See also

Francis COLLEY [5940] (1858?- )

Name: Francis COLLEY
Sex: Male
Father: Edward COLLEY (1821-1889)
Mother: Sarah HODGES (1822-1901)

Individual Events and Attributes

Birth 1858 (cal) Claines, Worcestershire
Baptism 7 Feb 1858 (age 0) Claines, Worcestershire1
Census 7 Apr 1861 (age 3) Claines, Worcestershire2
Fernmall Heath
Frank COLLEY 3 from Claines was with parents.
Census 2 Apr 1871 (age 13) Claines, Worcestershire3
Fearnall Heath
Occupation 2 Apr 1871 (age 12-13) labourer3
Census 3 Apr 1881 (age 24) Hornsey, Middlesex4
The Freehold, 6 Gordon Rd
Frank COLLEY 24 a Labourer from Claines, wife Leene 28 from Clifton and children Albert 6 and Daisy 4 both from Islington were lodging with Willm PALES 40 a Bootmaker from Bromley Middlex.
Occupation 3 Apr 1881 (age 22-23) labourer4
Census 5 Apr 1891 (age 32) London5
16 Calvent Street, Watt H Bldgs, St George in the East
Francis COLLEY 32 an employed General Laborer from Claines was with wife Nellie 29 and children Ada E 6 and Nellie J 7 months. They had a Nurse Maid Louisa J FORD 14 from Stafford, Essex.
Occupation 5 Apr 1891 (age 32-33) general labourer5

Marriage (1)

Spouse Louisa SMITH (1853?- )
Children Albert COLLEY (1875?- )
Daisy COLLEY (1877?- )
Marriage Q4 1880 (age 21-22) Bethnal Green District, Middlesex6
This needs to be checked. It is after the first child on the 1881 census.

Marriage (2)

Spouse Nellie HOOPER (1862?- )
Children Mabel COLLEY (1885-1886)
Ada E COLLEY (1885?- )
Nellie J COLLEY (1890?- )
Marriage Q4 1884 (age 25-26) Islington, Middlesex7

Individual Note 1

“Francis Colley and his wife have been resident at Fernhill Heath in this parish for about eighteen months. During that time I have had constant opportunities of forming an estimate of his character and conduct, and it gives me great pleasure to testify to his industry, sobriety and honesty. He was employed by Mr Collins the contractor during the restoration of our church, which lasted about ten months and I had almost daily opportunities of seeing him about his work. We found him invariably obliging and hard working.”

 

Reverend Alfred Porter, Vicar of Claines 11th April 1887

from http://www.clainesfriends.org.uk/colley.html

Individual Note 2

 

See

Claines

Descent from John HARTLAND

Sources

1Claines Parish Registers. Vol 18: Baptisms 1848 – 59 entry 1456.
2Census 1861 Claines, Worcestershire RG9/2109 fo 49 (Fernmall Heath).
3Census 1871 Claines, Worcestershire RG10/3067 fo 78 (Fearnall Heath).
4Census 1881 Hornsey, Middlesex RG11/1375 fo 22 (Gordon Rd).
5Census 1891 London RG12/ 288 fo 11 (Calvent St).
6FreeBMD website for GRO index of Births / Marriages / Deaths.
7Ibid. Dec 1884 Islington 1b 668.
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