellen Fuller born 21 Nov 1914
- Rose Fuller born 24 May 1917
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Back row (L-R): May, John (Jack), James (Jim), Florence (Flo) and Eliza (Lili) Front row: Rose, Ellen, Ada, Elizabeth (Bet) and Daisy. |
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Eliza Ellen Fuller (née Hockley) |
Monday, 24 May 2021
James William Fuller and Maria Phillips
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St Mary, High Road, South Woodford - East end cc-by-sa/2.0 - © John Salmon - geograph.org.uk/p/2975185 |
- William James Fuller born 1860, bap. 6 Sep 1860
- Emily Elizabeth Fuller born 1862, bap. 30 Nov 1862
- James Fuller born 1864, bap. 27 Nov 1864
- George Fuller born 19 Oct 1866, bap. 18 Nov 1866
- John Fuller born 1869, bap. 31 Jan 1869
- Frederick Fuller born 1871, bap. 4 Jun 1871
- Elizabeth Fuller born 1873, bap. 7 Sep 1873
- Annie Fuller born 1876, bap. 5 Mar 1876 (died at the age of 9 months and was buried, on 12 Nov 1876, at St Helen and St Giles)
- Alfred Robert Fuller born 1880, bap. 8 Aug 1880
Sunday, 23 May 2021
Thomas Phillips and Mary Ann Wright
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St Margaret’s Church, Barking cc-by-sa/2.0 - © Richard Rogerson - geograph.org.uk/p/1562917 |
- Hester Maria Phillips bap. 8 Mar 1829
- William Thomas Phillips bap. 21 Aug 1831
- Richard Wilkinson Phillips bap. 16 Mar 1834
- Angelina Caroline Phillips born 1837, bap. 1 Sep 1837
- Ellen Jane Eliza Phillips born 1841, bap. 31 Jan 1841
- Joseph Phillips born 1844, bap. 3 Mar 1844
Isaac Phillips and Caroline Elizabeth Taylor
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St Margaret, The Broadway, Barking - Chancel cc-by-sa/2.0 - © John Salmon - geograph.org.uk/p/2974985 |
- Henry Phillips bap. 29 Sep 1833
- Isaac Phillips bap. 16 Apr 1835
- Maria Phillips born 19 Aug 1837 (unnamed on GRO reg), bap. 17 Sep 1837
- James Davis Phillips, born 1841, bap. 26 Jan 1841 (buried 31 Jan 1841)
- Alfred Davis Phillips born 1842, bap. 14 Aug 1842 (died in 1842, age 0)
- Jacob Phillips born 1844, bap. 26 Mar 1844
- Rebecca Phillips born 1846, bap. 13 Aug 1846
- Abraham Phillips born 1849, bap. 23 Feb 1849
- Anne Phillips born 1851 (no mention beyond GRO reg)
- Thomas Phillips born 1854
- Hester Phillips born 1857
- Alfred Phillips born 1861
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Oldchurch Hospital, Romford cc-by-sa/2.0 - © John Winfield - geograph.org.uk/p/282543 |
Saturday, 22 May 2021
Joseph Phillips and Ann Clarke
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St Mary Magdalene, North Ockendon - East end cc-by-sa/2.0 - © John Salmon - geograph.org.uk/p/2657540 |
Joseph Phillips married Ann Clarke at St Mary Magdalene church, North Ockendon on 12 Jan 1801, the first ancestors I've found in this branch.
- James Phillips bap. 12 Feb 1804 (buried 21 Nov 1804) both at St. Nicholas, South Ockendon
- Thomas Phillips bap. 25 May 1806 at St. Nicholas, South Ockendon
- James Phillips bap. 17 Jul 1808 at St. Nicholas, South Ockendon (buried 2 Oct 1814 at St Michael, Aveley)
- William Phillips born 25 Dec 1810, bap. 20 Jan 1811 at St Michael's, Aveley. (There is a burial of a William Phillips, aged 31, on 25 Apr 1841 in Rainham that may relate.)
