Genealogy Chat

Morning Sylvia, Margee and Karen - apologies for delay in answering to your advice/suggestions, I'm learning something new every day..... I really am grateful for all your assistance..............
John :-)

Remember, John, that ages on the 41 census for those over 15 are rounded down to the neares 5 or 0. So William's age of 55 could be 55-59 making him born 1782-1786.

Edit: Oops, I was typing at the same time that my fellow Canuck, Sylvia was posting. Sorry for the repetition.

John


The ages of people over the age of 15 were usually rounded down to the nearest 5 on the 1841 Census


Not all enumerators did that, although most did.


Note that Mary's age changes from 50 b. 1791 on the 1841 to 62 b. 1789 on the 1851.


Ages can be as much as 4 years too young on the 1841.



Thus the baptism that MarieCeleste found, COULD be the right one.




sylvia

Many thanks Karen.... will do..... You were right Vivvi... Many thanks.
John.. :-)

Searching deaths of William Colley, Devon, 1841-1851, Freebmd offers only one, and that's the one Vivvi has given, ie Bideford 1845.

John, have you tried using www.freebmd.org.uk, it's a great search tool and better still, it's free!

K

Thanks Vivvi, you could be right - Six years as a window, may well account why she was listed as a pauper..
Not quite sure of thatone Vivvi
John

Might be William's death


Name:
COLLEY, William
Registration District: Bideford
County: Devon
Year of Registration: 1845
Quarter of Registration: Apr-May-Jun
Volume No: 10
Page No: 35

Karen, that looks like her.[poor old girl must have hit hard times] ,
Many thanks for that info Karen..
John :-)

From the 1851 Census:-

Mary Colley, a widow, listed as a Pauper, at 44 King Street, Stoke Damerel, Devon.........

Name: Mary Colley
Age: 62
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1789
Gender: F (Female)
Where born: St Germans, Cornwall, England.

Civil parish: Stoke Damerel
Ecclesiastical parish: St Mary
Town: Devonport
County/Island: Devon
Country: England

Registration district: Stoke Damerel
Sub-registration district: Morice
ED, institution, or vessel: 1f
Household schedule number: 73
Piece: 1882
Folio: 246
Page Number: 18

Hi MarieCeleste,
I don't think so, "My" William Colley was born in 1786, the one Sue listed with son William.
I've tried to find the First William's parents but no Joy, I've looked around the dates 1760 - 1765 for births and around the 1780s for any marriage..
John

Don't know if this is him?

WILLIAM COLLEY Male

Event(s):
Birth:
Christening: 08 JUN 1781 Saint Germans, Cornwall, England
Death:
Burial:

Parents:
Father: JOHN COLLEY
Mother: CHARITY

Messages:
Extracted birth or christening record for the locality listed in the record. The source records are usually arranged chronologically by the birth or christening date.

(from Family Search)

Going back that far there are obviously lots of variations on the surname.

Hi Sue, they are the ones - Tremendous work.... May I ask if there is any other info on that family please...
John

Hi John, is this him on the 1841 Census?

William Colley age 55, carpenter, wife Mary age 50,( 1791) and son Wiliam age 20 (1821) carpenter. All living in Stoke damerel, Devon.


Class: HO107; Piece 273; Book: 3; Civil Parish: Stoke Damerell; County: Devon; Enumeration District: 3; Folio: 4; Page: 2; Line: 3; GSU roll: 241334.

Sue

Possibly asking far too much with this request, but I'm looking for as much info on the following...
William COLLEY....Born: 1786? I think he married a Mary Couch, possibly in 1827. I understand in the Devon/Cornwall area....
My apologies with the lack of dates etc. but this is all I have to go on..
If any children crop up, GREAT, if William's parents crop up, even GREATER,
Many,many thanks..................

John :-)