Hi
I have just started doing a tree for my daughter in law & have already hit my first hurdle. Her gr gr grandfather was James Shelley who according to the 1881 census was born c1854 at Shotley in Suffolk.
He married Charlotte Ann Wood (born c1856 at Goldhanger,Essex) at Bethnal Green in 1879 & was living in East Ham in 1881.
In 1891 James mistranscribed as Skelly born c1855 Shirley, Suffolk living in Poplar.
In 1901 James mistranscribed as Sheely born c1854 Shorley, Suffolk living in Poplar.
James died in 1903 at Poplar.
I just can't find him in 1861 & 1871.
There are 4 public member trees on Ancestry which include James Shelley.
2 just give his father as James & Charlotte's as William, no doubt from the marriage certificate & the other 2 trees have attached him to an Essex family of Shelleys born in the Rochford area of Essex. I can't find any link between James & the Essex ones but perhaps I am missing something.
Any help much appreciated.
Thanks Moggie
I have just started doing a tree for my daughter in law & have already hit my first hurdle. Her gr gr grandfather was James Shelley who according to the 1881 census was born c1854 at Shotley in Suffolk.
He married Charlotte Ann Wood (born c1856 at Goldhanger,Essex) at Bethnal Green in 1879 & was living in East Ham in 1881.
In 1891 James mistranscribed as Skelly born c1855 Shirley, Suffolk living in Poplar.
In 1901 James mistranscribed as Sheely born c1854 Shorley, Suffolk living in Poplar.
James died in 1903 at Poplar.
I just can't find him in 1861 & 1871.
There are 4 public member trees on Ancestry which include James Shelley.
2 just give his father as James & Charlotte's as William, no doubt from the marriage certificate & the other 2 trees have attached him to an Essex family of Shelleys born in the Rochford area of Essex. I can't find any link between James & the Essex ones but perhaps I am missing something.
Any help much appreciated.
Thanks Moggie
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