- Isaac Phillips bap. 26 Dec 1813 at St Giles & All Saints, Orsett
Haven't been able to find out for certain when Ann died, but there was a burial of an Ann Phillips (37) in Grays Thurrock on 18 Apr 1819. Then in 1841, there is a Joseph Phillips of the right age (65) with a wife Susan (50), Eliza Phillips (20) and Emma Phillips (1) in West Thurrock, Orsett, so perhaps he remarried.
Robert Fuller and Elizabeth Ann Bradley
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St Mary the Virgin, Chigwell cc-by-sa/2.0 - © Bikeboy - geograph.org.uk/p/4190925 |
- Eliza Fuller born 1832 (only mentioned on 1841 census)
- James William Fuller bap. 16 Mar 1834 in Chigwell
- Ann Fuller born 1837 (died, aged 10 and buried on 14 Feb 1847)
- Emily Fuller bap. 7 Apr 1839 at St Mary the Virgin, Woodford
- Samuel Thomas Fuller born 1841, bap. 25 Jul 1841, in Woodford
- Elizabeth Ann Fuller born 1843, bap. 8 Oct 1843, in Woodford
- William Robert Fuller born 1845, bap. 21 Dec 1845, in Woodford
- Robert Fuller bap. 19 Mar 1848 in Chigwell
- George Fuller bap. 19 Jan 1851 at St Mary the Virgin, Woodford
- Anne Fuller born 1853, bap. (as Annie) on 23 Jan 1853, in Woodford
- Jane Ann Fuller born 1855, bap. 1 Apr 1855 at Woodford Bridge
(died, aged 5, and buried on 11 May 1860) - Mary Ann Fuller bap. 12 Sep 1858 (as Maryann) in Woodford
Henry Bradley, Mary Chapman and Mary Thompson
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St Mary's Church, Chigwell in Essex (left), and Ye Olde King's Head pub (right), reputed to be the model for the Maypole Inn in Charles Dickens's Barnaby Rudge. Image extracted from "The Eastern Counties Railway Illustrated Guide". Original held and digitised by the British Library. |
- Elizabeth Ann Bradley born 29 Oct 1814, bap. 20 Nov 1814 at St Mary the Virgin, Woodford
- Sarah Anne Bradley bap. 29 Apr 1816 at St Mary the Virgin, Woodford
- Thomas Bradley bap. 22 Jun 1817. A note on this baptism record says, "Whilst St Mary Woodford Was Being Repaired, The Ceremony Of Baptism Was Performed At St Mary Wanstead."
- Ann Bradley bap. 20 Sep 1818 (presumably didn't survive)
- Ann Bradley bap. 30 Jan 1820
- James Bradley bap. 2 May 1824
- Henry Bradley bap. 8 Jan 1826
- Eliza Bradley bap. 13 Apr 1828
Friday, 21 May 2021
Thomas Bradley and Sarah Garton
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Woodford, Essex This work is based on data provided through www.VisionofBritain.org.uk and uses historical material which is copyright of the Great Britain Historical GIS Project and the University of Portsmouth. |
Thomas Bradley married Sarah Garton on 6 Jan 1789 in Woodford. The earliest ancestors in this branch, records suggest that Thomas was born in 1766 and that Sarah was born in 1767. There is a Sarah Garton, baptised on 18 Feb 1770, daughter of John and Elizabeth Garton, in Woodford who could relate.
Thomas and Sarah had at least eight children:
- Henry Bradley bap. 1 Nov 1789 in Woodford
- Sarah Bradley bap. 22 Apr 1792 in Chigwell
- Elizabeth Bradley bap. 19 Oct 1794 in Chigwell
- Catherine Bradley bap. 31 Jul 1796 in Chigwell
- Elizabeth Bradley bap. 8 Mar 1799 in Chigwell
- UNNAMED Bradley bap. 27 Jun 1802 in Chigwell
- Mary Bradley bap. 5 Feb 1804 in Chigwell
- John Bradley born 15 May 1809, bap. 30 Jul 1809 in Chigwell
Robert Fuller and Elizabeth Bass
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St Mary, High Road, South Woodford cc-by-sa/2.0 - © John Salmon - geograph.org.uk/p/2975293 |
Robert Fuller married Elizabeth Bass on 28 Nov 1807 at St Mary's Church, Woodford. It should be noted however that, as the current church was built in 1816, their marriage will have taken place in the previous medieval church that had stood in this location. They may have seen this building going up.
Seven children of this couple were baptised in Woodford, Essex:
- Elizabeth Fuller bap. 30 Apr 1809
- Robert Fuller bap. 23 Jun 1811
- Mary Fuller born 25 Feb 1814, bap. 20 Mar 1814
- Sarah Fuller bap. 1 Sep 1816
- John Fuller bap. 17 Oct 1819
- Eliza Ann bap. 21 Jul 1822
- Ann Fuller bap. 31 Oct 1824
Winn Bridge. This is where a stream – the Wynn Brook – joins the Roding. The bridge was passed to the Middlesex and Essex turnpike trust, and then the county in 1872.
Robert Fuller died, aged 60, and was buried in Woodford on 22 Feb 1846.
Elizabeth Fuller died, aged 65, and was buried on 12 Jan 1851.
These are the earliest ancestors [so far] in this branch of the tree. Both Robert and Elizabeth were born around 1786, but I've not been able to identify baptisms for either of them. There are also potentially two further children, but I'm not convinced enough that they belong to this family to include them. Being younger (only 10 and 12), they would have been on that census too - unless they had died as infants and I've not found deaths or burials to confirm that - and, in any case, the naming pattern does not seem right for the family.
Thursday, 20 May 2021
James Hockley and Elizabeth Wilton
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St Mary, Great Dunmow cc-by-sa/2.0 - © John Salmon - geograph.org.uk/p/3988759 |
James Hockley, son of George Hockley and Eliza Crow, married Elizabeth Wilton, daughter of Richard Wilton and Catherine Byatt at St Mary the Virgin, Great Dunmow on 25 Dec 1870. The groom was 20, the bride claimed to be 19, but was 23. :) James' occupation, as well as that of both George and Richard is recorded as Labourer. We know from at least three sources (1841 census, his own marriage in 1843, as well as his death certificate) that Richard Wilton was a harness maker. As Richard had died in 1858, when Elizabeth was only around 11, she either didn't know or had forgotten (and probably couldn't read what was written anyway), so I can see how this error became perpetuated.
James and Elizabeth Hockley set about repopulating Essex:
- Alice Catherine Wilton born 12 Feb 1869 in Great Dunmow
- George James Hockley born 1871 in Great Dunmow,
bap. 30 Mar 1884 at St Andrew's Church, Hornchurch - Charles Stephen Hockley born 1874 in Poplar,
bap. 30 Mar 1884 at St Andrew's Church, Hornchurch - Eliza Ellen Hockley born 15 Apr 1876 in Romford,
bap. 28 Aug 1881 at St Andrew's Church, Hornchurch. - William Hockley born 1878 (died 1880, aged 1)
- John Harry Hockley born 25 Jul 1881,
bap. 28 Aug 1881 at St Andrew's Church, Hornchurch - Emily Hockley born 1884,
bap. 30 Mar 1884 at St Andrew's Church, Hornchurch - Frederick Hockley born 1886 (mother's maiden name as Wilson)
- Alfred Albert Hockley born 15 Apr 1888
- Joseph Hockley born 1892 (died 1892, aged 0)
- Florence Hockley born 1894
[1] Alice being listed with the surname Hockley on this census may NOT mean that she used it normally, nor does it infer that James Hockley is her father. It could just be the enumerator going mad with ditto marks, an assumption, or simply that it wasn't challenged.
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South Hall Farmhouse, Rainham cc-by-sa/2.0 - © David Anstiss - geograph.org.uk/p/3219637 |
John Byatt and Jane Stokes
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All Saints, Little Canfield - Chancel cc-by-sa/2.0 - © John Salmon - geograph.org.uk/p/3988791 |
- Susanna Byatt bap. 11 Jun 1803
- Jane Byatt bap. 9 Jun 1811
- William Byatt bap. 6 Mar 1814
- John Byatt bap 3 Oct 1819
- Catherine Byatt bap. 4 Apr 1824
- George Byatt bap. 30 Sep 1827
Robert Stokes and Susanna Judd
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St Mary, Great Canfield - East end cc-by-sa/2.0 - © John Salmon - geograph.org.uk/p/5059305 |
- Jane Stokes bap. 29 Aug 1784 in Great Canfield
- John Stokes bap. 5 Nov 1786 in Great Canfield
- William Stokes bap. 8 Nov 1789 in Great Canfield
- Joseph Stokes bap. 25 Sep 1792 in Great Canfield
- James Stokes bap. 28 Aug 1796 in Little Canfield
Wednesday, 19 May 2021
George Hockley and Eliza Crow and William Bloomfield
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St Mary the Virgin, Great Dunmow, Essex - Chancel cc-by-sa/2.0 - © John Salmon - geograph.org.uk/p/1304114 |
George Hockley, son of Daniel Hockley and Sophia Mason, married Eliza Crow, daughter of William Crow and Judith Doe on 6 Nov 1843 at St Mary the Virgin, Great Dunmow. The record of the marriage shows that George, as well as both fathers' were labourers and witnesses were John and Jane Burton.
George and Eliza's children included:
- William Crow bap. 17 Nov 1842 at St Mary the Virgin, Great Dunmow [1]
- Tamer (sic) Hockley born 1844 (Tamar as a female given name) [2]
- Daniel Hockley born 1845, bap. 12 May 1850 [3]
- Elizabeth Hockley born 1847, bap. 9 Aug 1857
- James Hockley born 24 Apr 1849, bap. 10 Jun 1849
- Emma Hockley born 1851, bap 13 Apr 1851
- Lucy Hockley born 1852, bap. 8 Aug 1852
- Charles Hockley born 1854, bap. 9 Jul 1854
- Alice Hockley born 1855, bap. 11 Nov 1855
- Sarah Ann Hockley born 1857, bap. 9 Aug 1857
William Crow and Judith Doe
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St Mary's, Great Canfield, Essex |
- Elizabeth Crow bap. 7 Aug 1814 in Great Dunmow
- William Crow bap. 24 Dec 1816 in Great Canfield
- Henry Crow bap. 6 Apr 1817 in Great Canfield
- Charlotte Crow bap. 25 Apr 1819 in Great Dunmow
- Eliza Crowe (sic) bap. 18 Jun 1820 in Great Dunmow
- Stephen Crow born 1837 (see 1861 census below)
Tuesday, 18 May 2021
Henry Doe and Elizabeth Doe
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All Saints Church, Little Canfield, Essex |
Henry Doe (bap. 20 Sep 1778), son of Henry Doe and Elizabeth Stones, married Elizabeth Doe at All Saints Church, Little Canfield in 1799. Either there were a lot of parish foundlings given the surname Doe in that area, or we have to consider the possibility that these two may have been cousins.
This Henry and Elizabeth Doe had eleven children, baptised at Little Canfield:
- Sarah Doe bap. on 19 Apr 1800
- John Doe bap. on 14 Feb 1802
- William Doe bap. on 22 Jan 1804
- Edward Doe bap. on 17 Nov 1805
- James Doe bap. on 24 Jan 1808
- Elizabeth Doe bap. on 28 Nov 1809
- Jane Doe bap. on 25 Nov 1810
- Mary Doe bap. on 11 Apr 1813
- Charles Doe bap. on 15 Oct 1815
- George Doe bap. on 21 Sep 1817
- Moses Doe bap. on 4 Feb 1821
Henry Doe and Elizabeth Stones
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St Mary's, Great Canfield, Essex |
Henry Doe, son of John Doe and Jane Brand, married Elizabeth Stones (bap. 14 Apr 1754 at Saint Michael and All Angels, Leaden Roding), daughter of John and Mary Stones, at St Mary's, Great Canfield on 20 Oct 1773. Henry and Elizabeth appear to have had 7 children, four baptised at Great Canfield:
- Elizabeth Doe bap. 16 Jan 1774
- Eleanor Doe bap. 25 Dec 1774
- Henry Doe bap. 20 Sep 1778
- Sarah Doe bap. 9 Sep 1781
The following 3 children, all baptised together at All Saints Church in Little Canfield on 11 Dec 1799, were also born to Henry and Elizabeth Doe.
- Dinah Doe bap. 12 Apr 1795 (Born 1791)
- Jude Doe bap. 12 Apr 1795 (Judith, born 1792)
- Jane Doe bap. 12 Apr 1795
Henry Doe died in 1825. He was buried at St Mary's, Great Canfield.
Monday, 17 May 2021
Daniel Hockley and Sophia Mason
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St Mary, Broxted - Chancel cc-by-sa/2.0 - © John Salmon - geograph.org.uk/p/3374402 |
The marriage of Daniel Hockley and Sophia Mason at Broxted, Essex on 17 Jul 1815, with witnesses Samuel Mason and Amelia Baker, all of whom made their X mark. |
- George Hockley bap. 1 Oct 1815 in Broxted
- Lucy Hockley bap. 26 Oct 1817
- Eliza Hockley bap. 23 Jul 1820
- Mary Hockley bap. 9 May 1824
- Tamar Hockley bap. 8 Oct 1826
- Sarah Hockley bap. 10 Aug 1828 (buried 14 Sep 1828)
- Sophia Hockley bap. 14 Aug 1831
- William Hockley bap. 15 Sep 1833
- James Hockley bap. 5 Aug 1838
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Halfway House Farm, near Great Dunmow, Essex cc-by-sa/2.0 - © Robert Edwards - geograph.org.uk/p/231844 |
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St Mary the Virgin, Great Dunmow, Essex - Churchyard cc-by-sa/2.0 - © John Salmon - geograph.org.uk/p/1304102 |
Thursday, 13 May 2021
Augustus Percival Bartley and Mary Henrietta Wilton
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St Michael's Church Nave, Bray cc-by-sa/2.0 - © Len Williams - geograph.org.uk/p/4659618 |
Mary Henrietta Wilton, daughter of Henry Staines Wilton and Amelia Palmer, married Augustus Percival Bartley on 11 Aug 1894 at St Michael's Church, Bray, as the newspaper announcement of the day also informs us.
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Marriage of Mary Henrietta Wilton and Augustus Percival Bartley |
The Bartleys had seven children, all born in Marylebone:
- Alexander Henry Bartley born 1895
- Esther Margaret Bartley born 23 Nov 1896
- Catherine Mary Bartley born 1899
- Rosamund Agnes Bartley born 1901
- Marietta Augusta Bartley born 3 Nov 1904
- Edward Wilton Bartley born 1907
- Barbara Betty Bartley born 1912
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Hamilton Terrace cc-by-sa/2.0 - © David Smith - geograph.org.uk/p/2324362 |
By 1939, the Bartleys had moved up the road to 52 Hamilton Terrace, St John's Wood, where there were Augustus P Bartley (74), Master Boot - Maker, Mary H (68), Alexander H (44), Esther M (43), Marietta A (35) and Barbara B (27) with two servants: Elsie E Grey (38) and Norah W Hyland (24).
Mary Henrietta Bartley died on 13 Nov 1946. She will have been 75.
Augustus Percival Bartley died on 14 Jan 1952 at St Mary's Hospital, Paddington. Probate was granted to Alexander Henry Bartley, boot manufacturer and to Esther Margaret Bartley, spinster. Augustus Percival Bartley left effects of £127,877 10s 9d (worth £3,703,983 in 2020).
In 1953 Peal & Co bought their Oxford Street neighbours, Bartley & Son.
Esther Margaret Bartley died in 1979 in Chichester, Sussex. Marietta Augusta Bartley died, in Sutton, Surrey, in April 2003. She will have been 98. Both had remained spinsters. Alexander H Bartley certainly married, but there are, unfortunately, several marriages to choose from. Rosamund appears to have married in 1929 and Barbara in 1939. Edward W Bartley married Mary Goldsmith in Marylebone in 1944, all of which require further research.
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Augustus Percival Bartley, born 12 Jun 1865, inherited Bartley & Sons bootmakers in 1893 |
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